The decision of the Estonian government to dismantle the monument to the Soviet soldiers-liberators in the center of Tallinn insults the memory of those who sacrificed their lives in the fight against the human-infinitive ideas of fascism, according to the Moscow Patriarchate . “In my opinion, this is a new barbarism, and not at all the restoration of historical justice,” said Archpriest Mikhail Dudko, secretary in the interfax agency Interfax to the Interfax agency and society.

Chairman of the Federation Council Sergey Mironov headed the Board of Trustees of the National Development Fund for Badminton of Russia. According to the press service of the National Badminton Federation , Mironov made such a decision after a meeting with the leaders of the international (BWF) and domestic (NFBR) Badminton federations.

The president and founder of the Hermitage Capital Management investment company William Brauder raised $ 625 million for a new investment fund, which will work in South Africa, in the Middle East and Asia, Interfax reports with reference to The Financial Times . Since November 2005, Brower has been denied entry into the territory of Russia, where he has been managing about $ 3.5 billion in the stock market.

The size of foreign assets of Russian investors reached $ 250 billion, reports the Austrian Die Presse . The Aerlikon Swiss concern of the Malev and Swiss concern of Oerlikon has the same thing in common: each of them has a Russian billionaire among large shareholders. And soon the ALITALIA and the Austrian construction concern Strabag can join them, in which Oleg Deripaska buys a share. The Western European economy attracts the attention of Russian "shoplists".

The Federation Council on Friday rejected amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation aimed at increasing the terms of investigative bodies of inquiry. According to them, the overall period of the inquiry was supposed to increase from 20 to 30 days and from 10 to 30 days - the possibility of extending this period to prosecutors.

The President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov signed an order according to which the Minister of Roads and Roads of Turkmenistan Ashyrgeldy Zamanov is deprived of a monthly salary for smoking in a public place. This was reported on Friday in the evening official television news of Turkmenistan. The minister violated the decree "On the ban on smoking", which was still issued by the former President of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov, the decree since 2000, ITAR-TASS notes.

Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov signed a decree on serial production of cars that use alternative fuel, such as dimethyl embosses, Interfax was told on Friday in the city administration. "By the end of the second quarter of 2007, the Moscow government will make proposals for organizing serial production and stimulating the use of automobile equipment on alternative fuel types," the agency’s interlocutor said.

After the mass riots that had passed last night in Tallinn , the protection of the Estonian Embassy building was strengthened in Riga, BNS was informed in the Latvia State Police. They noted that "the protection of the Estonian embassy was increased to prevent possible attacks of radicals." In addition, the protection of the Russian Embassy is strengthened.

On Friday in the Russian capital and Mytishchi near Moscow, the 71st world hockey championship with washer starts. In the first match of the Ice Tsredishchi ice, the US and Austria teams will be released at 16:15 Moscow time, and the Russian team will begin its starting duel against the Danes on the same day at 20:55. At the initial stage of the tournament, all 16 participating teams are divided into four groups: A Sweden, Switzerland, Latvia, Italy B. Czech Republic, USA, Belarus, Austria C.

With the onset of the evening in the capital of Estonia, riots begin again. Crowds of Russian -speaking young people and Estonians gathered this time not at the mass grave at the Tynismagi, completely cordoned off by the police and barriers, but closer to the city center. Closer to the night, the riots flashed on Freedom Square in the center of Tallinn. According to RIA Novosti , about 200-300 people gathered in the square, mainly young people.

The Chairman of the Palestinian Administration, Mahmoud Abbas, said that the authorities of autonomy know where the abducted airborne journalist Alan Johnston is located and who is behind his abduction, reports Newsru Israel . Recall, on March 12, journalist was abducted by people in masks. Since then, nothing is known about his fate, no matter how certainly the kidnappers or their goal are known.

The official magazine of the St. Petersburg and Ladoga diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church "Living Water" will be the main Christian publication available to all in the northern capital. " The responsible editor of the publication, the head of the diocesan publishing department, Archpriest Alexander Sorokin, spoke about updating the concept of the magazine , the Blagovers-info agency. Until 2006, the official periodical of the St. Petersburg diocese was called the "St.

The leader of the opposition United Front "Felix Kulov," Felix Kulov, announced his readiness to voluntarily come to the State Committee of National Security (GKNB) and suggests that he be taken into custody. “The only thing Bakiev (president of Kyrgyzstan) achieves is my isolation. I propose to arrest me, and let the rest,” Kulov said at a press conference on Friday. “How to keep one hundred innocent, it is better to keep one innocent.

A meeting of the Russia-NATO Council on May 10 in Brussels will be the start of new negotiations on the future fate of the Treaty on ordinary Armed Forces ( DOVS ). The Russian Ministry of Defense is ready for these negotiations. This, according to Interfax, told reporters on Friday to the chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Army General Yuri Baluevsky.

OJSC "Russian Machines", controlled by the Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska, intends to purchase the Daewoo Automobile Romania plant. Industry experts do not understand why the “Russian machines” of the production of cars and gasoline engines, and believe that the businessman will involve a partner’s competition. They may become a controlled Rosoboronexport "AvtoVAZ", the Kommersant newspaper writes on Friday.