What is the Afghan, is not supposed to be “Chechen” defends the state and the Society of Persons with Disabilities - Participants in the Military Equipment in Local Wars? Such was the topic of the press conference, held yesterday in the central house of the journalist. Communication of the leaders of veteran organizations with journalists was timed to the 15th anniversary of the All-Russian Public Organization of War Disabled in Afghanistan (LLC).

NEMIROFF will build a plant in Russia yesterday NEMIROFF Holding has announced its intention to build vodka production in Russia. According to the company's management, about $ 35 million is planned to invest in a new project. It is assumed that production will work not only on serving the Russian market, but also help the company to supply its products to China.

Deputies left players without equipment today the State Duma planned to overcome the veto of the Federation Council to the law introducing a moratorium on licensing the production of equipment for gambling business. However, plans have changed. Back on Monday, at a meeting of the Presidium of the United Russia faction, and then yesterday at a meeting of the State Duma Council, parliamentarians decided to remove the relevant law from consideration, thereby agreeing with the veto senators.

The health of Russian consumers to protect a certain American company Bausch & Lomb announced the withdrawal of the fluid market for cleaning the Moistureloc contact lenses due to the possible danger of this product. As reported by the newspaper, the scandal around this liquid began after customers complaints in the Office for Control over food and US drugs (FDA). Moistureloc dissatisfaction was expressed by Singapore consumers, as well as some EU countries.

The militants showed fierce resistance for almost 11 hours, it was necessary for the law enforcement forces in the Dagestan city of Kizilyurt to suppress the resistance of two militants armed to the teeth. The special operation began around midnight. Police officers surrounded the four -story building No. 40 on Gagarin Street, evacuated tenants and started negotiations with bandits in a three -room apartment on the third floor.

Today, the 59th Cannes festival is opened by the annual May film forum on the Cote d'Azur on a global scale for a long time is considered the most prestigious, glamorous, representative and advanced from the point of view of the development of cinema and film market. There is no doubt that this evening everything will begin with the usual brilliance.

In order to raise funds to fight AIDS, Bono organized the release of mobile phones the leader of the legendary U2 group, Bono announced the beginning of the action, which, according to his calculations, should help collect “hundreds of millions” to fight AIDS in Africa countries. The joint project of the Global Fund and Motorola charity founded by the Rock -Mushroom, Motorola involves the release of the new Motoslvr phone modification - Red Motoslvr.

Today, the semi -finalists of the Russian basketball championship will play the third matches the semifinals of the Russian basketball championship have already held two meetings. And in the pair of CSKA - UNICS, and in the confrontation of the “HIKOM” with the St. Petersburg Dynamo, the total score is 1: 1. Today in Kazan and Khimki, the teams will play among themselves once again. Regardless of the outcome of both meetings, not a single finalist will be determined today.

17:00 // 16.05.2006 Today, on the initiative of the British side, a telephone conversation of Russian President Vladimir Putin with the Prime Minister of Great Britain Tony Blair took place. This was reported by the press service of the head of the Russian state. "When discussing the preparation of a meeting of the heads of state and government" Group eight "in St.

The embryos will be tested for a predisposition to the development of cancerous diseases British married couples resorting to artificial fertilization, will be able to check the unborn children “from a test tube” for a genetic predisposition to various types of cancer, such as breast cancer, ovarian cancer or intestinal cancer.

Gref found who to simultaneously bless the SEZ and the investment fund yesterday in Moscow opened a two -day international forum dedicated to the special economic zones (SEZ) and the investment fund, at which 42 Russian regions presented their projects to create new SEZs. It is clear that there will be no zones in Russia, only a few regions will be lucky.

In the interests of the gas concern, it is necessary to provide the company "Gazpromneft" (Sibneft) with a wide autonomy in the system of the fuel and energy complex of Russia oil and gas spheres have always acted as two independent industries. So it happened both for technological and economic reasons, which objectively led to the formation of two specific control schemes for these industries. The gas industry is an organic natural monopoly that cannot be dissected without huge economic damage.

19:15 // 16.05.2006 This was stated by the Commander -in -Chief of the Air Force of the Russian Federation, Army General Vladimir Mikhailov. “Now we are completing the second stage of creating the aircraft,” he said in an interview with “Rossiy newspaper”, which is quoted by ITAR -TASS .

Valery Rashkin will be interrogated by the prosecutor's office of Saratov, as the newspaper told the deputy chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin, the information contained in the deputy request to the Prosecutor General’s Office initiated by a member of the Communist Party Valery Rashkin is an “frank slander”. The ex-Minister of Transport of the Saratov Region Gevorg Glavyan, who is now under investigation, is also suspected of slandering Vyacheslav Volodin.

15:55 // 16.05.2006 In Moscow, June 3-11, a festival of symphonic orchestras of the world will be held. The most famous orchestras will perform in the column hall of the House of Unions, including the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra led by Zubin Meeta, Toscanini Symphony Orchestra, Filarmic Orchestra of France and others.