The Russian tourist drowned while bathing at sea in the United Arab Emirates. The General Consulate of the Russian Federation in Dubai confirmed that the drowned - the growths of Sagirov, born in 1959, is a citizen of Russia, RIA Novosti reports. The incident occurred in the emirate of Ajman.

In the Moscow region, a criminal case has been instituted against a guardian of order, which is accused of murdering an officer of the Russian army in retired. Together with a familiar criminal, the policeman attacked a colonel-prisoner and caused him fatal injuries. The reason for the reprisal was a joke, thrown by a girl accidentally met on the street.

Marina Khodorkovskaya "...I would like this to be just the beginning. And that in the last two weeks of Dmitry Anatolyevich's presidency we would see his new humane actions. Humane deeds. We have been waiting for this from him for the last four years. Now he has the opportunity to leave a bright mark on in our souls.

Sergei Mokhnatkin, recently pardoned by the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, finally left the colony. This was confirmed by the "Interfax" press secretary of the Movement "Solidarity" Olga Shorina. At the colony gate, Mokhnatkin made an improvised press conference. He is happy that he has the opportunity to breathe in the air of freedom.

The number of US Secret Service Agents dicked for improper behavior in Columbia reached nine. This was reported by the MSNBC channel with reference to its own source in Congress.

Two policemen, a television operator and journalist during clashes between employees of the state television of the country and supporters of the Islamist Party of the An-Nahda (Renaissance) in front of the television center were injured in Tunisia, AFP reports. In particular, journalist Valid Hamraui was wounded in the hand of a "cutting object", RIA Novosti notes. The police suffered from the stones thrown into them when they tried to stop clashes.

The American magazine Forbes magazine, famous for its rich ranking, launched a new Internet service, which allows you to monitor the alignment of forces in the rating of billionaires in real time, the publication said on the official website of the publication. The new service is called Real-Time Billionaires and reflects the position in the ranking of the 50 richest people of the planet.

The Russian film "Live" Vasily Sigarev won the main prize - "Golden Lily" (in monetary terms - 10 thousand euros) - the 12th International Film Festival of Central and Eastern Europe GEAST in West German Wiesbaden. This was announced today by the international jury of the review under the chairmanship of the Romanian director Christie Puya, reports ITAR-TASS.

The People's Artist of the USSR Joseph Kobzon was again refused to receive an American visa, which was frozen 18 years ago, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the singer’s office. This year for the Kobzon Yubileiny - September 11, he will be 75 years old. Joseph Davydovich planned to mark this date with a farewell tour. The singer in May-June was going to perform in the USA-to give concerts in New York, Chicago and Boston. Now they will not take place.

A smartphone under the Facebook brand, previously already buried by journalists, can still be released in the third quarter of this year. About this, according to CNews.ru, writes on Wednesday the Taiwanese edition of Digitimes with reference to its own sources. The device will be based on the Android platform with customized software from Facebook.

The canvas of Ivan Aivazovsky “The View of Constantinople and Bosf's Bay” was sold on Tuesday at the Sotheby's London auction for the record for the artist’s works of 3.2 million pounds ($ 5.2 million), RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the auction. The View of Constantinople and Bosfoic Bay became the top of the auction house by the art of the East. The picture went to an unnamed buyer on the phone after tense trading in the hall.

The second "castling" of the tandem - now in the party field - raised many questions among politicians and experts. Having settled the post of chairman of United Russia Dmitry Medvedev, Vladimir Putin worsened his chances of getting support for opposition factions in the State Duma when voting for him as a candidate in the premiere of May 8. According to RBC Daily , the Kremlin is already trading for deputy voices.

The Ministry of Finance proposes to tax on a luxury at a rate of 1% property of individuals, the total cadastral value of which exceeds 300 million rubles, said the deputy director of the Department of Tax and Customs-Tariff Policy of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation Sergey Razgulin at the Russian Tax Congress. The fiscal department included this proposal in the project of the main directions of the tax policy of the Russian Federation for 2013-2015, ITAR-TASS reports.

In Kazan, the circumstances of the patient's suicide are clarified. The incident occurred on April 23. The 27-year-old man jumped out of the window of the fifth floor of the Republican Clinical Hospital. From injuries he died on the spot. “In the palm of the deceased was the inscription:“ I had a roof, ” Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Tatarstan.

The main and only difference between the concept and the product model is the head optics. Considering that the installation of LED headlights on the serial version of the crossover will significantly increase the final cost of the machine, the Ford replaced LED lamps with halogen lamps, the Kolesa.ru portal notes. To Beijing, the North American manufacturer brought Ford Ecosport in a top configuration called Titanium.