Electricity supply is limited at social facilities in the Olkhovsky district In the Olkhovsky district of the Volgograd region, due to the substantial amount of accumulated debts of the municipal budget for electricity consumed by schools and kindergartens, power engineers began the procedure of introducing restrictions on the supply of electricity. As the press service of Volgogradenergosbyt OJSC reported, today the total debt is about 2.5 million rubles.

The head of the district branch of United Russia in the Saratov region and the speaker of the district meeting of deputies of the village of Piterki, Alexei Zheludkov, who hit the teenager to death, wrote a confession. Alexey Zheludkov submitted the corresponding document to the investigative department of the regional Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia.

Deputies of the legislative assembly of the Rostov region adopted a consolidated law on issues of regional taxation in various areas, which, according to parliamentarians, will help make it easier for taxpayers to practically apply fiscal norms, deputy chairman of the regional legislative assembly Yuri Zerschikov told reporters.

Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko, who is being held in a colony in Kharkov, was transported late in the evening of April 20 to the clinic of the Ukrzaliznytsia company, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Kharkov online publication Main. According to the publication, Yulia Tymoshenko was taken to the Kharkov Central Clinical Hospital No. 5 “Ukrzaliznytsia” at about 23:00.

In the north-west of the Iraqi capital, two explosions occurred in the Ishquk district, where mainly Shiite Muslims live. At least 4 people became victims of the terrorist attacks, and another 13 were injured. The first bomb exploded in a passenger minibus, and a few seconds later the second bomb went off. Based on materials from RIA Novosti

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Amur Region does not confirm the information previously disseminated by the department that two women became victims of a fire in the village of Tygda, RIA Novosti reported on April 21. “According to updated information, a resident of Tygda, born in 1935. is in serious condition in the intensive care unit of the Tygdy hospital with third-degree burns. The body of another woman born in 1937. was found during the dismantling of burnt houses.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that he considers it possible to pardon political prisoners only if they write a corresponding petition. “And those who stayed and did not write this appeal addressed to the president will sit,” he emphasized. Last week, Mr. Lukashenko pardoned former Belarusian presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov and Dmitry Bondarenko. However, Europe demands the release of all prisoners, of which there are nine left, reminds RIA Novosti .

Net profit of the American industrial and aerospace company Honeywell International Inc. for the first quarter of 2012 increased by 14.3% and amounted to $823 million compared to $705 million a year earlier. The company's revenue for the reporting period increased by 7% - to $9.3 billion, while in the first quarter of 2011 this figure was $8.67 billion. Honeywell's adjusted earnings per share were $1.04 versus Wall Street consensus estimates of $0.99/share.

No one was injured when the bridge on the Samara-Buguruslan highway was destroyed On Thursday, April 19, at about 18:00, a partial destruction of a bridge structure occurred on the 80th km of the Samara-Buguruslan highway, 5 km from the city of Otradny. There are no casualties or injuries. As reported by the Ministry of Transport and Highways of the Samara Region, near a bridge over a ravine, built in the 60s, a concrete section fell out on the roadway of one of the two road lanes.

Dmitry Medvedev brought the creation of public television to its logical conclusion: the new channel should be launched in 2013. For the sake of public television, they will sacrifice the Zvezda TV channel, which belongs to the Ministry of Defense. The formation of public television and its governing bodies will be carried out by the president, his administration and the government

The World Bank does not yet see serious risks in connection with the growth of lending in Russia and other emerging markets, but recommends that these countries look for sources of growth not related to lending, RIA Novosti reported on April 20, citing World Bank Director for Russia Michal Rutkowski. “I don’t want to predict the emergence of new bubbles so that they don’t actually appear,” Mr.

International creditors plan to reconsider the terms of providing a second package of financial assistance to Greece immediately after the parliamentary elections, which will be held in the country on May 6, said IMF representative Mark Flanagan. Greece is unable to finance its debt obligations on its own.

The whole question is who will head the government of the republic Yesterday it became known about the dismissal of Chechen Prime Minister Odes Baysultanov, who had held this post for the past five years. The name of the new prime minister will make it possible to assess Moscow's future plans for the republic. If Ramzan Kadyrov is allowed to appoint as prime minister a person as loyal to himself as Mr. Baysultanov, it means that the Kremlin’s “Chechen policy” remains unchanged.

Hearings in the militant's case may begin on June 22 As Kommersant has learned, the leader of the Ingush militants Ali Taziev (Magas) and his defense plan to complete their review of the materials of the criminal case filed against him by June of this year. Accordingly, by the end of the month, when Magas committed his two most notorious crimes - an attack on Nazran and an attempt on the life of the President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Yevkurov - he may appear in court.

The trial of Anders Breivik, who killed 77 people last summer, has begun in Oslo. During the hearing, he said he was proud to have authored "the most sophisticated and spectacular political attack since the Second World War." At the first meetings, Breivik remained completely calm and lost control of himself only once - during the showing of a video he created about how the policy of multiculturalism is leading Europe to collapse