Independent members of the Board of Directors of Rosneft wanted to refuse to pay them remuneration for 2008, but the board of directors against such a decision, the head of the board of directors of Rosneft said on Friday. “They showed an insistent desire to abandon the remuneration, but the board of directors against such a decision.

The United States brought the Complex about the Hawaii complex to combat readiness. These actions were a response to the data of American and Japanese intelligence on the launch of a new DPRK intercontinental missile, which should fly towards the Hawaiian islands. The order to bring into the combat readiness of the missile defense complex (PRO) came from the head of the Pentagon Robert Gates.

Vladimir Putin signed an updated program of anti -crisis measures. Its priorities are social obligations, industry, innovation and a powerful financial system. However, experts believe that these measures will not be removed from the crisis of the Russian economy. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed a program of anti-crisis measures of the Russian government. The document determines the priority tasks to overcome crisis phenomena in the country's economy and ways to solve them.

Political events and public unrest in Iran prompted Google to introduce a Farsi language into the Google Translate translation service. Farsi became the 42nd language with which the program works. “The events in Iran are watching with great interest around the world. We hope that our service will facilitate access to information both in Iran and beyond, ”says Franz Osh, developer of the Google Translate program.

The Ministry of Finance outlined the "damn dozen" of dysfunctional Russian regions. Experts believe that not everything is so bad: the heads of these regions are somewhat thicken in order to get subsidies or cheap loans of the Ministry of Finance. Disappointing indicators In the first quarter of 2009, production decreased by more than 14% compared to the first quarter of 2008. The decline in the construction sector exceeded 19%. Retail trade has decreased by more than 1%.

The first racket of the world of Dinara Safina starts at Wimbledon a match with the Spaniard Lourdes Dominges-Lino, RIA Novosti reports. In case of successful advancement on the grid in the semifinals, a Russian woman can meet with the current winner of the tournament Vinus Williams. The American will begin performance in English courts with a match with Swiss Stefani Vogel.

Spectators at the "Invasion" festival. Photo of the organizing committee of the festival The “Invasion-2009” festival will be held in Bolshoi Zavidovo at a platform of 120 hectares equipped with a water drainage system. The festival “Mumiy Troll” will open, close - “Chayf”. The program has a domino tournament, morning exercises and army porridge. Before the start of the ninth rock festival of the “Invasion” festival, less than a month remained.

The ball of graduates, in which six thousand people will take part, will be held on June 23 on Red Square in Moscow. According to RIA Novosti with reference to the press secretary of the Presidential Affairs Department, Viktor Khrekova, an event that was traditionally held in the State Kremlin Palace, this year will be held for the first time on the main square of the country.

An attempt to raise the standard of living of the population in Brazil, due to deforestation, failed. This conclusion was reached by a group of ecologists and economists who studied the experience of this country. The income from wood only lifted the regions from poverty for a while, but then the money ended, but it was not possible to establish the economy.

Texas billionaire Allen Stanford, suspected of creating a financial pyramid, was arrested in Virginia. The banker, who caused damage to $ 8 billion, was already trying to surrender to the authorities, but he could not do this because of bureaucratic delays. A billionaire Allen Stanford, head of the Stanford Financial Group ( SFG ) banking group, was arrested the day before in Stafford, Virginia. The banker will appear in court in Richmond (Virginia) to announce official charges.

Air France will pay compensation to the families of 228 victims of the crash of Airbus A330 aircraft, who died over the Atlantic. “We will pay the family of each victim of 17.5 thousand euros,” Reuters reports the words of the executive director of Air France Pierre-Hurzheon. Recall that the French aircraft with 228 people on board, flying the flight of Rio de Janeiro-Paris, hit in stormy weather and fell into the Atlantic Ocean. The causes and circumstances of the accident are not yet known.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky and Alexander Lebedev joined the struggle for places in the Moscow City Duma, the elections in which will be held in the fall. In the light of talk about the possible resignation of Yuri Luzhkov, the question of the composition of the city parliament becomes extremely important. Vladimir Zhirinovsky decided to participate in the struggle for places in the Moscow City Duma. The LDPR leader will head the pre -election list of his party.

The spiritual leader and actual ruler of Iran Ayatollah Hamenya first spoke about the riots in Tehran. In his speech, he urged the Iranians to calm down and stop protesting. Experts are convinced that Ayatollah’s statement will not change anything, but his reputation turned out to be tarnished. On Friday, June 19, for the first time after the past a week ago, Ayatollah Khamenei publicly turned to the Iranians.

Nikolai Fomenko fell into an insignificant accident in Moscow. There are no victims. There were no serious damage to the cars of both participants in the incident. “According to preliminary data, the braking system crashed at the sports car on which Fomenko moved, and he did not manage to effectively slow down before the Mazda car stopped at a traffic light in front of him,” said the representative of the capital's Central Internal Affairs Directorate.

Until the end of July, the Ministry of Communications of the Russian Federation will prepare a draft order to preserve the Moscow telephone code "495" to residents of the Moscow Region. Communication operators will have to clarify the availability of the technical possibility of transition to a new format of work, analyze the economic aspects of interaction with other communication operators in the territory of Moscow and the Moscow Region, writes RIA Novosti .