In Orenburg, a criminal case has been instituted against the religious organization “Jehovah's Witnesses”, the number of which reaches three thousand people. This was reported by the press service of the Investigative Committee for the Orenburg Region.

The government will regulate ticket prices for the Olympic competitions in Sochi and will not allow speculative overestimation of the cost of hotel rooms, write Vedomosti (No. 82: on May 5). Prices for tickets and hotels will be set by the government. It will also determine the procedure for the distribution of tickets. ” The corresponding draft amendments to the legislation was prepared by the Ministry of Examination.

Shot of transmission We publish materials from the Technopark program dated April 14, 2012 When working modern high -tech equipment, so high temperatures often occur that it cannot be reduced in traditional ways. In this case, thermoelectric elements are needed - miniature cooling devices: without them today it is impossible to develop telecommunications, laser and medical equipment.

A civil lawsuit was filed against the participants in the illegal VIP-hunt in the Altai Mountains on compensation for 900 thousand rubles of damage caused to nature, the RIA Novosti website reports. The Committee for the Protection, Use and Reproduction of the Animal World of the Republic of Altai filed on April 26 to the Cheremushinsky District Court of Moscow on April 26.

The Moscow District Military Court extended for 3 months-until August 8- the term of arrest to the ex-head of the Main Military Military Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Major General Alexander Belevitin, the website of RIA Novosti reports. For the same period, the court extended the arrest to the second person involved in the case, to the deputy Belevitin Alexei Nikitin.

Dmitry Medvedev invited the parliament of the Leningrad Region to approve Alexander Drozdenko as the governor of the region. This was reported by the Kremlin press service . Earlier, United Russia offered the president a list of three candidates, among which there was no current governor - Valery Serdyukov. Medvedev also suggested that the People’s Khural of Buryatia extend the powers of the current president of the Republic of Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn.

Tikhon Kraev Illustration: Sergey Elkin Since the last week has presented an extreme diversity of news on the topic of who, where, what and when organizes, it is necessary to reduce this together, otherwise it is inconvenient for people. In general, while four events are obtained (3+1, referring to a political orientation). They will be mentioned in chronological order, with the exception of the ONF rally, which came later.

The World Hockey Championship in Finland began with a scandal: it turned out that terrorist Anders Breivik, who shot 77 people in Norway, became the “face” of the Finnish team, writes RBC with reference to the Finnish media. To the opening of the championship at the ice arena in Helsinki, they decided to place a huge poster with photographs of the players of the Finnish team.

The Ministry of Economic Development of the Republic of Bashkortostan and LLC Infrastructural Investments of the RVK (Inforatond RVK) signed an agreement on strategic partnership, the press service of the RVC said on May 5. The signing of the agreement took place on May 4. The Minister of Economic Development of the Republic of Bashkortostan Evgeny Mavrin and the director of the Infrastructural Investments of the RVK Svetlana Reznik put their signatures under the document.

This morning, the detainee died in St. Petersburg in the investigative office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Primorsky District, the press service of the department reports. The 38-year-old citizen was detained on May 4 on charges of theft. The man spent the night in the cell. He carried out food, no complaints about the state of health were received. In the morning during the interrogation, the man suddenly lost consciousness. Arriving ambulance doctors stated death.

From the publicity of the action of the All -Russian Popular Front (ONF), which is planned on May 6 on Poklonnaya Gora, is not required. This was stated in the Moscow City Hall, reports Interfax . “ This is not a rally, not a procession and not a picket. This action will be held in the form of a cultural mass event, ” said Alexei Mayorov, head of the Moscow regional security department.

The shares of the world's largest coupon online service Groupon were doubled since the company’s release at the IPO seven months ago, according to the trading data on the Nasdaq American Exchange, RIA Novosti reports. On Friday, May 4, the cost of Groupon shall fall to a record low $ 9.97. The company held the primary public placement of shares on the NASDAQ exchange on November 3, 2011 at a price of $ 20 per paper.

The court fined the supporters and opponents of the Pussy Riot punk group, who were detained for the campaign near the building of the Tagansky court, in the amount of 500 to 700 rubles, the website of RIA Novosti reports. In total, 26 people were fined. Those who were previously brought to administrative responsibility, the judge set a fine of 700 rubles, for those who first - 500 rubles each.

The prosecutor's office of the Lensky district of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) revealed numerous violations of environmental legislation in the activities of Gazprom enterprises operating in the Chayanda oil and gas field. As reported on the website of the department, a joint check with Rosprirodnadzor was carried out at ten contractors of Gazprom employed in the field.

The first for many years, the election of governors in Russia will be held on October 14, 2012 at least two regions. About this, as reports RIA Novosti , said the head of the CEC Vladimir Churov. Churov did not specify in which regions he expects the election, but added that there may be more. According to Churov, to find out exactly how many regions of Russia will hold the governor’s elections on October 14, it will be possible after the announcement of the autumn election campaign.