Russia does not consider the possibility of refusing to implement the South Stream project, even if attractive conditions are created for its participation in the GTS of Ukraine, the Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Sergey Shmatko told reporters. “Thus, the question is not worth it at all. We do not have any bargain,” Interfax quotes Shmatko.

The Mytishchi City Court was sanction to arrest the former head of the economic department of the federal state institution of culture (FSUK) "The Agency for the Management and Use of History and Culture Monuments" Mikhail Kvasnikov. Investigators believe that in 2004, together with accomplices, he appropriated a plot in the reserved zone of the Mytishchi district on fake documents.

In Putivl, the Sumy region, unknown criminals made a daring attack on the house of the chairman of the district court. They robbed and brutally beat the owner of the home, and then threw the judge connected into the basement.

The US regulators in the near future can offer new rules for compiling reports for banks and financial companies aimed at counteracting the so -called “Window Dressing”, the practice of a sharp temporary reduction in debt of debts shortly before the reporting of its subsequent restoration to the previous level, the Finmarket agency with reference to Wall Street reports Journal.

On September 16, the star of Russian humor Yevgeny Petrosyan celebrates the 65th anniversary. This joyful event, however, was another reason to think about the difficult relations of the Russian and Belarusian leaders. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko congratulated the popular comedian, sending a congratulatory telegram to him, reports Charter'97 . At the same time, on the eve of Lukashenko, Dmitry Medvedev defiantly ignored Lukashenko, leaving a colleague without congratulations.

The murder suspect escaped from guard on Thursday evening in Moscow. This was reported by "Interfax" with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. According to preliminary data, this happened during the investigative experiment at about 20:40 near the house 8 along the Ostashkovsky passage (northeast of the capital). According to preliminary information, the suspect escaped, taking advantage of the inattention of the police.

10-year-old Jackie Ivanko from Pennsylvania, who became famous throughout America by performing opera arias at the America Searching Talents , lost in the Tele Show final, AP reports. The winner of the show, broadcast on Wednesday, September 15, on the NBC television channel, was the 30-year-old Blueberry performer Michael Grimm from Mississippi.

The Public Chamber (OP) of the Russian Federation fears that the transfer of buildings to the property of religious organizations will make it difficult to visit them by citizens, while the church declares that access will be open to all subject to certain rules.

Microsoft on Wednesday in San Francisco held an official presentation of the Beta version of the Internet Explorer browser 9. The release date of the full version of IE9 has not yet been reported, but experts warn: competitors are advancing on the heels and any delay in this matter will allow them to catch up with Microsoft.

Dmitry Pakhomov, CEO of the Energomash Scientific and Production Association, may soon leave his post, a source in the rocket and space industry told Interfax . "Dmitry Pakhomov wrote a statement of care of his own free will. Now it is under consideration in Roscosmos," the agency’s interlocutor said.

A gross violation by the captain of the boat of the rules of shipping, according to the investigation, caused his collision with a motor yacht on Tuesday night near Vladivostok. This was announced on Thursday by the senior assistant to the head of the Investigative Department of the SCP of the Russian Federation in the Primorsky Territory Aurora Roman, recalling that as a result of the incident two people died, two were missing, one was hospitalized.

This year, the North Caucasus Federal District has sharply increased terrorist activity, the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation noted. Since the beginning of the year, 4 times more terrorist attacks have been committed in the North Caucasus Federal District than last year, the deputy prospector of the Russian Federation Ivan Sydoruk said in Nalchik at a coordination meeting of the heads of law enforcement agencies of the North Caucasus Federal District.

The Moscow Court on Thursday partially satisfied the lawsuit of the head of Rosmolodezh Vasily Yakemenko and his brother Boris to protect the honor and dignity for Novaya Gazeta , the Echo of Moscow radio station, journalists Viktor Shenderovich and Alexander Podrabinek. According to Interfax , in total, the court ordered the defendants to pay the plaintiffs 150 thousand rubles.

In Warsaw, a wooden cross disappeared into the memory of President Lech Kachinsky and other victims of the plane crash on April 10 near Smolensk. Because of him, fierce disputes have been going on in Polish society for several months now, so he is even called the "Cross of contention." TVN24 television channel reported this as a passing loss. The day before, the cross was still at the Presidential Palace, but now no one knows who and where he took him away, referring to him, RIA Novosti .

Liberia President Ellen Johnson-sirlif signed a law on Severstal's permission to extract iron ore at the PUTU deposit, the Kommersant newspaper writes with reference to the company's message. Putu resources are estimated at 1 billion tons of ore with iron content 37.6%, but these are preliminary parameters: the field is less than half explored. Severstal plans to start industrial production and processing of ore in 2017. Estimated capacities - 20 million tons of pellets per year.