As reported by the press service of the prosecutor's office of the Murmansk region, the case was opened in the third article 216 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Violation of the safety rules during explosive and mining work"), reports " Nakanun.ru ". The fire that arose during the explosion on the mine in the Murmansk region is localized, said an employee of the regional Ministry of Emergencies. It was possible to restore the operation of the ventilation system.

On one of the mines in the Murmansk region, an explosion occurred the day before, as a result of which 12 workers died and four were injured. According to a source in the regional law enforcement agencies, the fate of three more people is unknown, Severinfo reports. The emergency occurred eight kilometers from the city of Kirovsk on the territory of the Apatit OJSC OJSC. According to the Ministry of Emergencies, the explosion occurred at night during the laying of explosives.

The representative of the United Russia faction Yuri Medvedev before the evening meeting of the State Duma indignantly said that this was not the first time the dining room on Fridays did not work. He raised the question that M.B. Adapt the work of the Duma to the work of the dining room, also what is primary - an egg or a chicken?

Yesterday, President Dmitry Medvedev came to Kurgan to hold a meeting on the development of the Ural Federal District and personally submit to the regional authorities the new envoy Nikolai Vinnichenko. The deductions to the federal budget from the Urals district are a third of its total amount, and their own income in 2008 amounted to 950 billion rubles, writes Kommersant . The head of state emphasized that it is necessary to "preserve all the positive that has been created lately.

The head of the Constitutional Court Valery Zorkin accuses the State Duma of not fulfilling the decision adopted by the instance, which he leads. He said this in an interview with Rossiy newspaper . According to him, the inaction of the deputies leads to the fact that the rights of citizens are violated. The fact that deputies still do not respond to decisions that are pleasant several years ago by the Constitutional Court is a flagrant outrage, says Valery Zorkin.

Chairman of the Georgian Parliament David Bakradze, who is in Washington on a visit, says that the amendment to the Electoral Code planned for the spring aims to prepare for the next, and not early elections, Georgia -Online reports .

At the initiative of the West Siberian Transport Prosecutor's Office, a criminal case was opened in connection with the non-payment of wages to employees of the Krasnoyarsk Airlines OJSC (Krasaire), the Prosecutor General’s Office said.

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The weighted average US dollar exchange rate to the Russian ruble with the term of “Tomorrow” accounts at the Trades of the ETC MMEVB as of 11:30 Moscow time, on the basis of which there is a process of course formation of the dollar the next day, decreased by 12.33 kopecks. Compared to the condition of 11:30 Moscow time, the previous trading day amounted to 27.8077 rubles, the Finmarket reports.

The State Duma hastily approved the law on the expansion of the list of qualified investors. The corresponding document “On Amendments to Article 51.2 of the Federal Law“ On the Securities Market ”” was adopted in the first reading on November 21, 2008, today it was supported both in the second reading (314 “For”, 90 against) and in the final third (312 “For”, 89 against), our correspondent Lev Finberg reports.

The State Duma approved the bill of the first reading "On amendments to the first of Article 144 of the Civil Procedure Code of the Russian Federation." The document was entered on December 6, 2006, the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, today it was supported by 401 deputies in the second reading, 2 was against, 1 abstained, the correspondent of Polit.ru Lev Finberg reports.

The State Duma proposes to delay the introduction of the main anti -corruption measures before January 1, 2010. The norm, which postpones the entry into force of a number of key presidential amendments from the anti -corruption presidential package, appeared in the text of the bill prepared for the second reading, Writes Vedomosti. It is proposed to delay the norms providing for the mandatory declaration of property not only by officials, but also by members of their families.

Yesterday, the Ministry of Health and Social Development reported changes in the procedure for issuing sick leave. One of the most important innovations belongs to the field of medical ethics and should help people observed among narcologists and psychiatrists. Now the profile doctor has the right, at the request of the patient, not to write a true diagnosis and name of the institution where he is undergoing treatment in the ballot.

The strike was announced by employees of the French oil refineries Total, located in the western part of the country, Prime-Tass reports. The strike was announced tonight in support of the position of trade unions in the negotiations, which are held at the headquarters of Total Corporation in Paris. Employees of its plants for the production of technical oils and lubricants join the strike of the oil refinery enterprises.

The Moscow City Court extended until April 1, 2009 the term of the arrest of Lieutenant General FSKN Alexander Bulbov, accused in the case of illegal listening to telephone conversations. Thus, the court granted the request of the Investigative Committee under the prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation to extend the preventive measure to Bulbov for three months and 1 day.