Regional parliaments have begun preparations for gubernatorial elections In Tataria, the Committee of the State Council of Tatarstan on State Construction and Local Self-Government recommended for adoption in the first reading the law on the election of governors, which does not provide for self-nomination of candidates; a similar draft was prepared by the electoral commission of the Leningrad region. Self-nominated candidates are included in the draft of St.

An addition was sent to the complaint of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and her defense to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in 2011, regarding the violation of the right to a fair trial in accordance with the European Convention on Human Rights. “We have filed additional documents to the 2011 complaint. They relate to violations of the European Convention on Human Rights during the political persecution of Yulia Vladimirovna,” said Ms. Tymoshenko’s defender, MP Sergei Vlasenko.

Credit Agricole SA (France) became the owner of 100% of the shares of KIB Credit Agricole (Kyiv). Previously, Credit Agricole CIB Global Banking was the sole shareholder of CIB Credit Agricole. Credit Agricole SA also owns 99.9955% of the authorized capital of Credit Agricole Bank (Kyiv). As previously reported, Credit Agricole SA plans to merge its subsidiaries in Ukraine in 2012-2013.

SDS-Mash plans to open an assembly plant in Prokopyevsk The authorities of the Kemerovo region approved the project for the assembly of BelAZ mining dump trucks in the region with a carrying capacity of 90 tons, proposed by the Siberian Business Union (SDS) holding. To implement it, it is planned to create a joint venture with the Belarusian Automobile Plant OJSC worth 1.4 billion rubles. and a capacity of 250 machines per year.

Socialist-Revolutionary Ilya Ponomarev intends to transfer to the Investigative Committee video recordings, which, according to him, indicate that the provocations at the “March of Millions” were the work of activists of the “Nashi” movement. Representatives of the youth organization, meanwhile, call the deputy himself a provocateur. The opposition demands an investigation into the involvement of "nashi" in the provocations at the "March of Millions".

In the accident of the Russian An-30 aircraft, which caught fire after landing at the airfield of the Czech city of Caslav on May 23, 19 people were injured, most of them are in serious condition, RIA Novosti reports, citing the press secretary of the regional rescue service, Petr Mach. Earlier it was reported that the number of wounded was from three to six.

OJSC Kazanorgsintez received a net profit of 911.58 million rubles in the first quarter, which is 1.7 times higher than the same period last year, the company’s general director Leonid Alekhin said in an interview with Interfax. The company's revenue amounted to 11.62 billion rubles (an increase of 24%). According to the head of the enterprise, the increase in indicators is due to additional supplies of ethane from the Orenburg gas processing plant.

The opposition leader will oversee the social sphere Today, the President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov signed a decree appointing Alla Dzhioeva as Deputy Prime Minister of the republic. Previously, Ms. Dzhioeva stated that she was ready to join the government if the course of the new president did not contradict her political beliefs. Interfax reported the appointment of Alla Dzhioeva with reference to the administration of the President of South Ossetia.

Nikolai Utkin applied for parole Nikolai Utkin filed a petition for parole. The former mayor of Tolyatti was taken into custody in the spring of 2007 and has already served most of the sentence for which he was convicted of extortion and abuse of power. The ex-official’s application, according to his defense, has already received a positive conclusion from the GUFSIN structure, where he is being held, but has not yet been considered by the court.

“Fear of widespread education is very characteristic of Russian discourse. Obviously, people who understand something are much less controllable,” argues Dmitry Bykov. Writer Dmitry Bykov and journalist Andrei Norkin discuss current news and look for analogies in history and literature in the evening show “News in Classics”. Listen to the new episode of the program on Wednesday, May 23, from 19.00 to 20.00 Moscow time live on Kommersant FM.

The German SAP AG has agreed to purchase Ariba Inc., a supplier of software applications for online trading platforms. in order to expand its business against the backdrop of continued high competition. SAP will pay $45 per Ariba share, which is 20% higher than the company's stock price at Monday's close. The German concern will finance the transaction with cash and also by raising loans. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter.

The Pentagon is supplied with products using counterfeit parts A loud scandal has erupted in the United States around supplies to the Pentagon. A special Senate investigation revealed that more than a million counterfeit components were used in the production of weapons supplied to the US Army, primarily aircraft. Their main supplier turned out to be China. The investigation was initiated by the Senate Armed Services Committee in March last year.

Kyrgyzstan and NATO signed an agreement that allows the transit of alliance military cargo intended for the needs of coalition forces in Afghanistan through Kyrgyz territory. The document was signed within the framework of the NATO summit in Chicago.

Another scandal broke out at the Cannes Film Festival: as it turned out, a 20-minute interview with Brad Pitt costs €2 thousand. Producers and distributors shift their own costs to the media, experts explain. The practice of “paid interviews” also exists in Russia, Kommersant FM interlocutors note. Brad Pitt decided to work part-time at the Cannes Film Festival.

The region's forestry industry is in the loss zone The authorities of the Khabarovsk Territory plan to adopt a strategy for the development of the forest industry, which will solve at least part of the accumulated problems. Market participants complained about staff shortages, deteriorating quality of raw materials and tariff barriers to business. Experts believe that there is nothing good in the near future for the industry.