The Kirovsky District Court of St. Petersburg sentenced a realtor, general director of Astra LLC, to 3 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime correctional colony. As the press service of the St. Petersburg prosecutor's office reported, the woman illegally took possession of money worth over 1.7 million rubles. The realtor was found guilty of committing 4 counts of fraud using her official position (Part 3 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

In Estonia, an excursion bus carrying Russians, most of them children, was involved in an accident. According to local police, the accident occurred near the city of Tartu: the bus lost control and drove into a ditch, then crashed into a tree. As a result of the accident, four people were injured and were hospitalized. It is reported that those hospitalized mainly suffered injuries to their legs and arms; the rest of the victims were treated on the spot.

The euro continues to strengthen in trading on Wednesday, the pound is also showing an upward trend. The euro continues to strengthen in trading on Wednesday, April 27, and by midday reached 1.467 dollars/euro. The auctions were even higher, but the ardor of buyers was slightly cooled by statistics from Germany. Leading consumer confidence index in Germany in May 2011. compared to the previous month decreased by 0.2 points and amounted to 5.7 points.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) will conduct an inspection in 20 regions of “facilities of vertically integrated oil companies, oil refineries, as well as independent gas stations regarding the creation of shortages and sharp increases in prices for motor fuel.” According to press secretary of the Russian Ministry of Energy Dmitry Klokov, a headquarters has been formed to quickly respond and take measures to normalize the situation in the regions.

The international rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) has downgraded the outlook on Japan's long-term sovereign credit rating from "stable" to "negative". The international rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) has downgraded the outlook on Japan's long-term sovereign credit rating from "stable" to "negative". The rating was confirmed at AA- level, the agency said in a statement.

Investigators are considering three versions of explosions near the traffic police department and the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Volgograd, the Kommersant newspaper writes. According to one version, the criminals staged an explosion because of upcoming cuts in the department, which will affect 1,503 employees of internal affairs bodies this year. “In the internal affairs bodies they will soon cut to the quick and fire people.

The trading session on the Russian foreign exchange market began today with the strengthening of the national currency of the Russian Federation against the dollar and the bi-currency basket ($0.55 and 0.45 euros). Euro quotes at the opening, on the contrary, increased slightly. Currently, the US currency is trading at 27.72 rubles. - 11 kopecks below the closing level of the previous trading day. For one euro on the domestic foreign exchange market they now give 40.69 rubles.

In Estonia, an excursion bus carrying Russians, most of them children, was involved in an accident. In Estonia, an excursion bus carrying Russians, most of them children, was involved in an accident. According to preliminary data, there were 38 children and eight adults on the bus who were going on an excursion from St. Petersburg to Tartu. According to local police, the accident occurred near the city of Tartu: the bus lost control and drove into a ditch, then crashed into a tree.

Net profit of the American company Amazon.com Inc., which owns the world's largest online store Amazon.com, for the first quarter of 2011. decreased by 32.8% - to $201 million, compared to $299 million received for the same period a year earlier. This information is provided in the company's financial report released today. The company's sales increased by 38% and amounted to $9.86 billion. For the same period a year earlier, the sales volume amounted to $7.13 billion.

The Federation Council approved a law extending the current procedure for approving contract terms for heads of local administrations to the heads of intracity municipalities of Moscow and St. Petersburg.

In the city of Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad Region, an investigation is being carried out into the death of a man who fell from a police station window. This was reported by the press service of the investigative department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the region. The incident occurred on the night of April 24 this year. According to preliminary data, on the evening of April 23 this year.

In accordance with the instructions of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, by order of Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko, a headquarters has been created to quickly respond and take measures to normalize the situation in regions where there is a fuel shortage, press secretary of the Ministry of Energy Dmitry Klokov said yesterday. Today there will be a meeting of the ministry on the situation on the petroleum products market in a number of regions.

The Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Karachay-Cherkessia is suspected of receiving bribes worth 110 thousand rubles. The Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Karachay-Cherkessia is suspected of receiving bribes worth 110 thousand rubles. According to the investigation, the deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic - chief of staff, police colonel Sergei Skripka in 2006. and 2010 received 40 thousand rubles. and 70 thousand rubles.

As a result of an accident near the Estonian city of Tartu, four passengers on a sightseeing bus from St. Petersburg were injured. In total, there were 38 children and eight adults on the bus, RBC-Petersburg reports. The age of the victims is not reported. Those hospitalized had injuries to their legs and arms. The remaining passengers were treated at the scene of the incident. The police are currently working at the scene of the accident to establish the causes of the emergency.

In St. Petersburg since the beginning of 2011. 4 underground poker clubs have been closed. According to the press service of the city prosecutor's office, 5 illegally operating casinos were also identified during the inspections. In total, this year prosecutors checked 477 addresses where illegal gambling activities were allegedly conducted. For 272 of them the information was confirmed. As part of the raids, 9.5 thousand pieces of gambling equipment were seized.