On Wednesday, unpleasant news caused a strong drop in shares on Wall Street, writes Inopressa.ru with reference to the British The Guardian . The gloomy report of American plants and the signs that the growth of employment is slowed down, instilled the fear that the recovery of the largest economy of the world is postponed, the newspaper explains. The alarming atmosphere was aggravated by the more weak ones than expected, indicators of Europe and China.

Leading Internet companies in Russia - Google Russia, Mail.ru, VKontakte and Rambler - published an official statement of responsibility for user content. In this document it is noted that recently this problem causes the greatest stress among copyright holders.

The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov made new statements on the situation in Libya and Syria against the backdrop of the decision of President Dmitry Medvedev to become a mediator between the warring parties to the Libyan Revolution. It is worth noting that the words of the head of the foreign policy department are somewhat different from the statements made by the president himself during the Big Eight summit.

The Canadian singer, the composer and poet, the legendary Beitnik, who is called "Western Vladimir Vysotsky", Leonard Cohen became the laureate of the Prince of Asturian in the field of literature. It should be noted that the jury of the award preferred the 76-year-old Canadian chanson to the English writer Ian Mcueun, who was also a member of the award-list, reports Newsru Israel with reference to Publico .

The Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region Alexander Misharin asked the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Igor Levitin, who arrived on a business trip to Yekaterinburg, to change the height of the road fence in Russia. According to the New Region , the governor expressed the opinion that this would make it possible to avoid the general departure of cars to the lawns in the city and intra -breeding territories.

The Yandex.Maters service learned to build routes of public transport. Now not only motorists, but also pedestrians will be able to plan a trip around the city with the help of the service, according to a press release widespread by Yandex on Thursday. Previously, the laying of the route on Yandex.mates was available only to vehicles. The service is still working in beta testing mode.

In the American states, powerful tornadoes continue to rage. On Wednesday, Tornado fell on the city of Springfield (Massachusetts). As a result, four people died, reports CNN . Dozens were injured. Hundreds of houses are damaged. This was announced by the Governor of the state Deval Patrick, who announced a state of emergency there and called for help to eliminate the consequences of the natural disaster one thousand military. More than 26 thousand inhabitants were left without electricity.

The Marca newspaper traditionally determined the best player in the Spanish Championship in football. The prize, which is named by Alfredo Di Stefano, was received by the striker of Barcelona Lionel Messi for the third time in a row. The 23-year-old Argentine was ahead of Real Midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo, who set the Bombarder record examples at the mark of 40 goals per season, and his teammate Havi Ernandes, Havbek of the Spanish national team.

Another loud corruption scandal is flared up in the Russian army. The chief military physician of Russia was detained and removed from the service on suspicion of receiving a major bribe. Now he gives confession. According to Interfax , the main military investigative department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case of corruption.

In September 2006, the striker of Zenit Alexander Kerzhakov stole the BMW X5 2000 release, insured for a million rubles. The system of satellite tracking showed that the foreign car was driven into the garage cooperative "Interpre" on the street of Sailor Zheleznyak. But the operatives in the garages at the specified address did not find anything. Apparently, the hijackers threw the satellite beacon into the cooperative to knock down the trace.

The former mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov last night was urgently hospitalized. According to Life News , the 74-year-old ex-city leader was taken to one of the capital's clinics on the ambulance, when he had a strong attack of renal colic. According to Interfax , Luzhkov was hospitalized in the Central Clinical Hospital. The agency’s source in medical circles emphasized that Luzhkov feels satisfactory.

The development of Belarusian-Kazakh cooperation in the field of oil refining is beneficial to both countries. This was announced on June 1 on the "First Channel" of Belarusian television Honorary Consul of Kazakhstan in Belarus Cherman Shokanov, reports REGNUM . “I think that since January, in the framework of the Unified Economic Space (EEP), new prospects and opportunities have appeared.

ALFA CTC Holdings Limited, which is part of Alfa Group, completed the TelcreSt Investments Ltd. CTC Media sales transaction (25.2%) of the CTC Media. The transaction was closed on June 1, Interfax reports, the transaction amount amounted to $ 1.07 billion, Telcrest bought 39, 548 million CTC Media shares at a price of $ 27.097 per paper.

The legalization of some drugs around the world and the cessation of criminal prosecution of drug addicts will be more effective than the war against their spread, the UN Global Commission came to the conclusion. In particular, marijuana should be legally sold, the commission members, which includes the former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, ex-presidents of Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Prime Minister of Greece Georgi Papandreu.

The driver of the BMW special vehicle with a flashing beacon belonging to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, which Mikhail Tsvetkov rammed the Hyundai Accent on the Kiev highway, arrived on Thursday at a meeting of the Gagarinsky court, which is considering this administrative case. Recall that in the evening of May 20, Tsvetkov was wearing acquaintances to the Vnukovo airport along the Kyiv highway.