Since October 2010, the Institute of Financial Ombudsman under the auspices of the Arb (Association of Russian Banks) has already been working in Russia, but its activities are not regulated by law. The first financial ombudsman was the ex-deputy of the State Duma Pavel Medvedev, who in February became an adviser to the chairman of the Bank of Russia, now the temporarily acting Fininumbudsman is the head of the Arb Garen Tosunyan.

Activists of the trade union of Russian citizens and other public associations considered what damage to the Petersburgers caused a Madonna concert . According to Interfax , 330 million rubles intend to recover from the singer and organizers of her concert through the court. According to the plaintiffs, the show offended the feelings of believers and shaken the cultural foundations of the inhabitants of the Northern capital, Interfax reports.

The Russian national football team on Wednesday at the Moscow Stadium "Lokomotiv" held a friendly match against the national team of the cat-d'Ivoir. This was the first match after a painful defeat from the Greeks at the group stage of Euro 2012, which deprived our team of chances to enter the playoffs of the continental championship. In addition, in this meeting on the coaching bridge, Russians were debuted by the famous Italian specialist Fabio Capello.

At the end of last week, the media and bloggers disseminated information about Viktor Slavkin: the famous playwright and TV presenter, after he had discovered, had no one to pick up from a psychiatric hospital, the Russia 24 television channel reports.

The post of deputy head of the Federal Property Management Agency can receive Pavel Fradkov, the youngest son of the head of the foreign intelligence service Mikhail Fradkov, Kommersant reports.

The Investigative Committee on Tatarstan put on the wanted list of the third suspect in involvement in the attempt on the mufti of the Republic Ildus Fayzov and the murder of the head of the educational department of the spiritual department of Muslims (Duma) of Tatarstan Valiulla Yakupov.

The unique operation managed to successfully conduct specialists of the Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Center in Moscow. The young man was able to breathe heavily in a car accident heavily in a car accident an hour after surgery without the use of an artificial blood circulation apparatus, which lasted a record short time - only 3 minutes 50 seconds, and now he already feels satisfactory, RIA Novosti was informed in the press service of the center.

In the countries of the BRIC and Asia, women manage to achieve more than in Europe and America. Although the highest leadership of most companies recognizes - women in companies and high posts are very needed and with their help additional competitive advantages are created - the chairs of managers are still getting men.

August 15 is the last day when the owners of Android devices can download Flash Player from the Google Play online store, since at midnight (on the time of the Pacific coast of the United States) Adobe will irrevocably delete Flash Player from the catalog, reports cnaws.ru .

In the Chelyabinsk region, the police detained a man suspected of raping and killing a young girl. The child’s corpse was found the day after his disappearance in the cesspool of one of the private houses of Nyazepetrovsk, the official website of the regional main department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports. The terrible find was made on Wednesday, at 13:50.

In the center of Nazran, at the Krasny Vostok wine and vodka store, unknown persons acted a powerful explosive device. "At 1:20 Moscow time at the Krasny Vostok store, in which wine -vodka products are sold, there was a powerful explosion of an unidentified explosive device. There is no information about the victims yet," Interfax agency with reference to the law enforcement agencies of Ingushetia reports.

An aggressively tuned crowd, consisting mainly of immigrants, arranged mass riots in the French city of Amiens in the north of the country. The hooligans smashed and set fire to the buildings. The school, kindergarten, youth center burned almost to the ground. The fire was given significant damage to the local sports center. The pogroms also stole and burned several cars and turned a huge number of garbage boxes.

The Curiosity Rover, who has been living on the surface of Mars for the third week, continues to delight fans with new photos from the Red Planet. Following the first color pictures and a photo in 3D, the Mars -Road sent to Earth the panorama of the environs of the crater Gale, in which he landed. Pictures of the landscapes surrounding Curiosity made it possible to make the first interactive panorama of Mars.

Google buys Frommer's Fromer's, which produces guide to the cities of the world, as well as owning the recommendations for tourists of the same name, RIA Novosti reports. The amount of the transaction is not disclosed.

In the coming years, Moscow airports will not be able to cope with the growing passenger flow, writes the Daily RBC newspaper. Even according to the most optimistic estimates of experts, in 2014, more than 13 million passengers will not be able to be served by airports of the Moscow Aviation Node (MAU). The planned commissioning of two new runways in Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo will not solve the problem.