Yesterday, at a press conference in Nizhny Novgorod, the Deputy Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Irina Zhivikhina announced his intention to challenge the title of third city of Russia with Kazan in court, reports Kupremeresant (Volga-Ural) . The dissatisfaction of the authorities of Nizhny Novgorod caused a stand of the capital of Tatarstan at one of the international tourist exhibitions of ITB in Berlin (Germany), which housed the slogan “Kazan - the Third Capital of Russia”. Ms.

A citizen of China, asking her to provide her with refugee status in connection with the fact that she is supposedly pursued in her homeland for political reasons, was deported today from Russia by court decision, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the representative of the press service of the Federal Migration Service. According to him, Chinese citizen Ma Hui with his seven-year-old child, accompanied by employees of the migration service, was deported from the Pulkovo Airport of St.

According to preliminary data, the director of the extended day school, whose name is not named, turned out to be the capture of the bus in Manila, AR reports. According to police, there are three adults on the bus in total. Terrorists who have captured a bus in Manila, in which there are 32 schoolchildren and two teachers, demand to improve the living conditions and education of children.

In the central part of Japan this morning there was an earthquake of magnitude 4.8 on the Richter scale. According to the country's main meteorological department, there was no information about victims and destruction, there was no danger of tsunami, RIA Novosti reports. On Sunday and Monday, in the same area of ​​the main Japanese island, Honsu was registered underground points with magnitude 7.1 and 5.3, respectively. A 52-year-old woman was the victim of the earthquake.

Last night, at one of the Paris metro stations, there were clashes of youth with the police, Echo Moscow reports with reference to ITAR-TASS. The incident arose due to the detention of a freelet at a station located at the northern station of the French capital. Within a few hours. Youth groups broke the glass of underground stores, broke vehicles. As a result, about a dozen hooligans were detained. Two France railway workers suffered in the fight.

In the Novgorod region today the days of memory of the world -famous Russian composer and pianist Sergey Rachmaninov will begin, RIA Novosti reports. The solemn service in the ancient Orthodox Church in modern Russia - the Sofia Cathedral - will begin in the Novgorod Kremlin at 11.30 Moscow time.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation liquidated the Russian Party of the World. Thus, the court granted the lawsuit of the Federal Registration Service of Russia, RIA Novosti reports. In its lawsuit, the Federal Register argued that the party’s activities did not comply with Russian law. In particular, the RPM consists of less than 50 thousand members, and the party did not organize regional departments of at least 500 people in most subjects of the country.

Criminal police officers detained four citizens of Kazakhstan who were trying to sell 847 kilograms of marijuana in the Altai Territory, RIA Novosti reports . Drug dealers were detained near the village of Oktyabrsky, Kulundinsky district, said a source in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. “The detainees, one of whom was previously convicted, intended to sell 847 kilograms of marijuana to local drug dealers,” the agency’s interlocutor said.

Today, the deputy of the city assembly of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Alexei Latypov, has been charged with the illegal acquisition and storage of drugs, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to ITAR-TASS.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President George Bush discussed the situation around Iran today, the problem of the status of Kosovo and plans for placing elements of American PRO in Europe, RIA Novosti reports. The presidents, in particular, discussed the situation around the Iranian nuclear program after the UN Council (SB) of the UN resolution under the number 1747.

Kyrgyzstan President Kurmanbek Bakiev is ready to initiate a referendum on the issue of people's trust in the current head of state at the end of summer, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Bakiev’s statement at a meeting of the country's government.

The Olympic champion in the skating sports, the deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Leningrad Region Svetlana Zhurova lost the car donated to her by the president of Russia. Its Lexus RX-350 was stolen on Tuesday around half past seven in the evening. According to regions.ru agency, the car was parked at the house No. 1 on Tula Street of St. Petersburg. The interception plan, which the traffic police announced, did not give results.

In the capital of the Philippines, the owner of a shelter for destitute children, armed with grenades and firearms, captured the bus and kept hostage to more than 30 schoolchildren 6-7 years old and teachers within 10 hours. The bus was captured during the excursion on the Manila, organized by the owner of the shelter named Armando "Yun" Dukat. Two of his accomplices armed with an automatic Uzi automatic, a gun and grenades participated in the capture.

A fraudster suspected of selling precious and radioactive metals was detained in Moscow. This was stated in the press service of the Department for Combating organized crime and terrorism of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, RBC reports.

Great Britain freezes official bilateral contacts with Tehran in all areas until the crisis with British sailors detained by Iran, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the statement of the British Foreign Minister Margaret Beckett. "We have now approached the new stage of diplomatic efforts. At this stage, we need to concentrate all bilateral actions on the resolution of this problem (with the detention of 15 British sailors)," said the Foreign Minister.