In the Novosibirsk region, criminals armed with castet beat the famous sculptor Aram Grigoryan. The victim is the author of videos in which he criticizes local high -ranking officials. The 54-year-old Novosibirsk sculptor Aram Grigoryan believes that people who attacked him were not ordinary hooligans. He believes that they wanted to kill him, RIA Novosti reports. According to the regional police department, the attack on Grigoryan occurred on Tuesday at 11 in the morning near the house No.

Experts of the World Health Organization (WHO) first announced the possible connection of the use of a mobile phone with the development of brain cancer, reports Reuters. Probably, the risk of a malignant tumor increases from the use of cell phones, they considered it, having studied research on this topic.

This year, the Organizing Committee of the “Russian Boker” decided not to award the usual prize due to financing problems, but to present the so-called “Builder of the Decade”, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the literary secretary of the award Igor Shaitanov. He explained that the jury members will have to choose the three winners of the rating vote from all who were among the applicants in the past years. This three will be published.

The tenth grader died in the Orenburg region as a result of a tree falling into a group of schoolchildren. Two of his classmates are hospitalized. The Kuvandyk Interdistrict Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee conducts a preliminary investigation on the fact of the death of a 14-year-old teenager in the forest near the village of Nikolskoye.

The Time Machine Group won the most major victory over the audiopirates in its 40-year history: the Arbitration Court of the Republic of Tatarstan found the TVT television company guilty of violations of the copyright of the group and recovered 2.5 million rubles from it, OpenSpace reports. The lawsuit was filed from Tatyurinform, representing the interests of the Time Machine in Tatarstan. Lawyers found on the television company a lot of audio recordings of the Time Machine and other groups.

The Government and the National Bank of Belarus sent an appeal to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with a request to provide the republic with a loan, according to a message on the website of the Belarusian Cabinet of Ministers. Consultations regarding the relevant program of the Acts of the National Bank will be held as part of the mission of the International Monetary Fund, the work of which begins in the republic on Wednesday, the government report says.

The Moscow Department of Cultural Heritage has opened a hotline to collect information about cases of demolition or damage to historical buildings in the capital, RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday, citing the department's press service. “Now any citizen who suspects demolition or other intrusion into the appearance of an ancient house can promptly report this fact to the inspector on duty at the Moscow Heritage Committee by phone: +7 (916) 146-53-27,” the message says.

The "Charter of Freedom" , approved by the Parliament of Georgia, which, according to local politicians, should save the country from the Soviet heritage, Moscow sharply did not like it. In particular, the first vice speaker of the Federation Council Alexander Torshin, the acting chairman of the chamber, said that the "Charter" in essence deleted Georgia from the list of peoples-winners of fascism, ITAR-TASS reports.

Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov strongly recommended that the draft commissions not call for the military service of graduate students. The Ministry of Defense explained that the decision was made after the relevant statement of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, RIA Novosti was told in the information department and the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The first theatrical reading of the satirical poems of Dmitry Bykov from the scandalous project “Citizen Poet” performed by Mikhail Efremov under the stormy applause and the laughter of the audience was held on Tuesday evening in Kinoknube at the “Winzavod”, RIA Novosti said. Recall, initially the transfer on the Rain TV channel was called the Poet and Citizen.

In Nizhny Novgorod, a group of youth, who escorted a friend in the army, attacked the police and the district police officer. The law enforcement officers were beaten and selected mobile phones from them.

In the Republic of Bashkiria, the police detained a store guard who is suspected of killing a client. According to the preliminary version, the visitor secretly wanted to take out a shampoo bubble out of the Ufa supermarket, for which he was brutally beaten in the backbone of security. A 21-year-old employee of a private security company Devard RAS Hasanov is suspected of a crime.

The Moscow City Court became the first judicial department of Russia to support the initiative of the President of the country Dmitry Medvedev to begin the struggle with "non -subject appeals" that come to the ministers of Themis.

Six foreign car manufacturers, including Ford Motor and Volkswagen, invest up to $ 4.5 billion in Russia in the next 4 years in Russia. Ford, together with the Russian partner, has already agreed on the investment plan for $ 1.4 billion in the construction of three factories in the Russian Federation. Volkswagen and General Motors are negotiating with the government regarding their investment programs.

NATO and coalition partners decided to extend the operation against Libya for another 90 days, Interfax reports. It was planned to lead until June 27, but now its completion was extended until the end of September. "This decision sends a clear signal to the Gaddafi regime: we are determined to continue our operation to protect the people of Libya," the statement of the general secretary of the Alliance Anders Foga Rasmussen said.