Kremlin officials are preparing a bill to abolish the immunity of judges. The document could pose a threat to the entire judicial system, says Anton Ivanov, head of the Supreme Arbitration Court. The system for holding judges accountable should be as objective as possible, lawyers emphasize. The Kremlin is preparing to limit the immunity of judges. This was stated by the head of the Supreme Arbitration Court Anton Ivanov, ITAR-TASS reports.

Information about the DNA match of the former head of the IMF on the maid's uniform is still unknown. The New York police reported this to Agence France-Presse. Whatever the outcome, the examination will not be considered evidence of violent acts, Strauss-Kahn's defense argues. The New York police have denied reports that the DNA of former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn was found on the maid's clothes. The results of the DNA test are still unknown.

Conviction handed down in case of attempting to import a large quantity of cocaine Yesterday, the Primorsky District Court sentenced a group of drug traffickers who tried to smuggle a large shipment of cocaine from the Dominican Republic to Russia. Three failed smugglers were found guilty of attempted drug smuggling (Part 3 of Article 30, Part 2 of Article 188 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - Kommersant ) and sentenced to four years in prison.

It is strange to hold manufacturers of alcohol-containing products responsible for alcohol abuse. Much greater success in the fight for a healthy lifestyle can be achieved by educating and educating consumers. Brewing companies have become reliable assistants to the state in this matter. And drinking alcohol in moderation, as practice shows, improves health, rather than destroys it.

Today, May 24, President Viktor Yanukovych by his decree appointed Alexander Anishchenko as Minister of Health. This is stated on the official website of the head of state.

SENTENCE All those accused in the case of a VIP hunt in the Altai mountains, during which seven people died, were acquitted yesterday by the Kosh-Agach Court of the Altai Republic, said Kosh-Agach District Prosecutor Evgeny Morozov. “The defendants were found innocent due to non-involvement in committing a crime,” Mr. Morozov said. According to him, the prosecutor's office considers the verdict illegal and will appeal it.

The Omsk Regional Court upheld the acquittal of the Kirov District Court in the criminal case of the leader of the Omsk regional public organization “Russian-Slavic National Union” Vladimir Dmitriev. Mr. Dmitriev himself told Kommersant about this. The Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Omsk Region accused the leader of the “Russian-Slavic National Union” of committing a crime under Part 1 of Art.

The investigation found no signs of abuse of power in the actions of those responsible for the accident. Yesterday it was officially announced that the investigative department for the Central Federal District of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case in connection with the loss of three satellites of the GLONASS-M navigation system in December 2010.

Afghan television reported the liquidation of Mullah Omar Yesterday information appeared that the leader of the Taliban movement, Mullah Mohammed Omar, had been killed in Pakistan. The Taliban themselves stubbornly deny this information. Whether Mullah Omar is alive or not, he is unlikely to have played a leading role in organizing attacks in Afghanistan recently.

According to RIA Novosti , the ex-head of YUKOS Mikhail Khodorkovsky and the former head of the Menatep MFO Platon Lebedev were taken to the Moscow City Court on May 24. There, their complaint against the conviction, according to which the businessmen received 14 years in prison for oil theft, will be considered. Messrs. Khodorkovsky and Lebedev demand that the verdict be cancelled, and the criminal case against them be terminated due to the absence of an event and corpus delicti.

Over the past 15-20 years, the Russian beer market has changed dramatically: a high-quality product has been created, brewed according to internationally accepted standards. And if in Soviet times a significant part of the population sincerely considered beer to be a “wash down” of vodka, today it accompanies the leisure of respectable citizens, who often do not drink strong drinks at all.

The world-famous Frankfurt International Plumbing Fair ISH presented the latest in sanitary design and technology. The gallery of sanitary ware and ceramic tiles “Zaman” introduces the residents of Kazan to these new collections, because its main task is to provide the end buyer with the most interesting items in terms of interior design.

Issuers prefer bonds in other currencies For the first time since 2000, the share of Eurobonds denominated in euros was less than half of the total volume of securities issued by European issuers. Low interest rates from the US Federal Reserve and tightening credit policy in Europe are making borrowing in dollars and pounds sterling popular, and high oil prices are increasing interest in ruble Eurobonds, experts say.

Cannes handed out awards festival/cinema As expected, the Cannes Palme d'Or was awarded to Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life. As was secretly expected, but not fully believed, Kirsten Dunst from Lars von Trier's Melancholia was awarded for Best Actress. On the results and closing of the 64th Cannes Film Festival - ANDREY PLAKHOV.

NAC will cooperate with Turkish TRAO in shelf development Naftogaz is discussing joint exploration of oil and gas on the Black Sea shelf with the Turkish state-owned company TRAO. The Ministry of Energy says that a joint venture can be created with TRAO, and they expect that this cooperation will allow Ukraine to enter the Nabucco gas pipeline project in the future. But TRAO is not a strong producer, so a joint venture with it is not very profitable for Naftogaz, experts say.