Two weeks after the film "Iron Man" raised $ 99 million at the US Premier Highway, the fantasy of Narnia: Prince Caspian , Reuters reports to record fees. Representatives of the film industry expect that the sequel will earn $ 85 million in the first three days of rental. The first part of the “Chronicle” - “Leo, the Sorceress and the Magic Cabinet” during the premiere days brought its creators $ 65.6 million, and the total fees of the film amounted to $ 292 million.

The FSB of Russia announced the suppression of the activities of the Georgian special services agent in the Southern Federal District. Exposed agent - Russian citizen Ramzan Turkoshvili. He testified that he worked for the Georgian special services, Interfax reports with reference to a source in the FSB. A little later, the FSB said: during the operation it turned out that the activities of terrorist groups in the North Caucasus were coordinated from Georgia.

The Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office of St. Petersburg completed the investigation of the case of the leader of the city branch of Yabloko Maxim Reznik, accused of resistance and insulting a representative of the authorities. “The investigation has been completed, the accused gets acquainted with the case file,” the head of the SCP of the city Andrei Lavrenko told Interfax on Friday. At the same time, he found it difficult to name the terms of transferring the case to court.

The European Union proposed to sign an agreement on cooperation with Moldova in exchange for the previous document, the term of which expired this spring, said on Friday the chairman of the Moldova Parliament Marian Lupa at a press conference following a visit to Brussels, Interfax reports.

Graduates of Russian schools on Friday will take the first single state exam (exam) at the choice. 11-graders will show their knowledge in a foreign language and computer science. The exam will begin at 10 am local time. To answer correctly to all test questions, two hours 22 minutes were released. The use of both Anglo-Russian and Russian-English dictionaries during the exam is prohibited.

The duties of the Governor of the Primorsky Territory instead of Sergei Darkin, hospitalized after a search in his house, is temporarily performed by Alexander Kostenko. He takes part in the meeting on the development of the concept of strategy for socio-economic development of Russia and the subjects of the Far Eastern Federal District until 2020.

The native of Nigeria bought a baby in her homeland only in order to stay in the municipal house, the place in which she was provided by the London authorities, writes The Daily Mail . The 40-year-old Pis Sandberg threatens to imprisonment on charges of illegal transportation of a three-month-old boy in the UK. The other day, the court heard the case materials that say how she went to Nigeria to pick up the baby, immediately the field of how she was sent a notification of eviction.

The Guild of the Actors of the screen (SAG) and large Hollywood studios will return to the negotiations on the new labor contract on May 28. Recall, a week ago, due to the disagreements that arose, negotiations were interrupted, reports Rueters. After the resumption of negotiations, the parties will remain a little more than a month to sign the contract before the validity of the current agreement expires with 120 thousand members of the acting union.

On Friday in Vladivostok, election campaigning to elections to the mayors of the city, which will be held on May 18, is completed. To date, four candidates for the post of mayor are left - the night before, the candidate from the LDPR Alexander Baranov appealed to Gorizbirk with a statement to withdraw his candidate for "health status", ITAR -TASS reports. On Friday morning, members of the commission satisfied the request of the candidate and excluded him from the list of candidates.

Residents of the Sverdlovsk House of Unions are in a hurry to vacate the premises. Will the building soon turn into the residence of the President of Russia? however, only for the duration of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in 2009, writes Arguments and Facts . A gift for the elected president of the country is really good. The House of Unions in Yekaterinburg is considered one of the most presentable houses with a historical past.

The foreign press continues to talk about what should be expected from the presidential super -part - Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev. According to The Wall Street Journal , the relationship between these two is definitely close, but also mysterious, noted by secrecy, creating the ground for various conflicting interpretations. Experts and ordinary Russians are obsessed with whether the former and current presidents of the country will be able to get along with each other.

The agreement on the construction of an ultra-modern building in the very center of Riga for the Latvian National Library was signed on Thursday, May 15, in Riga, the project implementers, the state agency Jaunie Tris Brali, told RIA Novosti . According to agency representatives, the cost of constructing an ultra-modern building in the very center of the Latvian capital will cost the state budget 135 million lats ($280 million). The project should be completed by 2012.

In the Moscow Patriarchate, they hope that the Penza recluses, who today left the dugout and went outside, rethink what happened to them and return to the bosom of Orthodoxy . “You can be glad that people who voluntarily shut themselves in a cave are returning to ordinary human life.

Runny newtons have never been welcome guests at construction sites in Europe, the Daily Mail states. Modest amphibians can disrupt the plans of any developer, because they are guarded by the law on the wild, according to which animals cannot be caught, killed or somehow otherwise disturb their colonies. Typically, developers have to relocate newtons at their own expense, which costs them hundreds of thousands.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, on a visit to Russia, met on Thursday in Moscow with the leader of the United Civil Front (OGF) Harry Kasparov, reports on Friday DW-World . According to DPA , the meeting took place in one of the capital's hotels, and during the conversation Kasparov spoke out for the unification of opposition forces after the recent change of president in Russia.