The director of the National Art Museum was removed from office Minister of Culture Mikhail Kulynyak explained the reasons for the dismissal of Anatoly Melnik from the post of general director of the National Art Museum. The reason for this was errors in the financial management of the cultural institution, failure to meet planned attendance targets, as well as violation of the rules for storing icons. Mr. Melnik intends to appeal his dismissal in court.

The authorities decided to bring order to the microloan market. Now the contract will have to indicate the effective interest rate and loans worth tens of thousands per annum will be received by citizens armed with new knowledge. However, it is possible that there will be fewer applicants. EVGENY SIGAL Large framed Denga's calls for microfinance organizations to mandatory indicate the effective interest rate have been heard.

On Friday, the general director of the film distribution company B&H Film Distribution, Bogdan Batrukh, said that the State Tax Service (STS) was blocking the work of his enterprises. During a search carried out as part of a criminal case on B&H tax evasion in the amount of UAH 18 million, tax officials seized copies of films and equipment from five offices of companies owned by Mr. Batrukh. The State Tax Service claims that they acted within the law.

The director inspected the capital's restaurants and a vision machine On the eve of his 73rd birthday, the legendary director Francis Ford Coppola visited Moscow. Formally, his visit was timed to coincide with the premiere of his new film “Between,” but Mr. Coppola managed to thoroughly stroll around Moscow, having lunch with actress Irina Skobtseva and studying the theremin and the vision machine at the Polytechnic Museum.

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has published a document defining the behavior of fans at the UEFA Euro 2012 European Football Championship. The competition starts on June 8 and will be held in Poland and Ukraine.

The Prime Minister will control the work of officials British Prime Minister David Cameron may soon acquire a personal iPad application that will allow him not only to manage officials, but also to evaluate their work. Programmers of the British Cabinet of Ministers are working on creating an application for David Cameron's iPad, which, among other things, will allow the Prime Minister to evaluate the work of officials, the British The Daily Telegraph reported.

Former acting Minister of Defense of Ukraine Valery Ivashchenko was taken to the building of the Pechersky District Court of Kyiv on Khreshchatyk in an ambulance, and not in a paddy wagon. Valery Ivashchenko was in an ambulance, accompanied by a convoy and two doctors of the State Penitentiary Service. Two more doctors are in the driver's cabin.

13K 10 min. ... Under Dmitry Medvedev, Russia entered a war outside its own territory for the first time, nearly found itself internationally isolated, made peace with the West, and helped punish the Iranian regime with sanctions and the Libyan regime with bombs. As part of the project "Medvedev. Results" "Vlast" is trying to determine where the foreign policy course of the outgoing president has led Russia.

458 1 min. ... The last issue of the weekly Weekly.UA will be published on April 18, the press service of the publishing house Evolution Media reported on Friday. As the message says, citing Evolution Media CEO Yulia Litvinova, the reason for the closure was the crisis in Ukraine, as well as pessimistic forecasts regarding the development of the print media segment. Previously, the holding was more optimistic.

David Sanakoev, who according to preliminary data lost the presidential elections in South Ossetia, announced his intention to create a new political party. The second round of repeat presidential elections in South Ossetia took place on April 8. According to preliminary data from the Central Election Commission, the former head of the KGB of South Ossetia, Leonid Tibilov, won the election, gaining just over 53% of the votes. “We do not view the election results as a defeat.

FROM THE HAMMER On April 17, an auction will take place at the Mullock's auction house, which will feature a collection of items belonging to the spiritual leader of India, one of the leaders and ideologists of the Indian independence movement, Mahatma Gandhi. Among other things, Gandhi's famous round glasses, which he acquired around 1890 while studying in the English capital, will also be sold at the auction.

Sergei Melnikov found out how the migrant workers who died at the Kachalovsky market lived How many people died last week during the fire at the Kachalovsky market is still unknown. Nobody knows who these people were and from what countries. Sergey Melnikov Thousands of identical gray hangars and utility rooms occupying the outskirts of the capital. There are a variety of posters on them - “car service”, “tire service”, “wheel alignment”. None of them have "people" written on them.

Lack of liquidity and capital outflow ensured an increase in trading volume The MICEX-RTS exchange summed up the trading results for the first quarter. Compared to the same period last year, trading volumes increased by 45%. According to experts, the growth was largely ensured not by purchases of Russian assets, but by the withdrawal of capital from the country and the lack of available liquidity in the banking sector.

Center of Photography named after. The Lumiere brothers present the anniversary exhibition of Vladimir Bogdanov "Among Our Own". Bogdanov is one of the founders of Russian street photography Vladimir Bogdanov is considered one of the progenitors of street photography. He lived half his life in Leningrad, the other in Moscow. In 1955, he joined the photo club of the Lensovet Palace of Culture, and 10 years later he began working as a photojournalist in the youth newspaper Smena.

The incidence of influenza and ARVI in Ukraine in the 14th week of 2012 (March 30 - April 5) decreased compared to the 13th week (March 23-29) by 10.5% to 201.392 thousand patients. As stated in the message of the State Sanitary and Epidemiological Service, in the 14th week of 2012 throughout Ukraine, the incidence rates of influenza and ARVI were below epidemic thresholds. Among children, 124,949 cases of influenza and ARVI were registered (62.04% of all cases).