Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on the early termination of powers of the head of the Republic of Karelia Sergey Katanandov. The head of state accepted the resignation of the head of the region in connection with his statement "of his own free will", the Kremlin press service reports.

On June 30, in the capital of Lithuania Vilnius, a rally of mass rejection of Catholicism was held. Young people, the participants in the action, handed over to the Vilnius bishop Arunas Ponyshkaitis the statements in which the motives of such a decision indicated.

The State Duma Committee on Security at a meeting on Thursday will consider in the second reading a package of amendments to the criminal and criminal procedure codes, as well as to the Law "On Police" that tighten the punishment for guilty policemen. In particular, they provide for new grounds for dismissal, write Vedomosti .

A meeting of the Standing Committee on the Consensus and Cooperation of the World Council of Churches (VSC) , the largest organization of Christians of various faiths, will be held for the first time in Moscow from June 30 to July 4.

The Financial Services Authority regulator of the UK financial market, fined the former employee of the world's largest oil broker - the British PVM Oil Futures for 72 thousand pounds (or 108 thousand dollars) for non -authorized intoxication transactions. According to the investigation, on June 28, 2009, after a booze on the golf-sample arranged by the PVM, Stephen Perkins continued to drink the next day, which turned out to be a worker.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev criticized the deputies-priests through his microblog Twitter : "Deputies must follow the turnout at parliamentary meetings. It is just a shame to look at empty chairs. We must go to work." Medvedev personally brought the same idea to representatives of parliamentary parties. Those hastened to agree with the reproaches of the president.

The BMW serial -American unit has announced the release of a standard aerodynamic carbon body kit for the sedan, compartment and convertible M3 model. The new body kit includes a carbon patch on the front bumper, a carbon rear spoiler and the overlays on mirrors made of this light and super -strength material. All these components serve as an optional addition to the standard roof of carbon fiber, which is equipped with the M3 Coupe model.

Participants in the round table, who held on Wednesday in the regional administration of Zaporozhye and dedicated to prepare for the celebration of the 450th anniversary of the Peresopnitsky Gospel,, among other things, compared the degree of churching, that is, proximity to the ideals of the Orthodox Church, the current and former presidents of Ukraine Viktor Yanukhenovich and Viktor Yushchenko.

Russia is “technologically ready” for the introduction of a visa-free regime with the European Union, said Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the first international forum “Technology in Engineering 2010”, which opened on Wednesday in Zhukovsky near Moscow. "We are open to proceeding to a visa -free regime, and we are ready for this. A few years ago I said that we need to do a lot because we need to strengthen the borders.

The guarded parking did not help protect the elite foreign car from the theft in the north of the capital. The hijackers drove into the territory of the guarded parking lot, plunged the BMW 750 onto the truck platform, and taken out in an unknown direction. According to Interfax on Wednesday, the incident occurred the day before in the area of ​​house 34 on Leningradsky Prospekt from 7:00 to 7:30 in the morning.

“Yabloko” on Wednesday near the building of the State Duma of the Russian Federation will collect signatures against the adoption of the law that expands the powers of the FSB, the party’s press service said. The bill provides for the introduction of administrative responsibility for disobedience to the requirements of employees of security agencies and obstruction of their work. "The event will be held before the plenary meeting of the State Duma.

The United Russia party plans to offer Valentin Matvienko as one of the candidates for the post of governor of St. Petersburg after 2011. This was announced by the secretary of the city branch of the party in power Vadim Tulipanov. "When the deadline will end in December next year, United Russia will nominate it as one of the applicants," he said at a press conference on Wednesday, Interfax reports.

The "military-industrial company" presented at the International Forum "Technologies in Engineering-2010" on Wednesday in Zhukovsky near Moscow new family of armored vehicles "Volk". This machine is intended to participate in counter -terrorism special operations, it withstands the attack from small arms and is protected from detaching mines. The Wolf is a further development of a well -established Tiger family, RIA Novosti writes.

Thirteen children and the teacher suffered from the outbreak of salmonellosis in one of the Chita kindergartens. This was reported on Wednesday by the press service of the Office of Rospotrebnadzor in the Trans-Baikal Territory. "Laboratory confirmed 5 cases of infection, including the teacher," the department specified. During the audit of the kindergarten, violations of sanitary legislation were revealed in the catering unit of the children's institution.

More than half of visitors to the website of the National Bureau of Mortgage Lending and Doki Real Estate Agency - Women. These statistics are confirmed by requests and the realtors state. In their opinion, the main reason for such an interest in real estate in women is simple - in Russia there are 10 million more than men, thus, the distribution is approximately corresponding: 54.2% versus 45.8% (76 million and 65 million), Interfax writes.