Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a law expanding the powers of the Federal Security Service . Earlier, the document was adopted by the State Duma and approved by the Federation Council. According to the law, the FSB officers are vested with the right to declare official warnings to citizens about the inadmissibility of certain actions. For non -fulfillment of the "legal requirement" of the FSB employee, administrative liability is provided.

An increase in gas excise taxes is not enthusiastic about motorists Russian President Dmitry Medvedev approved the proposals of the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Finance on the formation of the Federal Road Fund since 2011 by raising excise taxes on gasoline . But at the same time, the transport tax will remain, however, with halved rates. This decision did not cause delight among motorists.

The local authorities consider the gypsy tabers that appeared in Belgium. Large riots, as in France, caused expulsion there, were not noted, but conflicts with the local population and authorities arise. This was reported by the correspondent of Radio Liberty in Belgium Viktor Onuchko. Gypsies refer to poverty and persecution in the countries of the outcome, mainly in Romania and Bulgaria. The authorities suspect them of drug trafficking, theft and children's prostitution.

The detainees of the defenders of the Khimki forest are facing an arrest for up to 15 days - on charges of disobedience to police officers. Most detainees took mobile phones - they are deprived of the opportunity to contact lawyers, the leader of the Yabloko party, Sergei Mitrokhin, told Radio Liberty. He came to the prosecutor's office of the city of Khimki to file an application for illegal actions of police officers.

The City Court of St. Petersburg ordered the maternity hospital No. 18 to pay Petersburger and her little daughter for unsuccessful birth of 4 million rubles. According to Radio Liberty correspondent Tatyana Voltskaya, in 2006 the woman in labor got into the 18th maternity hospital, waiting for The medical indications of Caesarean section: it was known that the baby should be born very large.

The French athlete Christophe Lematre is called the fastest man in Europe. At the European athletics championship in Barcelona, he broke the record, running a hundred -meter distance in 10.1111111111111 This is so far the most honorable title for a 20-year-old student of the Faculty of Engineering. Earlier this month, at the French National Championship, Lemate became the first European to run a hundred -meter distance in less than 10 seconds.

In Czech, the first lady of the United States, regardless of status, gets an almost new surname In the Czech Republic, for several months, experts have been discussing what Czech language should be, so that it does not have shades of discrimination, primarily on a sexual basis. Think about the rules of verbal equal rights of the sex of Czech linguists, teachers, journalists and officials forced the directive of the European Commission.

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The United States supported the call of the EU leadership to the speedy resumption of negotiations with Iran. As noted by the official representative of the American State Department, Philip Crowley, Washington is still ready to continue the dialogue between the six world powers and Iran, which will allow doubts about the Iranian nuclear program.

In the suburbs, OMON employees broke into the camp of the defenders of the Khimki forest and detained 16 people. According to Radio Liberty, there are journalists among the detainees. Activists of the Yabloko party, who were at the scene, said that during the detentions, the police referred to the order of the Governor of the Moscow Region Boris Gromov, who forbade people to appear in the forest.

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The Minister of Internal Affairs of Bulgaria Tsvetan Tsvetanov said on Thursday that his country and Romania would take joint steps for repatriation from France gypsies, who were sent from there for violations of the law. The French government announced on Wednesday that it intends to eliminate all the nasal gypsy camps in three months. French opposition and human rights activists called the Government steps "Xenophobic" and "racist".

From 600 to 700 billion rubles, the Russian budget can receive for three years from the sale of part of the shares of a number of major state -owned companies and banks, Elvira Nabiullina, Minister of Economic Development, said on Thursday after a government meeting. At the current rate, this is $ 20-23 billion. For the first time, such plans were submitted in September last year.

The Russian government approved the main parameters of the state budget for the next three years. The budget deficit for 2011 is planned in the amount of 3.6 percent of the gross domestic product with a gradual decrease by 2013 to 2.9 percent.