The leader of the opposition of Venezuela Manuel Rosalez asked the government to pen political asylum. This was reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to the lawyer of the opposition. In March, the Venezuela prosecutor’s office presented the leader of the New Time opposition party Manuel Rosalez official accusations of corruption.

The Moscow Buddhist Center for the Kagma school Kagyu held on the eve an unusual action entitled "Feel like a Buddhist." In fact, it was an open day, to which, among other things, representatives of the Russian show business were invited to. Some of them responded to the invitation. The small room of the center, located near the colored boulevard, was filled with the people - both the usual inhabitants and beginners who wished to get to know the ancient religion closer.

The German company Audi is preparing to release a new compact crossover called Q3 and announces that the novelty will begin to be produced in 2011 at the Seat brand factory in Martorell, Spain. According to WorldCarfans , Q3 will become the smallest crossover Audi and join the existing models of Seri Q7, collected in Slovakia, and the medium -sized Q5, whose production has been established in native Germany.

The weighted average US dollar to the Russian ruble with the term of “Tomorrow” accounts at the auction of the Unified Trade Session of the MMEVB as of 11:30 Moscow time, on the basis of which there is a process of exchange rate for the next day, decreased by 4.46 kopecks compared to the state of the previous trade day and amounted to 34.0597 rubles, the Finmarket reports.

On Wednesday, the next meeting of the Disciplinary Committee of the Russian Football Union (RFU) was held, at which the misconduct of the Premier League clubs in the 5th round were considered. On the main issue of the day - a violation of the “zenith” limit for legionnaires in a visiting match with Lokomotiv - it was decided to leave the result of the game in force (1: 1). At the same time, for violation of the requirements of the regulations of the competition, the St.

Andrei Arshavin, playing for the London Arsenal, scored four goals visiting Liverpool in the fundamental match of the English Premier League championship on Tuesday. The Russian football player opened an account in the first half, and then distinguished himself three more times in the second. The hosts recouped in the 93rd minute, making the final account in the match equal - 4: 4. Arshavin, in fact, alone destroyed a significant part of Liverpool’s hopes for the championship.

The rector of the Polar Academy of St. Petersburg Kermen Basangov, whose death as a result of the assassination was reported the day before, was alive and sound. She is currently at her workplace. The “attempt” at the head of the university took place under the control of the police officers of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate, who achieved the ideal staging of the execution of the custom -made murder. This was reported on Wednesday, the Fontanka.ru website.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced a possible reduction in the refinancing rate of the Central Bank of Russia with a gradual slowdown in inflation. At the same time, he believes that banks who have received the help of the state will have to be no less than Slime, to ensure the lending of the real sector and citizens at a rate not higher than the refinancing rate plus 3 percentage points - that is, only 16%. “In recent weeks, we are observing a gradual slowdown in inflation.

The vast majority of American banks have a more significant capital than necessary, said US Minister Timothy Gaytner. He also noted that he sees signals of defrosting credit markets and evidence that trust begins to recover, Bloomberg reports.

The Chancellor of the British Treasury (Minister of Finance) Alister Darling will present a budget on Wednesday, from which it will become obvious that the UK is undergoing a worst decline since the Second World War. The Chancellor admits that the government probably lost 60 billion pounds aimed at saving British banks including RBS, Lloyds and Northern Rock, writes The Telegraph .

The IMF submitted another report on world financial stability. According to the fund’s economists, despite some signs of the restoration of the economy, it experiences severe stress due to “toxic” banking assets and reducing credit activity, the newspaper “News Time” writes. The IMF again confirmed that overcoming the crisis is possible only through the restoration of the banking system.

At the end of 2008, the property deduction for tax on individuals when buying an apartment or house was legally increased from 1 million to 2 million rubles. Thus, the maximum amount that a citizen can return when buying an apartment is now equal to 260 thousand rubles. Such changes were made to the Tax Code as part of the government’s anti -crisis program. The Federal Tax Service reports that the right to an increased property deduction applies to legal relations arising from January 1, 2008.

Forward Lokomotiv Alexei Yashin will most likely perform at another club of the Continental Hockey League (KHL) in the next season, and the most likely option for continuing the career is the Moscow Dynamo. It was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a source close to the Yaroslavl club.

In the center of Moscow, unknown attackers defeated lawyer Alexei Kranyuk, after which they stole materials to protect one of his customers. The injured defender is hospitalized with head injuries. At the crime scene, the operational investigation group is working, Interfax reports with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. An attack on a lawyer was committed on Wednesday afternoon. "At 13:30, in the Maly Kazenny lane in the courtyard of house No.

There is a crisis in the Ukraine parliament. The coalition should confirm its existence, otherwise early elections will be assigned. This was stated by President Viktor Yushchenko, who is quoted by Interfax . "We need to have a real majority, we need to have a real coalition and form the real foundations of the state course: to have a budget, to have a government economic program and social. It is very important that this happens.