The Federal Antimonopoly Service asked the government to prohibit security forces from initiating criminal cases for monopoly conspiracy without materials from a departmental audit. newspaper writes about this in its issue dated January 31, The Vedomosti with reference to the FAS proposals to amend Article 178 of the Criminal Code , which are currently being submitted to the government. The FAS advocated the abolition of penalties for abuse of a dominant position.

The Russian economy passed the “low point” in the third quarter of last year, and now there are signs of improvement in the situation. reports, this As Prime was stated by the head of the Ministry of Economic Development, Alexey Ulyukaev. According to him, the improvement in the situation in the country's economy is evidenced by positive changes in the dynamics of industrial production and an increase in agriculture by six percent at the end of the year.

In 2013, 7,383 homes priced over $2 million were sold in California, the highest number on record. Compared to 2012, sales of expensive housing in the state increased by 33 percent. about this . writes The Los Angeles Times newspaper According to realtors, the number of transactions with houses over a million dollars increased by 45 percent to 39,145. This result was the highest since 2007.

US prosecutors have asked the court to send to prison the director of a kosher slaughterhouse in Iowa, who used the labor of illegal migrants, and also took money from them and forced them into sex, reports the Associated Press . The prosecution demanded that Hosam Amara be imprisoned for the longest term prescribed for his crimes - 78 months. Amara has already pleaded guilty and expressed remorse.

The Russian national hockey team, which is preparing for the 2014 Olympics at a training camp in Kazan, played bandy. agency about this R-Sport Striker Sergei Plotnikov, who was not included in the squad for the Games in Sochi, but was one of the eight reserves, told the .

In the United States, another cruise ship was forced to cut short a tour of the Caribbean islands due to mass poisoning of passengers, reports the Texas television channel KTRK-TV (ABC News affiliate). Cases of gastrointestinal distress caused by norovirus have been reported on board the Caribbean Princess. 173 people complained of poisoning on board, most of whom were passengers.

Regional authorities should prohibit access from school computers to websites, pages on social networks, forums and message boards that cause fear, panic and horror, deny family values ​​or contain obscenities. The list of information harmful to schoolchildren was agreed upon by the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications, RIA Novosti reports .

Goalkeeper of the Russian national hockey team Semyon Varlamov has extended his contract with the NHL club Colorado Avalanche. The official website of the league reports this. Under the new agreement, valid until the end of the 2018/19 season, the goalkeeper will earn $29.5 million (average salary - $5.9 million per year). Under his current contract, Varlamov's average salary is $2.833 million per season.

A Japanese police sergeant has left his post after it was discovered that he had force-fed his subordinates, junior officers. This was reported by Agence France-Presse , without naming the names of the participants in this story. The 40-year-old law enforcement officer himself explained that he forced four subordinates to eat huge portions of various dishes in order to toughen them up. Kotaku adds that the cop also wanted to get a displeased look on the officers' faces.

The PhD thesis of Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov contains incorrect borrowings on 108 out of 147 pages, according to the examination of the Dissernet community. Maxim Sokolov defended his PhD thesis in economics on the topic “Development of joint stock companies and the stock market in Russia: 1870s - 1914.” at St. Petersburg State University in September 2008. At that time, Sokolov worked in the administration of St. Petersburg.

Quack Google How DuckDuckGo imposed competition on the largest search engine Gabriel Weinberg. Photo: DuckDuckGo press service The number of search queries processed daily by the Internet search engine DuckDuckGo exceeded four million for the first time in January. The sharp increase in the popularity of the search engine began last year, 2013. Within twelve months, users turned to DuckDuckGo more than a billion times for help.

In the north-east of Moscow, a woman was involved in a minor accident with about a hundred fake grenades in the trunk of her car. reports this Interfax with reference to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow. The dummies, according to the preliminary version, were a gift purchased on February 23rd. The police decided to send them for examination.

The “hole” in the capital of My Bank, which lost its license on January 31, may exceed ten billion rubles. This, as Interfax reports , was stated by Deputy Chairman of the Bank of Russia Mikhail Sukhov, citing data from the Deposit Insurance Agency. About two-thirds of the organization's loans did not generate cash flow, he said. reports this RIA Novosti .

The Tashir group of companies purchased the unfinished Aquadrome sports and recreation complex on Aminevskoye Shosse in Moscow for $100 million. reports this RIA Novosti . By the end of 2015, the new owner plans to demolish the frame of the long-term construction and build in its place a multifunctional complex with a total area of ​​125 thousand square meters. The building will house offices, retail space and apartments.

The Ivorian Ministry of Defense has ordered 40 fast inflatable and patrol boats from the French company Raidco Marine, Jane's reports . The ships will enter service with the naval forces of the republic, but will also be used by the gendarmerie and police. Despite the fact that Côte d'Ivoire is currently under sanctions from the UN Security Council, the organization approved the supply of boats to this country. The construction of inflatable boats for the republic has already begun.