Today, July 24, officers of the Dnepropetrovsk city police department detained 30 supporters of the Ukrainian People's Party, who were holding a picket against the visit of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill near the Dnepropetrovsk airport building. “We were detained near the airport, put on a bus and taken to the Babushkinsky district police department, where we are now,” said a representative of the regional UNP organization.

The head of Ulyanovsk Solidarity will not be punished for numerous pickets The court did not agree with the police’s demands to punish the leader of the Ulyanovsk “Solidarity” Igor Toporkov for exceeding the declared number of participants in the picket in support of the Kuzbass miners. Observers note that for the first time the court did not take the side of the police in this issue. Now Mr. Toporkov intends to sue the city police department for abuse of power during his detention.

Today, July 24, it became known that the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has lowered the growth forecast for Moldova's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2011 from 4.2% to 3.5%. The EBRD's forecast for Moldova's GDP growth for the current year remains at the same level - 4%. The bank notes that Moldova’s economy continues to recover after the crisis thanks to the support of international financial organizations and an increase in remittances from abroad from migrant workers.

The chief engineer of the Sulak Hydro Cascade was kidnapped in Dagestan Yesterday it became known that a criminal case has been opened in Dagestan regarding the kidnapping of the chief engineer of the Sulak Hydropower Cascade OJSC, Vladimir Redkin. Unknown people took the 56-year-old specialist from his own apartment in the village of Shamilkala, Untsukul district.

Today, July 24, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, at an informal meeting with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, said that mutual trade turnover between the two states has already returned to pre-crisis levels.

New military districts received temporary commanders Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov on Thursday appointed by his order the acting commanders of four new military districts, on the basis of which operational-strategic commands (OSC) will be created. The most unexpected thing was the appointment of the commander of the Pacific Fleet, Admiral Konstantin Sidenko, as commander of the Eastern Military District.

Context 54 1 min. ... Yesterday in Ulyanovsk, a picket took place on Lenin Square in front of the regional government building in protest against the intentions of the governor of the Ulyanovsk region, Sergei Morozov, to rename Ulyanovsk to Simbirsk, which he again spoke about at the recent youth forum on Lake Seliger.

The Supreme Court of Mari El yesterday handed down a verdict in a criminal case against doctors of the Yoshkar-Ola city hospital, accused of accepting bribes for the illegal release of conscripts from military service. Margarita Matskevich, a doctor at the neurological department of the hospital, was convicted under Part 3 of Art. 33, part 1 art. 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Organization of receiving a bribe”).

The Samara government has softened the conditions for providing budget loans The government of the Samara region has reduced the requirements for municipalities that want to receive a loan from the regional budget. Now municipalities will be able to rely on a loan with much greater debt than before. Experts consider such changes logical and predict an increase in requests from local authorities for loans.

The area of ​​the forest fire in the Ural reserve "Denezhkin Kamen", which on Thursday was 1.1 thousand hectares, was reduced to 300 hectares on Friday, reports the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Sverdlovsk Region. The fire in the Denezhkin Stone nature reserve began on July 15; at first its area was about 1.5 hectares. The forest is burning in a place inaccessible to equipment and difficult for people to reach in the area of ​​Mount Churok.

Background 3K 2 minutes. ... According to activists from the Ecodefense movement, cutting down part of the Khimki forest is illegal, since the Moscow government did not give consent to this, and the forest is part of the capital’s forest protection belt. In addition, Ecodefense says that the company carrying out the logging does not have logging tickets.

As Kommersant found out, the owner of 49% of Dobryansk City Utility Electric Networks OJSC was Mikhail Arzumanov, the grandson of the former governor of the Perm region Gennady Igumnov. Let us remind you that last week Dobryanka’s electrical utility networks were sold for 31 million rubles. at an auction (using a public offer method with a price reduction, with the minimum offer price being 22.2 million rubles).

In Germany, a stampede at an annual music festival killed 10 people. Emergency in Germany. In the city of Duisburg, 10 people died at the Love Parade music festival. Associated Press reports. The cause of the tragedy was a crush at the entrance to the site of the traditional procession of techno fans. Some people needed the help of resuscitators. In total, according to local media, 15 people were injured.

Today, July 24, it became known that the Pechersky District Court, at the request of the SBU, gave permission to detain the fourth defendant in the case of alienation of RosUkrEnergo gas, Maria Kushnir. The court gave permission to detain Maria Kushnir and deliver her in custody to the Pechersky District Court to consider the investigator’s request for arrest. Now Maria Kushnir is wanted. The SBU explains the demand to arrest Ms.

1K 1 min. ... Yesterday the reasons for the latest unsuccessful launch of the Bulava naval ballistic missile became known. The state commission found that the failure of the Bulava's extendable nozzle was the main reason for the unsuccessful launch. Russian news agencies reported this yesterday, citing sources. Kommersant confirmed this information at the main headquarters of the Navy.