The body of an elderly Japanese woman was found on Thursday in one of the rooms of the St. Petersburg Hotel "Moscow", Interfax was told to the Central Internal Affairs Directorate in St. Petersburg and the region. "The body of a woman of 69 years old was discovered by a maid, who in the morning came to clean the room. According to preliminary information, the death of a foreigner occurred for natural reasons.

The consumption of a large number of beans, nuts and cereals helps to prevent the development of cancer, scientists say. The fact is that these products contain the natural substance "Inositol Pentakosphate" (Inositol Pentakisphosphate), which stops the growth of tumors, reports Reuters.

In the afternoon, a black citizen of Russia, a student of the Russian State University of Oil and Gas, was beaten by unknown in police uniform on Thursday day. "At about 16:00 in the area of ​​the N5 house on Ostrovityanov Street (South-Western District) Munban Mamurd, born in 1971, went on a VAZ-2105 car belonging to him by proxy. He had a conflict with VAZ-2109 people dressed in police uniforms," ​​Interfax reports with reference to a source in law enforcement organs.

Since September 15, the Bank of Russia withdrawn a license to carry out banking operations at the KB "New Economic Position" (NEP Bank). The license was revoked for violation of federal laws governing the work of banks, in particular, for "repeated violations of the law" on countering the legalization (laundering) of proceeds received by criminal means and financing of terrorism, "as well as taking into account the fact that" measures of influence "were applied to the bank more than once.

Foreign students of St. Petersburg reached an unauthorized demonstration after the head of the criminal police of St. Petersburg Vladislav Piotrovsky on Thursday announced the disclosure of the murder of a student of the Forestry Academy from the Congo and called the murder of "Bytovuho". "This crime has been disclosed, it occurred on household grounds.

The General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation refuses to comply with the decision of the Basmanny Court of Moscow and give lawyers the materials of the criminal case of Leonid Nevzlin for familiarization, as well as "tries to take on the functions of the court," the non -Zeru.com editorial office said in the defense of the defense of the non -Zero.

The only remaining defender of Mikhail Khodorkovsky Henry Padva did not appear at the meeting of the Moscow City Court due to a sudden illness, namely an exacerbation of a chronic disease. In connection with his absence, a meeting of the cassation board on complaints about the verdict of the ex-head of the NK Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky and the head of the MFI Menatep Platon Lebedev was postponed. The new date of the court hearings is scheduled for September 19.

In the United States, the girl was fired for getting out of work to save her family from Hurricane Katrina. 20-year-old Kolony Sims, an employee of the Family Dollar store in the city of Spring Hill (Tennessee), says that the authorities allowed her to go away for several days. However, when two days later she returned to work, she was informed that she was dismissed.

In Moscow, a presentation of the Olympic collection for the Russian national team for games in Turin 2006 took place. The entire Olympic collection was created in the same style. The color scheme is designed in contrasting red and white tones using national characters. Continuing the tradition, the national ornament was used as the main style of the forming element, RIA Novosti reports.

The amount of explosives found in Ingushetia on the eve of the amount of explosives could have been enough to undermine 20 apartment buildings. On Wednesday, September 14, the law enforcement agencies of Ingushetia found a large warehouse with explosives in one of the villages of the Malgobek district of the republic . The total weight of explosives was 1 tons of 50 kilograms. This site "Caucasian Knot" was reported in the Department of Internal Affairs of the Malgobek district.

One of the most eminent veterans of the North American National Hockey League Ron Francis announced on Thursday about his departure from big sport. The 42-year-old striker of the club Toronto Maip Livz spent 23 seasons in the NHL, playing 1731 matches for Hartford, Pittsburgh, Karolin and Toronto. Having in its asset 1798 points according to the “GOOL PAS” system (549 goals and 1249 programs), he is the fourth in the effectiveness of the player in the history of the League.

In the center of the Belarusian city of Vitebsk, an explosion occurred on Thursday morning, as a result of which two people were injured. "In the center of Vitebsk, a metal bank filled with nails and bolts exploded at a public transport stop at a peak hour. As a result of the explosion, a local resident of 1968 was injured, which is on maternity leave for childcare," the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus said.

The Russian Su-27 fighter had an accident in Lithuania, the pilot was ejected and survived, Interfax told on Thursday in the information and public relations of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. According to the official report, a group of aircraft from the sixth Air Force and Air Defense Army flew to one of the airfields of the Kaliningrad region.

In the very center of Moscow, next to the Kremlin, in the cafe you can see one of the most curious manifestations of the image of post -Soviet Russia - richly decorated toilets, writes New York Times (translation on the website inopressa.ru ). Restaurants seek to surpass each other, equipping the most luxurious toilets. In such restrooms, you can see gilded seats, leather walls, toilets made of Gzhel porcelain, the American edition continues.

A closed meeting of customs officers and foreign manufacturers of household appliances was held in the Federal Customs Service. On it, FCS leaders actually demanded that the companies provide customs authorities with the price lists with wholesale prices for their products - it is they who are now going to focus on customs officers when calculating customs fees from importers.