John McCain. Photo by ar The Zmglavs of the Financial Committee of the US Presidential Candidate from the Republican Party John McCain Thomas Lefler resigned due to the scandal. According to AR, he was forced to leave his post in connection with the accusation of lobbying the interests of the European aerospace concern EADS. In addition, Lefler lobbied the interests of Saudi and other foreign companies.

Yuri Samodurov. Photo from the site www.sakharov-center.ru The accusation of the director of the museum and the public center named after Sakharov Yuri Samodurov and art critic Andrei Erofeev, in the incite of religious enmity, has a political background. Famous human rights activists and public figures made such a statement. The text of the application was received by the editorial office of the faces.

Abkhazia. Photo from the site Strana.ru Georgia and Abkhazia agreed on a plan for the peaceful settlement of the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict. According to Kommersant on Monday, the President of Abkhazia, Sergei Bagapsh, who arrives in Moscow, will present this plan and try to obtain the consent of the Russian leadership to its implementation. According to the publication, the proposals of Tbilisi were handed over to the Abkhaz authorities by the representative of Georgia to the UN Irakli Alasania.

Russia celebrates the victory in the match against Canada. Photo by ar For the first time in 15 years, the Russian team won the gold medals of the World Hockey Championship. In the final match in Quebec, the Russians beat Canadians with a score of 5: 4. The Russian team opened an account in the second minute of the match. Alexander Semin distinguished himself with an accurate throw.

Genghis Aitmatov. Photo from the site www.old.echo.msk.ru The Kyrgyz writer Genghis Aitmatov was placed in the "Fourth Medical Clinic" of one of the largest medical centers in Germany "Clinicum Nuremberg Zyud" in the city of Nuremberg. As RIA Novosti reports, the representative of the clinic said this.

Hookah On Monday, in Turkey, a law prohibiting smoking in all public places entered into force, Echo of Moscow reports. The law adopted by the country's parliament in January prohibits smoking in government institutions, shopping centers, schools, hospitals, stadiums and workplaces. In relation to cafes and restaurants, a transitional period is introduced, smoking in them will be finally banned only in July 2009. As for hotels, now you can smoke only in smoking rooms.

Sergey Bagapsh. Photo from Homework.yuginfo.ru The President of Abkhazia Sergei Bagapsh denied reports that Tbilisi and Sukhumi agreed on a plan for a peaceful settlement of the conflict. "There are no agreed agreements on the peaceful settlement of the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict between Sukhumi and Tbilisi," Bagapsh said in an interfax.

February 2008 Oleg Kozyrev's parody of the famous propaganda film "Death of the Empire".

Moscow, May 17, 2008. See also: The dispute between Mikhail Delyagin and Andrey Piontkovsky about bread and freedom National Assembly: Participants' comments Andrei Piontkovsky in "Faces" about the results of the National Assembly

The work of the KVN team "MZ" (Perm), February 2008.

Conference of the Moscow Yabloko, May 18, 2008. Party leader Grigory Yavlinsky talks about his meeting with Vladimir Putin. Shooting "Apple TV". Yavlinsky about the meeting with Putin in the program "Week with Marianna Maksimovskaya" on March 15 (video and transcript) Daniil Kotsiubinsky about the conflict in Yabloko (video) Alexander Skobov. "Be safe!" (column in Granyakh.Ru)

Superjet 100. Photo from the site www.airways.cz The Russian regional aircraft Sukhoi Superjet-100 made the first flight. According to RBC, this was reported in the press service of CJSC Civil Aircraft Sukhoi. The tests were held at the flight test complex in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. According to the representative of the press service, the plane stayed in the air for about 40 minutes, gained height of about 1200 meters and landed safely.

Emblem FC "Rubin" The sports director of the Kazan football club Rubin was arrested-46-year-old Rustem Saymanov. He was charged with organizing a series of murders. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced by the official representative of the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office Vladimir Markin. The crimes that incriminate Saymanov committed in 1996. Accusations on the same murders were brought down on Monday to the Moscow businessman Radik Yusupov.

Andrey Piontkovsky. Photo from the site civitas.ru *05/12/2008 Miroslav :* "Andrei Andreevich, I completely agree with you. Either truly free elections, or total kleptocracy. The third is not given. But what to do with the sad historical precedents of the coming to the power of cannibals as a result of free elections (Germany, Algeria)? I do not find an answer to this question." Kleptocrates are miles to us than cannibals. This is true, Miroslav.

Moscow, May 18, 2008. At the traditional "May Day" at the Sakharov Center, Andrei Illarionov, Yuri Shmidt and Sergei Kovalev comment on the first meeting of the National Assembly, which took place the day before. Photographed by Dmitry Borko.