The director of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater, Vladimir Kekhman, said that the Gogol Center, which planned to show a video recording with excerpts from the play Tannhäuser, does not have the right to do so, the Russian News Service reports. “The performance and video recording belong to the theater. This is pure provocation, I believe that they will not show it: they do not have the right to do so,” said Mr. Kekhman.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko arrived in Moscow today on a working visit, reports the press service of the leader of the state. On May 8, Mr. Lukashenko will take part in an informal meeting of the Council of Heads of CIS Member States and in a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council.

Employees of the regional department of the Investigative Committee for the Nizhny Novgorod region intend to conduct an inspection at medical correctional institution No. 3, where a fight occurred between convicts. According to senior assistant to the head of the department, Yulia Sklyarova, investigators went to the institution in order to assess the situation. “Our employees - an investigator, a criminologist - went to LIU-3 to understand what happened,” Ms. Sklyarova told RIA Novosti .

The head of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, signed a decree on Thursday that extended the spring conscription period for military service by a month. According to the document, the spring conscription period has been extended from April to June. It was previously reported that the Ukrainian authorities plan to conscript 100-150 thousand people into the army in 2015. Photo: Nikolay Lazarenko/Pool, Kommersant / buy photo

Writer and human rights activist Vladimir Bukovsky was placed in an induced coma after heart surgery. “During the operation, Mr. Bukovsky had two heart valves replaced. According to the doctors, the operation was successful: although the threat to life remains, Vladimir Bukovsky’s condition is no longer considered critical,” assistant human rights activist Pavel Stroilov told the BBC .

The Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Republic of Mordovia has completed a criminal investigation against the director of SK Spetsmontazhstroy LLC, accused of tax evasion.

Assistant to the President of Russia Yuri Ushakov said that President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov will come to Moscow to participate in ceremonial events dedicated to the celebration of the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. Earlier it was reported that Mr. Karimov would not participate in Moscow celebrations on the occasion of Victory Day.

According to the latest data from the American Space Control System (SCSS), the Progress M-27M space truck may enter the dense layers of the atmosphere over northern China at the junction of the borders of the PRC, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Russia on May 8 at approximately 5 hours, plus or minus one hour. It is expected that its unburnt debris may reach the territory of Southern Siberia, Interfax reports.

Volgogradneftegeofizika may increase dividends by 6.5% based on the results of 2014 The board of directors of OJSC Volgogradneftegeofizika recommended that shareholders at the annual meeting on June 10 decide to allocate 7 million 557.5 thousand rubles, or 35% of net profit for last year, to pay dividends for 2014, the company said in a statement. In particular, it is proposed to pay 5.61 rubles per ordinary share, 6.73 rubles per preferred share, the par value of each security is 2 kopecks.

In the Kemerovo region, a case is being investigated regarding the concealment of funds from which taxes should be collected. As the Kuzbass department of the Investigative Committee said, JSC Zhelezobeton-4, which produces reinforced concrete structures, has arrears of taxes and fees in the amount of more than 1.8 million rubles. The company's management hid funds that were supposed to be used to pay taxes.

“We advise studying the structure of your own liabilities and reducing the share of loans” Photo: Anatoly Zernin, Kommersant Until recently, it was difficult to imagine that many areas of activity would become risky in terms of profitability. Almost 40% of our clients in the first quarter of this year began to experience difficulties associated with increased costs, decreased revenue, and the return of receivables.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed an agreement to form a government coalition. The agreement was concluded approximately two hours before the end of the period allotted for this by law, reports Reuters . The coalition included the Likud party led by the Prime Minister and the right-wing national-religious movement Jewish Home. “Israel now has a government,” said Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett.

Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Arts Anatoly Vilkov in an interview with Kommersant FM How is the real cost of paintings exported abroad determined? What needs to be changed in the system of storing cultural property? Anatoly Vilkov, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Arts, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, member of the Russian Commission for UNESCO, answered these and other questions to Kommersant FM host Anatoly Kuzichev as part of the “Characters” program.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that in the summer of 2015 a trilateral meeting of the leaders of Russia, China and Mongolia will be held for the first time. He made a corresponding statement at a meeting in the Kremlin with the President of Mongolia Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj. “Back in the summer, on your initiative, a trilateral meeting between Russia, Mongolia, and China should take place,” TASS reports Mr. Putin’s words.

Ex-Penza City Duma deputy Oleg Tyugaev is wanted again The Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee for the Penza Region has once again put former deputy of the Penza City Duma Oleg Tyugaev on the wanted list. Law enforcement agencies have resumed the criminal investigation against him. He is again accused of fraud on a particularly large scale. The case was dismissed in September last year due to the fact that the arbitration proved that Mr.