The sentence of the ex-mayor of Volgograd was upheld The supervisory judge of the Volgograd Regional Court on Monday rejected the supervisory complaint of the lawyer of the ex-mayor of Volgograd, Evgeny Ishchenko, who asked the court to overturn the sentence passed on the former head of the city in 2007, the regional court reports. In 2007, the Central District Court of Volgograd found Ishchenko guilty of illegal storage of ammunition and illegal entrepreneurship.

No-confidence vote failed for €10.35 billion 1K 3 min. ... The Bulgarian government has published calculations by financial consultant HSBC on the payback scenario for the closed Belene nuclear power plant project. The total costs of the project would be, according to HSBC, €10.35 billion, with the cost of construction of the station itself estimated at only €6.13 billion.

Novosibirsk OJSC Elsib summed up the results of its work in the first quarter of 2012. According to the press service of the enterprise, the sales volume amounted to 644 million rubles, which is three times higher than the same figure last year. At the same time, Elsib received a net profit (the loss for January-March 2011 was 120 million rubles).

The leaders of three to six Russian regions will be chosen in 2012 by direct vote of the residents of these territories, a Kremlin source told reporters. He found it difficult to give a more precise figure, citing the possibility of governors resigning their powers early, which, before the new law comes into force, gives the President of the Russian Federation the right to appoint heads of federal subjects.

The Russian General Staff for the first time recognized the presence of a nuclear threat from Iran and North Korea, RIA Novosti reported on April 24. “The threat always exists, so we closely monitor the development of the nuclear potential of many states...

Prime Minister of Tatarstan Ildar Khalikov submitted proposals for consideration by the State Council of the republic to amend certain legislative acts of Russia, namely the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Code of Administrative Offenses, as well as the law “On the Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation” in order to “strengthen the human rights function of the prosecutor’s office.” These changes involve the return of a number of powers to prosecutors, which they lost in 2007 due to the

The Bashkortostan Prosecutor's Office announced its disagreement with the decision of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus in the criminal case against Bashir Pliev ("Emir of Bashkiria") and his five accomplices - Alexander Yashin, Oleg Shaikhulov, Nail Akhmetgareev, Fidan Gabitov and Abdulali Gafurov.

On April 20, the Kamensky District Council (Voronezh Region) approved the general director of Kamenkamoloko OJSC Vasily Ishchenko as the head of the municipal administration. Nine out of 17 deputies of the representative body voted for him against eight who preferred the acting one. head of the district administration Valery Meleshchenko. The latter was actively supported by the leadership of the regional branch of United Russia.

Deputies of the BYuT-Batkivshchyna faction blocked the podium and the presidium of the Verkhovna Rada. They demand to immediately hear Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka and consider the issue of allowing deputies with medical education, including from the Party of Regions faction, to the Kachanovskaya colony to see ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Based on materials from Interfax-Ukraine news agency

The Verkhovna Rada adopted in the second reading as a law bill No. 10281, initiated by a people's deputy from the Party of Regions, on amending the Tax Code regarding the streamlining of tax declarations. 256 people's deputies voted for the adoption of the bill, with the minimum required 226. The law makes changes to the Tax Code, which propose to abolish double declaration by individuals in different declarations of the same indicators of income and property status.

More terrorist bombs found in Tatarstan The story related to the discovery of a bomb-making laboratory this winter in one of the houses in the Vysokogorsk village of Memdel continued. On Saturday, the father of the alleged organizer of the laboratory, Rustam Yusupov, who was killed earlier during his arrest, was blown up by a bomb in his own yard. Yesterday, during searches, several more explosive devices were found there.

Oleg Grishchenko wants to remove stalls from Rose Alley and Mirny Lane Yesterday, the head of Saratov Oleg Grishchenko and the head of the city administration Alexey Prokopenko held a working meeting together with deputies of the city duma, heads of administration departments and municipal enterprises, representatives of law enforcement and regulatory authorities. At the meeting, Mr. Grishchenko spoke about his plans to combat the dominance of retail outlets in the city.

Eight processions and nine rallies, in which about 120 thousand people will take part, will be held on May 1 in Moscow, Alexei Mayorov, head of the capital’s regional security department, told reporters on April 24. “On May 1, eight processions and nine rallies will take place in Moscow. In total, about 120 thousand people are expected to participate in public rallies on this day,” said Mr. Mayorov.

Vancouver Canucks eliminated from Stanley Cup NHL In the first round of the Stanley Cup, sensations could not be avoided. Yesterday, the winner of the NHL regular season, the Vancouver Canucks, lost to the Los Angeles Kings in overtime with a score of 1:2 and lost the best-of-four series - 1:4. The Pittsburgh Penguins, who failed to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers, and the Detroit Red Wings, who were beaten by the Nashville Predators, also stopped fighting at the stage of the 1/8 finals.

The fight against inflation, poverty and unemployment should be a priority in the work of the future government, President Dmitry Medvedev said at a meeting of the State Council on April 24. “Solutions to all three problems (inflation, poverty, unemployment) should be included in the list of priorities of the future government,” RIA Novosti quotes the head of state.