The Far Eastern Transport Investigation Department opened a criminal case under the rare article “Use of slave labor resulting in the death of the victim” after the death of 63-year-old sailor Gennady Kraevoy, the Izvestia newspaper writes . The incident occurred on the foreign bulk carrier SS Ross (home port - Funafuti, flag - Tuvalu), but the ship belongs to the Damelo group, which is actually owned by Far Eastern businessmen.

The Governor of the Tomsk Region Sergey Zhvachkin announced the appointment of the ex-head of the region Viktor Kress Senator in the Federation Council, RIA Novosti reports. Zhvachkin spoke about this at the conference of the Tomsk regional branch of United Russia. Zhvachkin noted that Korus headed the Tomsk region for more than 20 years, so he must represent it in the Soviet.

The Moscow Basmanny Court refused to satisfy the claim of the partnership of housing owners “Taganskaya Square” against singer Lolita Milyavskaya with a request to reimburse half a million rubles for non -payment of payments on utility bills, Interfax reports. The lawsuit is rejected in full. The singer noted that she was satisfied with the court decision. According to Lolita, she is not a member of the HOA, and her signature in the documents was forged.

The investigation opened a criminal case against employees of another Kazan police department (OP) - Zarechensky, suspected of violence against the detainee, according to the website of the Investigative Department of the IC in Tatarstan.

The authorities must in every possible way support the opposition campaign in pure ponds in Moscow. After all, the authorities have been trying to drive the protesters into some kind of “Hydark” for many years, but here they themselves coped with this, and even money is not required from the budget. It turned out, however, not only a guide park, but also a cultural rest.

Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to help South Ossetia in stabilizing the situation, RIA Novosti reports. Putin said this today at a meeting with the President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov. In a conversation, Putin emphasized that he was familiar with the situation that preceded the election of Tibilov - "there are a lot of economic and social problems." Therefore, Russia, according to Putin, is ready to provide any help to the republic.

We publish an open letter of the famous anthropologist, the leading researcher at the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Historical Sciences Maria Mednikova to the Culture television channel, dedicated to the next attempts to replace the popularization of the science of amusing cranberry journalistic fantasies, as well as the incorrect use of comments by the scientist himself.

The United Russia Party plans to gain control over the created Eurasian parliament, which will be united by the general idea of ​​the "Eurasian conservatism", the newspaper Vedomosti writes with reference to the deputy secretary of the Presidium of the Party General Council Yuri Shuvalov.

The head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov earned 4.105 million rubles in 2011, the website of the government of the republic reports. In 2010, his income amounted to 85 thousand rubles more. “The head of Chechnya did not have other sources of income,” the message explains. From real estate for Ramzan Kadyrov, an apartment of 36 square meters is registered on the terms of a contract of gratuitous social hiring. m.

Today, May 11, 2012, in South Korea, the grand opening of the World Specialized Expos-2012 exhibition took place. 104 countries will take part in its work. The main theme of the exhibition is the problems of the oceans and the coastal zone. EXPO-2012 will work three months, from May 12 to August 12. This was reported by the press service of the exhibition. The opening ceremony was divided into several thematic sections demonstrating the value of the ocean for all of mankind.

In the case of Punch-Group Pussy Riot in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the first examination was carried out on a non-nence entry withdrawn from the computer of the detainees, the Moscow Komsomolets reports with reference to the lawyers of the girls, whom the Moscow City Court left yesterday, despite their health problems and the presence of young children.

The united Ukrainian opposition announced its intention to begin the impeachment of President Viktor Yanukovych after the parliamentary elections, which were scheduled for October 2012, RIA Novosti reports. Today, a forum of the United Ukrainian Opposition was opened on Mikhailovskaya Square in the center of Kyiv, which was created on the basis of the two largest opposition parties - the Fatherland and Front of Changes.

Ex-President Bill Clinton called the acting leader of the country of Barack Obama "Dilent" and asked his wife Hillary Clinton to quit the post of US Secretary of State to take part in the primaries of the 2012 Democratic Party against Obama, Foxnews.com reports with reference to Edward Klein, the author of the new biography of Barack Obama. Klein decided to title the book "The amateur". In his book, Klein actively quotes Clinton, who supported the Obama campaign in the presidential election.

In the southern regions of Russia, the mass spread of locusts is recorded. At the Sarancha Stavropol, more than 50 thousand hectares of crops were found, in the Astrakhan region - almost 30 thousand hectares. According to Saturday, on May 12, Stavropolskaya Pravda , the settlement of Moroccan locusts was revealed in five districts - Arzgirsky, Budennovsky, Levokumsky, Neftekumsky and Turkmen.

Russian brokers attracted from the population of applications for $ 23 million to purchase shares of the Facebook network, which in the near future has to go to an IPO, the Vedomosti newspaper writes on Saturday. According to the publication, the two largest Russian retail brokers - Finams and BCS - attracted more than 1000 applications for the purchase of Facebook shares. It is known that the minimum application for both companies - 10 thousand dollars.