On May 15, the Sheremetyevo trade union of flight personnel (SHPLS) supported the demands of the Trade Union of Aviation Specialists (PrAS) of the Aeroflot Aviation Technical Center to the company management regarding improved working conditions and higher wages.

On May 15, TV-6 General Director Evgeny Kiselev said that the “Voice of the People” program with Svetlana Sorokina will begin airing on the TV-6 channel in September 2001.

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64 1 min. ... Exhibition of achievements of spiritual economy The interfaith exhibition "With Faith, Hope, Love in the Third Millennium" opened in the "House of Peoples of Russia" pavilion of the All-Russian Exhibition Center. For the first time, on one exhibition site, ten religious organizations of various faiths - from Old Believers to Buddhists - will introduce visitors to the history and attributes of their religion and missionary activities.

9 1 min. ... "Coalition of Four" will vote for judicial reform Members of the centrist “coalition of four” (Unity, OVR, People’s Deputy and Regions of Russia) held a regular meeting of the coordination council in the State Duma yesterday. The main topic of discussion was a package of bills on judicial reform, developed by Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Dmitry Kozak.

On May 15, Chairman of the Moscow Government Tourism Committee Grigory Antyufeev, Director of the Consular Service Department Nikolai Sadchikov and Head of the Department of External Relations Joseph Ordzhonikidze signed a protocol on interaction between the Russian Foreign Ministry and the capital government on the issue of registration of foreign tourists coming to Moscow.

On May 15, Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev (Nursultan Nazarbaev) progress in preparing documents for the first meeting of the Euro-Asian Economic Community. According to the press service of the Kazakh leader, the heads of both states came to a consensus on the need to hold it on May 31 in Minsk.

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On May 15, information appeared that the beating of a side referee in a Russian championship match could result in excommunication from football for 10 calendar games for the Chita Lokomotiv players. This was reported by the Russian Football Union. The incident, which occurred on May 14 in Krasnodar at the end of the 1st division calendar match between the local Kuban and Lokomotiv, will be considered on May 18 at a meeting of the RFU Control and Disciplinary Committee.

132 6 min. ... Ten years ago, the USSR passed a law that gave citizens the freedom to travel abroad. In the history of Russia, this is perhaps the most liberal law: before it, traveling abroad was always not so much a personal choice of a citizen, but rather a sign of the state’s special trust in him. However, the procedure for leaving, as well as the attitude towards foreign countries, has changed at least five times over the past three and a half centuries.

35 2 minutes. ... Alone around the world Kommersant columnist went Last year, Kommersant Publishing House and Accenture launched a joint project called iOne. It is conceived as a series of studies and experiments to explore the opportunities that new technologies and new business models open up for Russian companies and their clients, as well as the problems that prevent their full implementation.

The exhibition of Polish posters did not become a sensation 34 2 minutes. ... Yesterday, as part of the Days of Polish Culture in St. Petersburg, the exhibition "Poster and History" - works from 1944 to 2000 - opened at the exhibition center of the Union of Artists. Kommersant columnist LEV LURIE with details. The exhibition begins with a poster by Marek Zulawski, produced during the Warsaw Uprising.

On May 15 at 5:21 Moscow time, the American telecommunications satellite Panamsat-10 was launched into its intended reference orbit using the Russian Proton-K launch vehicle. The launch was carried out from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by combat crews of the Russian Space Forces with the participation of specialists from Rosaviakosmos. The parameters of the spacecraft reference orbit are: 228 km (maximum distance from the Earth) and 198 km (minimum distance).

176 1 min. ... Meeting with the president of the country is not an easy test. Some people think that “everything coincides” with the president, some’ knees are shaking, and some’s back suddenly begins to bend. This spread illustrates the typical power handshake techniques used in Russia. A rather rare type is represented by a boy from an orphanage in the Krasnodar region and oil worker Vagit Alekperov - calm in his gaze and straight back.

21 1 min. ... What's a wedding without a scandal? In Egypt, the official attitude towards homosexuals is still far from politically correct. For example, a few days ago, the Cairo police received information that a wedding of a group of homosexuals was taking place on a small ship moored to one of the city piers. The police appeared on the ship in the midst of the holiday and, having convinced themselves of the authenticity of the information received, arrested 60 guests.