The Kirov Regional Court found guilty local resident in incitement to commit a murder under part 4 of Article 33 and Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and sentenced her to 5 years in prison. Her son and his friend for committing a murder under Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation were sentenced to 7 years 6 months and 7 years, respectively.

The World Boxing Council (WBC) appointed Russian Oleg Maskayev with the next rival of the world -weight of the American Hasima Rahman. According to the official website of the WBC , the candidacy of Maskaev was adopted by a majority vote of the council members. Representatives of boxers can already start negotiations on this fight. If by May 1 the parties do not come to an agreement, then a competition of applications for a battle will be announced among promoters.

The Board of Directors of Sibneft OJSC at a meeting on Thursday decided to rename the company in Gazpromneft JSC and re -registration in St. Petersburg, the chairman of the board of Gazprom JSC Alexey Miller in St. Petersburg on Friday told reporters. "Yesterday, the Board of Directors of Sibneft took place, and it will be registered in the city of St. Petersburg and will be the largest taxpayer," he said.

Several hundred people opposing the cancellation of the registration of a candidate for the deputies of Ryspka Akmatbaev, gathered on Friday on the central square of Bishkek, near the Government House and demanded a meeting with President Kurmanbek Bakiev. One of the requirements of the protesters was the resignation of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Felix Kulov, Interfax reports.

Just thoughts about muscles make them become stronger, showed a new study. Specialists from the university in the British city of Hull took 30 volunteers and invited them to do biceps. At the same time, at first they were ordered to think only about their muscles and how they work, then they told them to think about raised weight, and in the third experiment they allowed to think about anything, Mirror reports.

On Friday in Magnitogorsk, the Metallurg with the Omsk Vanguard, the semifinal stage of the Russian Hockey Championship, launched the local Metallurg. The main time of the match did not reveal the winner 1: 1 (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0), and in overtime, luck smiled at the defender of Omsk Nikita Nikitin, who brought victory to the guests. Thus, the avant-garde hockey players were led in the semifinal series with a score of 1-0.

Next week, the Duma Committee on the Legislation will consider the bill of the Member of the Security Committee of Gennady Gudkov on the return of articles on looting in the Criminal Code. To the looters, the author of the bill considers not only those who assign someone else's property on the battlefield, during a technogenic catastrophe or natural disaster, but also officials who stole humanitarian aid, the newspaper.gzt.ru reports.

Soon the Bailey's liquor, Rum Bacardi and other Russians beloved by Russians will disappear from the stores. From tomorrow, all alcohol imported into Russia should be equipped with excise stamps of a new model. But only two of 126 alcohol suppliers are ready to work in a new way. Given that cheap Moldavian wine is expected to be big problems at customs, the range of wine departments will be significantly reduced.

On the reserved island of Kizhi in Lake Onega, the restoration of the resurrection of Lazarus, one of the most ancient monuments of Russian wooden architecture, was completed. The need for a restoration of wooden building arose due to a strong distortion of its log house, told REGNUM in the Kizhi Museum-Reserve. To align the structure, the church had to be lifted with jacks, and to lay additional boulders under the sagging parts of the structure.

According to the reports from Mayapur (the Indian state of West Bengal), where the popular temple of the Society of Consciousness of Krishna Chandrodai Mandir is located, the famous temple elephant Gulab suddenly fell ill and is now in critical condition. The sacred animal hurt his leg at the ceremonies performed during the recently celebrated Gaura-Purny's large religious holiday in honor of the great Bengal Saint Sri Caitanya. Apparently, a dangerous infection fell into the wound.

The Moscow prosecutor's office refused to institute criminal proceedings against the security service of the REN -TV television channel - the same ones that were not aired by Olga Romanov’s leading news on November 24, 2005 in the fall of last year. This is stated in the official document of the metropolitan prosecutor's office, which the journalist received.

Dagestan’s law enforcement agencies during this week interrogated the US citizen several times, an employee of the University of Washington, John Hopkins, Kelly McEvers.

Perhaps no science is able to refute the existence of God, however, as some believe, it is useless to pray. In any case, such a conclusion today makes a popular American edition of Time (the full text on the website inopressa.ru ), commenting on the results of one study published on the pages of American Heart Journal ("American Journal of Heart Problems").

As a result of the explosion that thundered on Friday in Istanbul, one person died, 13 were injured, the CNN-Turk television company reports with reference to the police sources. Earlier on Friday, the mayor of Istanbul Muammer Guler, who arrived at the scene, said that 11 people were injured. “Two people are in intensive care, doctors evaluate their condition as difficult,” the mayor noted.

The Moscow Torpedo played at home to draw from Amkar from Perm in the third round of the Russian football championship. The match in Luzhniki ended with a score of 0: 0. The torpedo assets have two points after three rounds, and Permians have one. In another match of the day, the metropolitan "Dynamo" at home tied with the "Saturn" near Moscow - 1: 1. In the first half, guests opened, which distinguished Edgaras Chesnauskis.