Yukos was denied recovery with NPC Sakaniftegaz OJSC 1.242 billion rubles. This decision was made by the Moscow Arbitration Court on Monday. It is motivated by the fact that in parallel in the Arbitration Court of the Republic of Sakha Yakutia, the claims of one of the shareholders of Sakanftegaz, Nafta -Trans, are considered, to invalidate loan agreements for which the company's debt to Yukos is 1.242 billion rubles.

A resident of the South Israeli city of Deero was killed, two local residents were wounded as a result of another missile shelling committed by Palestinian militants from the Gaza sector, ITAR-TASS reports. Recall that these shelling has been going on since last week . However, the victims in this series of shelling have still been avoided. The homemade rocket "Kassam" exploded in the parking lot near the shopping center.

Twenty women were killed and four were injured as a result of an accident involving a tractor in the Northern Chinese province of Liaonin. A three -wheeled tractor with a trailer, transporting women who returned from work on the collection of herbs, lost control and rolled over on a mountain road, reports Newsru.ua . Other details of the incident are not yet known. Roads in China are considered one of the most dangerous in the world.

Syria agreed to supply Iran at least 10 out of 50 air defense systems, which Damascus is now burying in Russia. This was reported by the Israeli edition of Ha'Aretz with reference to Reuters. Journalists received this information from an anonymous source close to the negotiation process.

Employees of the metropolitan police established and put on the wanted list a murder suspect, which was committed at the end of April 2007 in the Piroga cafe located in the center of the capital. According to RIA Novosti in the information department of the capital's Central Internal Affairs Directorate, the 28-year-old native of the city of Grozny Amirkhan Gireyev turned out to be suspected.

Information about the possible attempt on Valentina Matvienko may mean the beginning of the Valentin Great operation to nominate the St. Petersburg governor in candidates for the president of Russia. The newspaper New Izvestia writes about this on Monday, and the site "Headings.ru" quotes the most interesting quotes from articles on this topic.

This weekend, 79-year-old actor Vyacheslav Tikhonov was hospitalized in one of the capital's hospitals, unsuccessfully falling in his country house, where the actor now lives alone. On Saturday night, he stumbled in the house and fell unsuccessfully, while he hit hard. Despite the fact that the pains were very strong, the injured actor only called his wife Tamara Ivanovna in the morning. She immediately called an ambulance to her husband.

In Kosovo and Serbia, Russia's decision to vote in the UN on the status of the region and fear a new war are waiting for Russian decisions. Russia has repeatedly emphasized that it will only support the decision that will suit Serbia, which does not agree to the Branch of Kosovo. Russia can impose a veto when voting at the UN, which can lead to a new war, according to the Observer (full text on the website inopressa.ru ).

The General Director of the Chinese Grand Prix for Auto Raders in the Formula 1 class 1, Yu Zhifay, was dismissed due to accusations of corruption. According to ITAR-TASS, citing the Shanghai Daily newspaper, a sports official used the Grand Prix funds to improve his own welfare-buying housing and committing other "illegal acts".

The head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos, Garepin II, cordially congratulated the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II "on a historical event" - with the restoration of the unity of the Russian Orthodox Church (Russian Orthodox Church). This was reported to the ITAR-TASS agency today in the press of the pioneers of the Armenian Church.

Israeli aviation inflicted on Sunday evening and early on Monday morning a series of new air strikes at the alleged objects of Palestinian radicals in the gas sector. As a result of a new shelling, one Palestinian died and 5 were injured. According to the Palestinian side, the blow was inflicted at night at the brick factory in the eastern part of the city. The deceased is the worker.

The State Duma building needs to be transferred for the Moscow Ring Road to solve the problems of traffic jams in Moscow. Such a proposal was announced today at a press conference as the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) Vladimir Zhirinovsky. "It is necessary to unload the city center, transfer shops and offices to the outskirts. The same State Duma: for 14 years we have been moving to a new building, but it will not be built in any way," Zhirinovsky noted.

The next election of the new President of Israel will be held on June 13, the deadline for the official nomination of candidates ends on June 3. The corresponding decision was made today by the Presidium of the Knesset. The favorite of the presidential race is 83-year-old Shimon Perez, Deputy Prime Minister and Nobel Laureate.

Iran protests against the show of Persepolis, which is part of the competition program of the Cannes Festival . A letter with a protest was sent to the French embassy in Tehran by Iran Farabi Foundation, a government organization engaged in the organization of festivals, AP reports with reference to the ISNA agency.

In Tyumen, the case was sent to the court against the teacher of the Polytechnic College, who took 400-500 rubles from students for good grades. According to the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation, the English teacher, German Merkulov, for a modest monetary reward, issued students to test grades on their subject without actual passing exams.