They want to prosecute city officials The United Political Coalition of the Ulyanovsk Region demands that a criminal case be opened against officials of the Ulyanovsk administration, who, in their opinion, deliberately prevented the holding of a picket in defense of Article 31 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. Officials say they acted within the law, but human rights activists claim that the city administration violated a number of legal requirements.

Michael Duncan, who played John Coffey in The Green Mile, died in Los Angeles on the morning of September 3 from complications of a heart attack. Michael Clarke Duncan was born in 1957 in Chicago and dreamed of stage and screen since childhood, but was forced to quit studying acting when his mother fell ill. Duncan made his living from crafts that were literally within his reach (his height was almost 2 m, weight - 142 kg).

The share price index at trading on the PFTS stock exchange decreased by 3.02 points, or 0.81%, to 368.79 points. Since the beginning of 2012, the PFTS index has decreased by 165.64 points, or 31.0% from 534.43 points. On September 3, the share price index in the PFTS decreased by 0.31 points, or 0.08%, to 371.81 points.

Greece placed 182-day bills for a total of €1.1375 billion, of which €875 million was sold at a competitive auction, at the top end of the target range. The weighted average yield on placement decreased to 4.54% from 4.68% at a similar auction on August 7. The order book was oversubscribed 1.95 times compared to 2.06 times last month. Based on materials from Interfax news agency

JSC Federal Passenger Company (FPK) has launched Wi-Fi in a number of branded trains, company spokeswoman Elena Miroshnikova said on September 4. According to her, we are talking about trains No. 167/168 “Nevsky Express” on the Moscow-St. Petersburg route, No. 153/154 “Burevestnik” on the Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod route, No. 31/32 “Lev Tolstoy” on the Moscow-Helsinki route and No. 59/60 "Volga" from St. Petersburg to Nizhny Novgorod.

The criminal panel of the Moscow Regional Court returned for review the case of Igor Kondratyev (aka freak singer Konstantin Krestov), ​​who received two years and four months in prison for raping a 16-year-old girl, RIA Novosti reports. The board made the corresponding decision on September 4, taking into account the protest of the prosecutor's office and the complaint of the injured party. On August 10, the defendant was found guilty by the Khimki court under Part 1 of Art.

The Committee on Law and Order of St. Petersburg on Tuesday refused to allow the opposition to approve the “March of Millions” on September 15 along the routes they proposed. The applicants were not satisfied with the alternative options proposed by the city administration.

The Moscow City Court on Tuesday sentenced to large fines the ex-official of the capital's Ochakovo-Matveevskoye district, Sergei Dmitriev, and businessman Armen Davtyan, who were found guilty of receiving a bribe and mediating its transfer. Deputy Director for Improvement of the State Public Institution "Investigation District of Ochakovo-Matveevskoe" Sergei Dmitriev was found guilty under paragraph "b" of Part 5, Part 6 of Art.

The capital company intends to buy the Tomsk Tool Plant The Moscow investment company (IC) “Titul” has expressed interest in becoming the owner of Tomsk Tool Plant LLC (TIZ). To do this, she will have to buy out the industrial building and equipment pledged to Sberbank, the owner of which is the bankrupt LLC “Management Company Tomsk Instrument” (MC). Now it leases these assets to TIZ. The property has not yet been assessed.

Megafon is waiting for permission from the Federal Financial Markets Service to locate in London. The company chose a good moment for its IPO and will be able to raise about $3 billion, experts say. "Megafon" asks for accommodation. The mobile operator sent an application to the Federal Financial Markets Service with a request to allow it an IPO in London. According to Interfax, the company plans to sell more than 123 million shares abroad. This represents about 20% of its authorized capital.

Lloyds Banking Group plc reduced its stake in the oil and gas company Cadogan Petroleum plc with assets in Ukraine from 5.7%? up to 4.8%. As Cadogan Petroleum reported on the website of the London Stock Exchange, today Lloyds Banking Group owns 11 million 165.820 thousand of its shares. In turn, Pierre Salic and Michel Mehus increased their stake in Cadogan Petroleum plc to 24.48%. Lloyds Banking Group plc is the UK's largest mortgage bank.

Igor Danilevsky, who confessed to the murder of two women in Kazan, now denies his guilt. He told his lawyer that one of the operatives forced him to confess. Danilevsky's lawyer will insist on re-interrogation. The suspect in the murder of two women in Kazan refused to confess. Igor Danilevsky, through his lawyer, stated that he confessed to committing a crime under pressure from a police officer.

The airport shareholder reviewed the reason for the dismissal of the manager The Federal Air Transport Agency did not confirm the conclusions of the government of Bashkortostan about the low quality of service provided to disabled passengers at the state-owned JSC Ufa International Airport (UIA). Based on these accusations, last week the airport’s sole shareholder, the government of Bashkortostan, decided to dismiss UIA General Director Ramil Timirgazin.

In court they will challenge the ban on trade in meat and milk Entrepreneurs in the city of Volzhsky, Volgograd Region, are preparing lawsuits to lift the ban on trade in meat and dairy products, introduced by the governor’s decree as a measure to combat the spread of African swine fever (ASF). Participants in the process believe that the paralysis of municipal markets and small businesses will lead to bankruptcy, and demand that those responsible be brought to justice.

Private investors were offered foreign dividends A new product has appeared on the Russian collective investment market. VTB Capital Asset Management invited clients of its mutual fund to invest in securities of Russian and, most importantly, foreign issuers that pay high dividends. However, the success of such investment directly depends on the quality of the expertise of foreign companies; moreover, dividends may not provide high returns.