09:49 // 05/14/2008 Four people died as a result of the disaster of a small helicopter in the west of Canada. As the representative of the transport security department Bill Yerwood specified, ITAR-TASS reports, the pilot, two passengers of the helicopter, as well as a person who was on the ground, reports the incident. When landing, the helicopter collapsed from about a 30-meter height and caught fire. The causes of the disaster are being clarified. Source: gzt.ru

17:19 // 05/14/2008 One of the main exchange indicators of Russia - the RTS index overcame the historical maximum - 2360.15 points established on December 12, 2007. At 17.10 Moscow time, the RTS index increased by 1.24% compared to the closing level of Tuesday and amounted to 2368.65 points. The MICEX index by this time was strengthened by 1.98% - until 1876.20 points.

17:06 // 05/14/2008 The Iranian authorities will strengthen the protection of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in the city of Ris, after it became known that the members of the terrorist group arrested by the Iranian special services planned to blow up the Russian diplomatic mission building in this city, the temporary attorney in Russian affairs in Iran, Alexei Dedov, told RIA Novosti .

On Sunday, a multi -day Jiro D'italia cycling cycling, this year, a very international company gathered in Italy at the Gizo Gyro Vognka in Italy. However, since 1997, not a single foreign rider managed to win Jiro in the overall standings - exclusively the Italians won. The last Varangian on the Italian bike trolon was Russian Pavel Tonkov. Meanwhile, Jiro is traditionally considered the most successful Grand Tour for Russians.

13:11 // 05/14/2008 Liquid crystalline screens will appear in the future in the lobby of the Moscow metro for informing passengers about emergency situations, said the head of the metro Dmitry Gayev at a press conference in RIA Novosti . "In the Moscow metro is located 250 lobs. To equip only 80 with liquid crystalline screens. TVs will not interfere and will be intended to inform passengers," Gaev said. According to him, television screens will also be used for advertising purposes.

09:59 // 05/14/2008 At least eight people died as a result of a collision of two trains near the railway station in the east of Bangladesh, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the police and eyewitnesses. According to preliminary police data, about 100 people were injured. The collision of two passenger trains occurred near the Ashuganzh station in the Brahmanbaria district, 100 kilometers east of the capital of the country of Dacca.

The head of the monitoring group of strategic risks of the Russian Academy of Sciences Daria Khalturina in an interview with Gazeta in one of the closest numbers of the scientific journal of the London Higher School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine will publish the analytical material of the international group of scientists under the leadership of epidemiologists David Leon and Artem Gilya on the problems of accessibility of alcohol surrogates in Russia.

At the World Hockey Championship, playoff games began today the Russian team in the quarter-finals of the World Hockey Championship in Quebec will meet with the Switzerland team. The day before, on Monday, our hockey players in the last match of the group tournament have already beaten the Swiss with a score of 5: 3. This match, which they needed even less than the Vyacheslav Bykov team, can rather be called an intensive training than good sparring.

19:25 // 05/14/2008 The Palestinian missile hit the shopping center in the Israeli city of Ashkelon, there are victims, an ambulance press secretary told RIA Novosti . He does not yet have accurate data on the number of victims and the severity of injuries. According to the source in power structures, the rocket led to a partial collapse of the building. People can remain under the rubble. He estimated the number of wounded at least five people, one of them is in serious condition.

15:56 // 05/14/2008 OJSC "Moscow United Energy Company" (MOEC) created a 100%subsidiary "MOEK-project" for design work, said the Director General of the MOEC Alexander Remezov at a press conference. "The deficit of energy design organizations in the city is obvious," said Remezov, commenting on the decision on the creation of a project company. According to CEO of MOEC, the volume of orders of the created company in 2008 will amount to 2.5 billion rubles, in 2009 - 4 billion rubles.

13:01 // 05/14/2008 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will sign a decree on the development of a small business, providing for a restriction of inspections up to once every three years. “Today I would like to sign a decree where measures to develop small businesses, primarily related to the need to remove excess administrative barriers,” the president said at a meeting in the Kremlin.

13:52 // 05/14/2008 The Georgian Foreign Ministry sent a note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, as a depository of the agreement, on the withdrawal of the CIS countries on the creation of a combined air defense system of February 10, 1995. This was reported to the News-Georgian Agency in the Press Department and Information of the Georgian Foreign Ministry. The agreement for Georgia is terminated a year after the depository receives a notification of this. Source: gzt.ru

16:58 // 05/14/2008 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will visit Germany in early June, RIA Novosti reports. "Given the privileged nature of the relationship, the first visit to Europe will be paid to Germany in early June," Medvedev said at a meeting with the Foreign Minister Frank Francom -Valter Steinmeier. Source: gzt.ru

Alfa Groups can bypass AFC “System” in India, the competition “Alfa” and “System” in the Far Nearby market continues. As the Arab media reported yesterday, the Russian Altimo (controls the telecommunications assets of the Alfa Group) has become one of the applicants for the share in the Tata Teleservices Indian mobile operator. In Tata Teleservices, this information is not commented on.

14:33 // 05/14/2008 The Moscow authorities will stimulate the acquisition of low -commissures with free gasoline coupons.