Alexandra Dukhanin In the case of riots on the “Million Millions” in Moscow on May 6, several more people will be prosecuted. This was announced in an interview with Rossiy Gazeta by the chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin. According to him, the investigation is interested in people who organized attacks on police officers.

Brett McGuk The candidate for the post of Ambassador of the United States, nominated by the US President Barack Obama, Brett McGuk said that if his candidacy is approved, he would focus on protecting fragile democratic achievements in this country. McGuk informed the Senate Committee on International Affairs on Wednesday, which is deeply concerned about the disagreement between various religious and ethnic groups in Iraq.

NATO helicopter in Afghanistan In the east of Afghanistan, two NATO troops were killed today. According to the leadership of international forces in Afghanistan, it is still unclear whether the helicopter was shot down by the Taliban or the cause of the fall became technical problems. The citizenship of the dead, as well as exactly the place of disaster has not yet been disclosed. An investigation is underway.

In the 53rd year of life, the famous Soviet hockey player Vladimir Krutov died today. According to agencies, a few days ago he was hospitalized in one of the Moscow hospitals with internal bleeding and was in serious condition. Krutov is a two -time Olympic champion, five -time world champion. The hockey player performed in the famous five with Igor Larionov, Sergey Makarov, Vyacheslav Fetisov and Alexei Kasatonov. Later he was the head coach of CSKA.

Head of the Council for Human Rights under the President of Russia Mikhail Fedotov The head of the Council for Human Rights under the President of Russia, Mikhail Fedotov, called on members of the Federation Council to reject the law on tightening fines for violations at rallies. The upper house of the Russian parliament should today consider the law approved by the State Duma the day before .

In the American state of Wisconsin, the governor-republican Scott Waker managed to maintain his post during the early elections, which attached great political importance throughout the country. According to preliminary data, Walker was ahead of his opponent-democrat Tom Barrett, whom he had already won the elections in 2010. Walker, belonging to the right wing of the Republican Party, was sharply criticized by trade unions and the liberal public - for his stiff budget savings.

Ray Bradbury In California, at the 92nd year of life, the famous American science fiction writer Ray Bradbury died. This was reported to the Associated Press by the writer's daughter. They did not bring details. Bradbury stories began to be published in magazines since the beginning of the forties. The collection of stories "Martian Chronicles" was its first commercial success. After writing in 1953 the novel “451 degrees Fahrenheit”, his glory became universal.

Forest Fire In Tuva, when extinguishing a forest fire on Wednesday, according to Rosleskhoz, nine Paratrons-Pozhany paratroopers died. A group of paratroopers of 13 people participated in the elimination of a large fire in Barun-Khemchinsky forestry. The fire suddenly swept the tops of the trees. Four paratroopers left the place of fire. The body of one was found by rescuers. The fate of eight people is unknown. Currently, in Tuva there is a difficult situation with forest fires.

The European Commission has submitted a draft amendments to the rules for regulating the banking sector of the European Union aimed at saving the “problematic” banks to be carried out at the expense of their owners and creditors or other banks, and not the funds of taxpayers. For the first time such proposals were discussed back in 2010, but then the European Commission abstained from the official submission of its plans.

The international organization Transparency International claims that none of the EU countries last year showed itself as exemplary in the field of corruption. The report released today says that in almost all EU countries last year there were financial and political scandals related to corruption. Moreover, in public opinion the idea prevails that the level of corruption is growing.

The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that the world can soon be left without effective drugs against gonorrhea. As Dr.

Sergey Mitrokhin The leader of the Yabloko party, Sergei Mitrokhin, previously detained with other participants in the rally against the bill on increasing fines for violations on mass shares, was released from the police. This was told by Interfax lawyer Nikolai Polozov. According to Polozov, Mitrokhin drew up a protocol with witnesses under an article on a violation of the established procedure for a mask event. Earlier, other detained protesters were released.

Syrian President Bashar Assad appointed a new prime minister of the country. It was the former Minister of Agriculture Riyad Hijab, a member of the ruling party "Baas". The new office is formed in Syria after the parliamentary elections that passed last month, for the first time in many years - in a multi -party. Most of the opposition, however, boycotted the elections, accusing the president of imitation of reforms.

Those who recently protest against the policy of Governor Scott Waker voted for him in the election The inhabitants of Wisconsin voted against the recall of the republican governor. In the United States, the past vote is called the most important in the five months that remained before the presidential election.