State Duma deputy Andrei Lugovoi, who in the UK is considered involved in the death of Alexander Litvinenko, said that he would not participate in the process of his death, Interfax reports. “ I came to the conclusion that the British authorities will not give me the opportunity to prove their innocence, and I will not be able to achieve justice in the UK , ” Lugova explained . He added that he was leaving the corinker investigation.

In the Vatican, the ceremony of the opening of the conclave began, on which the cardinals will elect the new Pope, RIA Novosti reports. The procession of 115 cardinals, which has to decide who will become the rector of the Catholic Church, headed from the chambers of the Apostolic Palace to the Sistine Chapel, where the main election process will take place. Despite the fact that the conclave de facto begins today, the new pontiff will be elected a little later.

Andrey Levkin Kyiv, map of power centers It is reported that in Ukraine the revolutionary situation is again, in this form: "Nationalists want to eliminate the parliament." Well, this is not quite about what is happening now, but curious and even instructive stories really happen there. Taking this opportunity, you can generalize.

At the Sheremetyevo International Airport, a new terminal worth about $ 200 million will be built at the site of the old terminal B , Interfax reports with reference to the General Director of the airport Mikhail Vasilenko. According to him, the new terminal will serve the internal air lines, and its throughput will be more than 10 million passengers per year.

Several Russian parliamentarians propose to amend the State Duma regulations, banning deputies foreign trips to the weeks of work in regions and committees without the permission of the speaker, RIA Novosti reports. Such amendments, according to the initiators, will help prevent a repetition of cases like Socialist -Revolutionary Dmitry Gudkov in the United States when he spoke in the American Senate with criticism of corrupt officials in the highest echelons of the Russian authorities.

As a result of the collapse of the NATO helicopter in South Afghanistan, five US troops were killed, AP on Tuesday , citing an anonymous American official. The accident occurred on Monday evening. As a result, this day was the most deadly day for US troops this year - on Monday, two Americans were also shot in East Afghanistan. The NATO military coalition statement states that the “initial reports” did not show the enemy’s activity in the helicopter crash area.

In Moscow, for the second time, the Innostar contest, in which young scientists and students could present their research and developments in video format. As last year, students, graduate students, young scientists and innovators are invited to participate in the competition, the event’s website reports. Prizes to the winners of the competition will be awarded in the nomination: “Project that changed the world” in seven categories: 1. Nanotechnology, 2.

Dmitry Gudkov The process under the screaming sign “The struggle for the purity of the deputy corps”, which, with such dedication and amazing unanimity, included representatives of the authorities, systemic and non -systemic opposition, and does not think to slow down.

The creation of a single center for the prevention and retorting of space threats will be engaged in Roscosmos, the Ministry of Defense and the Russian Academy of Sciences. The head of the space department Vladimir Popovkin stated this during the “round table”, on an asteroid-commentary danger, Interfax reports. Roscosmos formed an interdepartmental working group with the participation of specialists of the above departments to prepare proposals to create a space threat warning system.

The driver of the minibus who planted a nine -year -old girl in the cold was detained, Pavel Astakhov, Commissioner for the President of Russia, said on his twitter . “Thank you for the efficiency. This is a significant matter and it must be fundamental in it, ”Astakhov wrote. The name of the detainee has not yet been reported. It is known that earlier 12 drivers working on route No. 333 were delivered to the police department, where the schoolgirl was supposed to identify them.

The State Duma deputy from Fair Russia Oleg Mikheev on Tuesday visited the interrogation in the Investigative Committee in the Fraud case, Interfax reports with reference to the deputy himself. The parliamentarian emphasized that he was called as a witness, and not a suspect, as previously reported . Mikheev answered all the questions of the investigators, he had not yet been charged and did not raise the question of the measure of suppression.

Since the beginning of 2013, the salaries of employees of the presidential administration and the White House were equated with salaries of military personnel and top managers, and the class ranks assigned to officials were equated with military ranks, according to the new material of Forbes magazine. From January 1, 2013, the director of the department began to earn 300-330 thousand rubles, when he previously received 125 thousand rubles.

After the reports of the Undeveloped Elite Apartment of the United States and the Head of the Duma Committee on Security and Combating Corruption Irina Yarova, recorded on her daughter, the opposition again called to expand the circle of relatives of deputies and officials who should report on income and property, Kommersant reports. However, in the leadership of United Russia, they do not see grounds for changes in the law.

At the farewell ceremony with actor Andrei Panin, a brawl occurred between his fans and representatives of the security service, Vesti.ru reports. Due to the fact that hundreds of people came to the mourning ceremony, the turn of those who wanted to say goodbye to the actor stretched almost to the entire chamberlain lane. People were allowed only to put flowers at the coffin installed on the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater, but it was forbidden to stay in the theater.

The driver who landed a 9-year-old schoolgirl in the frost due to lack of money is recognized among employees of the company serving route No. 333, Life News reports. 12 drivers serving this route were delivered to the police department. The schoolgirl herself should come there to point to the driver who drove her out of the minibus.