On April 17, the former candidate for the post of mayor of Astrakhan, Oleg Shein, sued the chairman of the United Russia faction in the State Duma Andrei Vorobyov. Shein himself stated this during a press conference, RIA Novosti reports. As Shein explained, the reason for the lawsuit was Vorobyov’s statement that the ex-candidate for mayors was starving "for almost the 15th time." According to Shein, this statement is not true, since he is starving only for the second time.

As part of the criminal case of the murder of Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya, the Investigative Committee held a confrontation between suspects, Kommersant writes. In the confrontation, which lasted more than five hours, the Chechen “authority” of Loma Ali Gaitukaev and the former head of the operational-search department of the Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov took part.

During the collapse of the building under construction in the south of Moscow, one person died and 10 were injured, the website of RIA Novosti reports. Earlier, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that 11 people were injured, who were under construction work at night and did not manage to leave the construction in time. Another of the workers died. According to preliminary data, the injured workers are immigrants from the countries of Central Asia.

The Association of Industrial Parks and Sberbank of Russia on April 16 concluded an agreement on cooperation, according to the website of the Association . The parties agreed to act as long -term partners in the development of industrial parks in Russia, including creating infrastructure and financial conditions for attracting direct investments in production projects for the construction and maintenance of industrial (industrial) parks.

The projects of the Norwegian architectural bureau Snojett , exhibited in the pharmaceutical order of the Schusev Museum of Architecture, force them to regret that our completely northern country has headed not the Nordic, but Asian. The architecture and interior design from us acquire some features of the eastern bazaar. Spatial chaos, in which everyone tries to shout the rest, forty love for everything brilliant.

Today, April 17, the III regional forum of suppliers of the nuclear industry "Atomex Northwest" began work in LenExpo (St. Petersburg). The forum is held by the State Corporation "Rosatom". The purpose of the event is the development of a competitive environment, the involvement of a larger number of suppliers of equipment and services, the continuation of the established dialogue between suppliers and customers.

More than 300 billion rubles will be allocated to the new program for the development of the domestic satellite navigation system GLONASS from the federal budget until 2020, Interfax reports. This was announced on Tuesday by Deputy Prime Minister Vladislav Surkov, speaking at the VI International Satellite Navigation Forum. The Deputy Prime Minister noted that the money sent from the federal budget will become only part of the general financing of the program.

The Astrakhan politician Oleg Shein and the Chairman of the Central Election Commission Vladimir Churov today watched video materials all night from the elections of the mayor of Astrakhan. Shein wrote about this on his blog at 2:18 am, the viewing began at 20 hours on April 16. During the viewing, Shein became ill and the ambulance doctors made him an injection of glucose.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin yesterday instructed the reconstruction of the Kashirsky highway, demanding to achieve the "maximum effect" from the repair of the highway, which will be completed in 2013. According to Kommersant , a significant restructuring awaits the street-road network. The main idea of ​​the ex-mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov was to surround Moscow with a large number of rings-this was supposed to save the city of congestion.

The prosecutor’s office of the Nizhny Novgorod region sent a case to the court in a compulsory medical nature in relation to the local local historian Anatoly Moskvin, who made dolls from the bodies of deceased people, Interfax reports. Forensic examinations established a mental disorder in Anatoly Moskvin - schizophrenia of the paranoid form - which deprives him of the ability to realize the actual nature and social danger of his actions and lead them.

South Korea decided to stop the search for fragments of the North Korean rocket as meaningless, reports on Tuesday BBC with reference to the country's Ministry of Defense. The searches of "Enha-3" are complicated by the fact that its parts fell in the yellow sea, the water in which is too muddy. “It was not possible to detect any fragments, the operation will officially end at 17.00 (11.00 μs),” said the representative of the South Korean military department.

Today, April 17, the III regional forum of suppliers of the nuclear industry "Atomex Northwest" began work in LenExpo (St. Petersburg). The forum is held by the State Corporation "Rosatom". The purpose of the event is the development of a competitive environment, the involvement of a larger number of suppliers of equipment and services, the continuation of the established dialogue between suppliers and customers.

The laureate of the Poet Prize for 2012 was the Russian poet and prose writer Evgeny Rhine. The winners of the award are awarded a memorable diploma, a special breast mark and a reward of $ 50,000. The Russian National Prize "Poet" was established in 2005 by the Society for the Promotion of Russian Poetry together with RAO "UES of Russia" and has been awarded annually since then. Only now living Russian -speaking poets can become the winners of the award.

The media call different reasons for the unexpected liberation of famous political prisoners in Belarus, including the ex-candidate of the president of Andrei Sannikov. Some talk about an attempt to mitigate the sanctions of the European Union: in 2012, the country will spend $ 1.2 billion dollars on serving its external loans, and the next - already $ 2.6 billion.

For the first time in 35 years, the jury of the most prestigious award in the United States in the field of literature and journalism could not name a winner in the prose genre, and decided not to recognize anyone in this category, reports the Associated Press . Journalist Ciara Hoods won the award for best drama. Critics praised her work “Water by the Spoonful”. The Poetry Laureate was Tracey Smith.