Today, August 4, the Donetsk Regional Council at an extraordinary session prematurely terminated the powers of its chairman Andrei Shishatsky and elected Andrei Fedoruk, who had joined the council from the Party of Regions, to this position. 124 deputies out of 132 present voted for the candidacy of Andrei Fedoruk (there are only 180 deputies in the regional council). Voting for the candidacy of deputy chairman of the regional council took place in secret.

Today, August 4, the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that one of the 23 miners affected by the methane outbreak at the Krasnokutskaya mine (Krasny Luch, Lugansk region) died. As a result of a methane outbreak at the Krasnokutskaya mine on Thursday morning, 23 miners out of 37 in the area of ​​the outbreak were injured. Four were hospitalized in serious condition, 19 miners were in moderate condition.

The head of the Department of Property and Land Relations (DIZO) of the Voronezh Region, Maxim Uvaidov, said that by the end of 2011, about 94 thousand hectares of unclaimed agricultural land will be registered as the property of municipalities, and another 40 thousand hectares will be the property of the Voronezh Region.

The Ministry of Economy wants to lift restrictions on the sale of alcohol that are not provided for by law. The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade proposed to exclude from the rules of retail trade in alcoholic beverages the provision that allowed local authorities to restrict the sale of alcohol, since it is not provided for by law. This discrepancy allows entrepreneurs to successfully challenge restrictions imposed by local authorities in the courts.

Today, August 4, in China, as part of the campaign against banned food additives, 2 thousand people were arrested and 5 thousand enterprises were closed. This is the result of a campaign of inspections of sanitary and hygienic conditions at Chinese food processing facilities. It was launched in April after a series of scandals sparked by reports including meat that glowed at night and buns that had been dyed to sell them at a higher price.

Despite previous failures, Google is back in the social media space. His new Google+ gained a record number of visitors in less than a month. Experts are optimistic: this time Google took into account the mistakes of its competitors and worked hard on the concept. Google+ has broken its competitors' records. The new social network has outpaced such giants as Facebook, Myspace and the microblogging service Twitter. It took Google+ just under a month to reach 25 million visitors.

Nikolai Petrov died Obituary Yesterday, the famous pianist, People's Artist of the USSR, professor of the Moscow Conservatory Nikolai Petrov died at the Central Clinical Hospital. The musician was unable to recover from a stroke he suffered in May. He was 68 years old. Even those who were completely far from academic music knew the name of Nikolai Petrov. Among domestic musicians, he was perhaps one of the most public figures.

Today, August 4, the largest US automaker, General Motors Co. (GM) reported net profit in the second quarter of 2011 for the fifth quarter in a row, increasing it by 89% thanks to growth in vehicle sales in the United States. GM's net income in April-June rose to $2.52 billion, or $1.54 per share, from $1.33 billion, or $0.85 per share, for the same period in 2010, the company said. The consensus analyst forecast for GM's net income was $1.20 per share.

One of the largest Ekaterinburg developers, Atomstroykompleks, plans to resettle residents of 26 barracks in the area of ​​Irbitskaya - Vilonova streets, where it recently purchased land plots with a total area of ​​120 thousand square meters at auction. m. The company will spend 900 million rubles for these purposes. The company's expenses will be included in the cost of housing.

As the radio station “Echo of Moscow” reports, on August 4, a rally of motorists against rising gasoline prices is taking place in the capital. At the moment, about 300 people are taking part in it. Participants of the action hold orange and green flags in their hands. People came here because gasoline prices have increased by 12% since the beginning of the year. According to those present, oil companies have entered into a conspiracy and thus are all driving up prices at the same time.

Deputy of the regional legislative assembly Konstantin Okunev and Kommersant's interlocutors in the regional branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation denied the recent talk about the exclusion of the oppositionist from the regional part of the party list.

The American leader received a gift from Russian Post on his 50th birthday. She released a souvenir set of vignettes and envelopes featuring Obama. The vignette may be of interest to collectors, philatelists admit. For the anniversary of the US President, the Russian postal service released a souvenir set of vignettes and envelopes. They depict the American leader against the background of the United States flag.

Russia and the United States plan to conclude new agreements on military-technical cooperation in the near future, said Vyacheslav Dzirkaln, Deputy Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation. “In the very near future we plan to sign agreements with the United States and plan not to limit ourselves only to helicopters,” said Mr. Dzirkaln.

The director of the PERMM Museum, Marat Gelman, in his blog on LiveJournal, reports that the governor of the Perm Territory, Oleg Chirkunov, probably joined Mikhail Prokhorov’s “Right Cause”. “It looks like Chirkunov did join Right Cause,” Marat Gelman writes in his blog. - It will be fun.

The prosecutor's office has revealed large embezzlements in the Fund for Supporting Children in Difficult Life Situations. The department demanded that a criminal case be opened against the head of the organization and other employees of the Foundation. Kommersant FM presenter Anna Kazakova discussed the further fate of the organization with the head of the Foundation, Marina Gordeeva. — I would like to receive clarification about the figures cited by the Prosecutor General’s Office.