NEW ARRIVALS 275 1 min. ... The Los Angeles City Council has decided to lift the ban on marijuana retail stores that was introduced in July 2012. After these outlets were closed (the authorities considered that their existence was contrary to federal law), supporters of the sale of marijuana collected more than 27 thousand signatures on a petition demanding the lifting of the ban. This number of signatories allows the issue to be submitted to a state referendum scheduled for March 2013.

Several thousand people, according to the regional branch of United Russia, rallied on October 8 in support of the current governor, Nikolai Denin, who was removed from the election race by a court decision; the Ministry of Internal Affairs has not yet confirmed these figures. The action took place on the territory of the old airport in Bryansk. According to the organizers, the event went smoothly.

Dossier 571 1 min. ... It is part of the North Caucasus Federal District and occupies an area of ​​50.3 thousand square meters. km. The administrative center is Makhachkala, major cities are Khasavyurt, Derbent, Kaspiysk. Consists of 757 municipalities: 41 districts, 10 urban districts, 8 urban and 698 rural settlements. Population as of January 1, 2012 - 2.93 million people (+0.56% compared to 2011, 13th place in Russia): urban - 1.323 million, rural - 1.607 million.

The court found that the politician did not beat the blogger The Domodedovo Magistrate's Court for the second time stopped considering the criminal case against oppositionist Boris Nemtsov. Previously, pro-Kremlin blogger Maxim Perevalov accused the politician of assault. The incident, which became the reason for the criminal case, occurred on February 5 at Domodedovo airport. A young man named Maxim Perevalov approached Mr.

The number of applicants for the position of regional ombudsman for entrepreneurs' rights has been replenished with two more candidates. According to the New Companion, the former deputy head of the regional department of the FSB, Valery Shchukin, and the ex-deputy general director of LUKOIL-Perm LLC, Vsevolod Beltyukov, are also vying for the position. According to one version, these applicants may be represented by the administration of the regional governor.

Former Minister of Trade and Entrepreneurship of the region Konstantin Pyankov founded and headed P. Management". According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, the company was registered on October 1, 2012 in the Leninsky district of Perm. “I experienced first-hand how easy it is to register a private company in Perm. In 5 days!” - he told Kommersant. According to Mr. Pyankov, the company will be engaged in consulting.

The leader of the Georgian Dream coalition, which won the parliamentary elections on October 1, Bidzina Ivanishvili, named the composition of the future cabinet of ministers. Minister of Defense - Irakli Alasania. Ministry of Internal Affairs - Irakli Garibashvili. Minister of Justice - Teya Tsulukiani. Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Maya Panjikidze. The chief prosecutor is Archil Kbilashvili. Speaker of Parliament - David Usupashvili. Based on materials from Interfax news agency

319 1 min. ... President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev agreed on the issue of tightening immigration legislation. The maximum fine for its violation should be increased to 300 thousand rubles, the maximum term of imprisonment - up to five years. And if we are talking about the actions of an organized group - up to seven years. Medvedev announced this at a government meeting.

For the first time in six years, units of the Ministry of Defense have been reintroduced into the Chechen Republic. Former deputy military commandant of Chechnya, chairman of the presidium of the Saratov Union of Veterans of Counter-Terrorism Operations, Alexander Glushchenko, commented on the situation to host Andrei Norkin. According to Interfax, the military was sent to the republics of the North Caucasus by decision of the National Anti-Terrorism Committee.

Football fans, detained the day before in the capital after the Spartak-CSKA match, were released from the police station after drawing up administrative protocols, a source in the capital’s law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti on October 8. According to the Special Forces Center of the capital's main headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a total of about 150 people were detained.

In Russia there are successful examples of solving the problem of orphanages. In Cherepovets, this became possible thanks to the cooperation of government, business and citizens. Nonna Dzivaeva, Olga Allenova Preventing orphanhood means not only dealing with abandonments in orphanages, but also helping with adoption. In Cherepovets, a unique charity program “The Road to Home” has been running for several years - these are 15 different projects aimed at preventing orphanhood.

The international rating agency Fitch Ratings predicts a slowdown in the growth of Ukraine's gross domestic product from 5.2% in 2011 to 0.5% in 2012 and weak growth of 3.1% in 2013, Fitch said in a commentary. The rating agency notes that global macroeconomic trends significantly influence the growth rate of lending in the country, along with individual administrative decisions of the National Bank, which are largely tactical and short-term in nature.

Ex-President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed has been arrested, France-Presse reports citing representatives of the state opposition party. An arrest warrant was issued for Mr Nasheed after he twice failed to appear at hearings into allegations he abused his powers while in office. "President Nasheed... has been arrested and is on his way to Fares Mathuda Prison," Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) spokesman Hamid Abdul Ghafoor tweeted.

280 2 minutes. ... Patrick O'Brien Leading retail market analyst at Verdict Research (London, UK) The volume of transactions made through smartphones for retail purchases is still small, but these devices are already having a significant impact on the retail sector. More and more people are using their mobile devices to search for products, research them and find the best prices.

While the plant's operating loss grows AvtoVAZ sharply increased its net profit in the first half of the year - fourfold, to 27.4 billion rubles. But traditionally this happened due to discounting of Rostekhnologii loans. The plant's profit from core activities amounted to only 646 million rubles, but even this takes into account income from the disposal of subsidiaries. At the operational level, the plant is accelerating its losses.