The Russian oil tanker Saratov City, detained on April 18 in the Georgian port of Batumi "For the pollution of the sea", after paying the fine by shipowners received the "right to swim" and left the territorial waters of Georgia last night. This was reported by representatives of the Coast Guard Service (collection), which is part of the border police of the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Amateur-amateur Ted Judah from Northern California photographed the ISS on April 8, 2010, along with the shuttle of Discovery, the Lenta.ru reports. All photos were taken using a 11-inch telescope installed in his home observatory. According to the astronomer, in total, 150 pictures were taken.

The operation was completed to raise the bow of the South Korean corvette Chhonan, who sank on March 26 in the Yellow Sea, reports AP . On the morning of April 24, the nasal part of the corvette was raised by a floating crane and placed on a barge, which will take it to the base of the South Korean Navy, where the ship’s feed, extracted from the water on April 15. It is not yet reported whether the dead sailors have been found in the bow of the body, Lenta.ru notes.

About 250 thousand St. Petersburg residents took part in the cleanup on April 24, said the Governor of St. Petersburg Valentina Matvienko. The governor herself toured some areas of the city to watch the progress of the cleanup, and then she herself took part in the cleanup in the Kalininsky district - Matvienko planted a spruce at the Piskarevskoye memorial cemetery. The tree species is called “blue spruce spruce”; the tree came from a nursery in the Pskov region, notes news agency REGNUM .

The governor of Arizona Jen Brieur signed the immigration law, which will allow the police to detain persons who are not with them, reports The Arizona Republic. More than one and a half thousand demonstrators gathered near the building of the state administration, expressing support or, on the contrary, disagreement with the actions of the authorities, writes Lenta.ru . The Arizona legislation on illegal immigration has become the toughest in the United States.

The extremist underground may be attempted on May 9, the Chechen police are transferred to an enhanced service regime, said Russian Minister of Internal Affairs Rashid Nurgaliev. “It is possible that it is during the preparation and conduct of cultural events dedicated to Victory Day that the leaders of the gang underground will attempt to carry out resonant terrorist acts,” Nurgaliev said at a meeting in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Chechnya on Saturday.

Dmitry Medvedev does not exclude the possibility of his participation in the presidential election after 2 years. The President of the Russian Federation said this in an interview with the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten .

The oldest adviser to Barack Obama spoke about his secret passion for pies. According to David Askelrod, after moving to the White House, Obama had a problem. The local cook cooked flour dishes very well, so Obama and the cook had to urgently be separated. The wife of President Michelle Obama previously organized a national company to combat children's obesity, the key point of which is a healthy diet, recalls Echo of Moscow .

The Ukrainian Boxer Stylawo Vitaly Klitschko headed the new political party a blow ("Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reforms"). The athlete’s candidacy unanimously supported the party activists at a congress in Kyiv, UNIAN reports. After his election, Klitschko at the Party Congress promised to "create prerequisites for the success of the country." The boxer accused the country's current leadership of the inability to govern the state.

At the Baikonur cosmodrome on April 24, 2010, at 15 hours 19 minutes 00 seconds, Moscow time successfully launched the Proton-M rocket with the AMC-4R telecommunication satellite (SES-1). The launch of the spacecraft became, according to the Center for processing and displaying the flight information of the GKNPC named after M.V. Khrunichev, the fifth launch of the Proton rocket in 2010 and the 356th start in its flight history.

In the match of the seventh round of the Russian Football Championship, the metropolitan CSKA in Novosibirsk defeated the local Siberia with a score of 4: 1. Ignashevich, Guillerme, Nyspiid and Dzagoev distinguished themselves as part of the army. As for Siberia, the so -called Prestige goal in its composition was held by Chizhek. Thanks to this victory, CSKA scored 14 points and headed the standings.

In the Moscow district of Zhulebino, a mass action was held demanding the resignation of the mayor of Moscow and the governor of the Moscow region. According to the Radio Station of the Echo of Moscow, the coordinator of the Left Front movement Sergei Udaltsov, more than 3,000 people entered the rally.

In the match of the 36th round of the England championship, Manchester United, on its field, defeated the London Tottenham on a score of 3: 1. The score was opened only in the 58th minute, and even then thanks to the penalty that was appointed at the guests' gates. The ability to hold a goal from an eleven -meter mark was realized by the GiggZ. In the 70th minute, the "spurs", however, recouped-King spent the return ball. Nevertheless, the Mankunians got victory.

In Vienna, negotiations of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin with Chancellor Austria Werner Fayman began. It will be, first of all, about interaction in the gas industry and in transport. In addition, cooperation in the economic and humanitarian sphere will be discussed. It is expected that during the visit an agreement will be signed on the cooperation of the two countries under the project of the South Stream gas pipeline, Echo of Moscow reports.

About a thousand supporters of the pro -government party of regions blocked approaches to the Verkhovna Rada, the UNIAN agency reports. Party activists, dressed in blue capes and with party flags in their hands, are located along the perimeter of the building of the Ukrainian parliament from the Mariinsky Park. Also, a significant number of law enforcement officials are concentrated near the parliament.