On Monday, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called the composition of the new Russian government : he included both liberals and "solid" security officials, the Western press emphasizes. According to newspapers, the ex-president continues to balance between two rival camps, and at the same time creates a new center of power (full text on the website inopressa.ru ). Putin's main task now is to show that the political course will remain the same.

On May 13, the 27th anniversary of the attempt on the Polish pontiff John Paul II (Karol Voitila). Former President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev first writes about the attempt on Voitla and denies any responsibility for "shots on St. Peter's Square." The certificate of the former Kremlin leader is contained in a letter received at the disposal of the La Repubblica newspaper, compiled on Cyrillic, on the Bacchev Foundation, and dates back to 2006.

In the Omsk region, a rapid increase in the number of women in labor from the CIS countries, which do not have Russian citizenship and generic certificates, is recorded. "Moms" arrive in Siberia already in a decent pregnancy and put doctors before the fact. Omsk complains that he suffers financial losses, reports ITAR-TASS.

On Wednesday, the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian parliament will approve the composition of the new government , which will include 21 minister, and 13 of them are newcomers. Four ministerial portfolios went to representatives of the weaker sex.

27 countries of the European Union today gave the "green light" to the beginning of negotiations on a new agreement on strategic partnership with Russia. This happened after Lithuania took off her veto for negotiations between Russia-Es, said the diplomatic source of ITAR-TASS. An agreement on the withdrawal of the Lithuanian veto was reached between Lithuania and Slovenia as the chairman of the EU, but to accept the directive, the consent of all 27 members of the Union was necessary.

Democratic and pro -European Serbia has a new chance, the second since the fall of Slobodan Milosevich in October 2000. The first ended with the murder in 2003 by Prime Minister Zoran Dvinzhich. The second is now presented, after encouraging results of Sunday elections, which brought an unambiguous, but not sufficient victory of the Democratic Party of President Boris Tadich, who received 102 out of 250 seats in parliament.

The man flying from California by the flight of the Jetblue airline was forced to spend more than three hours in a restroom, after the pilot forced him to give way to the stewardess. The “victim” - a resident of the New York district, Manhattan Gohan Matla - flew on a special ticket “for a friend”, an outstanding employee of Jetblue and giving the right to free place on an airplane.

Representatives of "ONEXIMA" and "Interros" confirmed that until May 15, Mikhail Prokhorov will sell 50% of the shares of KM Invest Vladimir Potanin. Prokhorov will buy 27.5% of the shares of Open Investments, a 91% share of the Consent insurance company and a 100% share of the Rosbank Criminal Code. The FAS has already given sanction to make these transactions. Russian entrepreneurs are extremely rarely formalized in the companies owned by their companies.

The Irkutsk Department of the Federal Antimonopoly Service opened a case on the fact of violation by Rosneft of the Law on Protection of Competition, said RIA Novosti, head of the UFAS Valentina Zamorina. According to her, the oil company violated Article 10 of the Federal Law "On Protection of Competition", that is, abused its dominant position during auction bidding that limit competition.

The Commonwealth of Nations (the former British Commonwealth) made a decision on Tuesday to restore Pakistan membership in the ranks of this interstate organization, uniting primarily the former colonies and dominions of the British Empire. The decision entered into force from the moment of his announcement, reports ITAR-TASS.

In the western and central regions of Tuva, 946 hectares are covered by forest fires, more than 8.5 thousand hectares of forests have suffered from the beginning of the fire hazardous season in the republic. In the Baikal region, the area of ​​forest fires over the past day increased one and a half times - to 1323 hectares.

Texas motorists Haydin Anderson and Tom Kennedy finished the creation of one of the most unusual cars on the planet called "Hippopotamobile". This car "Folk Tuners" developed on a very funny order of one of their customers. To amuse people, he wished to turn his new Toyota Rav4 crossover into a hippo. The result was one of the most unusual cars in the world. According to Automotto , the whole car is painted brightly red and resembles real hippo in shape.

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II congratulated the members of the new government and expressed hope for the development of cooperation between the church and the authorities, the site of Patriarchate.ru reports. “At all times, the church lived by the joys and sorrows of its people.

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich does not intend to invest 1.2 billion euros in the development of the resort region of Valdanos in Montenegro. This was announced by the head of the press service of the company Millhouse Capital, managing Abramovich’s assets, John Mann, refuting the information that appeared in the Montenegrin media. “We have no projects in Montenegro,” Mann RIA Novosti reports.

The strongest tennis player in the world Swiss Roger Federer admitted that he would like to carry the flag of his country at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, RIA Novosti reports citing Reuters. “On the day when the official opening ceremony will be held, I will have a birthday. Perhaps I will be trusted once again to carry the Switzerland flag. It would be a great honor for me,” said Federer, who will turn 27 this year.