The Khamovnichesky Court authorized the house arrest of the former head of the Department of Property Relations of the Ministry of Defense Evgenia Vasilyeva for a period of two months, said court spokeswoman Daria Lyakh. She is prohibited from communicating with anyone regarding her case, except lawyers, from using the Internet and mail, and must stay at her place of residence.

In Gorno-Altaisk, the city court rejected the claim of four former patrol police officers, whom the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Altai Republic caught sleeping on duty and fired. The court rejected their claims in full, the website of the regional prosecutor's office reports. In early September, Minister Alexander Udovenko was driving along a dangerous section of the federal highway M-52 in the Ongudaysky district early in the morning.

Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko proposes creating an "Electronic Parliament" - this will be an all-Russian information portal with the functions of preparing legislative initiatives, developing and publicly discussing bills, and holding consultations on lawmaking.

November 19, 2012, 02:28 / Finance JPMorgan and Credit Suisse will pay $417 million to settle charges of defrauding investors JPMorgan and Credit Suisse agreed to pay $417 million in a settlement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to settle charges of defrauding investors Tatyana Bochkareva The largest US bank by assets, JPMorgan, will pay a $296.9 million fine.

Cyprus Onexim Holdings Limited, one of the structures of the group Onexim of Mikhail Prokhorov November 13 became a shareholder of the ( International Financial Club bank , on IFC). left the IFC shareholders At the same time , Suleiman Kerimov , .

On Tuesday, law enforcement officers blocked Red and Manezhnaya Squares. “The Moscow police are carrying out a preventive measure in the center of the capital to prevent clashes between different groups of young people. This includes checking documents and passport and visa regimes,” said a representative of the press service of the capital’s main headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The squads maintaining order on the station square have no powers - nor any responsibility.

November 19, 2012, 19:42 / Finance How much do the largest Russian banks spend on charity? The fifty largest Russian banks spent almost 7 billion rubles on charity last year, according to the CAF Russia study. This is an average of 1.17% of net profit - more than in other industries Tatyana Martyanova Banks, like no other sector, use their business opportunities for charitable purposes, note CAF Russia researchers.

Opera is interested in launching the service directly with Russian mobile operators and is negotiating with them to include the service in their tariff plans, says Zinoviev. The operator that launches the service first will get the maximum effect, as it will attract a youth audience, which is what the service is designed for, he believes.

Italy recognizes the National Coalition of the Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people, the Asca news agency reported the words of Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, who visited Qatar. "We recognize the coalition that brings together the various opposition groups as the legitimate representatives of the Syrian people," the Italian prime minister said in an interview with Al-Jazeera.

The stories of the mothers, told by themselves and collected by journalist Ksenia Luchenko in a collection, are in great demand; in Moscow, the book is among the best-selling. We should obviously thank the punk girls for this, who have sharply increased the level of public interest in everything related to the private life of the Orthodox, and Archimandrite Tikhon Shevkunov. It seems that it is time for Archimandrite Tikhon to be awarded another church order.

President Vladimir Putin supported the idea of ​​merging the Izhmash and Izhmekh enterprises within the framework of the state corporation Rostekhnologii under the common brand Kalashnikov. "As for the merger, this is, of course, possible," he said at a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who put forward such an initiative. "The result should be an improvement in the situation, and in no case a worsening," the president emphasized.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Israel and Hamas to immediately cease fire and support Egypt's peace efforts. He expressed regret over the deaths of civilians in Gaza but expressed concern over the continued rocket fire into Israeli towns, the BBC reported. UN spokesman Martin Nesirky told reporters that Ban would soon visit the Middle East. The Israel Defense Forces continued to strike Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, saying they were targeting terrorists' homes.

Cisco Systems has announced that it is planning to buy cloud computing provider Meraki for $1.2 billion. The company will pay cash for the startup, founded in 2006, Reuters reports. If the deal is approved by regulators, it will close in the second quarter of fiscal year 2013, that is, by the end of January. Meraki CEO Sanjit Biswas wrote an open letter to his staff explaining the decision.

November 19, 2012, 15:47 / Politics Tolokonnikova and Alekhina changed lawyers undefined Vedomosti Lawyer of the human rights organization "Agora" Irina Khrunova will represent the interests of convicted members of the punk group Pussy Riot Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova in the presidium of the Moscow City Court and in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), where the girls' complaints will be considered, her husband told Interfax on Monday Tolokonnikova Petr Verzilov.

In the first half of 2013, Megafon plans to launch a project called DREAM (Diverse Route for European and Asian Markets), according to its IPO prospectus. It involves two fiber-optic lines that will run from Frankfurt to China via Kazakhstan and will be able to carry all types of traffic. Megafon hopes that DREAM will become the shortest and safest route connecting Europe with the growing markets of East Asia. The Euro-Asian traffic transit market is expanding, Megafon's prospectus says.