18:29 // 20.04.2009 Russia did not supply Venezuela with new portable anti -aircraft missile systems (MANPADS), which was reported on Monday by Western news agencies with reference to the Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, said the chief adviser to the General Director of Federal State Unitary Enterprise Rosoboronexport Anatoly Aksenov, reports RIA Novosti .

18:17 // 20.04.2009 Olga Chibinva, the head of the public prosecution in the case of attacking militants on Nalchik in October 2005, completed the statement of the indictment against the defendants, one of the participants in the process told RIA Novosti . As a result of the fighters attack on Nalchik on October 13-14, 2005, 15 civilians and 35 law enforcement officials were killed, 95 attackers were killed.

The presidential’s call to facilitate life to public organizations heard in parliament the Commission on the development of civil society institutions of the Federation Council, by the end of this year, promises to prepare and submit to the State Duma a package of bills on public organizations.

17:34 // 20.04.2009 The UN reports that 60% of all dangerous goods are supplied from China. Since 2007, the share of Chinese products among all dangerous goods increased from 52 to 59%. While the share of European products is only 20%. Of the 1866 dangerous goods found by the UN last year, every third was a toy.

Yesterday, the halls of the Russian State Library (RSL) in the Pashkov house again opened after a 21-year restoration. Only part of the funds have moved to the historical room - in the old halls there is not enough space to place all materials. A manuscript department has already been transferred to Pashkov’s house, containing 600 thousand monuments, the dating of which begins in the 7th century.

16:48 // 20.04.2009 About 7 thousand graduates of Russian schools, in particular, conscripts, athletes and participants in the international schools in school subjects will begin to take unified state exams (USE) ahead of schedule on Tuesday, April 21, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Rosobrnadzor press service. The first test for them will be the obligatory exam in the Russian language - it will be held in all regions on Tuesday at 10.00 local time.

10:33 // 20.04.2009 The musician of the famous Russian group "Lube" Anatoly Kuleshov died in an accident in the east of Moscow, a source in the capital's law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti . "The car of the musician, behind which his driver was located, crashed into a truck in the area of the Aviation Motornaya metro area. The passenger died on the spot, the driver with injuries was hospitalized," the agency’s interlocutor said.

15:41 // 20.04.2009 The suicide bomber, dressed in the uniform of an Iraqi soldier, attacked the American delegation that visited the city of Baakub in the province of Diala. As a result, at least 17 people were injured, of which eight were the American military. It is reported by Associated Press . The explosion thundered at the moment when the American soldiers who arrived in Baakuba got out of the cars and passed through the city gate to the building of the municipal council.

15:05 // 20.04.2009 The official representative of the court Malawi said that Madonna's appeal to refuse her adoption of the child will be considered on May 4, 2009. Madonna's lawyer Alan, he hopes that the decision will be made in her favor. The court session will be closed and the singer will not be present on it. Recall that in early April, the court refused Madonna to adopt three-year-old Chifundo Mercy James because the singer was not a citizen of Malawi.

16:11 // 20.04.2009 In the first quarter of 2009, Russian retailers reduced the number of hypermarkets opened by one and a half times - to seven compared to 11 for the same period last year, the number of supermarket discoveries decreased more than doubled - from 25 to 13, RIA Novosti was reported to Infoline Analytics. Infoline-analytics experts analyzed data on 150 retail chains with a total number of stores about 9 thousand.

Deputies are looking for a replacement for the licensing of a freight motor transport market need state regulation. This conclusion was reached by participants in the round table, which was held yesterday in the State Duma. The licensing of transportation by road in 2005 was supposed to eliminate excessive administrative barriers and provide the business with more freedoms. The number of vehicles used for commercial purposes in 2008 exceeded 6 million units.

15:08 // 20.04.2009 Russian presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Finland Taria Halonen are negotiating in Helsinki in one on one. The conversation between the leaders takes place in the office of the President of Finland in the presidential palace, RIA Novosti reports. Later, delegations of the two countries will join the negotiations. While representatives of the press were present in the office, Halonen in English told Medvedev about the features of the interior.

10:14 // 20.04.2009 Unknowns captured a charter flight on Jamaica. According to CNN, the day before, the unknown people took hostage passengers of the Canjet airline, which was supposed to fly out of the Sangster International Airport to Galifax (Canada). The airport administration has already confirmed the fact of a violation of security. The exact number of passengers captured in hostages is not reported. According to the police, about 150 people should have been on board the aircraft.

14:36 // 20.04.2009 Korean scientists have developed a new oral anti -hopper vaccine. The drug should be a cheaper solution for the population of developing Asian countries in the fight against cholera. The new vaccine, created by specialists of the International Vaccine Institute in Seoul, was tested for compliance with international standards and was recognized by the World Health Organization, reports Associated Press .

20:14 // 20.04.2009 The list of candidates for the post of mayor of Sochi, where the Winter Olympic Games will be held in 2014, is finally formed; According to the law on electoral rights of citizens on April 20, the deadline for consideration of applications in the court to withdraw the candidate from the elections, the Secretary of the Horizolcoma Valentina Tkacheva told RIA Novosti . The final list is six people. Initially, 25 people claimed the place of the mayor.