In Brest, they are preparing for the visit of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who will come to Belarus on Tuesday to participate in a meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Union State. As previously reported, on the eve of the Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko went on a working trip to Venezuela for negotiations with Hugo Chavez.

In Spain, a campaign began against abortion. She passes under the slogan "Here is my life! .. She is in your hands." With the help of this action, the bishop of the Catholic Church of the country intends to tell citizens that unborn children also have the right to live, and provide information about assistance to pregnant women in a difficult situation. In 40 cities of Spain, posters will be placed. In parishes it is planned to distribute 6 million information brochures.

The French car manufacturer Peugeot presented a fundamentally new modification of the PEUGEOT 207 model in a pickup body. The car, called Peugeot 207 Hoggar, was released specifically for the Brazilian market, sales will start on May 15. The carrying capacity of the car characterized by the French brand "dynamic and strong pickup" is 742 kg, the volume of the body is 1,151 liters. The model is equipped with two gasoline motors with a volume of 1.4 and 1.6 liters.

The market for Russian actions on Tuesday played all the losses of Monday against the backdrop of optimism regarding Greece, weakening the dollar, statistics from the USA and news expectations from the US Federal Reserve (Fed) of the United States. According to the results of the auction, the MICEX index rose to 1420.76 points (+1.47%), the RTS index - to 1536.79 points (+1.48%), the prices of the "chips" on exchanges increased by 0.3-4.1%.

The ex-president of the small New York Bank was the first accused of fraud with the means of the American state assistance to the economy-TARP, which is also known as the Polson plan. 59-year-old Charles Antonucci was arrested on Monday and accused of illegally about $ 11 million from the TARP state program (Trubled Asset Relief Program). For 5 years, Antonucci was headed by The Park Avenue Bank, stationed in the Manetten area.

The State Corporation "RUSNANO" will be corporate before the end of this year. About this at a meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, dedicated to the execution of his instructions, said Elvira Nabiullina, Minister of Economic Development. According to her, Rusnano will become the first state corporation to be transformed into a joint -stock company, Fininmarket reports.

The finance ministers of the Eurozone countries have developed a mechanism for the assistance of Greece, which, if necessary, will save the country from default. However, officials believe, this plan will not be needed. The last steps of Greece to reduce budget expenditures allow her to borrow on the market on her own, Interfax reports. The proposed mechanism will be a "coordinated action at the European level", in which all Eurozone countries will take part.

In the village "Rechnik" on Tuesday evening a two -story private house caught fire. The total fire area was 40 square meters, but the extinguishing was complicated by the fact that there were gas cylinders inside, the Echo of Moscow radio station reports. Information about a fire in a two -story private house in the village entered at 20:16 Moscow time.

The media continue to analyze the results of the elections held last Sunday in 72 regions of Russia. According to experts, in fact, nothing in the election procedure has changed, but the system gave a more noble appearance. This time, United Russia lost a part of the votes to the opposition because she did not chase the percentage plan, they explain in the Kremlin.

The leadership of the Russian national team could not agree with rivals in the group of the qualifying tournament of the European 2012 championship in football about the calendar of matches. This was announced today by the press service of the Russian Football Union. On Tuesday, representatives of the six national teams of the group “V” met in Moscow to develop a calendar of matches.

“I will better hire a former drug dealer, a prisoner or pedophile than a former military man,” said 60 -year -old British businessman Karl Winn. According to him, people who, with their silent consent, indulged in the illegal and immoral actions of the British military command, receiving "bloody" money for this, there is no place in his company. The pedophile, at least, can be called liable to the court, the entrepreneur said.

The famous American singer Madonna, working on the film about the abdication of Eduard VIII , turned to the ruling Queen Elizabeth II for help in creating a picture, ITAR-TASS reports. Madonna hopes to get permission from the monarch to rent in the premises of the Royal Palaces, including Buckingham, as well as to receive a number of "tips" regarding the events dating back to December 1936 - the time of the abdication of Uncle Elizabeth II.

Forward “Washington” Alexander Ovechkin for a rough game against the defender of Chicago Brian Campbell is disqualified for two matches of the Championship of the National Hockey League (NHL). In the first period of the Sunday meeting of these teams, Alexander the Great, harshly attacked Campbell, breaking the victim and several ribs. Most likely, the defender "Blackhox" was out of order to the end of the NHL regular championship.

In Chile, there was another powerful earthquake. According to the US Geological Service, its magnitude was 6.7. The epicenter was in the Bi-Bio region, about 350 km south of Santiago. Nevertheless, underground shocks were felt in the Chilean capital, ITAR-TASS notes. RIA Novosti transmits with reference to seismologists that the epicenter of the underground push was also 72 kilometers northwest of the city of ConsePsion, who was seriously affected by the elements at the end of February.

The Russian national team continues to increase the separation from competitors in the dispute for first place in the general team of the Paralympic Games, which are held these days in Vancouver. After three game days, the assets of our delegation are already 15 medals - six gold, six silver and three bronze. The team of Germany (3-2-0) rose to the second place, Canada (2-3-1) to the third, Ukrainians (2-2-3) fell to the fourth position, Austrians (2-0-1) to the fifth.