The government of the Saratov region officially commented on the events in Krasny Kut, where, according to media reports, a fight occurred, which may be an interethnic conflict.

Ukraine and taxes weakened the Russian currency For the first time since the end of April, the ruble ended the week with a decline against the world's leading currencies. Since the beginning of the week, the dollar exchange rate has increased by 68 kopecks to 34.87 rubles/$, the European currency has risen in price by almost 1 ruble to 47.51 rubles/€. The Russian ruble is weakening along with other emerging market currencies amid concerns about the pace of the US rollout of quantitative easing.

273 1 min. ... Deputies of the Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol adopted the law on the administrative-territorial structure in the first reading. It was developed hastily to speed up municipal elections. The previous administrative structure of the city was taken as a basis: Balaklava, Gagarin and Leninsky districts remained within their borders. And a part was separated from Nakhimovsky and called the Northern Administrative District.

Employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service were suspected of accepting bribes from convicts In the Mendeleev correctional colony No. 10, a system of accepting bribes from prisoners was discovered - the deputy head of the institution, Rodion Kamashev, and one of his subordinates were brought to criminal responsibility. According to investigators, they promised prisoners more lenient conditions of detention for money. Detectives do not rule out that this is not the only episode.

Ukraine announced the transfer of part of the debt for Russian gas. “Negotiations continue in Berlin, so far there are no significant results, but our Ukrainian partners said that they have transferred a certain part of the amount. But obligations are considered fulfilled not at the moment the money is sent, but at the moment they are credited to the creditor’s account - to the account of the gas supplier Gazprom,” ITAR-TASS quotes Mr. Medvedev as saying.

To maintain the patriotic spirit in the capital of Kuban, the district will be called Ekaterinodar The mayor of Krasnodar, Vladimir Evlanov, proposed creating a new district in the city center - Ekaterinodar, which will receive a special status. The initiative came after more than half of the residents of the capital of Kuban did not support the idea of ​​returning the city to its historical name.

The official representative of Rosoboronexport OJSC Vyacheslav Davidenko commented on the call of American congressmen to buy Mistral helicopter carriers intended for Russia, produced in France, Interfax reports. “American senators should not forget that these ships are built not only by French, but also by Russian shipbuilders. The stern of the Mistrals, as is known, was made at the Baltic Plant in St. Petersburg,” said Mr.

On May 29, the opening ceremony of a cement plant with a capacity of two million tons of products per year was held in Nikolsk, Penza region. The total cost of the project is $370 million. Financing was provided using funds from Vnesheconombank and the investor’s own funds, Asia-Cement LLC. Previous photo Next photo 1 / 6 Vasily Bochkarev called the plant an advanced production facility and thanked all participants in the construction.

Deputy head of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia (FSIN), Alexander Sapozhnikov, did not support the idea of ​​maintaining the death penalty in Russia, but admitted that some criminals may deserve it. Mr. Sapozhnikov also confirmed that the Russian penitentiary system strives for European standards of humanism. “I was in the territorial authorities, in the same Orenburg in the famous “Black Dolphin”. There are such people there, sometimes (you think.

The state switches to new rules for calculating GDP In accordance with the requirements of the EU entering into force on September, the UK presented a preliminary calculation of its GDP, taking into account income from the illegal industry. As the data shows, the work of prostitutes and drug dealers provides the UK economy about £ 10 billion annually.

State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki on May 30 confirmed media reports that a US citizen became a suicide bomber in Syria, RIA Novosti reports. Earlier, NBC reported that a US suicide bomber linked to al-Qaeda carried out a terrorist attack in Syria. A photograph of a man with a beard was published, who, according to TV reports, was the suicide bomber who carried out the terrorist attack. “I can confirm that,” Ms. Psaki said, without giving details.

The Supreme Court of Ecuador sentenced former President Hamil Maouad in absentia to 12 years in prison on charges of embezzlement of public funds, RIA Novosti reported on May 30. In their ruling, the judges explained the severity of the sentence by saying that crimes committed by Mauad during the banking crisis of the late 1990s still have dire consequences for Ecuadorian depositors. The verdict can be appealed.

Trends By 2020, the volume of exports in the Nizhny Novgorod region, according to forecasts of the regional government, will increase almost 1.5 times to $6.7 billion. To stimulate the supply of products from Nizhny Novgorod enterprises to foreign markets, the authorities intend to allocate 1.3 billion to industrial development in the next five years rub.

SIBUR intends to participate in the competition for the purchase of 17.5% in Polyef, owned by Bashkiria, if the competition is announced. This was announced yesterday by Pavel Lyakhovich, General Director of Sibur-PETF OJSC (Poliefa Management Company).

The bill on local self-government in the Irkutsk region is recommended for adoption by all parties The developers of the bill on the formation of local self-government bodies (LGUs) in the Irkutsk region found a legal opportunity to hold direct elections for the mayor of Bratsk in September, where the institution of a city manager is enshrined in the charter, and it is impossible to change the document, since the Duma was dissolved by the court.