The Greek prosecutor's office has opened a criminal case against a group of unidentified persons suspected of intending to remove from power or liquidate former Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis, in order to thus prevent the strengthening of ties between Russia and Greece in the energy sector, Reuters reports.

The Federal Space Agency is abandoning its most ambitious missions - flights to Venus, Mercury and Mars. The management of Roscosmos was prompted to make this decision by the recent crash of the Phobos-Grunt spacecraft, designed by the Lavochkin NP. It was this bureau that was supposed to develop unmanned spacecraft for expeditions to the planets of the solar system. Photo: ITAR-TASS A source in Roscosmos told the Izvestia newspaper that from the Federal Space Program for 2006-2015.

The coach of the Spanish club Real Madrid, Jose Mourinho, praised his forward Cristiano Ronaldo for his excellent performance against CSKA Moscow. The official website of UEFA reports this. Photo: AP According to J. Mourinho, C. Ronaldo was simply “incredible” in this game. “If we take into account the number of goals he scored last season, one could assume that there was nowhere to play stronger, but, in my opinion, now he has reached a new level,” admitted the Portuguese.

The official dollar-ruble exchange rate, set by the Bank of Russia since March 16, 2012, increased by 7 kopecks. and amounted to 29.5822 rubles/dollar. The trading session on the Russian MICEX foreign exchange market is now taking place under the sign of a weakening ruble exchange rate against the dollar, euro and bi-currency “basket” ($0.55 and euro 0.45). As of 12:15 Moscow time, the weighted average dollar exchange rate for tomorrow settlements was 29.5705 rubles/dollar, which is 9 kopecks.

The Savyolovsky District Court of Moscow issued a ruling on the arrest of a native of Chechnya, Mairbek Umayev, accused of murdering the famous Chechen poet and public figure Ruslan Akhtakhanov. The Savyolovsky District Court of Moscow issued a ruling on the arrest of a native of Chechnya, Mairbek Umaev, accused by the ICR department for the Northern Administrative District of Moscow of the murder of the famous Chechen poet and public figure Ruslan Akhtakhanov. Kommersant writes about this.

The Ministry of Economic Development is inclined to believe that the insurance premium rate should be less than 30%, said the head of the department, Elvira Nabiullina . To the clarifying question whether it should be 26%, the minister answered positively. Photo: ITAR-TASS The insurance premium is “a sensitive payment that changes behavior,” noted E. Nabiullina.

US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron, as part of a bilateral meeting at the White House the day before, discussed the possibility of “unsealing” the reserves of the International Energy Agency (IEA) in order to reduce fuel prices.

The Vologda City Court issued a guilty verdict in a criminal case against the managers and employees of the city disco club "Web". This was reported in the media relations department of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation. The investigation established that Evgeny Vetyukov, being the owner of the Web disco club, organized the sale of prohibited smoking mixtures on the club’s territory.

A five-year-old child died after drowning in a water well in the village of Bereslavka, Kalachevsky district, Volgograd region, the regional department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation reported on March 15. Photo: ITAR-TASS The day before, on March 14, the boy’s relatives contacted law enforcement agencies with a report of the missing child.

The fire at the vegetable warehouse in the industrial zone of Murmansk has been extinguished. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Murmansk region. Let us remind you that information about a fire at a vegetable warehouse located on Sverdlova Street, 29, was received by the duty officer on March 14, 2012. at 21:16 Moscow time. Forces and means were sent to the place according to the first, increased, number of complexity.

The main hearing in court of the criminal case of the extreme martial artist Vyacheslav Datsik (known as Red Tarzan) is scheduled for March 21, 2012. This decision was made today, March 15, at a preliminary hearing in the case by Judge Igor Sokhanenko. In addition, the court decided to extend V. Datsik’s detention until September 2012, thereby rejecting his lawyer’s request to change the preventive measure. V. Datsik is accused of attacking a mobile phone store and setting fire to a church.

New details of the criminal case against the former management of the Bank of Moscow, accused of embezzlement of billions, have become known. According to investigators, Bank of Moscow OJSC and the Moscow government had a controlling stake in Capital Insurance Group OJSC. According to the press service of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, the market value of this joint-stock company is estimated at 37.6 billion rubles.

Law enforcement officers eliminated a member of the gang underground in Makhachkala. Photo: ITAR-TASS According to the investigative department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for Dagestan, a member of an illegal armed group was blocked in one of the houses on Lomonosov Street. He resisted and was killed by return fire. According to the source, the militant was previously identified as Magomed Madzhigatov, born in 1992, the Rossiya TV channel reports. Details are not yet known.

The US considers a foreign military intervention in Syria to be premature. This was stated by US President Barack Obama after negotiations with British Prime Minister David Cameron in Washington, Reuters reports. Photo: AP The American president emphasized that foreign intervention, in his opinion, would only worsen the conflict and lead to civil war and numerous casualties. D.

Minister of Health and Social Development Tatyana Golikova denied information that she was offered to take the post of Minister of Economic Development, which is currently held by Elvira Nabiullina. Minister of Health and Social Development Tatyana Golikova denied information that she was offered to take the post of Minister of Economic Development, which is currently held by Elvira Nabiullina .