Gazprom signed agreements on Friday with energy companies in Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia for the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline. According to Interfax , an agreement has been signed with the Bulgarian Energy Holding on cooperation when creating a gas pipeline for transit of natural gas through the territory of Bulgaria. Desfa signed a basic cooperation agreement with the Greek company. Srbijagas also signed an agreement on cooperation with the Serbian company.

The Ukrainian police eliminated the international criminal group, which trained raiding and murders of rebellious businessmen. The gang, the victim of which was the owner of the titanium business, included several dozen people.

A description of the massacre on Tiananmen Square, which was left by the former Secretary General of the Communist Party of China, who refused to suppress the speech of students by force and removed from the post. Zhao Tszyyan , who spent the last 15 years of his life under house arrest, secretly dictated memories on audio cassettes, which were carried out of the house under the guise of notes of children's songs and the Beijing opera.

The theme of "Sects and Human Rights" is devoted to the annual conference of the European Federation of Research and Information Centers and Sectint (Fesris), which is opened today in St. Petersburg. The forum will be held at the Faculty of Law of St. Petersburg State University. The Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation Alexander Konovalov will take part in it, ITAR-TASS reports.

One of the richest people in Russia Mikhail Prokhorov does not exclude the second wave of the crisis and continues to look for opportunities for business development. "Do you like Aivazovsky’s painting“ Ninth Val ”? Here, hang it at home and look at it all day,” Prokhorov told reporters in response to the question of whether the second wave of the crisis will be, Reuters reports.

The Japanese Auto Company Nissan decided on an unexpected project - creating a new version of the popular Murrano SUV - with an open top. Perhaps earlier the audience would have perceived such a statement as a joke, but now it has become clear - a crossover without a roof will be born. The car manufacturer demonstrates the first photos of the 2-door Murano Cabrio with a removable fabric top.

Three of the five ice palaces, which will be built for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, will be dismantled and moved to other Russian regions after the games, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. "In total, Imereti lowlands plan to build five ice palaces. I believe that five ice palaces on the Black Sea is an excess of the Black Sea," Putin said during a dinner with representatives of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). His words are given by RIA Novosti .

In the Moscow Museum. N.K. Roerich from May 18 to 20 will be held "Days of traditional Russian Buddhism." Representatives of Buryatia, Kalmykia and Tuva, as well as followers of the main Buddhist schools, historically common among the peoples of Russia, will take part in this large -scale event. "Buddhism today attracts more and more attention.

The police of the Sverdlovsk region are looking for an insidious sexual maniac, who penetrated the building of the children's hospital and, under the guise of a doctor, corrupted a small patient. The parents of a 5-year-old girl, whom the pedophile arranged a “medical examination”, had already written a statement to the police. However, it was not possible to find a pervert in hot pursuit, reports Rosbalt . Doctors have already been interviewed and everyone who saw the suspect.

The Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation begins to develop a program of individual forecasting the behavior of convicts. For each prisoner, professional psychologists will compose a detailed dossier and give their forecast, which can be expected from the convict, and, accordingly, what kind of restriction of freedom to him can be applied.

The Georgian opposition, which has been holding round -the -clock mass protests in Tbilisi for more than a month demanding the resignation of President Mikhail Saakashvili, freed Kostawa Street on Friday - the city TV industry near the public TV building. The decision to open the street was made as a result of long consultations. They were held on Thursday throughout the day, RIA Novosti reports.

The Polish Catholic priest Xaveria Knotz continues to delight the spouses with methodological literature. His new book is a theological and practical reference book, which is designed to help married couples smooth the irregularities in sexual life.

According to the Ministry of Health and Social Development, from April 30 to May 6, 2009, the number of unemployed citizens amounted to 2.26 million people. The decline was 0.2%, over the previous week the number of unemployed decreased by 0.7%. “There is no information about which the number of registered unemployed was reduced. They could get a job, or go among the economically inactive population.

In the territories of the British mandate in Palestine, and since 1948 in the territory of the proclaimed state of Israel, the principles of Eugenics and selective repatriation have been implemented. Methods such as the belief not to give birth to parents, whose children recorded deviations, termination of pregnancy and the corresponding propaganda campaigns were practiced. More radical steps were also offered: the ban on marriage, the mandatory use of contraceptives, and sterilization.

A large fire at the Yerevan Chemical Plant "NAIRIT" extinguished. The final number of victims are three people, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the adviser to the head of the rescue service at the Emergencies of Armenia, Colonel Nikolai Grigoryan. The fire was preceded by a strong explosion that occurred at about 18:00 local time (17:00 in Moscow). After the explosion, about 20 people with light burns and smoke poisoning turned to the doctors.