There are no Russian tourists among the victims of the earthquake in Indonesia , the press secretary of the Federal Tourism Agency (Rosturism) Sergei Sinitsyn said on Monday of Interfax. He noted that the earthquake occurred in areas that do not belong to traditional tourist recreation areas. In these areas, according to Sinitsyn, they organized brief excursions.

In the UK, the company proposed to release knives with the logo of the Causton Junior School in Suffolka. This proposal was received only 6 days after the 15-year-old schoolboy Kiyan Prince was stabbed on the street in London. School leaders say that they were concerned about such a strange offer. The company accompanied its proposal with a knife sending with a pink -colored handle, on which the name of the school was engraved.

The Nikolaev Regional Council decided to grant the Russian language regional status in the territory of this Ukrainian region. According to the press service of the Nikolaev regional administration, such a decision was made at the second session of the regional council of the fifth convocation on May 26, Interfax reports.

After the start of the military operation in Iraq, the number of deserters in the British Armed Forces tripled, reports The Daily Telegraph . Since 2003, the number of deserters has exceeded 900 people, and it continues to grow. Referring to the data of the Ministry of Defense, the newspaper notes that in 2002 there were 118 deserters, and in 2005 -377, and yet 189 of them have not returned to the service. The Ministry does not report the causes of the disappearance of these people.

The Russian nuclear icebreaker Yamal, having completed the evacuation of the drifting scientific station North Polyus-34 , which worked in the Northern Arctic Ocean for more than eight months, today at 12.00 Moscow time headed south to the banks of Russia. It is expected that polar explorers will arrive in Murmansk on June 5.

The spiritual leaders of the Russian Buddhists can ignore participation in the summit of world religions, which will be held on July 4-5, 2006 in Moscow. This was reported to the "independent newspaper" by the chandzhin-lam of the Republic of Kalmykia Talo Tulka Rinpoche.

In Moscow, the BMW driver caused bodily injuries to the inspector of the traffic service. The incident occurred in the evening of May 26 opposite the house N38 on Kutuzovsky Prospekt. According to RBC in the law enforcement agencies of the capital, a traffic police officer, a 37-year-old police captain, stopped the BMW-735 car with a state license plate of the MR series. The BMW driver followed the dividing strip, thus violating the rules of the road.

The Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation approved the average per square meter of housing in the Russian Federation to calculate the size of subsidies in the second quarter of 2006 - it amounted to 13740 rubles per square meter. The minimum cost of a square meter of total area was approved on Chukotka - 8050 rubles, and the maximum in Moscow (25100 rubles), the order of the ministry, a copy of which is located "Interfax".

In the Tver region, the 8th Volzhsky procession began. This year it is dedicated to the fight against drunkenness under the motto - "the Church, together with the authorities, entrepreneurs and the whole society - for sobriety." The procession will last two weeks. In the center of the rite is the icon of the Mother of God "Inexhaustible Chalice". It is believed that it has miraculous power and heals people from this ailment.

Trade Minister Donald Evans has the greatest chances to take the post of US Minister of Finance, reports The Wall Street Journal with reference to the sources in the administration. For a long time there were only rumors about John Snow's resignation. According to the sources in the White House administration, Snow hinted that he intended to go to the private sector. Last week, George Bush said he hears about it for the first time.

The apartments in Moscow for a week from May 22 to 29 went up by another 1.8%, a square meter on average costs $ 3279 (excluding the proposals of elite housing), reports IRN.ru. With every new week, held after the May holidays, the situation in the Moscow real estate market is becoming more and more specific. The increase in the housing value index is very close to the indicators of the previous weeks.

The Georgian parliament intends to adopt a bill after the future week prohibiting former leaders and agents of the KGB to participate in political activities.

Finland may present the territorial claims of Russia. The heirs of the Finns, immigrants from Karelia, intend to demand from Russia the return of the territories of Karelia and the Karelian Isthmus that had gone to the Soviet Union in 1944.

The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia, the USA, Eurotroy and China are ready to guarantee Tehran the right to develop peaceful nuclear energy in the event that Iran answers the Magate questions that arose earlier, Interfax reports. At a meeting of the Bureau and the Perseen -Star Commission on Monday in Moscow, Lavrov noted that Russia supports the efforts of Eurotroki to create conditions for the resumption of the negotiation process.

The archive of the Russian philosopher of the 20th century Ivan Ilyin was delivered to Russia from the United States. These papers were bought by Russian entrepreneur Victor Vekselberg, who had previously brought Faberge eggs to Russia . It is noteworthy that the words of the philosopher Ilyin quoted on May 10 in his annual message, Russian President Vladimir Putin.