In the United States, hot fans of the fictional world of the British writer John Ronald Tolkien are looking forward to the publication of the next films dedicated to the adventures of the most outstanding representatives of the little people. Those Americans who are ready to prove the power of their hobbies by the hobbits are already offering to settle in the present "Hobbish House".

The Georgian border police released the Russian ship Pur-Navolok, detained on March 18 in the water area of ​​the resort of the Sarpi. Captain Sukhograza Yuri Danilov paid a fine of 50 thousand Lari (30 thousand dollars), after which the ship received the right to free swimming, RIA Novosti reports. As reported, the Russian dry cargo was detained "for violations of the rules of navigation in the Georgian Marine Word." There were 10 people on the ship - all citizens of Russia.

The regional council of the Moscow branch of the Yabloko party requires the liberation of the Pussy Riot group, who received a new portion of scandalous fame after the action in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. "We condemn the hooligan action that hit the feelings of a part of believers. We believe that the offense made by Pussy Riot is not the basis for detention," the apple -played statement of the Moscow " Interfax -religion" portal said today.

The Belgian amateur astronomer Ralph Vandeberg took pictures of the First Soviet Meteor Meteor-1 meteorus, RIA Novosti reports. This companion after 43 years in orbit in the coming days will enter the dense layers of the atmosphere. Meteor-1 was launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome on March 26, 1969.

The debts of Americans for training are growing, it is increasingly difficult for students to pay education loans, writes The Wall Street Journal . The amount that has to be paid by educational loans at the end of 2011 exceeded the trillion dollars - much more than previously considered. The figure was published by the State Agency for Protection of Consumer Rights of Financial Services CFPB. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York previously called the amount 16% lower than the current one.

In Ukraine, a criminal case has been instituted on the fact of an attack on the guard of the military unit of the radio engineering forces. In a shootout near the radar station, one soldier and one attacker were killed. The head of the guard, with the rank of senior lieutenant and senior soldier, were injured, UNIAN reports with reference to the public relations department of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Kharkov region.

The new government of Russia can be announced before May 7 - the day of the inauguration of the elected President Vladimir Putin - and before the prime minister Dmitry Medvedev, writes RBC Daily with reference to the press secretary of the still current Prime Minister Dmitry Peskov. Prior to this, the Kremlin assured that the composition and structure of the government would be announced only after the inauguration. Thus, the future prime minister was supposed to announce the new cabinet.

The 15-year-old resident of the village of Olkha, Shelekhovsky district of the Irkutsk region, was seriously injured during unsuccessful experience. The repeated winner of the chemistry Olympiads decided to assemble a home -made explosive device that unexpectedly detonated - as a result, the schoolboy was in the hospital with traumatic amputation of his right hand and chemical eyes, Interfax reports.

The New Zealand court allowed the scandalously known owner of the Magaupload.com file -sharing Kim Dotkom, waiting for a decision to issue him in the United States, partial access to his bank accounts and arrested property, RIA Novosti reports. The boner was arrested on January 20 in the suburbs of the New Zealand capital of Auckland, and on February 22 the court released him on bail.

In the Republic of Buryatia, a preliminary investigation of a criminal case on a series of brutal murders of minor girls was completed. A gang of rapists dealt with them, and the attackers mocked the victims even after their death. The accusations were brought by six defendants, two of whom are girls. At the moment, they are all arrested, the official website of the Investigative Department of Buryatia reports.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a list of instructions following a meeting on economic issues on March 12, the Kremlin press service said. He instructed the government together with the Central Bank until September 1 to prepare proposals for making changes to the legislation regarding a reduction in the state of the state to a level of less than 50% in banks with state participation, Interfax reports.

Alexander Morozov “I like him. And I thought, to be honest, that he - having gone through the first level of this game - together with Chirikova and a mix of grassroots anti-Seliger activists (I was there, I liked it) - would move to the second level in December, i.e. That is, he will be in an alliance with Akunin, Saprykin, Lazareva and others. That is, a “respectable” core will appear, and Navalny will be in it.

State Duma deputies are preparing amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses that tighten the punishment for Bombil up to the confiscation of the car, the Russian newspaper reports. One of the main changes concerns the permission to use as a taxi car rented from individuals. The current version of the document prohibits this.

The Ministry of Examination will conduct scientific developments that should help Russian skiers, biathlonists, skaters and skaters participating in the Sochi Olympiad. In particular, it is planned to develop a special technology for ice training for skaters, and for biathlonists and skiers - the technology for modifying the snow cover of the tracks.

The inter-religious Council of Russia, gathered on March 22 at a meeting in the Moscow Choral Synagogue, accepted a statement condemning the action of the Punch Riot punk group in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.