The Arbitration Court of Tatarstan ordered the contractor State Unitary Enterprise Institute of Petroleum Refining of Bashkortostan (Ufa) to pay the customer OJSC TANECO a penalty in the amount of 1 million rubles, according to court materials. Initially, the Tatarstan plant tried to recover more than 5.55 million rubles from the contractor. During the process, the parties decided to reach a settlement agreement, but were unable to reach it.

The defendants in the case of the fire at the Lame Horse club, who were convicted by the Leninsky District Court of Perm on April 30, can go to their places of punishment only in a few months. “The fact is that the accused are not happy with the verdict and intend to appeal it.

998 5 min. ... The column is led by Vladimir Pribylovsky The election of Valentina Matvienko as governor of St. Petersburg in 2003 forced Evgeniy Bushmin to resign, but over the years their working relationship improved Photo: Dmitry Dukhanin, Kommersant / buy photo The Federation Council has elected a new vice-speaker. He became Evgeny Bushmin (born in 1958), senator from the Rostov region.

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the situation around Syria by telephone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “I had a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. The situation in the region and the state of affairs around Syria were discussed,” RIA Novosti quotes press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov. According to media reports, Israel carried out several airstrikes on Syrian territory on Saturday and Sunday night.

120 1 min. ... An 84-page text of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" with notes from Truman Capote went under the hammer at RR Auction, which sells letters, manuscripts and autographs. It was bought for $306 thousand by Russian entrepreneur Igor Sosin, known as the founder of the Old Man Hottabych chain of stores. The new owner of the manuscript will be able to take a break from the wallpaper and carpet and try his hand at literary criticism Photo: AFP Capote wrote Breakfast at Tiffany's in 1958.

On May 5, the annual mud race took place in the English county of Essex. The competition route is 457 m long and runs along the shore and shallow waters of the river in the town of Maldon. All 300 participants are dressed in comical costumes, making the already difficult course even more difficult.

At the end of May, the Coins and Medals company will hold its second anniversary auction. This time state awards will be put up for auction. One of the lots put up for sale will be the Order of St. George, said Dmitry Butkevich. The award has an interesting history, the observer adds. The special numismatic company "Coins and Medals", which celebrates the 20th anniversary of its activities this spring, will hold a second auction on May 25 to mark the anniversary.

The Israeli military has closed the airspace over the north of the country to civilian flights. Previously, the media reported about Israeli airstrikes on neighboring Syria. An army spokeswoman said the skies over Haifa, the largest city and essentially the only air hub in Israel's north, would be closed for "several days." She did not give reasons for the decision. Major regional carrier Arkia announced the suspension of flights between Haifa and the Red Sea resort of Eilat until May 9.

The head of the pediatric oncology department of the city hospital N31 of St. Petersburg, Doctor of Medical Sciences Margarita Belogurova , told Olga Allenova why new generics are not used in her department and what needs to be done to ensure that new drugs receive the approval of doctors. Photo: PhotoXpress Is replacing original drugs with generics in oncology a big problem? We have nothing against generics.

The most controversial issue during today's meeting of the working group involved in adjusting the changes being made to the budget of the Perm Territory for 2013-2015 was the issue of allocating funds for the as yet unapproved regional program “Resettlement of citizens from emergency (unsuitable for living) housing in the city of Berezniki » in the amount of 2.5 billion rubles. in 2013-2015.

Event of the week 130 1 min. ... Last week, Tokyo Governor Naoki Inose made a serious gaffe that could cost his city the right to host the 2020 Olympics.

The starting round of the play-offs has ended NBA The brilliant play of Joakim Noah (center) ensured Chicago victory in the decisive match of the series with Brooklyn. Photo: REUTERS/Ray Stubblebine, Reuters The opening round of the playoffs has ended in the NBA championship. The last match of the circle was the seventh game of the Brooklyn Nets series, which belongs to Mikhail Prokhorov, against the Chicago Bulls.

The death of a worker (according to other sources, an opposition volunteer) during the installation of a stage on Bolotnaya Square may be grounds for canceling the rally if the investigative authorities insist on it, the mayor’s office reported. “It all depends on the investigation of this incident: what caused it, whether the stage will be allowed to continue to be built or not.

The Basmanny Court will review the complaint of their defense The Moscow City Court panel overturned the decision of the Basmanny District Court, which in January of this year recognized the legality of the ICR's initiation of a criminal case against oppositionist Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg on fraud and laundering of stolen money. The materials were sent for a new trial to the court of first instance. The Investigative Committee insists that the case against the brothers was justified.

716 1 min. ... “I don’t understand Piotrovsky’s position - he is not only the director of the Hermitage, he is also the chairman of the Union of Museums of Russia, he should have a broader view of what a Russian museum is. I understand him, he feels sorry for giving away his collection,” said the director The Pushkin Museum, and more recently also the holder of the post of curator of Russian museums, Irina Antonova, at a press conference.