The court refused the artist Chizhikov in authorship of the talisman of the Olympiad-80 The Presnensky District Court of Moscow yesterday completely rejected the claim of the artist Viktor Chizhikov, the author of the symbol of the Moscow Olympics-80, who challenged the illegal use of his Olympic bear by the NTV television company. Mr.

Conjuncture 465 1 min. ... Roskomnadzor, the largest cellular operators and content providers will develop uniform requirements for the service of short numbers (used when sending SMS messages in TV quiz shows, paying for content on the Internet, etc.). Roskomnadzor made this decision following a meeting yesterday with representatives of MTS, VimpelCom and MegaFon, said a representative of one of the operators.

Interethnic tension is decreasing in Ukraine and Russia Most Russians are tolerant, and for them there is not a single people in the world that would cause a feeling of hostility. Such sentiments of citizens were revealed by sociologists from VTsIOM. There are similar trends in Ukraine - according to the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, Ukrainians are ready to see foreigners as guests in the country and as work colleagues.

The shareholders of Altaivagon OJSC (the main shareholder is SDS-Mash Holding Company OJSC) added another representative of the parent company to the board of directors of the enterprise, said Maxim Zakharov, assistant general director for public relations of the SDS-Mash holding company. “At the annual meeting of Altaivagon shareholders (held on May 18), Igor Tashkinov, who is on the board of directors of SDS-Mash, was elected as a new member of the board of directors,” said Mr. Zakharov.

Result 105 2 minutes. ... Men. Russian championship 1/4 finals. Best-of-three series Fourth matches. "Spartak" (St. Petersburg) - "Khimki" 69:64; The series score is 2:2. "Lokomotiv-Kuban" (Krasnodar) - "Dynamo" (Moscow) 85:80; 2:2. The fifth, decisive matches will be held today at the sites of the teams listed second. NBA Championship. 1/2 finals. Best-of-four series Second match. "Orlando" - "Boston" 92:95; The series score is 0:2. Chess Grand Prix tournament in Astrakhan Eighth round.

Heavy metal is recognized by officials as somehow spiritually unsafe for Belgorod The head of the consumer market department of the Belgorod mayor's office, Vladimir Shatilo, appealed to the owners of local clubs, cafes and restaurants with a request to “not allow venues to be allocated” for concerts of “heavy rock music in the style of heavy metal.” The official states that the ban on rock concerts was initiated as part of a program developed by the governor of the Belgorod region, Yevgeny

The Legislative Assembly of the Nizhny Novgorod Region is negotiating with the Volga-Vyatka Academy of Public Service (VVAGS) on the subject of training deputies and employees of the apparatus of zemstvo assemblies of the region. Speaker of the regional parliament Viktor Lunin announced this yesterday at a meeting of the Association of Representative Bodies of Municipal Districts and Urban Districts of the region.

Kommersant-concept Carbon fiber body Of all the modern accessories, the smartphone is the most commonly used. He rubs against the sides of his briefcase and jeans pockets, regularly falls and bathes in spilled coffee. Almost all smartphones existing today are easily scratched and age quickly... is this right? In the era of the boom of composite materials and carbon fiber, the body of a smartphone should be indestructible.

Today, May 20, the World Steel Association (WSA) reported that at the end of April, Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises increased steel production by 39%, to 2.974 million tons, taking 9th place in the ranking of 66 countries that are the world's main producers of these products. Based on the results of four months, metallurgical enterprises of Ukraine took 8th place in the WSA ranking with a production indicator of 11.038 million tons, an increase of 23.2%. Interfax-Ukraine

The Central Bank is winding down temporary measures to support banks Compensation for losses incurred by large banks from interbank lending at the expense of the Central Bank will be completely stopped by the new year. The Central Bank will begin reducing compensation limits for unrepaid interbank loans on June 1. After reducing the limits on unsecured loans and the terms of collateralized lending, this is the third step of the Central Bank to wind down anti-crisis support.

50 1 min. ... Nikkei 225 10186.84 (-55.8) RTS 1379.88 (-59.06) FTSE 100 5638.6 (+37.4) DAX 30 5988.67 (-167.26) DJIA* 10354.89 (-156.06) NASDAQ Composite* 2282.95 (-34.31) *As of June 20. According to Reuters.

Today the Seventeenth Arbitration Court of Appeal rejected the complaint of the acting. bankruptcy manager of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Machine-Building Plant named after. F.E. Dzerzhinsky" (ZiD) Evgeniy Lysov on the exclusion from the register of creditors of LLC "AssistenT", LLC "Capital 2007" and LLC "Gran", which have a majority of votes (57.75%).

There are more than 450 gas stations in Bashkiria. The largest operator on the market is OJSC Bashkirnefteprodukt, which controls more than 300 gas stations. The LUKOIL-Uralnefteprodukt filling network includes more than 40 filling stations. The third largest operator is OJSC Salavatnefteorgsintez, operating under the People's Refueling brand, owns 20 gas stations in Bashkiria.

Today, May 20, the Swiss company RosUkrEnergo in the Arbitration Court of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce confirmed its previously stated claims against NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine for compensation for damages in monetary form. The amount of claims is about $5.4 billion. According to RosUkrEnergo press secretary Andrei Knutov, according to the trial schedule, the decision of the Stockholm arbitration on this issue is expected before August of this year. UNIAN

Today, May 20, the Party of Regions faction in the Verkhovna Rada elected Mikhail Chechetov as first deputy chairman of the faction. This was announced at a parliamentary meeting by First Deputy Speaker Adam Martyniuk. In addition, Grigory Ilyashov, Vadima Kolesnichenk, Valery Konovaluk, Vladimir Rybak, Yuri Samoilenko and Nikolai Komar became deputies of the Party of Regions faction. As already reported, in March the Party of Regions faction elected MP Alexander Efremov as its chairman.