In an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta, the chief state inspector of the Russian Federation for fire supervision, Gennady Kirillov, commented on the situation with the recent arson of various objects throughout the country.

Half of the goods are sold in Russian retail or not complies with quality standards. Retaillers violate consumers' rights, pricing, sell low -quality products. All violations are estimated at 88 million rubles of fines. According to Rosstat, which is cited by the BFM portal, in 2008 Rospotrebnadzor conducted 142.2 thousand inspections of trading organizations, as a result of which 78.7 thousand administrative offenses were identified.

According to the Nationwide Children's Hospital Research Institute, between 1990 and 2007 in the United States, more than 260,000 children were hospitalized because furniture fell on them. Approximately 300 children died as a result of their injuries, writes Washington ProFile . Most furniture victims are children under 7 years old. It is interesting that children of different ages are threatened by different pieces of furniture.

The Priluksk court of the Chernihiv region decided to ban the use during the celebration of Victory Day in the territory of this region of Soviet symbols. This was announced on Monday by the press service of the ultra-rationalist all-Ukrainian association "Freedom". The corresponding decision was made in the claim of this organization, whose members call themselves the followers of Stepan Bandera.

In St. Petersburg, two unknowns robbed the elderly professor of the Polytechnic University. The victim was abducted by 400 thousand rubles. The crime was committed on Monday in the Kalininsky district of St. Petersburg, reports Fontanka.ru with reference to the Agency of Journalistic Investigations of the Azhur. According to the investigation begun, around noon on May 4 at the house No. 27 on Gzhatskaya Street two unknown people attacked a 70-year-old teacher of St.

Arab residents of Eastern Jerusalem will be able to build in their districts of 23550 houses in the next 20 years. This was reported in Jerusalem City Hall in connection with the development of urban planning Plan for the next 50 years, ITAR-TASS reports.

The former president of the Wings of the Soviets of the Soviets, Alexander Baranovsky is suspected of abuse of powers.

An employee of the police special forces was arrested in the Smolensk region, who, together with the accomplice-recidivist, beat a man, extorting more than 100 thousand rubles. According to the law enforcement officer, the victim was supposed to be his mother’s money, as the policeman was robbed by the store.

The German authorities officially officially confirmed that in addition to the Italian Fiat, the Oleg Deripaska GARIS, Sberbank and Canadian Magna are interested in the purchase of the Opel control package. Fiat has a more stable financial situation, but influential German trade unions fear it. The relevant statement was made by the Minister of Earth Earth Tyurbiy (Germany) Jurgen Reinholz.

Major of the police Denis Evsyukov, who staged a massacre in the supermarket in the south of Moscow, was charged at once on three criminal articles: “The murder of two or more persons from hooligan motives”, “attempt to kill two or more people from hooligan motives” and “illegal acquisition, storage of weapons”, Itar-Tass reports.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia announced the disclosure of the military coup and arrested several higher officers of the country's Ministry of Defense. According to the department, the action was planned by the Russian special services, ITAR-TASS reports.

A group of biologists from Germany, Spain and Italy discovered 130 frogs previously unknown to science on the island of Madagascar. Scientists published the sensational results of their 15-year studies of the Ranidae Ranidae Madagascar Family in the scientific journal ProChedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Der Spiegel reports on Tuesday.

Two researchers from the University of Hamburg - Hans Kaufman and Rita Wildans - believe that the story of how Van Gogh cut off his ear, just a legend. In fact, scientists believe, his friend Paul Gauguin is computered to his ear, writes The Guardian .

US President Barack Obama proposed to put outlap methods of tax evasion using offshore accounts. According to the American president, now in tax legislation there are loopholes that encourage US company to transfer jobs abroad, BBC reports. The White House intends to tighten the rules that allow transnational corporations based in the USA to transfer profits to countries with lower taxes. To this end, foreign branches of some corporations will be considered as separate companies.

In the very center of New York, on Times-Square Square, an accident occurred with the participation of a sports car Ferrari F430. The car was involved in the film "The Student of the Wizerer's Apprentice) with Nicholas Cage in the title role, the shooting of which took place on Manhattan. The stuntman, who drove the sports car, lost control of the car: it was brought in a bend and threw it right onto the sidewalk with pedestrians.