President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych by his decree fired the general prosecutor of the country Alexander Medvedko and introduced to the Verkhovna Rada an idea of ​​the appointment of his first deputy Viktor Pshonka to this position, the presidential press service reports . The reasons for the dismissal of Medvedko have not yet been reported. However, his term of office expired on November 4.

The draft resolution on the provision of state protection to citizens was late and is not adequate to Russian realities - such conclusions were drawn by experts of the Independent Newspaper . According to the publication, the law on the “state protection of victims, witnesses and other participants in criminal proceedings” was adopted back in 2004, while the decision describing the procedure for financing programs to protect witnesses appeared only now, six years later.

It will be possible to become a police officer only after a thorough psychological audit, according to Rossiyskaya Gazeta . During the re-certification of former milia employees who want to become police officers, personnel officers will be interested in not only the facts of biography and a circle of dating candidates, but also his compliance with psychological and moral and ethical qualities.

"When we are criticized that the electric trains, to put it mildly, are in the best shape, does anyone think that we have more than 50% of trips to freezers?" - said the head of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin in an interview with Vedomosti .

Since the Rose Revolution, the Georgian Constitution has been amended twice. In 2004, amendments reflected the president’s priorities: they gave him virtually unlimited powers in the field of legislative initiative; he had the opportunity to dissolve parliament, appoint and dismiss the prime minister and members of the government. This year, as a result of new amendments, power was concentrated in the hands of the prime minister.

Republican Arnold Schwaretyenegger is no longer the governor of California - the very population of the United States with a population of 37 million people. In this state, representatives of the Democratic Party defeated the Republicans in the struggle and for the chair of the state governor, and for a place in the Senate of Congress. Schwarzenegger no longer participated in the elections, since he had already left for two governor's deadlines.

The State Duma approved in the first reading a bill on reforming state corporations (316 for, 2 against), our correspondent Lev Finberg reports. Amendments to the law “On Non -Profit Organizations” and some other acts were introduced on September 10.

The name of Viktor Chernomyrdin will forever remain in the history of the country and the domestic oil and gas industry, said the chairman of Gazprom Alexei Miller. The outstanding statesman died, a person who can rightly be called the creator of Gazprom, the text of which is condolences, the text of which is posted on the company's website . Recall that Viktor Chernomyrdin, who died on the night of November 3, was the chairman of the board of Gazprom in 1989-1992.

Viktor Chernomyrdin did a lot for the development of the economy and social sphere of Russia, ITAR-TASS reports the statement of the Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin before the meeting on the formation of an affordable environmental environment for the disabled. According to Putin, Victor Chernomyrdin "was a major political figure and patriot of Russia." “Tonight, a man whom we all knew very well, respected and loved.

Victor Chernomyrdin was an outstanding politician who had the opportunity to lead the Russian government at the most difficult time for the country, said State Duma deputy Andrei Makarov in the commentary of ER-portal.ru . Recall, the famous politician, former Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin died on Wednesday night at the age of 72 years. The State Duma honored his memory with a moment of silence.

Speaker Boris Gryzlov held a meeting with representatives of Russian historical science in the Gosduma Nut Hall to discuss problems related to the illumination of the holiday of the end of the Time of Troubles on November 4 and the relationship with it. This was reported by our parliamentary correspondent Lev Finberg. “Russia has embarked on the path of modernization and I would like not to lose Russian traditions,” said the speaker.

According to the preliminary conclusion of the doctors, the famous politician Viktor Chernomyrdin died of myocardial infarction, which occurred against the backdrop of a severe oncological disease and acute renal failure, learned the publication of Life News . A serious illness caused acute renal failure, he constantly needed blood purification. Chernomyrdina was usually brought to the central clinical hospital for an ambulance for dialysis, and then he returned home.

Without Viktor Chernomyrdin, there would be no modern history of Russia. This opinion was expressed today by the head of the State Corporation Rusnano Anatoly Chubais, who was Deputy Prime Minister in the first government, headed by Viktor Chernomyrdin, ITAR-TASS reports. Victor Chernomyrdin died at the 73rd year of his life on Wednesday night. Recently, he was seriously ill and worried about the death of his wife, who died in March of this year.

The Warsaw District Prosecutor's Office opened a case against journalists from the Polish weekly Wprost for publishing investigation materials into the crash of President Lech Kaczynski's plane near Smolensk in April 2010. The legislation provides for punishment for such a violation in the form of imprisonment for a term of up to 2 years, the prosecutor’s office told the UNIAN agency .

Pyatigorsk. October 30. INTERFAX.RU - The President of the President of the Russian Federation in the North Caucasus Federal District Alexander Khloponin on Saturday was admitted to the ranks of the Terek Cossack army (TKV). At the solemn meeting dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Renaissance of the TKV, to the proposal of the chieftain of the Terek Cossack army Vasily Bondarev, A.