The monopoly is preparing to buy Kyrgyzgaz Already in the summer, Gazprom may become the owner of Kyrgyzgaz, which controls the gas transportation system of Kyrgyzstan. The deal makes little economic sense for the monopoly: gas consumption in Kyrgyzstan does not exceed 1 billion cubic meters. m per year, but Gazprom will have to invest about $500 million in local gas pipelines.

As the weather warmed up, rollerbladers and skateboarders took to the streets of Moscow. Fans of roller skating, skateboarding and bicycles organize competitions among themselves for the best trick.

In Ukraine, connection fees for calls on a mobile phone have been officially abolished, according to Resolution No. 295 of April 11, approved by the Cabinet of Ministers, “On approval of the rules for the provision and receipt of telecommunications services.” According to the new rules, mobile subscribers will pay only for used call minutes.

Bayern reached the Champions League final, beating Madrid in a penalty shootout The second finalist of the Champions League has been determined. It was Bayern, which defeated Real Madrid in a dramatic match. The main time of the meeting ended with a score of 2:1 in favor of Madrid (Bayern won the first game with a similar score), and the outcome of the two-game confrontation was decided in a penalty shootout, which was more accurately scored by the Munich team.

James Bond - in false Montenegro Grand Hotel Pupp in Karlovy Vary Grand Hotel Pupp, the legendary hotel in the resort of Carlsbad (or Karlovy Vary), owes its renovation to the film “Casino Royale”. True, in the film the famous Austro-Hungarian resort hotel lost its great historical name and turned into the Splendide Hotel, where the mysterious Royal Casino is located. Pupp-Splendide even changed the country: the Czech Republic plays the role of Montenegro in the film.

Representatives of world faiths ask the UN chief to help resolve religious conflicts Yesterday the II Kiev Interfaith Forum began in Kyiv, in which Christians, Muslims, Jews and Buddhists from all over the world took part. The event participants talked a lot about the importance of faith and religion, as well as the secularization of the modern world.

Company profile 538 1 min. ... FSUE "Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network" was created in August 2001. It is the single state operator for the distribution of all-Russian public television channels ("First", "Russia", "Vesti+", "Culture", "Sport", NTV, "Channel Five" and the children's channel) and radio channels ("Radio Russia", " Mayak" and "Vesti FM").

What topics did the Russian deputy talk about with the polygraph? As Russian State Duma deputy Andrei Lugovoi, accused by the British prosecutor's office of murdering Russian defector Alexander Litvinenko using polonium-210 in 2006, said yesterday, he proved his innocence of the crime by passing a lie detector test from English experts. Russian experts, without questioning the authority of their foreign colleagues, believe that they chose a primitive methodology for the study.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS) still has a negative attitude towards the possible merger of the electric power assets of Gazprom and the Renova company, the head of the agency, Igor Artemyev, said at a press conference on April 26. “The talk was about joining the Gazprom holding, the largest private energy company in the country. From the very beginning, we expressed our sharp negative attitude towards this deal,” the PRIME agency quotes him.

answering reporters' questions Today at 12:00 a television interview with Dmitry Medvedev will be aired. This time, questions to the head of state will be asked by presenters and correspondents from five television companies: Channel One, VGTRK, NTV, REN TV and Dozhd.

An accomplice in the kidnapping of the son of the former vice-president of Rosneft is being tried Yesterday, in the Gagarinsky Court of Moscow, the trial began in the case of a native of Chechnya, Adam Tuganov, accused of complicity in the kidnapping of the son of former Rosneft vice-president Mikhail Stavsky, Mikhail Stavsky Jr. According to investigators, the accused drove a BMW car, in which the kidnappers took their victim out of Moscow. The defendant himself claimed to be used in secret.

April 26 marks the 26th anniversary of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The memory of the victims was honored in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, which suffered more than others from radiation. In many cities of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, mourning rallies were held, and flowers were laid at the graves of the victims. Today, President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych laid the first stone in the foundation of a new sarcophagus over the destroyed block of the station.

Dynamo returned the championship title to Moscow Gagarin Cup The Gagarin Cup resulted in the triumph of Dynamo Moscow, which, after a long break, regained the title of the best club in domestic hockey. Dynamo were able to win the final series against Avangard, losing it 1:3 and winning, after finding themselves one step away from defeat, three victories in a row. The third, the most important, was won yesterday in the seventh match of the final on a foreign court.

The Prosecutor General's Office saw signs of extremism in an interview with lawyer Dagir Khasavov about the introduction of Sharia courts in Russia, official representative of the RF IC Marina Gridneva told RIA Novosti on April 26.

MICEX-RTS may include D&O policies in the listing rules of some issuers The united exchange RTS-MICEX intends to create a premium listing segment, one of the requirements for which will be the availability of a directors' liability insurance policy - D&O. Insurers are happy about this innovation, but they do not expect a fundamental breakthrough in the D&O segment from it: most companies that are candidates for the premium segment have already acquired such insurance.