The on the eve of the temporarily acting chief of the Moscow Military District, Major General Alexander Ivanov, there is very little chance of taking this position on an ongoing basis. According to the Kommersant newspaper, the obstacle can become both its pre -retirement age, and the fact that Ivanov was involved in the scandal with the "disagreed" , when he recommended that the universities expel politically unreliable students on behalf of the Main Directorate of Moscow.

The large anti -submarine ship Admiral Panteleev cannot attach 29 captured Somali pirates. The situation is so hopeless in diplomatic and legal terms that they can be sent to Russia for the court, the press claims. The fact is that Russia does not have a contract with the countries of the region on the transfer of persons suspected of piracy. Such an agreement has, for example, the UK and the USA with Kenia.

The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation officially stated that it was not ready to make decisions on the fate of the leadership of the Vakhtangov Theater, whose troupe was divided into supporters and opponents of the current artistic director - Rimas Tuminas. As stated in the statement published on the website of the agency "should be respected by both Vakhtang traditions, a wonderful theater school, and labor legislation.

Yaroslavl Lokomotiv signed a contract with the Slovak striker Richard Zednik, who spoke last season for the Club of the National Hockey League (NHL) Florida Pantors. This information is also confirmed on the official website of the Yaroslavl Club . The employment agreement with the 33-year striker was concluded for a period of two years.

Sberbank of the Russian Federation and LLC Sberbank Capital announced the completion of the competition for the provision of services for the sale of apartments and machinery at the IFC "City of the Capital". The right to exclusive sales was received by Capital Group, Interfax reports.

NASA, most likely, is still abandoning plans to create a base on the Moon - the emphasis will be placed on organizing expeditions to Mars and on asteroids. This statement was made on Wednesday to lawmakers, the current head of the US National Aerospace Agency Chris Skolese, Inopressa.ru reports with reference to the New Scientist .

In Moscow, the first results of the investigation of the loud murder of the French winemaker and his family became known. As it turned out, a brigade of workers from Central Asia, who worked as a floor above the victim’s apartment, made a brutal reprisal. The criminals acted in cold blood, killing victims in front of a related businessman.

President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev called NATO plans for military exercises in Georgia by "frank provocation" and assigned responsibility for possible negative consequences on those who arranged them. NATO’s teachings in Georgia, “no matter how they try to convince us of the opposite, are a frank provocation,” said the head of the Russian state after signing in Moscow bilateral agreements with Abkhazia and Southern Ossetia.

A year after the arrest in Thailand, the "weapons baron" Viktor Buta appeared in his case another witness. On Wednesday, the judge introduced to the materials of the criminal case the testimony of the American businessman Richard Chichaki, whose name is mentioned in almost all documents of the prosecution. At the same time, Chichakas will testify in favor of the Russian. Chichakley claims that the persecution of Bout by the American authorities is political in nature, Kommersant writes.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and the metropolitan prosecutor’s office are conducted in the Moscow police of inspections, according to the results of which new resignations can occur.

The head coach of St. Petersburg Zenit Dick Lawyer on Monday met with the head of the Royal Football Union of Belgium Francois de Cersmaker and discussed with him the opportunity to work with the national team of this country. “On Monday, I really met with a Kersmaker in a restaurant near the Hague. It was a simple informal conversation,” the lawyer confirmed in an interview with the newspaper Sport -Express .

Vatican museums will open their doors to visitors on Sunday, May 10, and donate all the revenue from the sale of tickets and souvenirs to the Fund for Assistance to the Earthquakes in Italy. Usually Sunday is a day off in Vatican museums, except for the last Sunday of the month, when the entrance to the museums is free, the Blagovet -Info reports with reference to the Zenit agency. The decision was made by the treasure of the city-state Vatican at the proposal of the museum leadership.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who arrived on Thursday with a working trip to Astrakhan, showed dilapidated and emergency housing. He personally examined wooden barracks on the streets of the Central District, in many of which the Astrakhan still continue to live. In particular, Putin was shown one of the "attractions" of the city - the so -called "Pisani Tower", which is a strongly tilted two -story wooden building.

For the first time, the auto -pions managed to recall the new crossover of the German BMW car company without camouflage. The compact X1 of the 2010 model year fell into the lenses of cameras during the shooting of the commercial, reports WorldCarfans . The BMW X1 concept was shown last year as part of the Paris Motor Show. The serial version of the crossover externally differs from the prototype only by a slightly altered grille of the radiator with chrome elements.

The Federal Financial Markets Service (FSFR) published the summary of non -state pension funds for 2008. It follows from it that most of the largest funds in a crisis situation not only retained the volume of pension reserves, but also increased it.