Arkady Dvorkovich. Photo from the site www.nes.ru President Dmitry Medvedev approved Arkady Dvorkovich as his representatives of relations with representatives of the leaders of the countries that are part of the "big eight", Russian Sherpa. As RIA Novosti reports, the Kremlin press service reported this. A few days earlier, Dvorkovich took the post of presidential adviser.

Cemetery. Photo by D. BORKO/Brani.ru The lands under the cemeteries will end in Moscow this year. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced by the head of the department of the consumer market and the services of the capital, Vladimir Malyshkov. “We have no land for the burial of people,” he said at a meeting of the metropolitan government on Tuesday.

Oleg Kozyrev, March 2008.

Andrey Piontkovsky On my long -long century by Russian average standards, I remember only two such days in Moscow (May 9, 1945 and April 12, 1961). Of course, in one historical series with a great victory in the war with fascism, even the exploits of Yuri Gagarin and Ilya Kovalchuk cannot be put. But the atmosphere of glee, unity, sensations of themselves the great people was the same on the night of May 18 to 19, 2008.

Video Oleg Kozyrev based on the poem by Victor Voroshilsky . March 2008.

Russia celebrates the victory in the match against Canada. Photo by ar Russian hockey players promised President Dmitry Medvedev to do everything to save the title and in 2009 to bring the World Cup to the Kremlin again. As RIA Novosti reports, they said this at a meeting with the president. According to the agency, in the informal part of the meeting, the journalists asked Medvedev to put on the medal that he was given to him, and the photographic refused.

Yuri Luzhkov. Photo by Dmitry Borko/Grani.ru Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov said that he knew the way to rid Moscow from traffic jams. “This is absolutely possible,” he said, answering questions from journalists as part of the transport forum in Sochi. “We know what needs to be done, we know how to develop the transport system - we know for certain,” Luzhkov says. In his opinion, the implementation of the city’s transport program, designed until 2015, will help to achieve this.

Lyudmila Maikova. Photo from the site fasmo.arbitr.ru Anton Ivanov, Chairman of the Supreme Arbitration Court of Russia, confirmed that he signed an idea of ​​the deprivation of powers of the chairman of the Federal Arbitration Court of the Moscow District Lyudmila Mayakoy. "The idea of ​​the deprivation of the powers of Lyudmila Maikova was signed by me, but has not yet been included in the highest qualification collegium of judges," RIA Novosti quotes him.

Lyudmila Maikova. Photo from the site fasmo.arbitr.ru The chairman of the Federal Arbitration Court of the Moscow District Lyudmila Maikova may lose his authority. As Kommersant writes on Tuesday with reference to a source in the highest qualification collegium of judges, an idea of ​​this has been prepared in you. Maikov is accused of "diminishing the authority of the judiciary" in connection with the receipt of apartments.

Dmitry Medvedev. Photo by ar President Dmitry Medvedev considers one of the most important tasks to achieve actual independence of the court in Russia. As Rosbalt reports, he stated this at a meeting on the development of the judicial system. “The main goal is to achieve the independence of the court in practice. There is a well -known principle that judges obey only the law, and, in fact, this is the basis of the court’s respect, faith in fair justice.

A letter in an envelope. Photo from the site zapovednik.mv.ru The cause of the death of the deputy director of the Institute of Crystallography of the Russian Academy of Sciences Svetlana Zheludeva has not yet been established. According to RIA Novosti, a source in Moscow law enforcement agencies reported this on Monday. According to him, the operatives of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate check the materials on the fact of her death.

Arnold Mary. Photo from Epochtimes.com.ua In the city of Kyardla, Povarnus district of Estonia, on Tuesday, the trial in the case of Hero of the Soviet Union Arnold Mary, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War and the former member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Republic begins. According to the Russian Air Force service, several dozens of witnesses will have to be heard, so the court will be held in the hall of the local House of Culture.

Northern Fleet. Photo from the Air Force website In St. Petersburg in the educational part of the Baltic Fleet, the 34th naval school of primary experts of the Navy died a military service sailor, Fontanka.ru reports. "The tragedy occurred last weekend. According to available information, the deceased was the sailor of the military service of Slavic nationality. The cause of his death has not yet been established," a source in the headquarters of the Baltic Fleet said.

Start Discovery. Shot CNN The start of the shuttle of Discovery is scheduled for May 31, RIA Novosti told the Kennedy Space Center employee in Florida. The decision on launch was made at a meeting in the center on Monday. "The start is scheduled for 17.02 in time of the east coast of the United States on May 31 (02.02 June 1 Moscow)," the attendant said. According to him, the leadership did not see any reasons for postponing the start.

Speech by Jacques Shirak on National Television regarding the Law on First Hiring. Frame NTV Ex-President of France Jacques Shirak became the laureate of the Russian State Prime Republic for humanitarian activities. As RIA Novosti reports, this was announced on Tuesday in the Kremlin at the announcement of the winners. Awards in the field of art were awarded actress Alisa Freindlich.