The Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow on Monday, April 27, refused to satisfy two petitions filed by the defense of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev . According to the judge, he sees no legal grounds for satisfying the requests, Interfax reports .

Russian gas monopoly Gazprom received a $3 billion loan from Sberbank. This is stated in the official press release of Sberbank. The borrowed funds were issued to Gazprom for a period of five years and will be used to finance a transaction to buy out 20 percent of Gazprom Neft from the Italian company Eni. Let us remind you that this transaction, the amount of which amounted to 4.2 billion euros, was concluded by the parties in early April and closed on April 24.

The owner of the Basic Element holding, Oleg Deripaska, has decided to get rid of his blocking stake in the Austrian construction concern Strabag. This was reported by Reuters with reference to a statement by a representative of another Strabag shareholder - Raiffeisen Holding NOe-Wien bank. According to the agency, by the end of this week the co-owners of the construction company will sign an agreement according to which the shares will return to key shareholders.

The crash of the newest Su-35 fighter, which occurred at the Dzemgi airfield in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, will not disrupt the testing of the aircraft. This is stated in a statement by the Sukhoi company posted on the official website. The Sukhoi press service stated that the third model of the Su-35 was planned to be connected in addition to the two models already being tested.

The group of companies of restaurateur Arkady Novikov will develop quality standards for catering establishments operating at Russian Railways stations. newspaper writes about this The Vedomosti . It is expected that in May Russian Railways will announce a competition among restaurateurs for the right to feed passengers at train stations. The Novikov group of companies will conduct certification and participate in the selection of catering enterprises operating at train stations.

British graffiti artists will paint portraits of musicians on the walls of the basement of the Albert Hall concert hall in London, Undercover reports. The artists will depict artists who performed in the famous capital's hall at different times: Jimi Hendrix, Frank Sinatra, Luciano Pavarotti and The Killers. The basement of the Albert Hall will be open to visitors for one day only. The exhibition "Load" will be on view on June 22, 2009.

Samsung's first smartphone running Google Android is called the i7500. Its European sales will begin in June of this year. This was reported in a Samsung press release. Samsung i7500 is equipped with a 3.2-inch touch screen and a five-megapixel camera. Its thickness is 11.9 millimeters. Samsung's first Google phone can work both in regular GSM networks and in 3G. The i7500 also uses Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to transfer data. The built-in memory of the smartphone is eight gigabytes.

The head coach of the London football club Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, refused to head Bayern Munich. The English edition of The Daily Mail writes about this. Bayern President Karl-Heinz Rumenigge offered Wenger to sign a contract on his terms, but the French specialist decided to remain as Arsenal coach. Rumenigge also promised Wenger that the club's management would put a significant amount of money at his disposal to purchase new players.

On Sunday, April 26, the footballer of the Pyatigorsk club "Mashuk-KMV" Anatoly Sylka died. The official website of the club reports this. According to the preliminary conclusion of doctors, the 30-year-old defender of the team playing in the second division of the Russian football championship died of cardiac arrest, the website of the publication Sovetsky Sport clarifies .

One of the best sprinters in the world, Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt, said that in the future he will be able to run a hundred meters in 9.4 seconds, reports Reuters. At the same time, according to the athlete, he will not be able to show a higher result. Bolt currently holds the world record for the 100 meters at 9.69 seconds. The 22-year-old sprinter said he intends to become a "legend of the sport." To do this, according to the athlete, he needs to show good results every year.

, a candidate in the Sochi mayoral elections, Boris Nemtsov intends to challenge the election results in court, as he believes that numerous violations were committed during the voting, RIA Novosti reports . Speaking to reporters after the end of voting, Nemtsov said that the bulk of the violations were committed during early voting. According to him, the Sochi election commission reported on April 25 that 14 thousand people voted early, and on election day it reported 30 thousand.

head coach Chelsea Guus Hiddink , whose team will play the first semi-final match of the Champions League with Barcelona on April 28 , admitted that he has already “played” this game twice in his head. According to Hiddink, this is how he prepares for all important matches, writes the English edition of The Sun. The head coach of the London club did not specify with what score the virtual matches “Chelsea” - “Barcelona” ended.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev instructed the Russian government to develop draft federal laws providing for the abolition of the unified social tax (UST) from January 1, 2010 and its replacement with insurance contributions for compulsory pension, medical and social insurance. At the same time, contribution rates will be maintained at the level of the current UST rate - 26 percent. The UST reform involves increasing the tax burden on Russian companies.

Konami has refused to act as a publisher of the tactical shooter Six Days in Fallujah, which is being developed by Atomic Games, Eurogamer reports. The reason for this was the negative reaction from veterans, as well as various anti-war organizations, which appeared shortly after the official announcement of the game. Some British and US military personnel, as well as parents of soldiers killed in Iraq, condemned Six Days in Fallujah, calling the game insensitive.

Actor Lev Durov was discharged from the hospital on Sunday, April 26, reports the Life.ru portal. Durov feels well, but he has to undergo a rehabilitation course, and doctors do not yet recommend the actor to return to the stage. Lev Durov was hospitalized at the Botkin Hospital on April 16. He was in a pre-infarction state. The 77-year-old actor was admitted to cardiac intensive care and underwent heart surgery the next day.