Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the Cabinet itself will find a replacement for Vladislav Surkov, while Surkov himself will not be left without work with such talents, RIA Novosti reports. He explained that candidates for this post are submitted by the government and approved by the president, and advised them to contact the cabinet of ministers.

Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky drew up a new will nine days before his death, the Times writes. According to the publication, the ex-oligarch in the document indicated five people who could become the executors of his will: two lawyers whose names were not named, Mr. Berezovsky’s friend and associate Yuri Dubov, the businessman’s daughter Ekaterina and his former life partner Elena Gorbunova.

The head of Volgograd became the main anti-hero of the media rating for April The Medialogy company prepared a media rating of the top officials of the capitals of the constituent entities of the Southern Federal District for April 2013. This month, the head of Volgograd, Valery Vasilkov, became the absolute champion in negative mentions in the media.

Human rights activists told the US Secretary of State about the painful Representatives of the Moscow Helsinki Group, the Movement for Human Rights, the Memorial organization and a number of other NGOs met today with US Secretary of State John Kerry. According to human rights activists, they told the official about state pressure on NGOs, the “Bolotnaya case” and proposed creating a Russian-American fund to support NGOs. Mr.

Alternative communists called on the party to return to the principles of Marxism-Leninism The alternative city committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in Saratov issued a statement in which it accuses the current leadership of the party of treason. According to nine signatories, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation has turned into a “purely parliamentary party”, whose work is aimed at obtaining seats in elected bodies of power.

The auction house "Russian Enamel" ends the season with an auction in which the organizers tried to collect the main works for the Russian art market. These are paintings of the “first names”, products of the Faberge company, porcelain from the Imperial Factory. Boris Kustodiev. "The Model", 1915 The painting section is headed by Konstantin Yuon’s striking work “Troika in Uglich” from the 1910s, painted in gouache and tempera, shown at the 1914 exhibition of the Union of Russian Artists.

Five documents will be prepared for the June meeting of the presidents of the Russian Federation and the United States Yesterday, the new US Secretary of State John Kerry visited Moscow for the first time. One of the key goals of the visit was to prepare for the meeting between Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama scheduled for June.

Rescuers from the Karpinsky search and rescue team are using special tools to cut through the remains of an An-2 plane that crashed almost a year ago with people on board near Serov, reports the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Region.

Europeans provided film distributors with a record profit of $8.5 billion in 2012, the European Audiovisual Observatory found. Experts explain these results by the desire of people to escape from everyday problems with the help of cinema. Photo: Oleg Kharseev, Kommersant / buy photo The volume of the European box office last year reached a record high of $8.5 billion, according to data from the European Audiovisual Observatory.

Andrey Plakhov about the Cannes Film Festival program For many years now, the Cannes Festival has been living by shuffling the same deck of cards. She, this deck, was formed during the years of the undivided reign of Gilles Jacob, which lasted no less than twenty-five years. During this time, the so-called Cannes nomenclature has been formed - a list of favorite directors for whom the path to the Cannes competition is almost always open.

The head of the region topped the United Russia list in the Kurultai elections In the elections to the Kurultai of Bashkiria, United Russia decided to once again rely on the support of financial and industrial groups and the managerial elite. The party's list for the state assembly elections was headed by the head of the region, Rustem Khamitov. Kommersant's interlocutors explain this decision of Mr.

Migration reform will be one of the main priorities of the British government this year, Queen Elizabeth II said, delivering a speech from the throne at the opening of the next session of the British Parliament. “My government intends to implement a set of measures within the framework of migration control. The migration bill will make the country more attractive to those who are willing to contribute to its development, and protect it from those who are not.

Palais Hansen Kempinski in Vienna Ekaterina Istomina It is quite difficult to build a hotel in the capital of Austria that would not be at least somewhat similar to a beautiful palace, like a piece of Sacher cake. Palais Hansen Kempinski, opened in March of this year on the Boulevard Ring, is a classic case of Viennese palace development.

Sevastopol lost at home to Shakhtar Donetsk in the semi-finals of the Ukrainian Cup with a score of 2:4. Goals : Tkachev, 27, 71 - Luis Adriano, 8, 65; Mkhitaryan, 19, 53. Warnings : Mikoliunas, 43; Gvinianidze, 88 - Srna, 62; Teixeira, 75. In the other semi-final of the Ukrainian Cup, Chernomorets Odessa will play against Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk. The final match of the Ukrainian Cup will take place on May 22 in Kharkov.

The government apologized to the president for its own impeccability The results of the implementation of President Vladimir Putin's decrees of May 7, 2012, summed up at yesterday's meeting, did not lead to the expected resignations in the government.