Dmitry Medvedev creates a commission to modernize the economy in Russia will create a special commission for the modernization and technological development of the economy under the President of the Russian Federation. “I consider it right that the president dealt with these issues (transition of the economy to an innovative path of development).

Small business is not threatened with tightening control over the state order today The Presidium of the Government should consider support measures for small business until 2012. The main problem is still access to financial resources. Through the state order, the small business, according to the Ministry of Economic Development, will receive about 1 trillion rubles in 2009.

Sberbank plans to conduct a new additional ministry for 500 billion rubles Sberbank can conduct a domain of its shares. He is ready to release up to 15 billion new ordinary shares. This will add 500 billion rubles to the bank's capital. This was announced at the end of last week following a meeting of the Supervisory Board by the head of Sberbank German Gref.

12:36 // 05/17/2009 The economic crisis, which reduced consumer activity in the United States, significantly increased the demand for chocolate, wine and weapons, RIA Novosti reports with reference to statistics. According to the institute, the Americans did not begin to drink less - reducing the visit to the bars, they switched their interest to cheaper brands in the retail network. So, the sales volume of Pinot Noir grew in a crisis by 16%, Riesling - by 10%, Cabernet Sauvignon - by 8%.

In the Sakhalin region, a serious crime was disclosed by the first vice-mayor of the city district of Nogliksky (Sakhalin Region) Yuri Khadiullin, who was attacked by a hungry homeless person, died in intensive care on the night of May 16. The attack was committed on the afternoon of May 6 in the village of Noglyki. On that day, a 62-year-old official decided to walk to his home at lunchtime.

The state calls on the pharmaceutical market for restraint, President Dmitry Medvedev last Saturday stated the media that the priorities of the National Project “Health” remain unchanged, the amount of financing will not decrease. At the same time, one of the main tasks of Russian healthcare is to provide the population with medicines.

10:15 // 05/17/2009 The protest shares marked the end of the three -day conference of the Elite Bilderberg Club, which unites politicians, economists and other influential people of the global hystblem, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Greek media.

The 54th competition ended in the capital of Russia, the 55th will accept the Norwegian Oslo on Saturday, May 16, in Moscow the final of the 54th Eurovision Song Contest was held. The crew of the international space station on TV announced the beginning of the vote. In the opinion of the viewers of the participating countries, there was no special intrigue: as expected, leadership immediately captured Norway and did not yield to anyone.

12:03 // 05/17/2009 The representative of the famous American singer Michael Jackson denied earlier media outlets about the information about the skin of the King of Pop Music, the New York Daily News website said. Snanun, the British newspaper Sun with reference to a source close to the singer’s environment, said that Jackson allegedly found “cancer spots on the skin of the body and cells that can turn into skin cancer on his face.” However, the representative of the singer, Dr.

Russian players are waiting in the neighboring republic until the actual closure of the Russian casino remains a month and a half. Since July 1, 2009, the Russian gambling business should move to four special zones, determined two years ago. They are located in the Altai and Primorsky Territories, the Kaliningrad region, as well as on the border of the Rostov region and the Krasnodar Territory. The Russian gambling business has repeatedly tried to postpone the move.

The “right hand” of Ukrainian president Viktor Baloga is resigned on Saturday, it became known that the head of the Ukrainian President’s Secretariat, Viktor Baloga, who held this position since September 2006, filed a request for resignation. Baloga was still considered the "gray cardinal" of Viktor Yushchenko, a shadow instigator of his conflicts with the head of the current government Yulia Tymoshenko. However, the departure of the Bogli, obviously, will be a pure formality.

The metropolitan CSKA headed the standing champion Rubin stirred after two in a row of major victories. In Perm, the wards of Kurban Berdyev did not quite earn one point in the game. “Dynamo”, with the general game equal to the whole game, was also content with a draw with a crisis Ramensky “Saturn”. Samara “Wings of the Soviets”, thanks to the goal of Oleg Ivanov, defeated the “Kuban”. Spartak did not manage to squeeze Tom Valeria Nepomnya.

19:45 // 05/17/2009 The number of officially confirmed cases of infection with influenza A/H1N1 in the UK exceeded 100, a representative of the British health protection agency said, RIA Novosti reports. British doctors revealed 14 new cases of disease, and thus the number of cases increased to 101 people. All new cases of infection with influenza were identified in England - ten in London, three in the southeast and one in the east of the country. Six adults and eight children fell ill.

In winter, Gazprom doubled the supply of blue fuel to the Asia Mini Peninsula Prime Minister Vladimir Putin last Saturday at the Sochi residence of Riviera, he accepted the Turkish colleague of Recep Erdogan. To negotiations, the head of the Russian government came to the recently purchased Niva. Even outwardly, the premiere car has little in common with cars traveling on the roads of the country under a similar brand.

21:04 // 05/17/2009 Roger Federer beat the first racket of the world of Rafael Nadal in the final of the tennis tournament of the Masters series in Madrid on Sunday, RIA Novosti reports. This victory over the Spaniard has become for the Swiss first since 2007, when he prevailed in the semifinals of the final tournament in Shanghai. The duel, which lasted a little less than an hour and a half, ended with a score of 6: 4, 6: 4.