Compensation payments to British bankers in the 2012-2013 financial year (began in April) will be reduced to 2.3 billion pounds ($3.7 billion). The Telegraph writes about this with reference to data from The Center for Economics and Business Research (CEBR). The previous low was recorded in 1998, when financiers received 2.5 billion pounds. London financiers received £4.4 billion in bonuses in 2011-12.

On May 9, an ultralight plane crashed in the West Kazakhstan region, Kazakhstan Today reports. As a result, two people died (one of them was a Russian). According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan, the plane "Ptenets-2" belonged to a citizen of the Russian Federation born in 1964 (his name is not indicated). The car, as noted, crashed during a “private unregistered flight.” The plane crashed in the village of Pugachevo.

10.05.2012, 15:00:43 version Print | PDA/PDA Activists of the Occupy Wall Street movement in Washington. Photo ©AP Obama supporters rent office for Occupy Wall Street activists The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) will pay rent for an office in Washington for Occupy Wall Street activists , The Examiner reports. Each month, trade union leaders will allocate about four thousand dollars for this purpose.

The Dishonored game will go on sale in October, reports VG24/7, citing representatives of the publisher Bethesda. The project will appear in American stores on the 9th, and the European release will take place three days later. “We are very pleased that Dishonored has attracted the attention of players,” said Bethesda President Vlatko Andonov.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case into the crash of the Russian Sukhoi Superjet-100 aircraft in Indonesia. This was reported on the UK website on May 10. The case was initiated under Article 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violation of traffic safety rules and operation of transport). Investigators are going to find out what the condition of the aircraft was before leaving Russia, as well as how well the crew was trained.

The Avia Group Nord company, which owns the central building of the Pulkovo-2 airport, is controlled by the structures of the co-owner of the oil trader Gunvor Gennady Timchenko . newspaper writes about this in its issue dated May 10 The Vedomosti , citing a representative of the businessman. According to him, the oil trader controls 70 percent of Avia Group Nord through the Cypriot ZUnidream Holdings.

In Moscow, five teenagers attacked a police car. This was reported on May 10 on the website of the city Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. At 22:20 on May 9, the police received a report that on the Novogireevskaya overpass several teenagers were obstructing the movement of cars and swearing obscenely. A squad in a VAZ-2114 arrived at the scene. The teenagers ran up to the car, broke the windshield with a bat, and damaged the right pillar.

Cyber ​​robbery Moscow protests were accompanied by DDoS attacks On May 6, the Russian opposition staged a “March of a Million” in the center of Moscow. If the event itself seemed completely peaceful (and even boring) until the last moment, then a war broke out on the Internet in advance: some hackers attacked the websites of independent media, while others attacked the Internet resources of the Russian government.

A fight involving about 500 people took place in the Dagestan village of Novokuli. agency reported this on May 10 The Interfax . According to preliminary data, first two unemployed men fought during the Victory Day celebrations. On the night of May 10, relatives came to everyone’s aid. Two police officers who tried to prevent a mass brawl were injured. However, when the head of the local police department addressed the crowd, they agreed to disperse.

US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has ordered an internal investigation into the leak to the press of information about the agent who foiled the terrorist attack that was being prepared by Yemen's al-Qaeda , The Telegraph writes. According to the publication's source, the investigation should find out whether employees of the CIA or other intelligence agencies were involved in transferring classified information into the hands of journalists.

The coaching staff of the Russian national football team during the European Championship, which will be held in Poland and Ukraine, will include a specialist in working with goalkeepers. This position will be taken by the former goalkeeper of the Russian national team and Lokomotiv Moscow Sergei Ovchinnikov, the website of the Soviet Sport publication reports.

About 30 indignant women, who consider themselves victims of lawlessness, came to the administration of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko , Salidarnasts reports. The women forced their way into the reception area and announced that they would wait there for a meeting with the head of the presidential administration, Vladimir Makei, or with President Alexander Lukashenko. According to the publication, they are ready to spend the night there.

Milan prosecutors have suspected the Italian oil and gas company Eni of paying $20 million in bribes to officials in Kazakhstan. Corriere della Sera writes about this on May 10. According to the newspaper, Italian oil workers paid a bribe at the first stage of development (until 2007) of the Kashagan field. The publication notes that prosecutors are investigating the entire company as a legal entity.

Based on the results of April, experts from the Agency for Development and Research in Real Estate (ARIN) named the most expensive and cheapest areas of St. Petersburg based on the average cost of secondary housing. According to analysts, as of the beginning of May, the most expensive square meter of secondary housing was in the Petrogradsky district of St. Petersburg - 112.3 thousand rubles.

Governor of the Leningrad Region Valery Serdyukov , whose powers expire on July 9, 2012, decided to retire early. As the Kommersant newspaper writes on Thursday, May 10, citing a government source, Serdyukov has already written a letter of resignation effective May 28. Serdyukov’s early retirement has not yet been officially announced. Representatives of the press service of the current head of the Leningrad region told the publication that they “have no information” on this matter.