New rules for admitting air carriers to charter flights have come into force. The corresponding changes to the order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation N92 are published on the department’s website. According to the document, an airline wishing to operate charter flights must coordinate transportation with all carriers designated for this route. Previously, it was enough for an airline to agree on a route with one carrier.

In Arkhangelsk, an indictment was approved and a criminal case was sent to the Lomonosovsky District Court against the general director of PSK Severo-Zapad CJSC.

In the Arkhangelsk region, a deputy of the Konosha municipality was sentenced to 2 years in prison.

There are currently 191 forest fires in the Northwestern Federal District, reports the press service of the Northwestern Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Of these, 74 fires remain unlocalized. 2 thousand 528 people and 349 pieces of equipment, including 7 aircraft, are involved in extinguishing wild fires. A fire that breaks out in forests does not pose a threat to populated areas, oil and gas pipelines and other economic facilities.

That night, August 12, another attack was carried out on Moscow police officers. Law enforcement officers stopped suspects in car thefts in the courtyard between houses 56 and 58 on Profsoyuznaya Street in the south of Moscow. In response, the men opened fire on the police. The shootout near the Honda Civic, which the men wanted to steal, lasted about half an hour. It is reported that the criminals fired from an Izh gas pistol converted to fire live cartridges with homemade silencers.

Journalist Alexander Sorokin from the Kemerovo region, who posted a critical post on his blog about the activities of the regional governor, lost his computer because of his note. The investigation believes that the text of the article contains “deliberately false information.” A criminal case has been initiated against the blogger under Part 1 of Article 129 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - “Slander”.

Governor of the Moscow Region Boris Gromov was dissatisfied with Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov 's criticism of himself, the Russian News Service reports. “I read the Internet, listen to speeches. I cannot help but say that in our country, in moments of difficult trials, there has always been a consolidation of forces, means and opinions.

On the Sebezh - Velikiye Luki section of the Oktyabrskaya Railway (OZD), at an unguarded crossing this morning, a VAZ-2114 car collided with a commuter electric train. According to the press service of the Oktyabrskaya Highway, the driver of the car died in the accident. Due to the incident, the train's movement was delayed for 10 minutes. The accident occurred at 7:30 Moscow time on August 12, 2010. at 482 km of the Oktyabrskaya Railway with a properly working alarm system.

In St. Petersburg, a criminal case against an investigator of the regional department of the Federal Drug Control Service (UFSKN) and his accomplice, a correspondence student at Cherepovets State University, accused of beating a person and extortion, was transferred to the court for consideration on the merits. In St.

In Moscow, in the Losiny Ostrov park, grass, peat and trees caught fire on an area of ​​400 square meters. m. According to the head of the press service of the capital department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia Evgeny Bobylev, the fire is raging in the area of ​​29 on Otkrytoye Highway. A helicopter and 7 fire brigades are at the scene.

Deputies of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia August 16, 2010 will consider amendments to the Constitution of the republic, providing for the combination of functions of the head and prime minister of the region. According to the press service of the government of Karelia, the corresponding initiative of the head of the republic Andrei Nelidov was approved the day before by members of the Council of National Public of the region. Let us remind you that July 27, 2010 A.

The Federal Migration Service has temporarily suspended the issuance of biometric passports due to a failure in the data storage system. The cause of the emergency was air conditioners that failed due to the heat - condensation flooded the FMS servers on the territory of the Voskhod Research Institute. The FMS said that fears regarding the loss of part of the database with submitted applications for a foreign passport are unfounded.

The State Administrative and Technical Inspectorate of St. Petersburg has published a new schedule of traffic restrictions on city roads. In accordance with it, for a week, from August 13 to August 22, 2010, travel on the Tuchkov Bridge will be limited. Traffic here will be difficult due to ongoing road repairs. In addition, serious difficulties await drivers on Lanskoye Highway and adjacent streets.

The cause of the fire at the Perm Powder Plant was the depressurization of production pipelines, which led to the ignition of gunpowder over an area of ​​300 square meters. m. The press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Perm Territory stated that the fire was extinguished, there were no casualties or destruction of buildings on the territory of the plant.

Index of industrial production in the Pskov region in January-July 2010. amounted to 116.7%. According to the territorial body of the Federal State Statistics Service, in July of this year the industrial production index amounted to 110.8%. In manufacturing, this figure for the first seven months of 2010. recorded at 120.4% (in July - 117.7%), mining - 63.2% (57.7%), production and distribution of electricity, gas and water - 105.7% (83.8% ).