A large number of weapons and ammunition were seized by drug control officers in the Primorsky city of Ussuriysk during an operation to identify drug storage sites. “Among the items seized are two grenades, a sawn-off shotgun, a pen pistol, a signal pistol converted to fire live ammunition, a revolver and cartridges for it, and more than 20 hunting knives,” said Natalya Fedulova, a representative of the press service of the Federal Drug Control Service for Primorye.

The State Migration Service has estimated the costs of introducing biometric passports at UAH 700-800 million, said Nikolai Kovalchuk, Chairman of the Migration Service. “In order to introduce such passports, 700-800 million UAH are needed,” said Mr. Kovalchuk, noting that this year the migration service did not receive funds for these purposes.

On April 1, a project to organize interregional flights within the Volga Federal District starts. The Minister of Transport of the Perm Territory, Vladimir Mityushnikov, spoke about this at a press conference today. According to the project, flights will be organized from Perm to 10 cities: Kazan, Kirov, Nizhny Novgorod, Orenburg, Ufa, Penza, Samara, Saransk, Saratov, Ulyanovsk. Air transportation will be carried out on aircraft with a capacity of no more than 28 people.

Police in Greece are looking for two women suspected of organizing the escape of a particularly dangerous criminal from prison in the city of Trikala. Police sources say that one of the women is Russian and the other Romanian; they are accused of participating in a criminal group and attempting to hijack an aircraft, RIA Novosti reported on February 26, citing the Greek TV channel ERT.

He won the third match of the series with Metallurg Gagarin Cup Previous photo Photo: Kommersant / Dmitry Lebedev / buy photo Photo: Kommersant / Dmitry Lebedev / buy photo Photo: Kommersant / Dmitry Lebedev / buy photo Next photo 1 / 6 No matter how hard the goalkeeper of Magnitogorsk Metallurg Georgiy Gelashvili tried, he was unable to save his team from defeat in the match with Salavat Yulaev Photo: Kommersant / Oleg Nikolaev / buy photo Photo: Kommersant / Oleg Nikolaev / buy photo Photo:

Land plots in Zaufimye can be transferred to private ownership Residential development plans for Zaufimye, hatched by the Ufa city administration, spurred a wave of privatization of land plots in this territory. The Arbitration Court of Bashkiria, following a claim by the Garden Non-Profit Partnership "October-3", ordered the mayor's office to transfer 5.7 hectares of land in the village of Dudkino to private ownership.

BS Hospitality Management is preparing a lawsuit against the administration of Perm with the intention of obtaining permission to build the Double Tree by Hilton Perm hotel on Petropavlovskaya, 52, reports Properm.ru. According to the director of the management company, Sergei Stashkov, this is now hampered by land use and development rules, which limit the number of storeys of buildings in the center of Perm to 20 meters, i.e. 5–6 floors.

The German concern BASF in 2012 reduced its net profit by 21% compared to the previous year - to 4.9 billion euros. Profit before tax (EBIT) increased by 5% to 8.9 billion euros, revenue by 7% to 78.7 billion euros. Including, last year, sales of BASF chemical products increased by 7% - to 13.8 billion euros, sales of polymers - by 4% - to 11.4 billion euros, sales in the oil and gas segment - by 39% - to 16.

Militants operating in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket into southern Israel on February 26 - one of the first in the three months of the Palestinian-Israeli truce, official representatives of the Israeli army and police told RIA Novosti . The shelling damaged the roadway near the city of Ashkelon, but there were no casualties. “An explosion was heard near Ashkelon. Police officers found a rocket that caused damage to the road. There were no casualties.

Arawak Energy Ukraine BV, part of the Vitol group of companies, one of the largest operators in the global energy market, plans to invest $100 million in the development of hydrocarbons in Ukraine in 2013 as part of cooperation with the Geo Alliance oil and gas group with assets in Ukraine, which is under the mandate investment and consulting group EastOne. “We expect to send more than $100 million this year. These are our plans,” said company president Alistair McBain.

The Central Election Commission of Bashkortostan and territorial election commissions have extended until February 27 the deadline for accepting proposals for the formation of precinct election commissions and reserve commissions. In accordance with the calendar plan published earlier on the official website of the CEC, the acceptance of proposals for PECs was supposed to end at the end of last week, on February 21.

The European Commission has ordered the 22 countries of the European Union (EU) to return 400 million euros to the general budget. The European Commission has put forward such demands for various violations of the rules for the use of provided funds. For example, Poland was punished for paying pensions from funds intended for the development of agricultural areas. Now Warsaw must return 35 million euros to the EU budget. The UK should return the most to the EU budget - almost 100 million euros.

The interrogation of Novaya Gazeta journalist Irek Murtazin ended at the Investigative Committee of Russia, Interfax reported on February 26. As Novaya Gazeta press secretary Nadezhda Prusenkova told the agency, the interrogation of Irek Murtazin lasted more than two hours. “He answered all the questions. It is noteworthy that his status as a witness has not changed,” she said. According to her, when Mr.

Among the candidates, Alexander Lebedev indicated his one-year-old son Aeroflot co-owner Alexander Lebedev nominated three people to the company's board of directors, including his son Yegor, who was born in November 2011. Alexei Navalny was not included in the list of candidates this year.

Expert on the creation of special forces of constant combat readiness in the Ministry of Internal Affairs The department plans to create a new armed formation by 2015, media reports. Its main task may be to suppress mass protests, experts say, as the Russian authorities fear the growth of social tension. Photo: Alexander Miridonov, Kommersant / buy photo Constant combat readiness units will appear in Russia.