The Presidium of the General Council of United Russia agreed on the candidacy of a deputy of the regional legislative assembly, ex-mayor of Perm Igor Shubin for the position of senator from the legislative assembly. A source in the party reported this to Kommersant, and an interlocutor surrounded by the regional parliamentarian confirmed this information. Let us remember that throughout last year Mr. Shubin was a senator from the regional governor Oleg Chirkunov.

with Dmitry Bykov and Andrey Norkin As part of the “Game of Hopscots” program, the first episode of which was aired on Thursday, February 2, host Andrei Norkin and writer Dmitry Bykov discussed the latest news and tried to find analogies for them in classical literature. A.N.: We are starting to “play hopscotch” together with Dmitry Bykov, who, unfortunately, is still stuck in a traffic jam. I am now contacting him by phone. Dima, good morning. D.B.: Hello, Andrey.

Nizhny Novgorod public transport will be equipped with a new fare payment system Nizhny Novgorod is preparing to launch a large-scale project to equip all public transport with a new unified fare payment system - reading devices for electronic tickets. Trial launches of new equipment are scheduled for the second quarter. The opinions of deputies regarding the rationality of the project differ: some estimate the system to cost at least 1 billion rubles.

Those who hid him in Novosibirsk may be imprisoned Representatives of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Siberian Federal District (the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Siberian Federal District) announced yesterday the possible initiation of a case regarding the concealment of a person involved in a high-profile investigation into corruption in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Maxim Kagansky, who was detained in Novosibirsk.

The world's largest social network Facebook has filed a preliminary application for an initial public offering of its shares on the stock exchange (IPO), in which it announced plans to raise at least $5 billion, according to documents on the website of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The company plans to list under the FB ticker, but has not yet indicated the exchange. The timing of the placement and the price of shares for the IPO have also not yet been specified.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was attacked by a group of Palestinians during a visit to the Gaza Strip. Ban Ki-moon's motorcade, on a tour of the Middle East, was pelted with stones, shoes and sand as soon as it entered the Gaza Strip. Throwing shoes is considered by Muslims to be an expression of extreme contempt.

The company filed for an initial public offering and disclosed its financials. Many analysts in the West considered the social network to be overvalued. Russian colleagues agree with them and do not advise investors to buy Facebook shares. Facebook is preparing for the largest IPO in Internet history. On the night of February 2, the social network submitted a preliminary application for an initial public offering of its shares on the stock exchange.

The outdoor advertising market in Ufa is protected from the threat of external takeover Ufa advertisers are trying to avoid the loss of land plots they rented from the municipality for external media. Most agencies' land leases expire this year. According to the new Federal Law “On Advertising”, land for media must be put up for municipal auctions. Advertisers are trying to prove in court that the new rule does not apply to them, citing antitrust laws.

OJSC NIKIMT-Atomstroy, controlled by Rosatom, won the competition to carry out work on the creation of a turnkey complex for the processing of solid radioactive waste (SRW) at the Kursk NPP, the press service of the state corporation reported. The contract price is RUB 9.722 billion. The construction of the complex, as stated, will ensure the safe processing of all types of low-level solid radioactive waste, intermediate-level metal waste, and ion-exchange resins.

Difficulties of socialization in the film "Martha Marcy May Marlene" Movie premiere Today, the psychological thriller “Martha Marcy May Marlene” is released. Its director, Sean Durkin, won the directing award at the Sundance Film Festival a year ago and became one of the most promising debutants of 2011. LIDIA MASLOVA watched the newcomer's first steps along the path paved by Alfred Hitchcock and Michael Haneke, not without emotion.

Defense Minister Mikhail Yezhel left for Brussels to participate in meetings of the North Atlantic Council at the level of defense ministers with the countries contributing to the operations of NATO forces in Kosovo and the International Security Assistance Force in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the press service of the Ministry of Defense reports. It is expected that Mikhail Jezhel will meet with Polish Minister of National Defense Tomasz Siemoniak at NATO headquarters.

The massacre on a football field in Port Said, Egypt, sparked protests in Cairo. Demonstrators accuse authorities of inaction during the riots at the mast, which left 70 people dead. There are no open conflicts yet, but they cannot be ruled out later, observers say. Thousands of people took to the streets of Cairo. Demonstrators blocked the Nile embankment, as well as a number of highways.

156 2 minutes. ... Eduard Shifrin left the post of chairman of the supervisory board of Zaporizhstal. The chairman of the supervisory board of one of the largest iron and steel plants in Ukraine, Zaporizhstal, Eduard Shifrin, who owns 0.0001% of the company’s shares, has been fired, the company said in a statement in the National Securities Market Commission system.

The placement volume could reach $5 billion Facebook's going public could be the biggest ever deal to sell shares of a technology company. On the eve of its placement on NASDAQ and NYSE, which could reach $5 billion, the social network disclosed its financial results and shareholder interests.

On February 2, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev dismissed Major General Andrei Khabarov from his post as Deputy Head of the Department of Civil Service and Personnel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. As RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Kremlin press service, the corresponding presidential decree comes into force from the date of signing. Mr.