According to the estimates of the Electronic Money Association, the volume of the electronic money market in Russia last year amounted to 125 billion rubles. This is almost twice as much as in 2010. Such data were cited by the Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Culture Sergey Zheleznyak.

The head of the Ryazan Directorate of the traffic police Alexander Alfosov was charged with an attempt to receive a bribe associated with extortion, the website of the RF IC reports. The 47-year-old police colonel Alexander Alfosov was detained on April 3 on suspicion of forcing the sponsored employees to receive and transfer bribes for him for the issuance of the so-called “beautiful” numbers.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Wednesday visited the St. Petersburg Russian Antreprise Theater named after Andrei Mironov, Interfax reports. Seeing the Piano theater standing in one of the premises, Vladimir Putin sat on a stool near the instrument and began to play the melody “City above the free Neva”.

The world's largest processor manufacturer, Intel and the Development Fund for the Skolkovo Innovation Center, announced the competition of applied developments and research in the field of computer technology "Computer Continum: from idea to implementation, " RIA Novosti reports. The purpose of the competition is to support research and applied activities that have the prospects for commercialization in the Russian and international markets, the Intel press service said on April 10.

The security forces during the special operation liquidated the Achikulak in the village of Achikulak at the Stavropol Territory, the RIA Novosti website reports. According to Interfax , when trying to stop the car to verify documents, unknown people opened fire from the car. As a result, they were killed with return fire. The car burned down, the identities of the dead are set. During a preliminary inspection, an automatic machine and a home -made explosive device were found in the car.

Having received about 200 million rubles from the budget, Rosmolodezhi counts for another 300 million rubles of sponsorship money. If everything goes according to plan, it will be a record raising funds to Seliger, the Izvestia newspaper writes. “In general, at least 500 million rubles will be spent.

A significant part of Great Britain diplomats does not know the languages ​​of those countries where they work. Only one of 40 diplomatic workers know the local language perfectly, writes The Telegraph on Tuesday. The data was provided by the conservative Steven Barclay, who accuses the Gordon Brown government in this situation, which closed the diplomatic bureau of foreign languages ​​in order to save 1.2 million euros.

Four years later, the state of atmospheric air in the Norilsk line will become the same as in European cities, said the head of Norilsk Nickel GMC, Vladimir Stryzhalkovsky, during a working meeting with the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, which discussed the program to improve the environmental situation in the city.

Unicorn Sergei Zheleznyak and Justoross Nikolai Levichv exchanged poisonous assessments of the state of the party members: Levichv diagnosed “Panic moods”, close to horror, Zheleznyak replied that Svaru was observing in “Fair Russia”, which Levichev tried to project to “EP”.

Each spring, primrose merchants appear on the streets. Usually they sell the valley or snowdrops, less often - cyclamen and crocus. In the Red Book of Russia, 6 types of snowdrops, 3 types of saffron (crocus) and 1 type of cyclamen are listed in Russia. What threatens primrose? In scientific language, the reasons for the reduction of the population of animals or plants are called limiting factors.

United Russia compared retired Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin with former Russian Prime Minister and now marginal oppositionist Mikhail Kasyanov and accused him of duplicity. According to one of the ideologists of United Russia, Andrei Isaev, the statements of the former treasurer regarding the incorrect economic and political course of the current government, which may be replaced in a year or two, are the classic political path of a Russian liberal who left the system of power.

On April 6, the Arbitration Court of the Samara Region refused OJSC Togliattiazot (TOAZ) to invalidate the two decisions of the FSFR to bring Taaz to administrative responsibility and impose a fine of 500 thousand rubles. For each offense. Observers believe that the case in the presidential package of amendments to the Civil Code.

Medical experts intend to further study the question of what caused the death of 19-year-old Ivan Agafonov, whom the world champion in the combat sambo Rasul Mirzaev hit one of the night clubs in Moscow, Interfax reports.

The Prosecutor General’s office sent to court another case related to the Yukos oil company. As reported on the website of the department, Deputy Secretary of Genor -Ucances Viktor Grin approved the indictment against Alexei Spirichev, accused of non -payment of taxes in the amount of 9 billion rubles.

The State Duma on Tuesday approved the amendments to the Labor Code, allowing the government to attach part of the New Year holidays to any other state holidays, Interfax reports. According to amendments, starting in 2013, the New Year holidays in Russia will celebrate from January 1 to 8, including the Christmas of Christ. Two days off, coinciding with these holidays, will be transferred to other days in the next calendar year.