In the Astrakhan region, 61 drug dens were closed last year Last year, about 800 serious and especially serious crimes in the field of drug trafficking were detected in the Astrakhan region. The activities of 45 criminal groups, including nine organized ones and one criminal community, were also suppressed. These figures were announced by the head of the anti-drug department, Andrei Dolbnya.

The social norm in the pilot regions has affected the right people The experience of applying the social norm for electricity in six pilot regions has shown that up to 90% of households fit into it, and the victims were residents of cottage villages and business-class houses. In addition, it turned out that some regions did not take into account the adjustment for high consumption of electric stoves.

The chances of Gazprom OJSC signing a contract with the Chinese CNPC in May for the supply of gas to China are great, said Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Russian company Alexander Medvedev on the Rossiya 24 TV channel. “We have gas, and we know how much time we need to deliver it at the designated time to the designated place after signing the contract. Negotiations with CNPC are ongoing. <…> We are moving towards each other. <...> We are targeting May.

NSD spent money on development At the end of 2013, the National Settlement Depository (NSD) increased not only income, but also expenses: the past year was rich in new costly projects for NSD, which had fully begun to perform the function of a central depository. Yesterday, NSD, part of the Moscow Exchange group, published data on financial results for 2013 according to Russian reporting standards (RAS).

The district courts of Kyiv issued decisions on preventive measures against 64 suspects in the riots on the street. Grushevsky in Kiev, Interfax reports. “By decisions of the Dneprovsky, Obolonsky, Podolsky, Solomensky and Shevchenko courts, house arrest was applied to 14 persons. The Svyatoshinsky District Court made a personal commitment from one of the participants in the events.

Mobile TeleSystems OJSC launched an LTE network in Aksai, the company’s press service reported. This city became the tenth settlement in the region to receive mobile Internet at speeds of up to 75 Mbit/s. In December 2013, the LTE network was launched in nine cities of the Rostov region - Rostov-on-Don, Bataysk, Taganrog, Novocherkassk, Azov, Volgodonsk, Novoshakhtinsk, Salsk and Shakhty.

The initiative to cancel bonuses to their pensions does not find support in the City Council The head of Orel, Sergei Stupin, submitted to the City Council amendments to regulations that abolish the benefits introduced in 2009 for deputies working on a permanent basis. We are talking about pension supplements, which allow you to increase its size to approximately 70 thousand rubles.

The lawyer of nationalist Maxim Martsinkevich (Tesak) announced that his client had been charged in person with inciting hatred or enmity. “Martsinkevich has been charged under Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity). He does not admit guilt, he refuses to give evidence, using Article 51 of the Constitution,” ITAR-TASS quotes Mr. Martsinkevich’s lawyer, Alexei Mikhalchik.

A slowdown in the growth rates of the economies of developing countries will have a negative impact on global GDP, experts from Deutsche Bank and the Japanese corporation Nomura are confident. Radio news interlocutors share similar concerns and do not rule out the possibility that developed countries will soon face new economic problems.

City Hall published transport plans In 2014, offices, shopping centers and markets within the third transport ring will fall into the paid parking area in Moscow - the capital's authorities announced this yesterday. These and other measures in the fight against traffic jams, according to the city hall, led to the fact that in 2013 1 million citizens began to get to work 12% faster. However, Moscow still remains a city with the world's largest automobile congestion.

Ukraine's trade deficit in 2014 is expected to be $14.61 billion, while for 9 months of 2013 it amounted to $5.836 billion. The main forecast macro indicators for the current year are fixed by the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of December 18, 2013 (No. 978), the text of which is posted on the government website. According to the document, exports of goods and services are expected to amount to $104.682 billion, imports – $119.292 billion.

The German concern bought a controlling stake in OJSC Astrakhan Product Concern Agravis Raiffeisen AG (Germany) acquired a 51% stake in OJSC Astrakhan Product, the only poultry farm in the Astrakhan region producing broiler meat, the press service of the regional governor reported. “In August last year, the large German concern Agravis Raiffeisen AG acquired a controlling stake (51%) of Astrakhan Product OJSC.

According to the European Union, state support for enterprises contradicts WTO norms The EU does not intend to withdraw its WTO claim regarding the Russian recycling fee. Europeans believe that the measures taken by the Russian government to support domestic car factories again put importers in losing conditions. Russia is ready for court hearings, but so far the European Union has not proposed a single candidate for the panel of arbitrators.

The stock fund may change its curator One of the oldest officials who stood at the origins of regulating the stock market in Russia, Sergei Kharlamov, may leave the Central Bank. Market participants are saddened by this news.

The fire in a building on Pyatnitskaya Street in Moscow has been localized, according to the website of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. “Thanks to the prompt actions of fire and rescue units, the fire was localized at 16:46. There are 15 fire and rescue units with a total of 46 people working at the fire site. There were no reports of casualties,” the department said in a statement.