Russian Post, which is currently subordinate to Rossvyaz, will come under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Communications and Mass Communications. The corresponding order was signed by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The order notes that the decision to reassign the enterprise must be formalized within three months.

Over the three months of this year in Moscow (including annexed territories), 1.585 million square meters of real estate for various purposes were put into operation, which is 2.5 times higher than the figure for the first quarter of 2012. This as reported by RIA Novosti .

The State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill providing for a prison term for insulting the feelings of believers and desecration of holy places, Interfax reports . The document proposes to supplement Chapter 25 of the Criminal Code with Article 243.1, which will spell out specific sanctions for relevant actions.

The Syrian authorities have refused to allow a UN commission into the country, which wants to verify the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict. reported this on Monday, April 8, Agence France-Presse citing the Syrian agency SANA, which cited a statement from the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine refused to register a petition to terminate the activities of the Our Ukraine party. This is stated in a letter from the department, a scan of which is posted on the website of the political association. According to the Ministry of Justice, the application to liquidate the party was signed by an “unauthorized person.” The document was signed by Sergei Bondarchuk, who headed the political council of Our Ukraine.

Once upon a time - back in 2004 - the “Total Dictation” campaign was invented in Novosibirsk. Gather those who want to, dictate the text, check their literacy. Since 2011, the event has become all-Russian. First, they tested their knowledge on the classics - Tolstoy, Gogol, Kipling, Vasil Bykov. Then they turned to their contemporaries - Boris Strugatsky, Prilepin, Dmitry Bykov. This year, the original text for the dictation was prepared by Dina Rubina.

In the first quarter of 2013, the volume of direct investment in the global commercial real estate market increased by 8 percent compared to the same period last year and amounted to $94 billion. This is stated in a study by the consulting company Jones Lang LaSalle. Experts note that the increase in investment volumes is stimulated by growing confidence in the recovery of the global economy and the remaining high demand for office, retail, warehouse and hotel real estate.

In the first quarter of 2013, an apartment entered the St. Petersburg rental housing market for which the owner is asking 777 thousand rubles per month. As stated in a study by the Bazanda.ru portal, the offer is far ahead of its nearest competitor in the ranking of the most expensive rental apartments. According to analysts, a five-room apartment with an original design is located on Kamennoostrovsky Avenue. The total area of ​​the facility exceeds 395 square meters.

Gazprom and Shell signed a memorandum of intent on joint hydrocarbon production on the Russian Arctic shelf. This was reported on the website of the Russian company. The document, signed by the head of Gazprom Alexey Miller and the head of Shell Jorma Ollila, speaks of two shelf blocks: at the junction of the Chukchi and East Siberian seas, as well as in the Pechora Sea.

Firat Aydinus from Turkey has been appointed as the chief referee of the return match of the 1/4 finals of the Europa League between Rubin Kazan and Chelsea of ​​London. He will be assisted by Serkan Ok and Alex Taşcioglu. Another Turkish specialist, Chen Satman, was appointed reserve referee. The official website of UEFA reports this. Aydinus has been officiating at Turkish Super League matches since 2003. In 2006, he began refereeing games at the international level.

The senior coach of the Russian boxing team, Alexander Lebzyak, named the team for the European Championship, which will be held in Minsk from May 30 to June 9. reports this RIA Novosti . The most titled member was David Hayrapetyan, who competes in the weight category up to 49 kilograms. The Russian won bronze at the 2012 Olympics in London, became a silver and bronze medalist at the World Championships, and also won the European Championships in 2006.

Unique exhibits worth a total of a billion rubles could have disappeared from the assortment room of the Zlatoust arms factory. reports this Interfax with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Culture of the Chelyabinsk Region.

The Pirate Bay torrent portal has moved from the .se domain to the .gl zone, which belongs to Greenland. TorrentFreak reports this. According to sources in The Pirate Bay, the portal administration decided to switch to a new domain because they were afraid that the Swedish authorities (the .se zone is under their jurisdiction) would try to seize the current address. TorrentFreak notes that the resource will be “registered” on the new domain on an ongoing basis.

On April 8, 2013, deputies of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation conducted an experiment in the Moscow City Duma, trying to prove the need to repeal the legal norm on zero ppm, writes the Kommersant newspaper. In particular, Deputy Chairman of the Duma Committee on Health Protection Oleg Kulikov dropped 20 drops of Valocordin into a glass of water, drank it in one gulp, and then blew into a breathalyzer, which showed an alcohol content of 0.1 milligrams.

Hockey players of the Latvian national team will invest in the construction of a complex for breeding earthworms. The total contribution will be 300 thousand lats (about 556 thousand dollars). This was announced by the president of the Latvian earthworm breeding association, Richard Pulturs, as reported by Mixnews.