06 May 2011, 21:21 Politics Quite “United Russia” Vladimir Putin invited other parties to join United Russia Svetlana Bocharova , Ekaterina Vinokurova (Volgograd) “United Russia” will form an “All-Russian Popular Front” for the elections. Prime Minister and party leader Vladimir Putin announced that it would include not only public organizations, but also other political parties.

Sport “Zakharkin’s behavior is outrageous” Sergei Gimaev about the Russian national team’s performance at the World Championships in Slovakia Maxim Domchev (Bratislava) The famous hockey expert and TV commentator Sergei Gimaev, in a conversation with a Gazeta.Ru correspondent, admitted that the Russian national team is not yet showing the hockey that is expected of it. Alexander Ovechkin and Pavel Datsyuk, in his opinion, will help the team.

In connection with the terrorist attack in the Minsk metro , President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko demanded that order be restored in organizations and enterprises, including tougher discipline in the workplace. “Today I want to draw the attention of all leaders: put things in order. Working time should be devoted to work, no chatter, and so on,” Lukashenko said on Friday, hearing a report on the progress of the investigation into the circumstances of the explosion in the Minsk metro.

10 May 2011, 15:51 Politics “Corruption was always and everywhere” Interview with Transparency International Research Director Robin Hodess Alexander Artemyev, the head of research at the international anti-corruption organization Transparency International, told Gazeta.Ru that Russia should not be considered as corrupt as Papua New Guinea or Laos, even though these countries are in the same group in the corruption perception rating — Russia shares 154th place in the latest Corruption

06 May 2011, 17:41 Sports More than 1 thousand police officers will ensure law and order at the Dynamo - CSKA match More than 1 thousand police officers will ensure security and law and order on Sunday in Khimki at the match of the 8th round of the Russian Championship between the capital's Dynamo and CSKA, the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Moscow Region reported. “This match falls into the high-risk category.

Former Beatles member Sir Paul McCartney is getting married for the third time, BBC reports. The 68-year-old musician got engaged to 51-year-old entrepreneur Nancy Shevell in New York. McCartney and Shevell have been together for four years. The wedding date has not yet been set. Sir Paul's first wife, Linda, died of cancer in 1998, and he later married Heather Mills in 2002 and divorced her in 2008.

INTERNET Murdoch's Men's Toys News Corp. Rupert Murdoch acquired UGO Entertainment from media conglomerate Hearst Corp — 6.05.11 14:01 — TEXT: Olga Alekseeva , Igor Bakharev PHOTO: src.ca Twitter Publish in LiveJournal Recommend Share with friends News Corp. Rupert Murdoch bought UGO Entertainment, an online news project about video games for young men, from Hearst Corporation. Experts do not rule out that the acquisition of a new asset will help Murdoch sell MySpace more profitably.

The price of crude oil futures for June delivery fell to $99.8 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange on Thursday, a loss of $9.44. This was the biggest daily drop since April 20, 2009. Crude oil has lost nearly 12% in a week, the most since May 2010, although prices remain 31% higher than a year ago. Brent futures fell by $10.39; at the end of the European session, the price was $110.80 per barrel, returning to the level of March 2011.

06 May 2011, 16:35 Sports Vatutin: ULEB highly appreciates the potential of PBL Chairman of the Council of the Professional Basketball League (PBL) Andrei Vatutin commented on the league’s admission to the Union of European Basketball Leagues (ULEB).

The defense of common-law spouses Nikita Tikhonov and Evgenia Khasis , convicted on Friday in the case of the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova , have already appealed the verdict. “All defense lawyers filed a short cassation appeal against the verdict, in which we ask that it be declared illegal and unfounded,” Tikhonov’s lawyer Alexander Vasilyev told Interfax .

06 May 2011, 15:36 Sport Pavlyuchenkova failed to make it to the semi-finals of the tournament in Madrid Russian tennis player Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova failed to make it to the semi-finals of the tournament in Madrid (prize fund - €3.5 million), losing to German Julia Gerges with a score of 4:6, 2:6. Details of the matches, as well as the position of tennis players in the ATP and WTA rankings, can be viewed on the tennis page .

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06 May 2011, 22:35 Sport Vityaz does not plan to sign a contract with Simon Canadian striker Chris Simon will not play for Vityaz in the new season, Sovetsky Sport reports , citing team general manager Alexei Zhamnov . Dynamo Moscow, where the Canadian finished the last championship, also does not count on Simon.

Minister of Mass Communications and Communications Igor Shchegolev proposed to elect Prince Alexander Trubetskoy instead of himself to the board of directors of OJSC Svyazinvest. The minister sent a corresponding letter to Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, a source close to the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications told Interfax. A decision on the candidacy of Prince Trubetskoy has not yet been made, the agency’s interlocutor said.

The modernization of key roads in the Southern Federal District will take five years. This was stated by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin , speaking at the interregional conference of the United Russia party in Volgograd, which was broadcast live by the Vesti24 TV channel. More than 85 billion rubles will be allocated for the implementation of the project from 2011 to 2013, the prime minister added.