New Holland Island in St. Petersburg will be open to the public from June 14, 2011, Rosbalt reports , citing the chairman of the city’s Committee on Investments and Strategic Projects, Alexey Chichkanov . "Of course, it won't affect the island's buildings because it's not safe at the moment, but we think the whole idea of ​​opening up the island before it starts to be redeveloped is very attractive," he told reporters.

Portfolio investors are withdrawing money from Russia. The outflow of capital from funds investing in shares of companies operating in Russia and the CIS countries in the period from May 5 to May 11 was recorded for the second time this year and amounted to $71 million. A week earlier there was an inflow of $87 million, according to data from the Emerging Portfolio Fund Research (EPFR).

On Friday, French newspaper L'Equipe published a list of 198 cyclists suspected by the International Cycling Union (UCI) of using banned substances, allegedly based on doping tests taken before the 2010 Tour de France. The riders were assigned a category number - from 0 to 10 - in order of increasing level of suspicion. At the same time, one of the best Russian cyclist racers of recent years, Denis Menshov, who competes for the Geox-TMS team, was assigned the ninth category.

May 13, 2011, 19:45 Society Convicted ex-senator Chakhmakhchyan released on parole Former senator from Kalmykia Levon Chakhmakhchyan was released on parole. As his lawyer Anna Stavitskaya told Gazeta.Ru, the leadership of the colonies several times encouraged the ex-senator, gave him a good reference, which allowed him to apply for parole. Chakhmanyan did not admit his guilt, the lawyer noted. “There are a lot of incentives here. He is a very active and creative person.

Armenian singer Emmy filed a complaint with the European Broadcasting Union. She did not qualify for the final of the Eurovision 2011 international song contest following her performance in the first semi-final on May 10. Representatives of four other countries also filed complaints with her. The singer claims that the broadcast of the semi-final was not organized properly, and many viewers from different European cities were unable to vote via SMS messages.

The largest circulation in 2010 was from the writer Daria Dontsova. Dontsova published 144 publications, which were published in the amount of 5.459 million copies. She holds the lead for the fourth year in a row. In second place was Yulia Shilova (93 editions, 4 million copies). In third place is Tatyana Ustinova , who published 48 publications (1.850 million).

13 May 2011, 21:29 Sports The Russian national team announced Grebeshkova Defender Denis Grebeshkov has been included in the Russian national team squad ahead of the World Championship semi-final match against Finland, the IIHF press service reports . Thus, Detroit forward Datsyuk will not play at this World Cup, because the national team’s coaching staff will no longer be able to register players for the tournament. "Gazeta.Ru" will broadcast online the match Finland - Russia.

Relatives of HIV-infected people who died in custody are demanding a total of 3 million rubles from the Ministry of Finance , accusing employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service ( FSIN ) of not providing the prisoners with proper medical care. This is stated in a message from the human rights association “Agora” received by Gazeta.Ru.

Sport Datsyuk can still make it Detroit was eliminated from the Stanley Cup Rustam Sharafutdinov Detroit was eliminated from the Stanley Cup by losing Game 7 to San Jose on the road. The visitors were not helped by a goal from Pavel Datsyuk, who theoretically could still play at the World Championship. The NHL has finally decided on its last Stanley Cup semi-finalist, San Jose. The Sharks beat Detroit on home ice in the seventh decisive match of the series.

The Belarusian prosecutor's office is asking to sentence ex-presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov to seven years in a maximum security colony. Sannikov is accused of organizing mass riots that took place in Minsk on December 19 last year, on the day of the election of the head of the republic.

13 May 2011, 19:26 Sports KHL head Medvedev: it was pointless to compete with our application KHL President Alexander Medvedev shared his opinion on the victory of the Russian bid to host the 2016 World Hockey Championship. “Russia won because our application was the best and it was pointless to compete with us,” Medvedev said.

The State Duma, at a plenary meeting on Friday, adopted in the second and third readings the law “On Amendments to Articles 5.43 and 12.19 of the Code of Administrative Offenses.” The law is aimed at increasing liability for violation of the rules for stopping or parking vehicles in places designated for stopping or parking vehicles of disabled people, as well as for violation of legal requirements providing for the allocation of places in parking lots for special vehicles for disabled people,

Canadian national team forward John Tavares commented on the outcome of the 2011 World Cup quarter-final meeting with the Russian team ( 1:2 ). “After the opponent equalized the score, he felt a surge of confidence and strength,” the official KHL website quotes Tavares . - It was a completely different game, in which, unfortunately, we made the decisive mistake. In terms of level and intensity, this match was definitely worthy of a final.

13 May 2011, 14:31 Society "Altyn" collects for freedom Vice-president of Altyn Antonina Babosyuk will be released on bail of 30 million rubles Anastasia Berseneva The Supreme Court released Antonina Babosyuk, top manager of the Altyn jewelry holding, on bail. To do this, she needs to pay 30 million rubles. However, Babosyuk complains that she does not have enough money.

Luxury alcohol producer Moët Hennessy will begin producing sparkling wine using grapes grown in northeast China, writes the Financial Times . The company, which owns legendary premium champagne brands including Dom Pérignon and Veuve Cliquot, has entered into a partnership agreement with China's state-owned agricultural company and intends to fill the country's market with high-quality champagne in the coming years.