Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Tuesday made a number of appointments: Boris Boyarskov was appointed head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications and Mass Communications, and Vladimir Azbukin - Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation, Interfax reports.

The Assem of the Indians of the Peruvian Amazon (Aidesep) filed a lawsuit of the French company Perenco. She claims that the development of an oil field acquired in January will jeopardize the survival of Indian tribes, writes the French newspaper Le Monde . The Block 67 section in the Maranjon basin on the border with Ecuador, bought by Perenco, includes the fields of Pike, Drado and Pirana, with proven and possible resources reserves, in total comprising more than 300 million barrels.

The Kubinsky leader Raul Castro, who is 77 years old today, at the same time celebrates his first 100 days at the head of the island of Freedom. However, 3 months of his leadership of the country differ from 50 years of the reign of Fidel only a few "cosmetic reforms", the world media write. As the French newspaper Le Figaro notes, these changes showed the whole world only the absurdity of the restrictions from which Cubans suffer.

Four prisoners in the colony of the Chelyabinsk region died from post -traumatic shock. Such conclusions were drawn by an examination under the leadership of the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service Yuri Kalinin, who arrived on Monday evening at the scene. Human rights activists have already demanded the resignation of Kalinin, whom some consider the author of the sadistic torture system in Russian prisons.

Two militants resisted police officers in the Ingush village of Yandara. One died, the other was detained, Interfax reports with reference to the headquarters of the temporary grouping of troops on Tuesday. In the afternoon of Tuesday, during operational events, the police tried to detain the VAZ car, in which there were two men. Those, in turn, showed armed resistance to police officers, starting to shoot off.

The widow of John Lennon Yoko, she could not forbid the use of Lennon's cult song "Imagine" in a scientific documentary, challenging the official version of the theory of evolution and entering the polemic with the legendary guitarist and composer of the Beatles group, RIA Novosti reports.

Fuel based on water, allegedly invented by the Indonesian Joko Suprarto, turned out to be a simple diesel engine, writes Jakarta Post on Tuesday, quoted by RIA Novosti . "Researchers of the State Technology Agency tested" Blue Energy " - the fuel allegedly made on the basis of water, and came to the conclusion that its chemical components are no different from the components of the diesel engine supplied by the state oil company" Pertamin, "the article says.

According to representatives of the BMW car concerns, the production of a new compact X1 crossover will be established at the company's factory located in the German city of Leipzig. About 100 million euros will be invested in an increase in the power of the plant by the Bavarians. The first X1 should leave the assembly line in 2009. This is reported by WorldCarfans . Now 700 cars per day are produced in Leipzig? This is the BMW 3 series, as well as a convertible and BMW 1 series.

The Supreme Court of Russia accepted the claim of the Communists, in which the results of the elections to the State Duma are disputed on December 2, 2007. This was reported by Vedomosti Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party on Legal Affairs Vadim Solovyov.

Last year, traffic lights, road signs, "lying police", dividing barriers decided to transfer to the municipalities. Previously, this farm contained a state specialized installation and operational unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, but the federal structure located in Moscow was inconvenient to serve such a number of objects that are very scattered around the country.

Russia and Saudi Arabia signed a protocol on the completion of bilateral negotiations on the accession of the Russian Federation to the WTO, Interfax said with reference to the Ministry of Economic Development. The protocol of the agreement covers the goods of the traditional export of Saudi Arabia - dates, cement, oil and oil products, mineral fertilizers, plastic, carpets and products from it, aluminum and products from it, cable products.

Popular American actor Brad Pitt will become a designer of an environmentally friendly hotel in Dubai, reports Prian.ru . Pitt is part of the Graft architectural bureau in Los Angeles, which was chosen to prepare the master plan of this project, which includes a five-star hotel with 800 rooms. In a statement for the press, Pitt said that "acting? This is my career, and architecture? This is my passion.

Activists of the Czech Civil Initiative “There are no military bases” by Yang Tamash and Yang Bednarzh, who, in protest against the implementation of plans for the placement of near Prague, hold a hunger strike for three weeks, at midnight in the Central European time left it. They will be replaced by politicians and intellectuals. During Tuesday, a prominent Czech public figure, human rights activist and one of the leaders of the “velvet” revolution Peter st.

Representatives of the radical wing of Yabloko are ready to nominate their candidate for the party leader. The so -called "intra -party opposition" is sure that she will be able to agree on a single candidate with the St. Petersburg branch of the party. “Today, the St. Petersburg branch of the party should decide on his candidate,” Ilya Yashin told Interfax the leader of the Youth Yabloko. He also stated that he was also ready to advance and had already presented his program.

When purchasing residential property in Finland, Russian citizens should not forget about the need to obtain permission from the offices of the Environmental Center. This document is issued at the location of the property and is valid for three months, informs ZagranDom.ru . When renting out property, local legislation requires payment of a tax of 8% of the profit received. The tax is paid annually.