The police deny the arrest The leader of the Metal Corrosion group, Sergei Troitsky, also known as Spider, was detained in Yaroslavl. According to Mr. Troitsky himself, they are asking him for “video source codes” from a campaign point in Zhukovsky, where the mayoral elections took place last weekend, in which the musician took part.

The bank's representative office in Ukraine will be headed by Şevki Aküner The largest foreign investor in the Ukrainian economy has replaced the head of its representative office in the country. From June 1, Ševki Aküner will become the director of the Ukrainian office of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), who will replace Andre Kuusvek, who has worked in Ukraine since the 2008 crisis. Mr.

As reported by the prosecutor's office of the Sverdlovsk region, the Chkalovsky District Court of Yekaterinburg satisfied the demands of prosecutors to declare illegal the rules of the Yekaterinburg branch of Kinomax OJSC (a chain of cinemas), where cinema visitors were prohibited from bringing in food and drinks purchased outside the cinema. “These requirements contradict civil legislation, as well as rules for film and video services to the population.

Three days of national mourning have been declared in Argentina in memory of the victims of the floods that occurred on April 3 in Buenos Aires, in the province of the same name and in the city of La Plata, 60 kilometers from the country's capital, the corresponding decree was signed by Argentine President Cristina Kirchner, RIA Novosti reports.

The first vice-speaker of the legislative assembly, deputy secretary of the regional branch of United Russia, Igor Papkov, will head the election headquarters of the party branch in the September regional election campaign. This decision was made at the current political council of the regional branch of the party. On September 8, more than 297 election campaigns will be held in the Kama region in 37 municipal districts.

On April 3, the Novgorod District Court of the Novgorod Region, at the request of the investigation, arrested six defendants in the so-called “Road Case” of systematic theft of budget funds intended for the construction, repair and maintenance of roads, a representative of the regional prosecutor’s office told RIA Novosti . “The court arrested them for two months,” the source said. The issue of a preventive measure for their “accomplices” is expected to be resolved in the near future.

The traditional differentiation into three classes no longer reflects the real situation in British society, the researchers concluded. The most obvious division for analysts seems to be into seven categories - from the elite to the precariat. And the number of classes will only increase in the future in global communities, experts are sure. Photo: Reuters British society is now divided not into three, but into seven social classes. These are the results of a study commissioned by the BBC.

Mine privatization delayed due to overproduction The privatization of Ukrainian mines has been postponed indefinitely. Yesterday, the Cabinet of Ministers published a decree on postponing the corporatization of nine of them to 2014. The Ministry of Energy notes that thus the full privatization of coal assets is postponed for at least the next three years. This decision was made due to an unprecedented surplus of coal on the Ukrainian market.

Financial crisis could help unify the island Turkish President Abdullah Gul said the financial crisis affecting Cyprus could help unify the island, which has been divided into Greek and Turkish parts since 1974.

Moscow and Washington are implementing the START-3 treaty Russia's nuclear forces have 1,48 thousand deployed warheads, while the United States has 1,654 thousand warheads. This data is contained in a certificate from the US State Department on the progress of implementation of the Russian-American START-3 treaty.

Leader of Perm United Russia Nikolai Demkin today at a meeting of the regional political council called on party members to support United Russia. He noted that those who do not participate in meetings of primary cells or branches and do not carry out party orders can fill the gap by providing financial assistance.

An acting head of the city administration has been appointed in Verkhoturye. This was Vladislav Fakhrislamov, who previously held the post of first deputy city manager Sergei Lobusov. On April 2, by decision of the Verkhoturye City Court, Mr. Lobusov was suspended from office during the preliminary investigation into a criminal case of theft of more than 300 thousand rubles.

On one of the streets of Buinaksk, a car was blown up, killing a serviceman sitting in the car, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Dagestan told Interfax . According to the agency's interlocutor, the explosion occurred around 8:00 Moscow time. “According to preliminary data, a private car was blown up, a lieutenant of the Ministry of Defense was killed, the place was cordoned off, the circumstances are being clarified,” said a representative of the press service.

Information about multi-billion dollar bank accounts in the British Virgin Islands has been leaked to the media. According to journalists, among the owners of the deposits there are relatives of high-ranking Russian officials. But most domestic businessmen are not ready to do business on the islands due to the language barrier, experts note. Photo: Oleg Kharseev, Kommersant The data of thousands of bank account holders has leaked onto the Internet. British media reported this.

The parliament of the republic abandoned secret voting At the next session, the Parliament of Bashkortostan will amend its own regulations, providing for the introduction of open voting in the Kurultai. The parliament says that in this way they strive to increase the transparency of parliamentary decision-making. Experts, however, associate the innovation with an attempt by the local administration to control deputies.