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 consulting company Finjan said that its experts discovered one of the largest bottlenecks, controlled by just one gang of Internet criminals. According to the company, the bot-network has at least 1.9 million computers, and it is managed from the territory of Ukraine, at least all management teams are managed, as well as all servers for coordinating the infected PCs in this country.

The Federation Council introduced a legislative initiative to the State Duma, which provides for the alternative of the unified state examination (USE). At a meeting on Wednesday, as Interfax reports, the senators decided to send the corresponding bill to the State Duma.

In the Kharkov region, police detained the offspring of one of the worst maniacs in the vastness of the former Soviet Union. The son of Andrei Chikatilo is suspected of attempted murder and does not even hide that he envies the glory of his father. Yuri Odechev is suspected of trying to kill his friend. The detainee himself denies all the accusations against him, writes the newspaper Donbass with reference to the first deputy head of the May Day police department in Kharkov Sergey Karakutsu.

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.

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.

The metropolitan doctors switch to an enhanced mode of operation due to fears of terrorist attacks during the Eurovision Song Contest-2009 competition. At the stations, anti -terrorist security measures should be taken, the medical staff should be within the city and is ready to go to work on the weekend. Doctors believe that patients will suffer from such an increase, to whom there will be no one to go on call, according to Life.ru.

In Prague, under unknown circumstances, the journalist and writer Tengiz Gudava, who worked for “Radio Liberty,” died. He was 55 years old. A short news of his death appeared on the website of the radio station on Monday, but more details about him are reported by "Gazeta.gzt.ru" . Gudava was born in 1953 in Georgia, graduated from the 2nd Moscow Medical Institute with a degree in Biophysics.

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 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 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 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.