The leadership of the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) submitted to the Ministry of Internal Affairs the Commission, which tested the activities of Russian Space Systems (RKS) as part of the implementation of the Global Navigation System (GLONASS) federal target program, a high -ranking source in Luxury told Izvestia . The audit was carried out last year by a commission created by order of the head of Roscosmos Vladimir Popovkin.

The Mali military who, on Thursday, who seized the presidential palace and government institutions in the capital of the country of Bamako, announced a commandant hour, reports Reuters . The commandant hour is introduced indefinitely. In the morning, rebels from among the military on the body announced the suspension of the activities of the Mali Constitution and the dissolution of the government and other authorities.

Less than half or 46% of the Russians surveyed consider it fair to the punishment of Pussy Riot punk groups in the form of seven years in prison for a protest action in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow, the Levada Center says. More than a third of respondents or 35% agree that such a sentence is excessive. 9% of respondents supported the opinion that the actions of the punk group do not deserve criminal prosecution at all.

The Toulouse shooter Mohammed Mer died during the operation to capture it, Le Monde reports with reference to the administration of the French President Nicolas Sarkozy. According to BBC , several police officers were injured during the assault. After the operation, the head of the French Ministry of Internal Affairs Claude Gean confirmed that the seven killer was dead.

Former Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov said that he was ready to consider the proposal of work in one of the AFC Systems, Vladimir Yevtushenkov. “I received the proposal of Vladimir Yevtushenkov, and it seems interesting to me,” the former mayor of Interfax said on Thursday, March 22. Earlier, Yevtushenkov, in an interview with the Rain TV channel, said that he had discussed with Luzhkov the topic of his employment in the company.

A suspect of an attack on a Jewish school and a series of murders in Toulouse and Montoban Islamic radicalist Muhammad Mer, probably died, reports Associated Press with reference to the statement of the Minister of the Interior of France Claude Gean. According to French television, the police, which began on Thursday the assault on the apartment in Toulouse, where the alleged criminal was barricaded, brought a stretcher to the house.

New York mayor Michael Bloomberg decided to allocate $ 220 million to combat smoking in countries where the largest number of smoking people are noted, reports The Guardian . The mayor of New York is one of the richest people in the world with an income of $ 19.5 billion. A grant of $ 220 million is primarily aimed at combating smoking in five countries - Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia and Russia - as well as another 15, where two -thirds of smokers around the world lives.

Russian-Cyrgist relations sharply aggravated. Moscow is very unhappy with the actions of the president of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev, who was chosen in October, writes Vedomosti (No. 51, of March 22). The indignation is caused by the plans of Kyrgyzstan to close the Russian military base, and Bishkek requires the change in the Secretary General of the CSTO.

The restriction of construction in Moscow led to the fact that apartments in new buildings began to grow rapidly. Since the beginning of the year, on one of the facilities, I already copied the price tag twice, in January-February I added 5% per month, and now I will add 6-7%. From the beginning of the year, the prices were raised by more than 10%at a number of objects, says the representative of Mospromstroy the Vedomosti newspaper (No. 51, dated March 22).

The popular American singer Madonna intends to support the rights of sex minorities in Russia during her concert, which will be held in St. Petersburg in August 2012, RIA Novosti reports. “I am a fighter for freedom. My show, my songs, my work, my art. This is all about freedom of expression. Freedom to choose, speak, act. Always with humanism and compassion. I will come to St.

The world section of the Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow decided to force the founder of the financial pyramid MMM Sergey Mavrodi to the court, Interfax reports. The justice of the peace Karina Morozova issued the corresponding decision, since Mavrodin did not appear in court today. On March 22, hearings were supposed to be held in the next administrative case against an entrepreneur who is accused of tax failure.

President Dmitry Medvedev believes that the campaign initiated by him on the publication of officials of officials practically did not give a result, but the president is not against holding a second such campaign. This is reported by RIA Novosti . “The new declaration campaign - I agree, this topic can be discussed. However, the first declaration campaign gave an almost zero effect, ”Medvedev said at a second meeting in an open government, dedicated to the fight against corruption.

Yuri Luzhkov is returning. True, not in politics, but in a business to a long -standing friend - “oligarch” to Vladimir Yevtushenkov. This is symbolic: Medvedev leaves, and Luzhkov returns. Other managers, “former” and “current”, are also in one way or another preparing for the redistribution of the administrative glade and changing the course.

The operation to capture the "Toulouse shooter" began on Wednesday in the morning with negotiations. The terrorist, who turned out to be 23-year-old Frenchman of Algerian descent, himself admitted to the murders of seven people. On Sunday, March 11, he, moving on a scooter, shot a military man in civilian clothes, and March 15 - two more military personnel. All of them were immigrants from North Africa.

The United States did not transmit secret information about the components of the missile defense system unfolded in Europe. This was reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to a high -ranking source in the American foreign policy.