09:16 // 05/17/2007 US President George Bush and the British Prime Minister Tony Blair who arrived in the United States will discuss the preparations for the Big Eight summit in Hilligendam on June 6-8, the situation in Iraq and Afghanistan, Iran’s nuclear program, ITAR-TASS reports. During the negotiations, the problems of the Dokhia round of global trade negotiations and the situation in the Sudanese province of Darfur will also be touched upon.

United Russia is faithful to the Presidential Standard of United Russia and several political scientists gathered on Thursday at the Central Executive Committee of the party to talk about the implementation of Putin's plan, voiced by the president in eight messages to the Federal Assembly. Prominent party members argued for an hour and a half, trying to answer the main question - is there a plan at all.

The Art-Moskva Modern Art Fair in the Central House of Artists and Disciplined Modern Fans appeared at the Central House of the Artist (CDC) by four o'clock in the afternoon on Wednesday-as indicated in invitation tickets, which during the days of the Art-Moscow become a solid currency in the capital. The ticket can be bought at the checkout, but the possession of one way or another obtained by a branded piece of glossy cardboard means a special involvement in what is happening.

So far, Moscow does not cancel the ban on the import of Polish meat Poland refuses to maintain bilateral relations at a high level with Russia until they cancel the ban on the import of Polish meat. Poland Foreign Minister Anna Fotyga actually refused to invite her Russian colleague Sergei Lavrov to visit Moscow on a working visit, leaving him unanswered. The Russian Foreign Ministry is surprised by such a decision.

The economy gets out of the government’s control of the macroeconomic indicators of Russia continues to surprise. On Thursday, Rosstat published another report according to which the effect of a warm winter, which filed the Russian industry, has been exhausted, and such fantastic growth rates, as in the first three months of 2007, should no longer be expected from it. In April, production growth has already been reduced by half.

Demand for banqueter rental will grow by 15% the popularity of banquet joints is growing year from year to year. The combination of mini-coats in the Moscow River with a well-organized restaurant food and an entertainment program makes such events one of the most popular recreation types.

In Moscow, a large robbery was committed only by law enforcement agencies on the disclosure of a major robbery of Sberbank in Chita, as a no less daring crime was committed in Moscow. When attacking entrepreneurs, about $ 1.2 million were stolen. The bandits were armed, but this time there were no casualties. Perhaps this is the largest robbery in the capital over the past few years. The attack was committed at about 18.00 on Novinsky Boulevard near the house 31.

Patriarch Alexy II and Metropolitan Lavr signed an act of canonical communication on the holiday of Ascension in the Moscow Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the Russian Orthodox Church issued its new state. Patriarch Alexy II and the Metropolitan Lavr signed an act of canonical communication, and the clergy jointly served the liturgy - for the first time in 90 years.

12:48 // 05/17/2007 Francois Fiion was appointed Prime Minister of France, the press service of the Champs Elysees said. The decree on the appointment of a 53-year-old senator, ex-Minister of Education of Fiion, to the post of head of government, was signed by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who himself only officially entered the post of head of state, RIA Novosti .

17:46 // 05/17/2007 The transport prosecutor's office revealed more than 1.5 thousand violations of the law during the audit of the Moscow Railway (MZHR). As ITAR-TASS reported at the Moscow Interregional Transport Prosecutor's Office, the audit concerned the implementation of the legislation to ensure traffic safety and the operation of railway transport, as well as industrial safety.

The RTS index fell again by playing part of the losses on Wednesday, yesterday the market did not make another jerking forward. On the contrary, the RTS index fell 0.72% to the mark of 1843.24 points. According to the analyst of the Capital Criminal Code, Sergei Karykhalin, there is no need to talk about a qualitative change in the situation. The negative trend has been continuing for several weeks, and a small rebound up does not change the overall picture.

22:09 // 05/17/2007 Old Moscow buildings will be converted by new environmentally friendly heating systems. This was announced on Thursday by representatives of the metropolitan authorities at the conference held in the New York, organized by the Fund of ex-US President Bill Clinton. It is assumed that in total, the 16 largest cities in the world will take part in the project on the modernization of heating systems developed by the Fund.

10:56 // 05/17/2007 A nine-year-old girl died, falling under a concrete mixer on one of the construction projects in a suburbs of St. Petersburg Pushkin, RIA Novosti reports with reference to an employee of the press service of the regional department of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation. "Two children - a boy and a girl - went on a bicycle. The girl jumped off the trunk and fell under heavy equipment," the agency’s interlocutor said. It was not possible to save the child.

10:06 // 05/17/2007 Vladimir Putin arrived in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, where the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy the Second and the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church abroad (ROCS) Metropolitan of the East American and New York laurel will sign an act of canonical communication. This document restores the unity of the Russian Orthodox Church after an almost 90-year division. The Patriarch called this event historical.

09:49 // 05/17/2007 In the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, celebrations begin on the occasion of the signing of the act of canonical communication, which will unite the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian Orthodox Church abroad (ROCS). Then the first joint liturgy will be held, which will be headed by Patriarch Alexy II and the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Lavra, ITAR-TASS reports. The first to enter the arch of the temple was a foreign metropolitan.