In the Leningrad region on September 21, 2010. heavy rains are expected. The press service of the main department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the region reports this with reference to data from the hydrometeorological center. Due to the difficult meteorological situation, the rescue agency warns of a possible increase in the number of road traffic accidents that may occur due to insufficient visibility on the roads of the region.

Alexander Voronov was appointed Chairman of the State Committee for Youth Affairs, Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Karelia. As the press service of the regional government reported today, the corresponding decree was signed by the head of the republic, Andrei Nelidov. As previously reported, at the beginning of September 2010. In Karelia, the first stage of the formation of a new regional government structure was completed.

The majority of Russians (83%) are interested in the problem of deforestation near their place of residence. Such data are provided in a study conducted by the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM). Moreover, this problem is of greatest importance for Muscovites and St. Petersburg residents (87%), people of pre-retirement age (86%), as well as highly educated study participants (87%).

A criminal case was sent to the Central District Court of Kemerovo against a 21-year-old local resident who received a particularly large amount of narcotic drugs in a parcel from St. Petersburg. This was reported today by the Kemerovo Transport Prosecutor's Office. It was established that the young man agreed with his acquaintance from St. Petersburg to borrow from him for the sale of narcotic drugs.

In Vologda today at 4:00 Moscow time there was a fire in a two-story partially occupied house. According to the press service of the main department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the region, rescuers found the bodies of three people at the scene. The identities of the dead are currently being established. The fire was assigned an increased complexity of 1-bis; 8 fire crews took part in the extinguishing work.

In Moscow, a criminal case has been opened against a participant in night street racing who crashed into a crowd of spectators. According to the information and public relations department of the Moscow Main Internal Affairs Directorate, the case was initiated under Article 264 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violation of traffic rules resulting in the death of a person). The driver is currently detained.

A multilateral pan-Arctic agreement on cooperation in aviation and maritime search and rescue operations in the region is planned to be signed at the next ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council in the spring of 2011. Ambassador at Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Russian Federation, Russia's representative in the Arctic Council Anton Vasiliev told reporters about this today.

The head of the Main Department of Internal Affairs for Moscow, Chief of Logistics, Alexander Tyukanko, has been relieved of his post. The corresponding decree was signed by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the press service of the head of state reported. In place of Alexander Tyukanko, according to the decree of Dmitry Medvedev, police colonel Nadezhda Romanova was appointed.

A major fire in New York, which broke out on a bridge that connects the Bronx and Manhattan, paralyzed the movement of commuter rail trains. Metro-North officials don't anticipate running trains any time soon. At the moment, trains are stopped at stations. There are no reports of casualties in the fire yet. Fire ships are taking part in extinguishing the fire, but they cannot yet cope with the fire: huge flames and plumes of smoke are visible to many residents of East Harlem.

Former employee of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service and double agent Sergei Tretyakov, who fled to the United States in 2000, died of natural causes after choking on a piece of meat. A forensic medical examination came to this conclusion. The autopsy also revealed that the Russian spy defector suffered from a malignant tumor in his large intestine. reports Associated Press . Let us remind you that S. Tretyakov died on June 13, 2010. at the age of 53 at his home in Florida.

Fyodor Maskaev, who headed the Moscow Lyceum No. 1574, became a victim of a robbery, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Prosecutor's Office said today, September 20. The body of the lyceum director was discovered at about 9:00 Moscow time on September 19, 2010. in his apartment at building N3A in the Severnoye Chertanovo microdistrict. A laptop, smartphone and personal belongings of F. Maskaev disappeared from the apartment. The cause of death was penetrating stab wounds to the heart.

Turnover of corporate securities on the St. Petersburg Exchange for the week from September 13 to September 17, 2010. increased by 33.6% compared to the previous week - up to 6 million 720 thousand rubles. As reported in the exchange materials, the average daily turnover last week amounted to 1 million 340 thousand rubles, which is 33.47% higher than the level of the previous week. OJSC "St. Petersburg Exchange" is the successor of the non-profit partnership "Stock Exchange "St. Petersburg".

The flight recorders of the Su-27 that crashed on September 20 have already been sent for decryption. According to the preliminary version, the cause of the plane's crash was engine failure. The flight recorders of the Su-27 that crashed on September 20 have already been sent for decryption. According to the preliminary version, the cause of the plane's crash was engine failure.

From October 31, OJSC Russian Railways, in connection with the introduction of a winter train schedule, will reduce the travel time of Sapsan trains on the Moscow-St. Petersburg section. According to Russian Railways, high-speed trains will cover the distance between the two capitals 4-30 minutes faster than before. The minimum travel time on the route Moscow - St. Petersburg from October 31 will be 3 hours 45 minutes.

The Kortkerossky District Court of the Komi Republic on Monday, September 20, acquitted the acting head of the veterans' home in the village of Pod'elsk, Alexey Korolev, who was accused of killing 23 elderly people in a fire in January 2009. RBC was informed about this in court.