The Minister of Health and Social Development Mikhail Zurabov believes that his resignation will not solve problems related to the implementation of the law on monetization of benefits. He is sure that the principle was correct, just "with the specific dimensions of the benefits did not guess." “They would have paid twenty or ten thousand rubles of compensation - none of the beneficiaries would have any questions.

King of Sweden Karl Gustav and Queen Sylvia on Friday visited the Thai Island of Phuket with a thanksgiving visit. According to the Swedish Foreign Ministry, the royal couple visited the hospital, where she expressed gratitude to the staff and local residents for their help to the Swedes affected by the tsunami, RIA Novosti reports.

On the basis of the testimony given by the US Senate International Relations, the influential American magazine The Weekly Standard gives his answer to the questions what is necessary for a successful transition to democracy in Russia, what policy President Putin pursues in relation to democracy in Russia and regarding democratic changes in neighboring states, whether Russia has become hostile to democratic values ​​and Western states, And if so, then what to do with it?

In New Zealand, an electrical activist accused of depraved actions appeared in the court of Auland in the "Adam costume", AR reports. 24-year-old Simon Osterman last Sunday organized a demonstration of naked cyclists in protest against the dependence of society on cars. Naked Osterman was detained by policemen, while other demonstrators acted prudently and hastily covered nudity in order to avoid arrest.

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili signed an order to release Vakhtang Kapanadze from the post of head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Georgia and the appointment of the former deputy chief of the General Staff Levan Nikoleishvili for this post. Vakhtang Kapanadze was appointed chief military adviser to the President of Georgia. This, according to the News -Georgia agency, at a briefing on Friday told reporters a press speaker of Georgian President Alan Gigloeva.

Seven people died as a result of a collision of two passenger minibuses in Eastern Georgia. The car accident occurred at about 19:00 Moscow time at the Tbilisi-Senaki-Leselidze highway near the village of Ruisi Karelsky district, located 110 kilometers west of Tbilisi, RIA Novosti reports. According to preliminary data, about 30 people were in both cars. More than ten victims, among them, three young children, were taken to the Gori Hospital.

The justice of the peace Milan sentenced to a fine of 500 euros of Italian citizen Pierrot Ricku for the fact that several years ago he, turning in the hall of the Milan court to the prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, called him a jester. According to Agiy, the incident occurred in the Milan court during the process in the so -called “City case”, according to which Berlusconi was accused of bribing judges at a time when he was only an entrepreneur and did not engage in politics.

In the regular championship of the Russian Hockey Super League, the 54th tour started on Friday. In the first meeting, which took place in Perm, the local "Hammer Prikamye" lost to Togliatti Lada with a score of 1: 3 and extended his monstrous series of defeats to 18 matches. The owners answered the goal of Viktor Kozlov and the double of Alexander Boykov by the puck of Alexander Zhurun.

Khabib Nurgamzaev, who filed a lawsuit against the Moscow Arbitration Court with a request to oblige the NK Yukos to withdraw his bankruptcy statement from the US court , owns 100 shares of the company and lives in the Dagestan village of Burtunay, the text of the claim said, the oil information agency reports.

Senator-Democrat Hillary Clinton introduced a bill under which the day of election in the United States would become a weekend. This measure, in her opinion, will allow more citizens to take part in the vote. The document also offers a number of other measures that change the current election technology and are designed to attract categories of the population to them, which are now not actively voting - from disabled people to non -ang -speaking immigrants, Interfax reports.

The Russian national team on Saturday with a score of 4: 2 (1: 1) defeated the Italian team in the semifinals of the European Futball Championship, which is held these days in the Czech Ostrav. The Russians were twice inferior in the expense of the current champions of the continent during the game, but both times Vladislav Shayakhmetov compared the result.

Microsoft announced a replacement of more than 14 million power cords in Xbox game consoles. Experts found that these cords can be spontaneously ignited. Which of the suppliers failed Bill Gates, Microsoft does not admit. The concern took responsibility. Any of the users of prefixes made before October 23, 2003 can order a power cord for free on the website www.xbox.com.

In Nizhny Novgorod on Friday, the UFSB officers detained the assistant governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region Mark Pereverzev.

17 citizens of Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan were expelled from Moldova. According to the administration of the President of Moldova Vladimir Voronin, only 19 citizens of Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan were detained. Two more CIS citizens were detained to clarify "additional circumstances." Citizens of which countries remain in Moldova, the presidential administration did not specify, RIA Novosti reports.

Russian President Vladimir Putin submitted to the Kursk Regional Duma the candidacy of Alexander Mikhailov to give him the powers of the Governor of the Kursk region. According to the press service of the President of Russia, the head of state sent the relevant letter to the chairman of the regional Duma Alexander Anpilov, RIA Novosti reports. Mikhailov is the current governor of the Kursk region.