In Kazan, on July 23, a resident of Tatarstan, Rustam Kashapov, was arrested and is suspected of an attempt on the life of the Mufti of the republic, Ildus Fayzov , and the murder of his deputy, Valiulla Yakupov. reports this RIA Novosti . “The court chose a preventive measure in the form of detention against Kashapov for a month and 28 days - until September 19, 2012,” Elena Koval, press secretary of the Vakhitovsky District Court, told the agency.

The criminal case against Sergei Tsapok and five others accused of mass murder in the village of Kushchevskaya will be considered by a jury. The supervisory agency is also going to create a special group of state prosecutors, which will include, among other things, employees of the central office, Interfax reports . Previously, four defendants petitioned to have the case heard by a jury.

As part of an advertising campaign for BrandSTIK disk drives, special structures resembling a USB connector were installed on several skyscrapers in Mumbai, reports I Believe In Adv. On the giant connector was the inscription “64 GB” and the logo of the advertised flash drives. The advertising campaign was carried out by the agency Publicis.

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes has topped the UK video game sales chart for the fifth time in a row, MCV reports. Thus, the sequel to the Lego Batman story managed to maintain this place longer than any other game released in 2012, despite a weekly decline in sales of ten percent. At the same time, thanks to the imminent start of the London Olympics, sales of London 2012: The Official Video Game increased by five percent, which allowed the game to remain in second place in the top ten.

Have you noticed how quickly Dmitry Medvedev disappeared from our lives? I'm sure you noticed. And I am sure that you and I are very worried about this. It seems like quite a bit of time has passed. Half of March, April, May, June. July is almost over. It hasn’t been six months yet, and he’s already forgotten about us. It’s clear that being a prime minister is not at all like being a president. There are a lot of things to do, and they are all viscous and sucking.

Two police officers from the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Central District of Moscow were detained for extorting ten million rubles. For this amount they promised to refuse to initiate a criminal case, reports the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow. The arrest of the intermediary, who is not related to the internal affairs bodies, was carried out on July 20 by employees of the internal security service upon receipt of 4.3 million rubles.

The world's richest people have hidden between $21 and $32 trillion in offshore tax havens. This was reported in a study by the Tax Justice Network (TJN), a group that deals with issues related to tax evasion. A preliminary report was published in The Observer. For comparison, the US GDP is about $15 trillion. The TJN study provides data on 130 countries over a forty-year period.

Pop singer Elton John, who released his album "Good Morning To The Night" with the band Pnau a few days ago, returned to the top of the British chart, the Official Chart Company reports. The current success is Elton John's first in 22 years - the last time the singer's album topped the charts was in 1990, when he released the collection "Very Best of Elton John." The last studio effort to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart was 1989's Sleeping with the Past.

The Children's Football League nominated the executive director of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), Nikolai Tolstoy, as a candidate for president of the Russian Football Union (RFU). This was reported by the publication "Soviet Sport" with reference to the head of the DFL Viktor Gorlov. According to Gorlov, Tolstykh has been an active supporter of the league for the 19 years that it has existed.

Chinese state corporation Cnooc will pay $15.1 billion for Canadian oil company Nexen. This was reported in a press release from Cnooc. The report notes that Nexen's board of directors unanimously approved the transaction. Cnooc plans to pay with equity and borrowed funds. The Chinese valued one share of Nexen at $27.5, while at trading on July 20 on the New York Stock Exchange, securities were sold at $17.

The defense of the members of the punk band Pussy Riot appealed the extension of the arrest of their clients, who were left in custody until January 2013, Interfax reports . The complaint was filed with the Moscow City Court. On July 20, the Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow extended the detention of three Pussy Riot members by six months. The girls have been in custody since March. On July 23, preliminary hearings in the Pussy Riot case continued in the Khamovnichesky Court.

Madonna violated the Scottish police ban on the use of fake weapons during the show, the Daily Record reports. On Saturday, July 21, the performer performed for the first time in Scotland. The concert took place in Edinburgh at Murrayfield Stadium. It was assumed that if Madonna violated the ban, the show could be interrupted. Although weapons appeared on the scene, there was no response from law enforcement officers.

Two suspects have been detained in the case of the murder of Major General of the Tajik special service Abdullo Nazarov. This was reported by Central Asian News with reference to a source in the republic's security forces. The source did not provide details, only noting that “the operation is ongoing.” also reported the detention of two people Interfax , citing a source close to the investigation.

The total cost of football players playing in Russian Premier League clubs by the beginning of the 2012-2013 championship amounted to almost a billion euros ($1.2 billion), which became a record in the history of Russian sports. This is stated in the materials of transfermarkt.de, one of the most authoritative agencies that analyze the value of football players.

23.07.2012, 17:56:29 version Print | PDA/PDA MTS office in Tashkent. Photo from delovoygorod.com Call the President The wife of the top manager of MTS-Uzbekistan asked Putin for help The conflict between the Uzbek subsidiary of the Russian mobile operator MTS - the Uzdunrobita company - and the authorities of Uzbekistan is gaining momentum.