Kuban rice growers have begun sowing rice; this year, the rice sowing area in the region amounted to 130.3 thousand hectares, the press service of the regional Ministry of Agriculture reported. Along with sowing, irrigation and discharge canals are being cleaned to increase their capacity. According to information from the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Management “Kubanmeliovodkhoz””, water discharge from the Krasnodar reservoir is proceeding as usual.

Belgorod police closed all 12 gun stores operating in the region to conduct an inspection of their activities, the press service of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs reported on Friday. During unscheduled inspections, employees of the Center for Licensing and Permitting Work of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will study the technical strength of facilities, alarm and video recording systems, conditions and procedures for storing weapons and ammunition.

KK "Kievavtodor" plans to carry out repairs and reconstruction of the road network of Kyiv in the amount of UAH 125.05 million, reports "Bulletin of Public Procurement".

Emerging markets lost $2 billion in a week Last week, emerging markets lost their maximum investment volume in the last 12 months - $2 billion. At the same time, funds focused on Russia lost $170 million. Nevertheless, Russian stock indices were among the leaders in growth among indices of developed and developing countries.

Ukraine remains at the European Championships without medals On Friday in Budapest (Hungary) at the European Judo Championships, the Ukrainian team was again left without medals. Following Georgiy Zantaraya, who unsuccessfully entered the first day of the competition, another leader of our team, Vladimir Soroka, did not live up to expectations, stopping in the category up to 73 kg in the 1/8 finals.

The Board of Directors of Tatfondbank has determined the parameters of the planned additional issue of shares, the volume of which will be 4 billion rubles: by open subscription it is planned to place 400 million shares at a par value of 10 rubles. The final decision on increasing the authorized capital must be made by the bank's shareholders at the annual meeting, which is scheduled for May 22. If approved, the bank can increase its authorized capital by 1.5 times - up to 12.6 billion rubles.

The fourth Toyota RAV4 is like a not at all complicated pantomime In Barcelona, ​​on La Rambla, a horned devil in jeans suddenly appeared to me and asked me for a light. This is normal here. The street is full of costumed actors who, for the sake of tourist money, portray all sorts of things: from motionless human statues to violent alien non-humans.

Workshop “STRATEGIC PLANNING. GOALS. ANALYSIS. ACTIONS” from one of the best trainers in Russia Radmilo M. Lukich will take place on May 29 in the congress hall of the Grand Hotel “Oka”. Managers and business owners will be presented with technologies for implementing a strategy that allows them to form the most effective management of the company.

The Spanish authorities have granted political asylum to gay activist Alexei Kiselyov, who fears criminal prosecution in Russia in the case of riots on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow. “Last Thursday, April 25, the Spanish authorities issued Alexey Kiselev a five-year residence permit in the country, as well as a document confirming his status as a political refugee.

The interrogation of Pyotr Kirichenko, a former adviser to ex-Prime Minister Pavel Lazarenko, in the case of the murder of MP Yevgeny Shcherban has been postponed to May 15. “Taking into account the request of the Consul General of Ukraine in San Francisco, the court hearing has been postponed to May 15 at 16.00,” said the manager of the court session. This is already the second postponement of the interrogation of Pyotr Kirichenko.

Country music singer George Jones has died in the United States at the age of 81. The musician's press officer, Kirt Webster, said the singer was hospitalized with a high fever and fluctuating blood pressure and died in hospital. George Jones was known for his distinctive baritone voice and became famous because some of his songs reached the top of the charts in the second half of the last century. His signature song was “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” which tells about love and death.

The number of street cafes in the capital will increase significantly this year due to the expansion of the list of permitted areas for the installation of such establishments. In addition to land plots, restaurateurs now have roofs and balconies at their disposal. However, there is still little space for new catering outlets on busy streets, market players note. Photo: Irina Mayorova, Kommersant / buy photo The number of summer cafes in Moscow will increase by 20%.

As Valery Gorelykh, head of the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Sverdlovsk Region, told Kommersant, the Department for Combating Economic Crimes and Anti-Corruption of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs received two statements from victims - clients of the Yekaterinburg branch of one of the Moscow banks, from whom fraudsters tried to write off large sums of money. amounts.

An alarm installer at a burned-out psychiatric hospital in the Moscow region said the system was working properly. As part of the investigation into the cause of the fire, investigators seized documents and questioned the management of the company that serviced the alarm system of the hospital. The chairman of the bar association “Your Legal Attorney”, Konstantin Trapaidze, answered the questions of presenter Ksenia Turkova.

The number of requests to Google from government agencies in the Russian Federation demanding the removal of content increased 19 times in the second half of 2012 compared to the period from January to June of the same year, which the company explains by the start of the law on the “blacklist” of sites, RIA reported on April 26 "News" with a link to the company's report.