Senators introduced a bill to the State Duma limiting the number of cars with special signals Legislators have joined the fight against privileges on the roads. Yesterday, the Federation Council submitted to the lower house - the State Duma - a bill designed to sharply reduce the number of cars with special signals.

Gazprom's production unit reported with its second team The traditional series of press conferences at Gazprom, which started this week on the eve of the annual meeting of shareholders, brought only disappointments instead of answers to the accumulated questions.

FAS suspects RUSAL of manipulating prices on the energy market Yesterday, a message appeared on the website of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) about the investigation that the agency is conducting against a number of RUSAL subsidiaries. Antimonopoly officers saw in the company’s actions “signs of price manipulation on the wholesale electricity market.” The company itself notes that, in accordance with the regulations, they had every right not to buy new volumes.

Europe continues to tighten the screws on financial markets Global stock markets recovered their decline yesterday amid reports of growth in China's economic performance. But this rise may soon give way to a correction, since such news is not able to maintain a positive mood among investors for long. In addition, as GDP increases in China, inflation also increases, which pushes the authorities to strengthen monetary policy.

US authorities have presented BP with an ultimatum - within 72 hours to provide all information about plans to block oil leaks in the Gulf of Mexico, RIA Novosti reports citing AFP. Coast Guard Rear Admiral James Watson sent a letter with this demand to BP chief executive Tony Hayward on Tuesday. The countdown of the ultimatum began from the moment the letter was received. The BP-operated oil platform sank off the Louisiana coast on April 22 after a 36-hour fire.

They are trying to remove the “gas scraper” project in St. Petersburg from the jurisdiction of UNESCO The scandal provoked by plans to build the Okhta Center tower in the center of St. Petersburg is reaching the international level. Yesterday, the St. Petersburg tower was presented in Moscow, and the representative of Gazprom Neft OJSC Vladimir Gronsky, who presented the project, assured that the St.

Vladimir Pankov staged Romeo and Juliet Recently, the premieres of Vladimir Pankov's plays have been released in Moscow one after another. The director with his team of musicians and actors, developing a hybrid musical-dramatic genre, which he himself called sounddrama, is today at the heart of festivals and theater centers.

Officials will be held accountable for theft of enterprises State Duma deputies yesterday approved in the second reading the presidential bill with amendments to the Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes of the Russian Federation, which will allow law enforcement agencies to attract applicants for other people's property at the stage of preparing for a raider seizure. The deputies decided to supplement the norms of the codes with the responsibility of officials for assisting raiders.

Russian Defense Minister promises to reduce the Black Sea Fleet Yesterday, Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov spoke at a plenary meeting of the Federation Council during the government hour with a report on reforming the army and navy. Contrary to preliminary statements by some senators, the meeting was held behind closed doors.

The Russians will reveal the mystery of the death of the South Korean ship Moscow takes seriously South Korea's plans to bring up the issue of the sinking of the South Korean corvette Cheonan for discussion at the UN Security Council. The Russian Foreign Ministry stated this, adding that “every country has the right to appeal to the Security Council - this is provided for by the UN Charter.” South Korean President Lee Myung-bak previously announced his intention to refer this issue to the UN.

Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra at the Orchestra Festival At the Festival of World Symphony Orchestras in the Hall of Columns of the House of Unions, where this time the musical art of Asia is presented, the Seoul Philharmonic, predictably the main one in the festival program, performed with the authoritative conductor Myung Woon Chung.

The federal law “On improving the legal status of state (municipal) institutions”, signed by President Dmitry Medvedev on May 8 of this year, which caused heated debate in parliament and society, has not yet entered into force, and unscrupulous businessmen from the public sector have already begun collecting money for it from citizens.

Works of young choreographers were shown at the House of Music The Terra musica evening, organized by the International Creative Workshop of Yuri Abdokov, brought together musicians and dance composers. The first section was given to the recently (in 2008) created chamber choir "Russian Conservatory", the second and third - to graduates of the Moscow Choreographic School, for whom young choreographers Konstantin Semenov and Kirill Radev choreographed their numbers.

One of the leaders of North Caucasian militants was detained Yesterday, one of the militant leaders, commander of the armed formations of the self-proclaimed “Caucasian Emirate” Ali Taziev, nicknamed Magas, was detained in the North Caucasus. Over the past six years, the name of Magas has surfaced whenever North Caucasian militants have carried out the most successful acts of sabotage.

“Piranesi and Piranesianism” in St. Petersburg This year marks the 290th anniversary of the birth of the mysterious architectural genius Giovanni Battista Piranesi. To him, who for the first time legitimized in his work the genre of architectural hallucination, living according to laws beyond the control of human understanding, Thomas de Quincey, Vladimir Odoevsky, Sergei Eisenstein dedicated their opuses...