In May, 119,376 new cars and light commercial cars were sold in Russia, which is 58% less than in May last year. In the first five months of 2009, sales amounted to 645,162 pieces, 47% less than in the first five months of 2008. The rate of the fall is growing: in four months the market fell by 44%, in April - by 53%, the newspaper Vedomosti writes with reference to the data of the European Business Association.

A conviction against convicts for the murder of the sculptor Nadezhda Baburina entered into legal force after consideration of the case in the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. On Monday, the highest court of the Russian Federation upheld the verdict of the Moscow City Court, who sentenced the defendants a punishment from seven to 18 years in prison, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the press secretary of the Supreme Court Pavel Odintsov.

An emergency at the food factory in North Carolin: there was an explosion accompanied by a leak of ammonia and the formation of toxic fumes, ITAR-TASS reports. The incident occurred in the town of Garner near the city of Raly. As a result of the explosion, the roof of the Conagra Foods factory partially collapsed. The area of ​​the enterprise reaches 4 thousand 645 square meters. meters. The collapse of the roof provoked a breakthrough of the pipes from which a liquid substance is poured.

The number of bodies of dead people found at the site of the fall of the Air France airline in the Atlantic Ocean increased to 24. This was reported at a press conference in the North-East Brazilian city of Recyfi official representatives of the naval and air forces of the South American country.

The next session of the Collective Security Council of the organization on collective security will be held in Moscow on June 14, 2009. As ITAR-TASS was reported in the Kremlin’s press service, the event will take part in the presidents of Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The main issue is still the execution of an agreement on the creation of collective forces of operational response (Qus).

In Portugal, they continue to worry about the fate of 6-year-old Alexandra Cyclauri, which the Russian mother suited in this country at the end of May. Since the Portuguese guardians saw on TV a report about the life of a girl in their homeland, in which her mother scolds and even hits her, without embarrassing cameras, they lost peace. History excited the whole Portugal.

VTB sold Gazprombank a 100% stake in the Swiss subsidiary - Russische Kommerzial Bank. It is reported by Interfax with reference to the VTB press release. The transaction is approved by the regulatory bodies of Switzerland. The assets of the RussisChe Kommerzial Bank, according to December 31, 2008, amounted to 2.4 billion Swiss francs, loans and other funds provided to customers - 1.8 billion Swiss francs.

Kazan will become a meeting place for leaders of about 140 capitals and cities from 54 member countries of the Islamic Conference (OIK). On June 16, in the capital of Tatarstan, the 27th meeting of the administrative council of the organization of Islamic capitals and cities (OIIG) will open. This was reported to the ITAR-TASS agency by the head of the press service of the city hall Sergey Lobov.

An employee of the Moscow Department of the UPP caused the death of a pedestrian. In the west of Moscow, an employee of the department drove into the oncoming lane, as a result, an accident occurred. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to a source in the capital's law enforcement agencies. The accident occurred at the intersection of Lomonosovsky Prospekt and Lebedev Street. Senior Advisor to Justice drove the Mitsubishi car.

In the Sverdlovsk region, a detained pedophile-killer has already given a confession of the same similar episode of 4 years ago. The maniac was caught literally at the crime scene of the victim’s parents and random passers -by. For a matter of moments before that, the pervert raped and strangled the fifth grader.

State Duma deputy, member of the National Banking Council and the head of the Association of Regional Banks "Russia" Anatoly Aksakov believes that the results of the stress tests of Russian banks conducted by the Bank of Russia must be published. "The Central Bank conducted stress tests, and Gennady Melikyan (the first deputy chairman of the Central Bank - approx. Ed.) Said that the banking system could well withstand any development of events," Aksakov said on Tuesday.

Nobody questioned the relevance of knowledge of a foreign language. But often we say to ourselves that "it is too late to teach", "there is no time", and, recently, "very expensive" has been added. All these excuses lead to the fact that we delay the study of a foreign language in the most distant box of our desk. Let's try to facilitate the study of a foreign language with the help of modern memo-methodics. What is a memo-method of learning a foreign language?

The United States oppose the issue of American journalists detained in the DPRK in conjunction with the nuclear problem of this country. This was stated by the press secretary of the White House Robert Gibbs. The administration of President Obama is convinced that journalists are innocent and should be released as a humanitarian gesture. The liberation of "on humanitarian grounds" continues to seek the American State Department from the DPRK.

In London, on Tuesday, a strike of metro workers begins, which is expected to paralyze the capital for two days, BBC reports. Members of the trade union of employees of railway and sea transport will begin strike at 18:59 local time (21:59 in Moscow). The trade unions went on such a step due to the conflict around wages and abbreviations.

A powerful explosion thundered in the fashionable Pearl Continental Hotel in the Pakistani Peshavar. According to Skynews , at least 11 people were killed. The number of wounded - 52. Doctors note that the mentioned number of victims is not completely, and the list will grow. The building is embraced by fire.