The Ministry of Economic Development of Russia does not exclude a sufficiently sharp strengthening of the ruble in relation to the dollar by the end of this year. Experts, recognizing the harmfulness of such a scenario for the national economy, nevertheless, consider it unlikely.

In Moscow, two attackers who stole a citizen of China were detained. As Interfax reports with reference to law enforcement agencies, the Chinese citizen, who reported the beating and abduction by two unknown to his 23-year-old brother, contacted the police yesterday. The criminals demanded from relatives of the stolen 20 thousand rubles for his release. When transferring money, they were detained. A criminal case has been opened.

The problems of the public organization "Voice of Beslan" began shortly after the action in the fall of 2007. Then, at school No. 1, activists established the Putin Course with an arrow indicating the school The Ministry of Justice of North Ossetia refused the human rights organization "Voice of Beslan" to register a legal entity. Recall that in 2008 the human rights organization "Voices of Beslan" lost legal status. The organization was re -registered so that there were no founders left in it.

The UN Security Council will continue today discussing the draft resolution on the situation in Syria. The day before, during closed consultations in the Security Council, UN Secretary General Pan Hi Moon condemned the Syrian authorities for shooting at demonstrators and the use of armored vehicles to suppress protests. In six weeks of mass unrest in the country, about 400 people were killed. The troops were introduced into the city of Deraa in the south of Syria.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced the inadmissibility of the easy adoption of power decisions in international affairs - referring to the situation in Libya. The Russian prime minister said this in Stockholm at a healing press conference with the head of the Sweden government Fredrick Reinfeldt. In addition, Putin again expressed the concern of Moscow in connection with the expansion of the NATO Union east.

Figure skating. World Cup. Moscow, Russia Sports couples. After a short program 1. Pan Qing / Ton Jiang (China) 2. Alena Savchenko / Robin Sholkov (Germany) 3. Tatyana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Men. After a short program 1. Patrick Chan (Canada) 2. Nobunari Oda (Japan) 3. Daisuke Takahashi (Japan)

In Makhachkala on Wednesday evening, an explosion occurred near the Ilkhan trading house. According to preliminary data, no one was injured. The details of the incident are clarified. In the Tsumadinsky district of Dagestan, a regime of a counter -terrorist operation was introduced in the vicinity of the Kvanada village, where one policeman was killed on Wednesday in a shootout with an armed group, two were injured. This information is also specified.

In the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, a terrorist attack is prevented. In the center of Nalchik, a homemade explosive device is neutralized today - a thermos with an explosive mixture and damaging elements. The clock mechanism was set for 12 hours, the National Anti -Terrorism Committee said. Today, two militants were killed in Nalchik, who opened fire while trying to check their car. The police were not injured. Two pistols and ammunition were seized from the scene.

In the south of India, about half a million people took part in the funeral ceremony of the Hindu spiritual teacher (guru) Satya Sai Baba. Among those who arrived in the town of Puttaparty, where Sai Baba lived, was the Prime Minister of India Manmokhan Singh, leading politicians, cultural and sports figures. The body of Satia Sai Baba, whose followers are considered to be millions of people in different countries, were buried in the ground.

Nikita Tikhonov and Evgenia Hasis On April 27, the Moscow City Court refused to postpone the performance with the last word of Nikita Tikhonov and Evgenia Hasis, accused of the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, in connection with an attempt by suicide undertaken by both. Nikita Tikhonov and Eugene Hasis tried to convince the jury of their non -involvement in the murder of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova.

The house of the architect Fedor Kolbe on Bolshaya Yakimanka Street In Moscow, on Bolshaya Yakimanka Street, part of the facade wall of the revenue house of architect Fedor Kolbe, who was promised to save, collapsed. This was reported to "Interfax" by one of the coordinators of the Archnadzor movement Yuri Egorov. According to him, only by a happy chance none of the passers -by suffered. Egorov expressed the opinion that the wall in any case should have collapsed, since no one strengthened it.

In Moscow, at the 83rd year of his life, the famous humanitarian scientist Igor Kon died. Recently, he was seriously ill, ”said David Feldstein, vice president of the Russian Academy of Education. Igor Kon is the main researcher at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, academician of the Russian Academy of Education. He is the author of over 60 books and 300 articles, many of which are translated into foreign languages.

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UN Secretary General Pan Hi Moon UN Secretary General Pan Hi Moon expressed concern to violence against demonstrators in Syria. With such a statement, he made on Tuesday during the consultations of the UN Security Council on the situation in Syria. There was no resolution based on the results of consultations, but the meeting will continue today. According to diplomats participating in the meeting, Russia and China are likely to not support a strict resolution on Syria.

Due to the explosion on the gas pipeline today, gas supplies from Egypt to Israel and Jordan have been stopped. According to the Egyptian Security Service, the explosion occurred as a result of the attack of an unknown armed group in the vicinity of the city of El-Arish near the border with Israel. At the end of March, an attempt was made in the same area to undermine the gas pipeline. Then the inherent explosives did not work.