12:39 // 29.05.2009 Roscosmos and the US National Directorate for Aeronautics and Space Studies (NASA) issued an agreement for $ 306 million, extending the contract for the delivery of astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). At this time, four "Union" will go to the station: two - in the spring of 2012 and two in the fall of 2012. Their landing is scheduled for autumn 2012 and spring 2013, respectively.

The crisis caused the bankruptcy of the French Christian Lacrois, one of the world's largest fashion houses. But their Russian colleagues feel quite confident. Russian fashion houses are not threatened with the fate of the French colleague Christian Lacroix, who declared himself bankrupt the day before.

09:23 // 29.05.2009 In the south-east of Moscow, unexplored by unknown, who took hostages of several people. A criminal case has been instituted on the fact of the attack. At 21:55 Moscow time, the remote control "02" received a message that two unknown people burst into the grocery store on Batyuninskaya Street, 14 and blocked the entrance doors. At this time, there were sellers and buyers in the room.

08:46 // 29.05.2009 The shareholders of the GUM Trading House, one of the oldest and most famous shops in Moscow, will gather for an annual meeting on Friday, May 29. On the agenda of the meeting - re -election of the board of directors, approval of the annual report and annual financial statements, including reports on profits and losses. According to the results of 2008, the board of directors proposed not to pay dividends.

12:56 // 29.05.2009 The official Pyongyang made a statement that he would be forced to take self -defense measures if the UN accepts a resolution on nuclear tests in the country. The North Korean Foreign Minister warned on Friday that Pyongyang would not recognize any of the options for the resolution until the UN Security Council would apologize for criticizing the April tests of five missiles, AP reports.

18:43 // 29.05.2009 On Friday, Pope Benedict XVI said that marital fidelity and moral worldview in sex matters are the best means to stop the AIDS epidemic. The pontiff first again touched this topic after his statement during the tour in Cameroon, in which he criticized the practice of using condoms as a funds against AIDS, AP reports.

Microbiologists from the National Health Institute in the United States have a census of types of bacteria living on the surface of human skin. Their study made it possible to make a detailed map for the first time showing the prevalence of microorganisms on the human body. The report of American scientists was published in the journal Science. During the study, they screeded skin scales with 20 different areas of the body 10 people.

22:14 // 29.05.2009 Russian Maria Sharapova reached the fourth round of the Roland Garros tennis tournament in Paris. The former first racket of the world in three parties defeated Muscovite Yaroslav Shvedov, who protrudes under the flag of Kazakhstan, - 1: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4. In the first batch of Sharapov, she looked lost, but then, not for the first time in this tournament, she showed will and adapted to the rival’s game.

19:01 // 29.05.2009 Vladimir Zhirinovsky said that he was ready to support the popular singer Timati, who was recognized as unusual for military service, due to a large number of tattoos, and petition for the possibility of his service in the armed forces. According to the official website of the LDPR , the popular singer Timati was recognized as insane, since more than 50% of his body is covered with tattoos.

The three main sporting events of Friday according to gzt.ru - for pain, for entertainment and for the soul, the new football tour of the Russian Premier League starts in Perm. Dinaru Safin is offended in Paris.

15:52 // 29.05.2009 The next season, Russian striker Alexei Yashin will spend in the SKA hockey club. Information about the transition of the famous hockey player confirmed the official website of the St. Petersburg Club . Yesterday it became known that the 34 -year -old veteran failed to agree to extend the contract with his former team - the Yaroslavl “locomotive”. Alexey Yashin played 13 seasons in the NHL.

09:04 // 29.05.2009 Moscow introduced Tokyo a list of approximately 180 possible joint projects in various regions of Russia for a total of more than $ 25 billion. It was prepared on the basis of applications of republican, regional and regional authorities and does not include large -scale oil and gas investment programs of the state level. The Japanese government intends to transfer and explain Russian applications to some private companies in the country today.

21:26 // 29.05.2009 Spaniard Carlos Sasters from the Servelo team became the winner of the 19th stage of the prestigious leader of the Jiro D'italia, who finished on the slope of the legendary volcano Vuluvius. The leader of the general standings is Russian Denis Menshov from the “Slabank” came to the finish line fourth and retained the first place in the general qualifications.

During planned exercises, a warship accidentally fired at a summer cottage in the Leningrad region. Meanwhile, the investigation said that he did not see signs of a crime in what happened. On Thursday, May 28, the small anti -submarine ship of the Baltic Fleet conducted training firing in the Gulf of Finland in the Vyborg (Leningrad Region).

09:39 // 29.05.2009 The third case of pork flu is registered in Russia. The diagnosis is confirmed by a native of Belarus who has arrived in Moscow with business goals, which lives in Italy. “This is the third case. The woman already feels normal. Tomorrow she will be discharged and fly to Italy,” said Gennady Onishchenko, chief state sanitary doctor of Russia. The woman flew to Moscow on May 25 from Prague, and before that, from May 19 to 22, she was in New York.