Kommersantru - underground gambling business was patronized by Prosecutors

A high-profile criminal case connected with the underground gambling business, according to investigators' version, was patronized by Prosecutor's Office heads, has caused a big scandal, Kommersantru reported. On Friday it led to open confrontation between the Prosecutor General's Office and the Investigative Committee. The mass anti-gvt protests hit Libya, Yemen, Bahrain, Iraq, Algeria, Syria and Jordan. They demanded democracy, rule of law and social justice. Scores of protesters have already been killed and hundreds were injured, story in Kommersantru. The president and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on that day visited the recently built Olympic facility in Krasnaya Polyana - the ski center "Roza Khutor". Both demonstrated full accord and highly assessed the center. Read full story in Kommersantru. National Reserve Bank (NRB) owner Alexander Lebedev in the Main Investigative Board attached to the Moscow Interior Department on Friday was questioned as a witness within the framework of the investigation of the criminal case connected with the embezzlement of 450 million rubles from the Russky Capital bank. The news latter was reorganized with NRB's participation. Kommersant news says. The Prosecutor General's Office on Friday submitted materials to the Investigative Committee of the Interior Ministry with a proposal to institute a criminal case against former metro chief Dmitry Gayev, who is accused of stealing 112 million rubles, which may cost him ten years in prison. The Exhibition Palace in Rome has hosted the exhibition "Alexander Deineka. Soviet Master of Modernism". It is the first considerable event of the Year of Russia in Italy, Kommersantru said.