Civil unrest broke out in Belfast. The Queen of Great Britain's visit to Northern Ireland caused youth aggression: people threw Molotov cocktails at the police. Many Britons are against the reconciliation of Elizabeth II with the former leader of the Irish Republican Army, journalists say. The British Queen's visit to Northern Ireland sparked serious unrest. Radical youths attacked police officers in Belfast tonight, pelting them with firecrackers and Molotov cocktails.

Background 17K 2 minutes. ... This is the first time that members of the punk band Pussy Riot have received such massive support. Who else did cultural figures stand up for and what did they try to defend? - in the Kommersant-Online collection. On May 13, 2004, the committee “For a fair trial of the case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky” distributed a letter signed by 12 Russian cultural figures to the central media.

The largest developer in Ufa may change its head As Kommersant learned, one of the largest construction companies in Ufa - MUP Investment and Construction Committee (ISK) - may change its manager. Market sources report that the Ufa mayor's office invited the current head of the enterprise, Raif Abdrakhimov, to write a letter of resignation. Industry experts call the position attractive and attribute it to the company's extensive land holdings and the large cash flows that flow through it.

A win-win candidate has been found for the city mayor's election Former general director of the Nizhny Tagil Metallurgical Plant Sergei Nosov will most likely join the new Sverdlovsk government. The head of the Cabinet of Ministers, Denis Pasler, told Kommersant about this yesterday. Sources in United Russia note that Mr. Nosov may then take part in the elections for the mayor of Nizhny Tagil, which will be held in October.

60K 1 min. ... The leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs decided to fire a police officer from St. Petersburg, who explained the passage of an official car through a red light as the “effect of the 30th frame.” The statement by the deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Admiralteysky District caused a great public outcry.

Investigative actions in the case of the accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station, which occurred in August 2009, have been completed, official representative of the Russian Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin told reporters on June 27.

Released in 2012, the film “The Avengers” became the third highest-grossing film in the history of global film distribution, behind only “Avatar” and “Titanic.” The fantasy film from Walt Disney Studios, which premiered in April, has already earned more than $1.438 billion ($598 million of which at the American box office). The film's budget was about $220 million. The Avengers movie features Marvel Comics heroes: Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and the Hulk.

Today the annual general meeting of shareholders of TAIF PSC took place, dedicated to the results of the company's activities for 2011. The President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov took part in the meeting of shareholders of TAIF PSC. General Director of TAIF PSC Albert Shigabutdinov noted in his report that the past year was the most difficult, but at the same time the most successful for the TAIF group of companies.

Experts considered the implementation of the initiative on the possibility of pegging the hryvnia exchange rate to a multicurrency basket, which was voiced by the Minister of Economic Development and Trade Petro Poroshenko, inappropriate, since this requires significant gold and foreign exchange reserves.

A member of the investment committee of the board of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, a member of the board of directors of Blackstone Group International, Ivan Pictet, following the results of the annual meeting of shareholders of OJSC LUKOIL on June 27, joined the board of directors of the company, replacing the head of Sberbank German Gref. The banker was previously a senior managing partner of the Swiss bank Pictet & Cie. Mr.

Employees of the unit for combating organized crime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Bashkortostan released a resident of Tatarstan in the city of Oktyabrsky, who was forcibly held for ransom, the press service of the department told the Interfax-Povolzhye agency. It was established that a 25-year-old resident of the Bavlinsky district of Tatarstan, who came to Oktyabrsky to work, met a local friend there.

The court sentenced the general director of the Rostov-based SK Lazur LLC, Anatoly Ryndin, to two years in prison for evading taxes from an organization on an especially large scale (clause “b”, part 2 of article 199 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), in addition, he was deprived of the right to occupy senior financial and economic positions for two years, the press service of the regional prosecutor's office reported. As the investigation and the court established, Mr.

New questions have arisen regarding additional loan payments The prosecutor's office has launched a new attack on bank commissions - much more global than before. The first alarming signal for banks came from Volgograd - there prosecutors considered all commissions without exception illegal, since they “are not in federal legislation.” Bankers fear that if the initiative of the Volgograd prosecutors becomes widespread, many billions of rubles in commission income may be in question.

The Russian Ministry of Defense refused to finance the North Caucasus Suvorov Military School in Vladikavkaz with a 110-year history. In fact, this is the department’s next step in the “demilitarization” of the Caucasus. The decision to close the Suvorov School in Vladikavkaz for the local authorities turned out to be like a bolt from the blue.

Law enforcement officials are challenging the lease of water supply networks in court The prosecutor's office of the Nizhny Novgorod region in the arbitration court is seeking termination of the lease agreements of JSC Dzerzhinsky Vodokanal (DVK) for the Dzerzhinsk water supply system. The authorities estimate the consequences of the insignificance of the transaction at 32 million rubles, which DCK managed to pay for the rental of networks.