235 1 min. ... The Day of Slavic Literature and Culture in all Slavic countries is solemnly celebrated on May 24, glorifying on this day Saints Cyril and Methodius, the creators of Slavic writing and the Cyrillic alphabet. In Moscow, at the Library of Ukrainian Literature, in honor of the holiday, a book and illustrative exhibition “Should the Us? The Slovaks Became Good Brothers...” be held. Entry is free for everyone.

316 1 min. ... Shareholders of OJSC Polyus Gold (the largest gold producer in Russia, about 40% controlled by Mikhail Prokhorov, 37% by Suleiman Kerimov) approved the payment of dividends in the amount of 1.77 billion rubles. ($57.6 million) based on the results of the second half of 2009. Based on the results of the first, the company has already transferred 1.2 billion rubles to shareholders.

The widow of the deceased miner was offered to share compensation. The government is tempering the steel. South Korea raises its voice to North Korea. America and China were forced to peace. The army of the future is ordered to become modern.

The current champion began defending her title Roland Garros The second Grand Slam tournament of the year, Roland Garros, started yesterday. The winner of last year's championship, Svetlana Kuznetsova, at first a little scared the few fans who decided to come in the morning to watch her play against Sorana Chirsti, but, in the end, she came to her senses and earned a ticket to the second round. Mikhail Youzhny also made it there, beating Michal Przyszczny.

1K 1 min. ... 100 years ago, the main news of Ogonyok was the investigation into the criminal case of the poisoning of Vasily Buturlin, the son and heir of one of the richest people of that time, General Dmitry Buturlin. The Buturlins owned several mansions in St. Petersburg, huge estates near Vilna, and a number of factories. Therefore, the message about the sudden death of young Buturlin attracted the attention of the entire elite.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hopes that the Security Council will take immediate action against the DPRK in connection with the publication of the results of the investigation into the sinking of the South Korean ship. The corvette Cheonan sank on March 26 in the Yellow Sea, killing 46 sailors and 58 were saved, RIA Novosti recalls on May 24. The conclusions made by a group of international experts indicate that the South Korean corvette was sunk by a North Korean torpedo.

Details 1K 1 min. ... "Ogonyok" found out what the top officials of the planet drive Barack Obama, US President Car : Cadillac Like other US presidents, Barack Obama drives an American-made Cadillac Presidential - it's a tradition. By the way, a new one is assembled at the plant for each president. It is known about the car that at the end of the cabin there is office equipment, and the interior is designed in a classic style.

On May 31, at the initiative of the World Health Organization, Russia and the rest of the world celebrate No Tobacco Day. On the eve of this event, the Ogonyok correspondent decided to experiment on himself Vladimir Tikhomirov These statistics are encouraging: according to a study by British American Tobacco, in the first quarter of 2010, sales on the Russian tobacco market fell by 5 percent.

and will check the collectors of rewards in favor of the performers Rosokhrankultura discovered that an unaccredited organization, the Russian Society for Performing Rights Management (ROUPI), headed by Yuri Bashmet, is collecting funds for the benefit of song performers. ROPI, in turn, does not recognize the results of the state accreditation carried out in the summer of 2009, according to which the All-Russian Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) received the right to collect fees.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin instructed the government to consider the issue of allocating funds for the restoration of the Raspadskaya mine. “The chairman gave such instructions to study the possibility of providing support,” said First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Viktor Zubkov, noting that we are still talking about estimating the required amount. According to him, currently ministries and departments are “working out specific amounts,” PRIME-TASS reports on May 24.

Let's come here in large numbers Last week a loud scandal broke out in France. Ali Vakili Rad, who is believed to have brutally murdered the last Prime Minister of Iran, Shapour Bakhtiar, has been released after 16 years of imprisonment. Bakhtiar, whom Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi appointed prime minister in 1979, also became head of the regency government after the Shah fled the country in January 1979.

In our opinion 258 1 min. ... If something cannot be dealt with, it should be ignored, with a straight face proving that the problem does not exist. At one time, this is exactly what the authorities of Soviet Ukraine did: having decided to demonstrate to everyone the harmlessness of the radiation leak at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, they held a festive May Day demonstration in Kyiv.

Direct speech "Ogonyok" was the first Soviet publication to which Joseph Brodsky gave an interview About friends I always trusted the opinion of two or three close people. This number - and the need for them - outside the fatherland has not increased... About Akhmatova I can talk a lot about Akhmatova... At times I rarely saw Akhmatova, and one winter I rented a dacha in Komarov and talked with her every day.

Anomaly 606 1 min. ... As doctors from the University of Iowa have found, people with large noses are better protected from colds, allergies and various airborne infections. This statement is based on a simple hypothesis: the larger the nose, the greater the natural barrier to dust and germs. Nevertheless, doctors tested this assumption in the laboratory by creating two artificial noses of different sizes (one nose was 2.5 times larger than the other).

359 1 min. ... Structures of Rossiya Bank are buying 100% of the Video International group, the country's largest seller of television advertising. The entire group is valued at $300-500 million. One of the key conditions of the deal is that the current top management, led by General Director Sergei Vasiliev (one of the co-owners of the group), will retain their posts.