The second President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma will not attend the meeting of the Higher Specialized Court for the consideration of civil and criminal cases, representatives of Leonid Kuchma's defense reported. The lawyers noted that the presence of their client at the consideration of the cassation appeal of the Prosecutor General's Office against the dismissal of charges of involvement in the murder of journalist Georgy Gongadze is not provided for by current legislation.

On May 29, stock quotes for shares of the social network Facebook fell below $30 for the first time since the IPO. At the end of the trading session on the Nasdaq exchange, the price of Facebook shares was fixed at $28.84. Compared to the previous trading session, shares of the social network fell by $3.07 (9.6%). Since May 18, when Facebook went public, the company’s shares have lost 24% of their value, recalls Lenta.ru . Facebook's initial public offering price was $38.

Ukraine is confidently losing its leadership among the EU's eastern neighbors On June 2, the annual Eastern Partnership Index will be published in Kyiv - a comparative assessment of the European Union's eastern neighbors in terms of their rapprochement with the EU. Ukraine, which last year lost its status as a regional leader in this area, has widened the gap with its neighbors. The main problems of the country were the deterioration of the level of democracy and business climate.

The right to develop the shelf will cost investors more Just for the right to develop large sections of the Black Sea shelf - Scythian and Foros - investors will have to pay Ukraine at least $300 million in bonuses. At least another $200 million will need to be invested in geological exploration. The rules on bonuses, which the Cabinet of Ministers announced yesterday, are an innovation, experts say.

Yesterday, the Player Status Committee of the Russian Football Union (RFU) prohibited the Volga football club from registering new players for one registration period due to the fact that the club's management turned to a court of general jurisdiction to resolve disputes with football players Lasha Salukvadze and Gogita Gogua.

For the third time, residents and guests of Israel will be able to enjoy a unique opera festival at the Dead Sea. The highlight of the event is that the only opera will be performed, namely “Carmen” by Georges Bizet. But the unusual format of the event is not the most surprising thing. Columnist Dmitry Butkevich spoke about what surprises await visitors. An amazing opera festival is being held in Israel for the third time.

The Ministry of Transport proposes to entrust the testing of aircraft fuel to the airlines themselves and their suppliers. Experts hope that this will not affect the quality of fuel, but do not rule out that the cost of air tickets may increase. Airlines themselves will monitor the quality of fuel. The Ministry of Transport proposes to cancel the certification of airport fueling complexes, Vedomosti newspaper reports. The quality of kerosene will be checked by suppliers and airlines themselves.

383 1 min. ... The Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that an attempt was made to hack the ministry's mail. “The ministry’s security system did not allow the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ email to be hacked. The addresses that the hackers tried to hack belong to the department’s press center,” the ministry’s press service said.

Nine cases have been initiated against the head of an enterprise in Penza Nine administrative cases were initiated against Penzaresurs LLC and its director after an odorant leak at a scrap metal collection point, which caused a wide resonance in Penza, according to the website of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation. At approximately 10 a.m.

Alexey Kudrin is looking for a new form of protest The Committee of Civil Initiatives (KGI), under the leadership of ex-Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin, came up with its first legislative initiative, developing an alternative to United Russia's version of amendments to the legislation on rallies. The amendments developed by the State Duma Committee were submitted to the State Duma by deputies from A Just Russia. Mr.

On May 30, the Basmanny Court of Moscow sent under arrest Andrei Barabanov, the third suspect in the case of the riots on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow on May 6, the RAPSI news agency was told in court. Thus, the court granted the investigation’s request, and Mr. Barabanov, like another person involved in the case, Maxim Luzyanin, will remain in custody until July 6.

Context 360 1 min. ... Yesterday, head coach of the Ukrainian national team Oleg Blokhin announced the final list of 23 players who will compete at Euro 2012. Of the 26 players who went through the preparatory training camp in Turkey with the national team, goalkeeper of Donetsk Metallurg Alexander Bandura, defender of Dnepr Vitaly Mandzyuk and midfielder of Shakhtar Taras Stepanenko did not make it to the European Championship.

A dairy complex costing 44 million rubles was commissioned in the Astrakhan region In the Enotaevsky district of the Astrakhan region, after reconstruction, a dairy complex with a total cost of 44 million rubles was put into operation, of which 64% of the funds came from state support, the regional Ministry of Agriculture reported.

An independent expert group, which Dmitry Rogozin promised to create, will help solve the problems of the Russian military-industrial complex. The defense industry needs to be radically reformed, experts say, so the measure is more of an imitation of activity. Dmitry Rogozin will invite independent consultants to the military-industrial complex.

Nikkei 225 8657.08 (+63.93) RTS 1307.03 (+29.88) FTSE 100 5391.14 (+34.80) DAX 30* 6396.84 (+73.65) DJIA* 12551.74 (+96.91) NASDAQ Composite* 2848.24 (+10.71) *At 20:12. According to Reuters. Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 96 dated May 30, 2012, page 9