A criminal case regarding the illegal construction of a highway and a bridge across the Volkhov River was opened in the Novgorod region. According to the press service of the prosecutor's office, a case of abuse of power (clause "c" of part 3 of article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) was initiated against the head of the department of architecture and urban planning of the Novgorod region, Vladimir Alekseev, who authorized the construction.

The Barnaul Zoo (Altai Territory) will hold a Day of Laughter and Humor “Animals Smile” on April 1, during which a photo exhibition with funny photographs of animals will be presented, a zoo employee told the Interfax agency on Wednesday, March 28. According to the agency's interlocutor, on this day all Barnaul residents with “animal” surnames will be able to receive a 50 percent discount on the entrance ticket.

The Northern Fleet denies information about casualties during a fire on the physical field control vessel Vladimir Peregudov. According to a representative of the fleet headquarters, during the four-hour operation to extinguish the fire, none of the crew members or fire service specialists were injured. Meanwhile, they admit that the consequences of the fire could have been avoided if the crew had called the firefighters in time. Instead, the sailors tried to contain the fire themselves.

Lawyers for members of the punk band Pussy Riot, arrested as part of an investigation into hooliganism at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, are preparing a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). “At the moment, we are preparing a general form for all three girls arrested after the action in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, which we will then send to the ECHR,” lawyer Violetta Volkova said on Wednesday.

Well, as I predicted, political satanism through the registration of parties a la Medvedev - fraudulent emission - it all began. RBC reports that the Ministry of Justice already has 82 applications from the devil, there are spoilers and parties in the genre of “schizophrenics knitting brooms” and the Pirazza Party (I am writing with the spelling of the RBC source) and the sweetest party of beer lovers, in short Khaluin.

To begin with, about the head of the regional Investigation Department of the RF IC. He has been on vacation since the beginning of March. But I don't believe it. It’s just that I can say with a very high degree of probability that in such a situation it is almost impossible for the head of the SU to take leave. Firstly, the scandal and the obvious guilt of the authorities. Secondly, Komissarov’s visit. Thirdly... Thirdly, I hope at least someone here knows what school 44 became?

The head of the Tomsk police, Igor Mitrofanov, decided to create a control and preventive department in the regional traffic police department, which will be headed by one of the employees of the internal security unit, Interfax reported on Wednesday, March 28, citing the press service of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Reindeer farms in Chukotka at the end of 2011 increased the production of venison to 2040 tons in live weight, which exceeded the 2010 figure by 38.7%, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the regional information policy department. "In 2011, reindeer herders harvested 24 thousand 683 heads of reindeer.

The magistrate section of the Tverskoy Court of Moscow fined the coordinator of the Left Front, Sergei Udaltsov, 1 thousand rubles for violating the rules for holding mass events at the rally on March 5 on Pushkinskaya Square. As an Interfax correspondent reports, Sergei Udaltsov was found guilty of violating Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.

The head of the Leningrad region Valery Serdyukov denied information about his intention to leave his post. “The fact that I will leave the post of governor in July is just a rumor. I have worked and will work for the benefit of Leningraders,” the governor wrote on his Twitter microblog on Wednesday, answering a question from one of the users. Talk about the imminent resignation of the head of the region has been going on for a long time.

A team of dog handlers is checking the building of the Annino Plaza business center in southern Moscow after a bomb threat was reported, a law enforcement source told Interfax on Wednesday. “There was a report of an explosion threat in the building at 60b Dorozhnaya Street, which houses the large Annino business center,” the agency’s interlocutor said. According to him, a team of canine handlers with dogs is now working on the site.

Moscow cannot do without the demolition of old five-story buildings; they should be liquidated as soon as possible, Valentina Logunova, deputy head of the Moscow Department of Housing Policy and Housing Fund, said in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda. “Some of the structures are in such a state of disrepair that in 10-15 years the houses will simply begin to crumble. If we don’t demolish them now, step by step, then in a few years we will end up with a lot of unsafe houses,” Logunova noted.

Deputies of the Supreme Council of Khakassia, at the regular session on Wednesday, March 28, adopted changes to the law on the provision of land plots to large families - now they have the right to receive land on the territory of any municipality within the republic, Interfax reports. This condition applies if the city or area where a large family lives does not have free plots.

The Tolyatti Avtozavodsky Court will consider the criminal case of a local resident accused of promoting extremism, the press service of the investigative department of the Investigative Committee for the Samara Region reported on Wednesday. According to the department, the woman, having her own page on one of the social networks, posted on it a list of extremist literature she owned. In addition, she left comments encouraging guests on her page to study the books.

The 17% advantage that Leonid Tibilov has over David Sanakoev after the first round, at first glance, makes the second round of our elections a formality. On Leonid Kharitonovich’s side is the support of local elite and sub-elite groups, a colossal advantage in the financial support of the campaign, the support of the middle layer of government officials with the exception of young people, and voices in rural areas. What else is needed to win? It's a matter of technique, nothing more.