Amid Kofi Annan's mission in Syria, almost unnoticed was the message that Israel had ceased cooperation with the UN Human Rights Council and had actually left this main United Nations body dedicated to the observance of individual rights. Kommersant FM columnist Konstantin Eggert began studying recent Council documents and learned a lot of interesting things not only about Israel.

The founder of the MB&F brand , Maximilian Büsser, spoke with Masha Tsukanova. — How do you find craftsmen for new projects? — I have been in the watchmaking business for 21 years, I know everyone and have collaborated with the most outstanding craftsmen, since they are all subcontractors of large brands. But if I don't like a person, I won't work with him, even if he does his job perfectly. After all, the brand is called MB&F - Max Büsser and friends. I only work with friends.

He proposes to fight against sexual minorities through legislation A bill banning the promotion of homosexuality and pedophilia among minors in the region has been submitted to the Samara Provincial Duma. Deputy Dmitry Sivirkin proposed introducing fines for popularizing non-traditional sexual relationships. The bill is intended to combat the “disorientation of the younger generation”, as well as the poor demographic situation.

Public transport in eight municipalities of the Nizhny Novgorod region will be switched to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). The agreement to launch the corresponding pilot project was signed by Nizhny Novgorod Governor Valery Shantsev, the head of SIBUR Holding CJSC Dmitry Konov and the head of Gazprom Gazenergoset OJSC Andrey Dmitriev.

For the first time since 2009, the Catalans did not hit the opponent's goal Champions League The first match in the most prestigious pair of quarterfinalists ended in a draw. Milan and Barcelona, ​​clearly keeping the return game at Camp Nou in mind, played very carefully and did not score goals against each other. In Wednesday's other match, Bayern achieved resounding success, beating Marseille 2-0 away. It was a landmark match for Milan.

The fast food chain has decided on a Russian partner: the founder of Rostiks received a McDonald's franchise for 20 years. Experts explain: previous potential buyers may not have met the standards of the restaurant chain, and this deal is beneficial to both parties. The first Russian partner of McDonald's will be the founder of Rostix. Rostislav Ordovsky-Tanaevsky Blanco buys about 30 trademarks of the famous fast food.

On March 30, a contract was signed to carry out priority work in the preparatory period until the “first concrete” of the Belarusian nuclear power plant, reports BELTA . The document was signed: on the Belarusian side by the customer, the state institution “Nuclear Power Plant Construction Directorate”, on the Russian side by the general contractor, Atomstroyexport CJSC. The station will be built at the Ostrovets site in the Grodno region according to the Russian NPP-2006 project.

A new aerobatic team on Yak-130 combat training aircraft will appear in Russia before 2015, said Colonel-General Alexander Zelin, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force, RIA Novosti reports. “We expect the appearance of a new aerobatic team on the Yak-130 before 2015,” Mr. Zelin said on March 30. Last year, the Russian Air Force purchased a batch of 55 Yak-130 combat trainer aircraft.

United Russia has found candidates for the post of governor of the Moscow region. The party will propose to the president the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Sergei Shoigu, the first deputy chairman of the government of the Moscow region Igor Parkhomenko and the head of the Moscow region Reutov Alexander Khodyrev. Political scientist, General Director of the Agency for Political and Economic Communications Dmitry Orlov discussed the situation with presenter Anna Kazakova.

On March 30, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don arrested the founder of Rostfinance Bank Andrei Pronin, who is a defendant in a case of illegal banking activities and theft of hundreds of millions of rubles from the budget, a source in the region’s law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti . “The court decided to arrest Pronin and one more of the six detained suspected bank employees,” the agency’s interlocutor said, without specifying who exactly.

Prada increased its profits by 70% last year. China brought the “Golden Mountains” to the brand – the fashion house had previously set its sights on Asian markets. And not only him, experts note: luxury brands have long realized that the main profits come from Asia. Profits at Italian fashion house Prada increased by 70% last year. This happened thanks to high sales in the Asian market, in particular in China. In total, the company earned €430 million last year.

He called on Republicans to vote for a candidate who called Russia “enemy number one” Former US President George H. W. Bush called on supporters of the Republican Party to stop engaging in internal party squabbles and support ex-Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney in the upcoming November 6 presidential election. A number of other influential Republicans also spoke out in support of Mr. Romney.

Books with Igor Gulin "Eight" Zakhar Prilepin M.: Astrel, 2012 A new collection of stories and short stories by one of the most popular modern Russian writers. There are actually eight texts here. Among them is the title story about how four riot police friends in the dashing 90s destroy two gangster groups at once. A film by Alexei Uchitel will soon be released based on it.

Anna Karmanova about news in the restaurants Dantes, “Varvara”, “Meat” and Clumba Club This week's news includes family dinners at Dantes, Russian tea parties at Varvara, and Lenten menus at the Myaso and Flower Club. Restaurant Dantes decided to embody the European tradition of family dinners with friends.

The Private Security Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Perm Territory has announced an auction for the purchase of gasoline and diesel fuel using electronic cards, the maximum contract price is 14 million rubles. According to the auction documentation, the department requires 420 tons of AI-92 gasoline, 65 tons of AI-95, 1.7 tons of diesel fuel. Delivery time - until the end of 2012.