Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili pardoned the son of the first Georgian president Tsotne Gamsakhurdia, convicted of attempted murder, RBC reports with reference to the presidential press service. The decision to pardon was made on the basis of the request of the catalykos-patriarch of all Georgia Elijah II. He asked to have mercy on Gamsakhurdia in connection with hepatitis C disease, which he received in prison.

In Moscow, in a festive atmosphere, names are assigned to the 114th and 116th elements of the Mendeleev table, RIA Novosti reports. The ceremony was held in the Moscow House of Scientists (CDU) on Prechistenka. The names of the new elements were announced by the president of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Chemistry (IPAC) Tatsumi Katsyuki. The names themselves were approved in June 2012. The element with number 114 was called "Flerovy".

The French automobile giant PSA Peugeot Citroen will provide three -year government guarantees for 7 billion euros for newly released bonds to combat sales, Associated Press reports. In addition, the financial unit of the car concerns - Banque PSA Finance - from banks can be increased by one billion euro credit line for Peugeot.

The Kremlin does not agree with the pessimistic assessment of the political situation in Russia, set out in the report of the Center for Strategic Development (CSR). This was stated by the press secretary of President Vladimir Putin Dmitry Peskov, the RIA Novosti website reports.

The judge of the world plot No. 206 in Moscow deprived Hieromonk Elijah (Pavel Semin) of a driver’s license for a period of 1.5 years. Semin, recall, shot down two people on Kutuzovsky Prospekt and disappeared from the scene of an accident. Pavel Semin was taken to court from the investigative insulator. If two people bend his wine, then the hieromonk threatens up to 7 years in prison.

The Investigative Committee of Russia will seek deprivation of the lawyer status of Alexei Navalny, according to their version, received illegally, without the necessary legal experience. This was reported by Izvestia with reference to a source in the UK. In addition, he adds a source of the newspaper, Navalny received status after joining the advocacy and continued to engage in entrepreneurial activities, which is also prohibited to do.

The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation planned the translation of the selection of heads of "general educational organizations" on a competitive basis, writes Izvestia . This is part of the state education development program, the project of which was approved by Dmitry Medvedev. It implies a public representation by candidates of “election” development programs for the educational institution.

The Kola Mining and Metallurgical Company (a subsidiary of the Norilsk Nickel GMC) and the state natural reserve Pasvik began to create a modern visitor to the environmental territory. The visit center, which is located in the village of Nickel, is created as a permanent base for the implementation of environmental education programs of residents of the border regions of Russia, Norway and Finland.

The metropolitan television channel "TV Center" was headed by Deputy General Director of VGTRK Yulia Bystitskaya (Rakcheeva). About this, as Interfax reports, said the vice-mayor of Moscow Alexander Gorbenko. The decision was made today by the Channel Directors Board. The TV Center channel belongs to the Moscow government. Earlier it was reported that the capital's authorities are going to unite all their media acts, including now TV channels Tv Center, Moscow 24 and Trust, and one holding.

Petersburg "Zenit", as on the eve of Moscow "Spartak", won his first victory in the UEFA Champions League of the 2012/13 season. On Wednesday, the current champion of Russia on the field of the Petrovsky stadium in St. Petersburg accepted the Belgian Anderlecht football players and defeated them with a score of 1: 0. The fate of the meeting was decided shortly before the final whistle, namely, in the 72nd minute.

From October 24 to 26, 2012 in Moscow, at the Institute of the Russian Language. V.V. Vinogradov RAS, the International Scientific Conference "Linguistics Sub Specie Rusistics: The Interaction of Language Elements" is being held. Famous linguists Andrei Zaliznyak , Igor Melchuk , Yuri Apresyan , Elena Paducheva , Tatyana Nikolaeva , Viktor Zhmelev , Alexei Shmelev , Alexey Gippius and many others will perform on the forum. The conference program is published on the institute’s website .

The coordinator of the “Left Front” Sergey Udaltsov is not going to leave Rossia. This was informed by Interfax by his lawyer Violett Volkov on Wednesday. “ All conversations and speculation, including journalists, that Sergey is going to leave the country, are insinuations , ” Volkova said.

Deputy Mayor of Moscow, the head of the capital's construction complex, Marat Khusnullin, supports the idea of ​​building housing in the center of Moscow, Interfax reports. Khusnullin, however, noted that there will be no mass building. Instead of new buildings, it is planned to use the existing sites and resources of the Central Administrative District.

The State Duma deputy from the LDPR Andrei Lugovoi asked the Investigative Committee to verify the legality of the elections to the coordination council of the opposition, the Izvestia newspaper reports. According to the deputy, during the elections to the Constitutional Court, there was a gross violation of the law “On Personal Data”. Specifically, Lugovoi asked Bastrykin to check a certain group of persons involved in the "Central Electoral Committee", which organized the elections.

One of the Dagestan “wedding with shooting” Adil Magomedov achieved his case to a military court, as he is currently serving, Life News reports. The corresponding decision was made by Sudya of the world plot No. 369 Olga Zatomskaya. Thus, the case of 23-year-old Magomedov will be considered by the Moscow garrison military court. Adil Magomedov is a military man, but neither the young man nor his lawyer provided information about the place of service.