Olga Volkova about the Buryat-Mongolian wolfhound 3K 5 minutes. ... Aesthetes, accustomed to dealing exclusively with breeds on whose appearance generations of diligent breeders have worked for years, if not centuries, are unlikely to be able to appreciate the dim beauty of the Buryat-Mongolian wolfhound, a distant relative of the Tibetan Great Dane. Everything he has is given to him by nature. And no tricks - this purely aboriginal breed has not yet been subjected to human influence.

Today, May 20, the Spanish authorities banned youth protests against unemployment in anticipation of elections of various levels scheduled for Sunday in the country. The protests have continued for the fifth day. There are tent camps set up in the central squares of many cities, which young people do not leave at night. Activists say they have no intention of dispersing. The current shares are considered the largest in Spain since 2008, when the country began an economic recession.

Two Russian ships collided early Thursday morning in the Sea of ​​Japan off the southern coast of Primorye near Nakhodka. “The vessels “Lyutoga” and “Sargal” collided at approximately 4.45 local time (21.45 Moscow time Wednesday). The captains did not send a distress signal, the consequences of the collision are not dangerous,” said the duty officer of the Vladivostok Maritime Rescue Coordination Center.

Today, May 20, it became known that in western Turkey, as a result of an earthquake of magnitude 5.7, four people were killed and another 80 were injured. The epicenter of the earthquake was in Simav County in Kutahya Province. The tremor was felt in many areas of western and central Turkey, including Istanbul. Following the first earthquake in Kutahya, more than 50 tremors of lower magnitude, including 4.6, were recorded by 6.00 today, the Bosphorus University Seismic Observatory reported.

Ukraine turned out to be one of the most corrupt countries The widespread prevalence of corruption and bribery in Ukraine was recognized by 91% of entrepreneurs surveyed by the auditing company Ernst & Young. According to this indicator, the country took 24th place, penultimate in Europe. However, Swiss experts from IMD turned out to be more pessimistic - in terms of the level of corruption, Ukraine took the last position in their ranking, which included 59 countries.

context Interpol has begun a search for State Duma deputy Ashot Yeghiazaryan, accused of fraud and hiding abroad, said Vladimir Markin, official representative of the Investigative Committee. “As part of the investigation of the criminal case, Yeghiazaryan was included by the General Secretariat of Interpol in the database of wanted persons,” noted Mr. Markin. The Interpol website contains a search circular with a “red corner”, which means the mandatory arrest of the wanted person upon arrest.

"Solidarity" has grown with branches OJSC KB Solidarnost summed up the results of the work of its branch network in the first quarter of this year. At the end of the first quarter, the balance sheet currency of branches increased by 5% on average compared to the fourth quarter of 2010 and exceeded 5.5 billion rubles. Deposits of individuals increased by 14% and amounted to 3.7 billion rubles, balances on bank card accounts of individuals increased by 28% to 361.5 million rubles.

The parties are preparing to close a deal to buy out an additional share issue of the Nizhny Novgorod airport The procedure for the entry of Yekaterinburg Koltsovo Airport into the share capital of OJSC MANN has reached its final stage. The board of directors of the Nizhny Novgorod airport approved the decision of the shareholders meeting on the additional issue of about 281.5 thousand shares of the company, which will be acquired by Koltsovo for 710 million rubles.

The Mayakovsky Theater has a new chief director Theater appointment Director Mindaugas Karbauskis has been appointed artistic director of the Moscow Mayakovsky Theater. ROMAN DOLZHANSKY comments. The position of artistic director of the Mayakovsky Theater became vacant two months ago. Then Sergei Artsibashev, who had headed the theater for almost ten years, resigned.

363 1 min. ... The trial against the editor-in-chief and four journalists of the Dagestan weekly Chernovik ended yesterday with a complete acquittal of the defendants. They were charged with extremism and inciting hatred against law enforcement officers. Hearings in the Leninsky Court of Makhachkala resumed after a year-long break, which was necessary for a re-examination of texts in which the investigation saw a crime.

Activists of the unregistered public movement “Available preschool education for Russian children” in 49 cities of Russia began a three-day hunger strike to protest against the reduction in the number of kindergartens and the densification of existing ones. The hunger strikers also demand the immediate resignation of the head of Rospotrebnadzor Gennady Onishchenko and the head of the Ministry of Education and Science Andrei Fursenko.

Les Lunaisiens, A. Marzorati & J.-F. Novelli When thinking about the music of the times of the Great French Revolution, one only remembers “Marseillaise”, and even that in pompous later arrangements, but this disc allows you to imagine what the musical environment of the revolutionary era actually looked like.

against Greek debt securities The European Central Bank may refuse short-term loans against Greek bonds. The regulator risks collapsing the euro exchange rate and putting the Eurozone at risk of a banking crisis that will break the entire financial system of Greece, analysts believe. The European Central Bank, trying to prevent the restructuring of the Greek debt, has moved from persuasion to threats.

Eliminating the crater in the area of ​​the Berezniki railway station will require about 800 thousand tons of special material. As the head of Bereznikov, Sergei Dyakov, said, the project is currently being developed and the technical details of the event are being clarified. “The cost of the work will be determined upon completion of the project development,” says Mr.

Boris Nadezhdin on the reform of the Right Cause led by Mikhail Prokhorov 268 2 minutes. ... The Federal Political Council of Right Cause began to discuss the reorganization of the party in connection with the upcoming arrival of Mikhail Prokhorov. Live on Kommersant FM, member of the party’s federal political council Boris Nadezhdin told Andrei Norkin about future changes in Right Cause. — How formal is the discussion of Prokhorov’s candidacy?