Former employees of Relic Entertainment have announced the creation of a new game studio called Smoking Gun Interactive, according to the Gamesindustry website. The head of the new company will be Jon Johnson, who took part in the creation of the real-time strategy Company of Heroes, Relic Entertainment's most famous game. "The Smoking Gun team has worked as a team for over seven years to create the best games in their genre," Johnson said.

In the Domodedovo district of the Moscow region, an employee of the Moscow mayor's office was murdered. Her body was discovered on May 29 in a forest belt near the State Film Fund, located in the village of Belye Stolby. On May 31, a murder suspect was detained, according to the website of the Moscow Regional Prosecutor's Office . According to investigators, on May 25, the deceased was heading to her dacha. The suspect, who was intoxicated, invited an unknown woman to drink alcohol.

On June 4, deputies of the Chukotka Legislative Assembly adopted the law “On the prohibition of activities related to the organization and conduct of gambling” in the final reading, according to the official website of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. According to the Chairman of the District Duma, Valery Gorin, the law concerns, first of all, slot machines. The machines must be removed from stores and other premises by July 1, after which they will be confiscated.

Russian President Vladimir Putin called “stupidity” the attempt of British law enforcement agencies to achieve the extradition of Andrei Lugovoy , considered the main suspect in the case of the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko . In an interview that Putin gave to Western media on the eve of the G8 summit, the Russian head of state recalled that the Constitution of the Russian Federation prohibits the extradition of Russian citizens to foreign countries.

, took place in Krasnoyarsk The inauguration ceremony of the head of the region, Alexander Khloponin reports , RIA Novosti . He became the first Russian governor whose candidacy was nominated by a political party. In 2001, Khloponin became the governor of Taimyr, and in 2002 he headed the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

04.06.2007, 12:25:58 version Print | PDA/PDA Sultan Ibrahimov strikes. Photo by AFP Sultan-king Russian heavyweight boxer became world champion Late in the evening of June 2 (in Moscow it was earlier in the morning of June 3) a significant event for Russian boxing took place in Atlantic City (USA). Sultan Ibragimov from Rostov-on-Don won the world heavyweight champion title according to the World Boxing Organization (WBO).

Founded in March 2007, video game publishing company Brash Entertainment has announced that it plans to release more than a dozen games based on Hollywood films, Variety reports. Company representatives said that work is underway on projects based on films from five film studios. In particular, the films “300 Spartans” and “Saw” were mentioned (and, apparently, they were talking about the third and final part of this film in the horror genre).

Residential premises in the converted premises of the former Krasny Oktyabr chocolate factory, the so-called lofts, will be put up for sale at the end of 2007, RIA Novosti reports , citing a message from the PR director of the Golden Island project, Anastasia Podakina. The city authorities approved the project, which involved well-known international architectural studios, including Jean-Michel Wilmotte's bureau Wilmotte UK Limited and Lord Norman Foster's company Fosters & Partners.

YUKOS bankruptcy manager Eduard Rebgun reports may join the board of directors of Gazprom Neft, Gazeta . The information provided to Gazprom Neft shareholders in preparation for the annual general meeting on June 22, 2007 states that the bankrupt company YUKOS nominated four people to the board of directors of Gazprom's oil subsidiary, among whom was Rebgun. Gazprom now owns 75.68 percent of Gazprom Neft shares. A 20 percent stake previously belonged to YUKOS.

The Walt Disney Company has acquired the rights to the script, tentatively titled All About Adam, written by Alan Schoolcraft and Brent Simons. According to Variety, the amount of the deal was not disclosed, but sources say it is in the six figures. The plot of the future film is built around the misadventures of the biblical Adam, who is looking for his beloved Eve in modern New York, where she went after a serious family quarrel.

Difference in assessments The IOC Evaluation Commission doubts whether Sochi will have time to prepare for the Olympics On June 4, a month before the elections for the capital of the 2014 Winter Olympics, which will be held on July 4 in Guatemala, a 76-page report of the evaluation commission was published on the official IOC website, which made its conclusions after visiting the candidate cities.

At the French Open Tennis Championships, which takes place in Paris, three more Russian representatives reached the quarterfinals. In the men's category, Nikolai Davydenko managed to do this, and in the women's category, Maria Sharapova and Anna Chakvetadze managed to do this. On Monday, June 4, the last Russian participant in the 1/4 finals could be Igor Andreev, who will meet with Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis.

The US Navy has entered into an agreement with Northrop Grumman Corporation for the detailed design and construction of a new generation amphibious helicopter carrier, Defensetalk reports . The contract is worth $2.4 billion, and construction of the helicopter carrier should be completed by 2012-13. The displacement of the ship, which received the LHA 6 index, will be 50 thousand tons, which brings it closer in size to modern aircraft carriers.

Singer George Michael was forced to cancel a performance in Prague due to a transport incident, reports NME. One of the trucks transporting concert equipment had an accident in Romania. The concert in Prague was scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 2, 2007. “Unfortunately, part of the special concert stage remained blocked in the truck. It was impossible to replace it with anything,” said event promoter Piotr Nowak. Michael's next show is scheduled to take place in Dublin on June 6th.

Airport operator British Airports Authority (BAA) intends to put offices and warehouse space in the Heathrow area up for auction, The Times reports. The total value of the property is estimated at 600 million pounds sterling (about $1.2 billion). The deal will be the largest warehouse property sale in the UK in the past year. 80 percent of the premises are located around Heathrow.