The Chechen authorities are unhappy with the “news” of the FogNews agency. The government of the republic intends to sue for provocation. The reason was the publication of Ramzan Kadyrov’s abolition of payments for housing and communal services. However, it is unlikely that it will be possible to hold journalists accountable for a joke, lawyers say. The Chechen government may sue the FogNews agency, which publishes fictitious news.

Context 321 1 min. ... The UK government today asked the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) to impose tough sanctions on Serbia's youth football team. As stated by the British Minister of State for Sports, Hugh Robertson, this is due to racist attacks during the match between the two teams. "The events that took place at the end of the game must be considered disgraceful.

The head of the Central Asian department of the Russian Foreign Ministry speaks about the rivalry between Russia, the United States and China in the region Director of the Third Department of CIS Countries of the Russian Foreign Ministry (oversees Central Asia) ALEXANDER STERNIK told Kommersant correspondent ELENA CHERNENKO that the Russian leadership is ready to “invest heavily” in the potential of the countries of the region.

The commander of the Swifts aerobatic team, Lieutenant Colonel Valery Morozov, was dismissed from military service, a source at the Aviation Equipment Display Center in Kubinka told RIA Novosti on October 18. A criminal case was opened against Morozov under the article “attempted bribery.” “The order to dismiss Morozov was signed by Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov on October 12,” the agency’s interlocutor said.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow issued a warrant for the arrest of Konstantin Lebedev, assistant coordinator of the Left Front movement Sergei Udaltsov, until December 16. The oppositionist is charged under Articles 30 and 212 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Preparation for organizing mass riots”), which provide for up to 10 years in prison. Konstantin Lebedev was detained for 48 hours after interrogation by the Investigative Committee and searches conducted the day before.

There is currently no threat to the security of the Russian Federation from the western direction, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on October 18. “We now have no reason to say that the western direction of the Russian borders poses any kind of threat to us, especially of a military nature. We believe that in this regard we can move further along the path of demilitarization of Europe,” he said at a meeting with representatives of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

From 11 October to 4 November there is a sculpture exhibition in Sydney. The event takes place on Bondai Beach in the open air. Every year, more than 100 sculptors from Australia and around the world come to Sydney to showcase their creations. The exhibition entitled “Sculptures of the Sea” gained popularity back in 1997. On the beach you can see the most unusual modern works of art made of metal, glass, stone, plastic and wire. The sculptures are put up for sale.

Exhibition at the State Hermitage For the last three weeks of October, one after another, the Hermitage opens the doors of its new home: the Eastern Wing of the General Staff Building will host three exhibitions prepared as part of the Hermitage 20/21 project. This ambitious program is dedicated to contemporary and predominantly radical art. However, the first exhibition of the General Staff building, reconstructed beyond recognition, turned out to be extremely classic.

Today, the territorial election commission of the Krasnokamsk district unanimously decided to refuse to register Natalya Belosludtseva as a candidate in the election of the head of the district. The basis for the refusal was a certificate from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to her, the dates on Ms. Belosludtseva’s signature sheets were written with one hand. Let us remind you that yesterday the signatures submitted by Ms.

OJSC Proton-PM will build a residential building in the village of Novye Lyady (Sverdlovsk district of Perm). The developer is a subsidiary of Kosmos Stroy LLC. The Kommersant company confirmed this information. The ten-story building is intended for employees; the cost per square meter will be 30 thousand rubles. The company expects to receive a construction permit in December; the project is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2014.

Parliamentarians will be lowered from the podium to the ground. A member of A Just Russia, Oleg Mikheev, proposes introducing compulsory community service for deputies. The head of the Communist Party faction in the Moscow City Duma, Andrei Klychkov, discussed the situation with host Andrei Norkin. According to the Socialist Revolutionary deputy, this measure will help the “people’s representatives” better understand the real problems of the population.

The State Assembly - El Kurultai of the Altai Republic (RA) yesterday prematurely terminated the powers of the deputy from A Just Russia, Viktor Bezruchenkov, who had previously been appointed acting. O. Head of the Administration of the Kosh-Agach District. “There (in the Kosh-Agach region) the economic situation is difficult, there are problems in interethnic relations.

Regulations Yesterday, the leadership of the National Hockey League (NHL) made significant concessions to the players, proposing to share income in a ratio of 50 to 50. This makes it possible to sign a new collective agreement between the league and hockey players, due to the lack of which a lockout was declared in the NHL.

The Communist Party of the Russian Federation and A Just Russia will not give up seats in the Saratov Regional Duma The oppositionists refused the proposal of the Saratov Association of Voters (SOI) to resign the mandates of deputies of the regional Duma. They motivate their actions by technical difficulties and by the fact that in this case representatives of other parties will occupy parliamentary seats.

The company can buy out TNK-BP completely TNK-BP, whose assets include a large network of gas stations in Ukraine, may become the property of Rosneft. The Russian state-owned company has almost agreed to purchase 50% from BP and is considering the possibility of buying out the remaining shares from the Russian co-owners, the AAR consortium. But the deal will require more than $50 billion, only part of which Rosneft can pay with its shares.