Falling sales on the car market approach the anti -records of 2009, although the rate of the decline as a percentage of the year has stopped growing by a year. Experts notice that the low base of last year begins to operate, and in the II and III quarters the rate of market drop can slow down. Dealers are not so optimistic yet.

Fires in Khakassia and Transbaikalia worsened the positions of the governors Viktor Zimin and Konstantin Ilkovsky in the performance rating, they became the leaders of the fall, according to experts of the civil society development fund, regularly publishing such “hit parades”. The intermediate rating "Growth and fall leaders" prepared this time covers the period from March 16 to April 27, 2015.

Russia has become a leader in the number of deaths (30%), one way or another related to alcohol consumption, as well as on the growth rate of drunkenness among young people - such data are contained in the report of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), covering the period from 1992 to 2012.

The commander of the Chechen battalion "North" Alibek Delimkhanov went to increase. The head of the 141st motorized regiment of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia was appointed deputy commander of the 46th separate brigade of the operational appointment of internal troops, the Caucasian Knot reports with reference to the source.

The PayPal payment system blocked the account, which was collected for the printing of the Putin. War report, the activist of the Solidarity movement Vsevolod Chagaev, engaged in the publication of the study, said on Twitter .

The Ministry of Finance proposes to introduce a social coefficient for OSAGO, which could reduce the cost of the insurance policy, expanding a number of bonar drivers. This was reported by "Vedomosti" . The current law on CTP already provides for benefits for the disabled and their children. They are entitled to compensate for 50% of the ASAGO Award from the federal budget. Also, the law allows local governments to expand the list of beneficiaries.

“When I was studying Chinese in the early 80s, prominent sinologists of that time (many are still in good health; Chinese studies implies a very long and leisurely life) recalled with nostalgia the 50s, when friendship with the new socialist China seemed “for centuries” "and opened up broad life prospects for young (at that time) specialists.

The House of Representatives of the American Congress adopted the "Law on Freedom in the United States", reforming the National Security Agency and restricting the mass collection of telephone calls. The project has yet to overcome the Senate controlled by the Republicans, who last year failed a similar bill. The new law was supported by 338 congressmen, 88 legislators spoke out against.

Trade enterprises and catering systems located in the premises of residential buildings will retain the opportunity to work at night. Earlier it was reported that from July 1, 2015, shops, restaurants and pharmacies are transferred to the daily mode of operation in accordance with the law.

The Canadian company Bombardier will reduce the production of its largest Global 5000 and Global 6000 business jets. As Bombardier Business Aircraft, Eric Martel, told Bloomberg , the demand for them in developing countries, in particular in Russia and China, fell. Martel did not specify how much the production will be cut and how many people would affect. Today, about 4,500 people at Bombardier factories in Canada and Northern Ireland work on the mentioned Global models.

In Uzbekistan, they recall the 10 years ago, who died during the tragic events in the city of Andijan, located in the eastern part of the Ferghana Valley, where dozens of people were killed during the riots on May 13, 2005. According to the official version, 187 people became victims of the tragedy, but international organizations and human rights activists claim that the number of dead is measured by hundreds.

The Japanese company Toyota began work on new charging stations that will reduce costs several times. The stations are designed for charging hybrid cars and electric vehicles. The project will be presented in the fall of 2015. New charging stations will consist of two parts: a base unit equipped with a charging and reading payment card, as well as a small additional charging unit at a lower price, JcNews says. The base block is equipped with a large sensory display, which adds new functions.

In the wake of plans for the construction of an underwater hotel and underwater villas , an architectural company from Poland made the idea of ​​creating an underwater tennis court in the emirate. The creator of the ideas and owner of the company 8+8 Concept Studio, the Polish architect Krzystof Kotal is currently looking for investors for the project, imposing high hopes for the "giants of the economy" of Dubai, the Russian Emirates website reports.

The leader of the extremist group "Islamic State" (IG) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi distributed an audio recording in which Muslims calls for joining him, a number of Western media reports. According to CBS , in handling a man with a voice similar to the voice of a terrorist concerns the topic of war in Yemen, respectively, the recording was made not so long ago. Record is available on sites used by extremists. It says that Muslims should "immigrate" into the proclaimed IG "Caliphate".

At once, five world records of the cost of masters of post-war and contemporary art are set at Christie's evening auction in New York, the total cost of the works realized reached $ 658.5 million, RIA Novosti reports. The most expensive of the 85 works presented at the auction was the picture of the American artist Marco Rotko "Number 10" born in the Russian Empire in the Russian Empire in the Russian Empire. The work, dated 1958, took 81.925 million dollars.