Among the passengers of the Costa Allegra cruel lighter, there are 15 Russians who survived the fire. This was reported by the press service of Costa Crociere, which owns the ship. Earlier, Russian tour operators suggested that there are no Russian citizens on board. On Monday, February 27, a fire occurred on the ship. According to various sources, the fire occurred either in the stern, or in the machine department.

The street of the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya will soon appear in Milan. According to Interfax from the words of the press secretary of Novaya Gazeta Nadezhda Preusenkova, the city council of Milan has already approved this idea. Presumably, the name of the journalist will be assigned to one of the city streets by summer. The initiative was made by Italian journalists, human rights activists and activists who are part of the public organization Anna Viva (Anna lives).

Active discussion of the issue of luxury tax makes you turn to the experience of other countries. So, the Government of Ukraine promises to engage in social justice. Presented by Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Tigipko in the Ministry of Social Policy and Labor the bill “On Amending the Tax Code of Ukraine regarding the introduction of a wealth tax” should annually, by 2017, bring 800 million hryvnias (approximately $ 998.5 million ).

One of the main discussion topics today is the topic of new formats of dialogue between power and citizens and even the fundamental possibility of such a dialogue. Experts format "Bolotnaya Square" in this sense seems deadly. The authorities also do not go to an adequate conversation, and this creates a problem for itself.

Rosbalt IA reports that the Novosibirsk branch of the All -Russian Public Organization "Russian Ecological Expertise" (NRO RENE) appealed to the prosecutor's office of the Bolotino district of the Novosibirsk region with a statement on the initiation of a criminal case against OJSC Togliattiazot, one of the largest enterprises in Russia for the production of mineral fertilizers and other chemical products.

Another body of the deceased was extracted from under the blockages of the household gas of the residential building in Astrakhan. It is reported by Interfax with reference to the Russian Emergencies Ministry. Three more are listed as missing. The city administration has already opened an account to help the victims, and also promised all residents of the destroyed entrance new apartments and help with the restoration of documents.

Due to the spill of petroleum products from the Karakumneft emergency tanker, the coastal strip of the Kuril Gulf of the depths is dead, all living organisms were killed there, RIA SakhalinMedia reports with reference to the main fish industry of the Kuril fishing plant Viktor Pogodin.

The Moscow City Hall refuses to approve an application for a rally on Manezhnaya or Lubyanka Squares on March 5 because of other applicants. This was reported by Gazeta.Ru from the words of the coordinator of the “Left Front” Sergei Udaltsov. Udaltsov noted that the mayor’s office refused to reveal the opposition’s competitors in the fight. Negotiations on a location for the opposition rally will continue tomorrow and end on Thursday, March 1.

The State Duma on Tuesday, March 28, adopted in the first reading a bill on the election of governors and a package of amendments to the Law on Political Parties. It is reported by Interfax . The bills are part of the political reform of the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. The bill on direct elections of governors stipulates that the heads of the regions will be elected by direct vote. Candidates for the post of governor may offer political parties.

On February 28, the Su-30 multifunctional fighter crashed near Komsomolsk-on-Amur, RIA Novosti reports. It is known that both pilots are alive - they managed to catapult, but one of them suffered during landing. The crash of the aircraft occurred at 10:20 Moscow time. The fighter made a test flight and crashed 130 kilometers northeast of Komsomolsk-on-Amur. It is reported that the crashed Su-30 belongs to the aircraft factory in Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

On the night of Greece, the Standard & Poor's rating agency on Tuesday, two steps to the SD level ("selective default"). The River Government introduced the return force of amendments to the norm of collective action, which "changes the initial conditions of debt obligations and forms what we call the restructuring of hopeless debt," the Kommersant quotes Standard & Poor's press release. The Greek authorities called the agency’s decision expected.

One of the main discussion topics today is the topic of new formats of dialogue between power and citizens and even the fundamental possibility of such a dialogue. Experts format "Bolotnaya Square" in this sense seems deadly. The authorities also do not go to an adequate conversation, and this creates a problem for itself.

Belarus revoked its representative under the European Union and the ambassador in Poland for consultations after the introduction of new sanctions against the republic. This was reported by BelTA from the words of the press secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Andrei Savin. In addition, the republic closes its boundaries for those who contributed to the imposition of sanctions.

On the eve of the press conference "New Theater Center of the Alexandrinsky Theater. Creation of digital content in the field of culture" was held. The deputy participated in it. The Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Grigory Ivliev, artistic director of the Alexandrinsky Theater Valery Fokin, director of the Alexandrinsky Theater Andrei Mogeliy, rector of the St.

In the December elections to the parliament, party observers regularly faced the opposition of the election of the election commission, and the police into conflicts of the PEC members with observers most often did not interfere or took the side of the chairman. In these elections, the Vedomosti newspaper reports in the article “Police - with the people” (No.