An explosion occurred in the five-story shopping and entertainment center "Europe" in the capital of Bashkortostan on Saturday afternoon, January 22, RIA Novosti reports citing the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Visitors and employees of the shopping center are being evacuated from the building. Firefighters and doctors are working at the scene. After the explosion, a fire broke out in the premises of the center.

A couple of days ago, the whole country was shocked by a new accident involving an official car with a flashing light. The shocking fact in this story was not even the accident itself, but a video recording of the driving style of the official’s driver, which bloggers and journalists dug up on the Internet. Activists of the Blue Buckets society, who have long been opposed to cars with flashing lights, are most outraged by this video.

A hotel made from garbage has opened in the central square of Madrid. True, it will only stay there for a week, and living in it cannot be called comfortable, but it is an impressive sight. This project, worth half a million euros, is being exhibited in Madrid as part of the international tourism exhibition FITUR under the slogan “Save the Beaches”.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) recognized MMM-2011 as a financial pyramid and outlined ways to possibly combat it, RIA Novosti reports. Thus, law enforcement agencies can make claims against the founder of the pyramid, and legislators will look for an opportunity to punish fraudsters even at the stage of construction of the pyramid. It is also possible that participants in the pyramid who made a profit will have to bear criminal liability.

The goalkeeper of the capital's Spartak, Dominik Hasek, voiced the reasons for the defeat from Ufa's Salavat Yulaev (1:3) in the KHL regular season match, and also noted the play of Alexander Radulov. The goalkeeper of the capital's Spartak, Dominik Hasek, voiced the reasons for the defeat from Ufa's Salavat Yulaev (1:3) in the KHL regular season match, and also noted the play of Alexander Radulov. - We met with an excellent team.

Soon the police will have everything new: the law, the name, and the uniform. Yes, only the filling will remain the same. After the renaming of the police into police, law enforcement officers will have a new uniform, said the head of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Rashid Nurgaliev. “Samples are already ready and will be presented to the general public with the introduction of the new structure,” he said. We can only rejoice for our valiant law enforcement officers.

The names of the winners of the national film award “Golden Eagle” have been announced in Moscow. The prize in the main category, “Best Film of the Year,” went to Alexei Popogrebsky’s film “How I Spent This Summer.” This film won awards at the Berlin Film Festival less than a year ago. This year the material was more than varied - 20 Golden Eagles were at stake, vesti.ru reports. Nominations were even included for television and animation - it was their winners who were announced first.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree appointing police colonel Alexander Ilyin to the post of head of the Moscow State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, the Kremlin press service reported on Saturday. According to the presidential decree, the former head of the capital's traffic police department, Sergei Kazantsev, was relieved of his post. According to the official version, in August 2010, Kazantsev submitted a report of dismissal upon reaching the age limit.

In the capital, where the number of homeless people reaches 15 thousand, there are only three sanitary checkpoints where the homeless can wash themselves. Meanwhile, this problem can be solved quite quickly and without serious financial costs by installing several mobile showers in the city. This idea arose in the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service of the Russian Orthodox Church.

On January 14, 16-year-old journalist and employee of REGNUM news agency Ekaterina Silina disappeared. Investigative authorities have already opened a criminal case into the disappearance; she was last seen on January 13 near the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University at about 21:00. Unofficial sources report that Silina has recently been preparing materials on the work of the new Moscow government and has touched on many pressing issues.

A couple of days ago, the whole country was shocked by a video recording of the driving style of one official’s driver. Activists of the Blue Buckets society, who have long been opposed to cars with flashing lights, are most outraged by this video. A couple of days ago, the whole country was shocked by a new accident involving an official car with a flashing light.

The day before, in the garage of one of the private houses in Stavropol, the police found the bodies of eight people - three women and five men with gunshot and stab wounds. According to preliminary information, among those killed were thief in law Vladimir Slezarev, nicknamed Khan, his partner, his daughter and son-in-law, a nanny, a driver and a dog breeder.

On Saturday, First Deputy Mayor of Moscow Vladimir Resin checked the progress of the reconstruction of the Bolshoi Theater. The work will be completed ahead of schedule, and the building will be handed over to the troupe in September. Based on the results of the inspection, Vladimir Resin remained confident that the builders would be in time. Next week the final stage of work begins.

Ufa's Salavat Yulaev stopped the victorious march of Moscow's Spartak, which could have set a record if it had won. Ufa's Salavat Yulaev stopped the victorious march of Moscow's Spartak, which could have set a record in the KHL championships if it had won. The Spartak team won five victories in a row and could well have won a sixth, but...in fact, they lost the match in seven minutes.

In the capital, where the number of homeless people reaches 15 thousand, there are only three sanitary checkpoints where the homeless can wash themselves. The Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service of the Russian Orthodox Church decided to install several mobile showers in the city. In the capital, where the number of homeless people reaches 15 thousand, there are only three sanitary checkpoints where the homeless can wash themselves.