The Paris Court released the former Societe Generale trader Girome Kervel. He is accused of fraud, which brought the bank a lot of steel losses, reports AFP . Kervoel, arrested on March 12, 2008, asked the court to release him on bail. In January, Polit.ru wrote about the major fraud of the Societe Generale Bank.

The famous British singer and composer Elton John decided to help Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton in the fight for the presidency. According to News of America , next month he will give a solo concert at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan, the proceeds of which will go to Clinton's election campaign. “I am not a politician, however, I believe in what Hillary Clinton is doing,” Elton John said in a statement released today by the Clinton campaign.

In New York, the new Governor of the state David Peterson took the oath, who replaced Eliot Spitzer, who had gone into the rest due to a scandalous connection with the prostitute, reports Echo of Moscow. The figure of Peterson is largely remarkable. First of all, he is the first black governor of New York, and, in addition, the first unhealthy head of the state administration in the history of the United States.

This is what Elizaveta Surnachev looks like today. Photo by Alexei Chesnokov In early March, Rosstat published the cost of the minimum grocery set in Moscow: 2 181 rubles 70 kopecks per month.

Employees of the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation on the eve of a search in the building of the Ministry of Finance on Ilyinka. The seizure of documents was carried out in the framework of the so -called "case of Storchak." The search was carried out in the Department of International Financial Relations, Long Long and State Finactives of the Ministry.

The literature in 2008 was not included in the list of mandatory items when passing a single state exam (exam). This was stated by the head of Rosobrnadzor Viktor Bolotov. According to the head of the department, the corresponding order will be signed in the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. Bolotov recalled that until this year, literature was an obligatory subject when passing the exam. This problem was raised earlier at the Polit.ru open seminar.

Pontiff leads bridges. Actualization of sins. Scientists joke. How will they torment the geneticists in hell? Why is enthusiasm II now impossible In Eka AD? But what if we are not yet, but already? The Vatican is excited by sensations, which he himself produces - mainly for his own consumption. The surrounding world, even its Catholic part, poorly recognizes the subtle moves of Benedict XVI, which give out a cabinet scientist, not a public figure.

The Arthronika Cultural Foundation reports on the beginning of the acceptance of applications for Kandinsky Award in 2008. The prize will be awarded for the second time and is the world's largest award in the field of modern Russian art. Acceptance of applications from applicants will be held in the period to June 1, 2008. In September 2008, a closed exhibition show for members of the jury, members of the Board of Trustees, friends and sponsors of the award will be held.

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili "is ready to convey part of the functions of the President of the country to the parliament, which will be elected in May." He stated this on Tuesday in an interview with Georgian journalists in New York, reports Newsru with reference to Interfax.

** Government of the Russian Federation ** The government granted the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation the authority to carry out all types of foreign exchange operations regulated by the Federal Law "On foreign currency regulation and foreign exchange control" without restrictions. The corresponding resolution, adopted on March 12, was signed by the Prime Minister V. Zubkov .

We publish a full transcript of public discussion of the ideas of the Sigma network expert project , held on February 14, 2008 in the club - the Bilingua literary cafe as part of the Public Lectures Polit.ru project.

The New York court on Tuesday sentenced to three years the conditional conclusion of the famous rappper Basta Raims, who was found guilty of beating his fan, Gazeta.Ru reports. In August 2006, Basta Raims, whose real name is Trevor Smith, beat his fan, who allegedly spat on Rapper's car, and also insulted his driver. In January, the musician withdrew a petition for recognition of his innocence, thereby avoiding a possible imprisonment.

The Ministry of Defense of the Unrecognized Republic of Abkhazia demonstrated to reporters the wreckage of a unmanned Intelligence Aircraft, who allegedly belonged to Georgia, reports the Caucasian Knot . The wreckage of the aircraft extracted from the sea near the city of Ochamchir - the wing, and fragments of the fuselage were shown to reporters.

Last week, a meeting of the operational headquarters was held to consider the progress of work at the site of the construction of the Novovoronezh NPP-2. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Rosenergoatom concern, the administration of the Voronezh region and Novovoronezh, the Novovoronezh NPP, and the heads of subcontracting organizations. The operational headquarters was chaired by the general director of the engineering company Atomenergoproekt Vladimir Generalov.

During today's riots, the Serbian city of Kosovskaya Mitrovitsa were injured 20 French peacekeepers from the KFOR forces, while, as reported earlier , eight Frenchmen were hospitalized. Doctors of the Hospital of the Serbian part of the city say that about 70 victims received them. At the same time, the condition of 15 Serbian patients is estimated as severe, and two in particularly serious condition had to be urgently sent for treatment to Belgrade.