Stalin was and remained one of the most closed leaders of the party and the state. He carefully made sure that his biography was canonical in nature, and genuine facts were hidden. “ Komsomolskaya Pravda ” publishes the large material of Olga Kuchkina “ Stalin's Women ”, designed to eliminate gaps in our knowledge about the personal life of the dictator. When Stalin's wife, Nadezhda Alliluyeva, shot himself, the six -year -old daughter Svetlana remained his beloved woman. He called her mistress.

On the eve of April 12, the 45th anniversary of man’s flight into space, Channel One presented a four-part film, “Battle for Space,” in collaboration with the BBC. You can, of course, take this creation apart “to its bones.” The surroundings are reproduced very roughly - but who will notice?

** Government of the Russian Federation ** Prime Minister M. Fradkov held a meeting with members of the Council of the Public Chamber (OP) of the Russian Federation, at which the secretary of OP E. Verekhov said that ... On April 14-15, the first meeting of the OP is planned, during which it is planned to consider issues of tolerance and the fight against extremism, xenophobia and fascism. ...

Today, the investigation in the case of foreign travelers of British Karl Bushby and American Dimitry Kifer, detained on Chukotka for illegally crossing the border, ended, Radio Liberty reports The case file was transferred to the court, the detainees are facing an administrative fine of up to two thousand rubles. The issue of a possible expulsion from Russia will also be resolved. The court will take place tomorrow in the village of Lavrenty.

Against the backdrop of a record increase in world oil prices, which in recent days exceed $ 69 per barrel in the last days, experts of Brokerkreditsyervis believe that this year the market can see the levels of $ 90-100 per barrel. In their opinion, this will happen if the United States still decides on a military operation against Iran. Prices are growing confidently, fueled by political news and an increase in international tension around Iran.

An accident involving a car of the Governor of the Novosibirsk Region Viktor Tolokonsky occurred last Tuesday in Novosibirsk, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to Interfax. According to the law enforcement agencies of the region, in the afternoon, while driving along the Berdsky highway, a car drove off to the strip in front of the governor's motorcade. As a result, the escort car collided with a sharply braked in front.

The prosecutor's office of the Voronezh region accepted for consideration a criminal case of the murder of a native of Vietnam Chan Ngok Binya, who is a Russian citizen, RIA Novosti reports. Only now it became known that the Vietnamese died on April 9 in the hospital after he was attacked on April 6 in the city of Ostrogozhsk, Voronezh region. The prosecutor's office opened a criminal case under Article 111, part 4 (causing serious bodily harm that resulted in death).

Most people who use search engines on the Internet expect to find what they are interested in on the first search page. Mostly, people do not turn over three pages of results, and if they do not find the necessary links, they reformulate a request, according to a new sociological study conducted by Jupiter Research and the IPROSPECT marketing company.

In Japan, at the processing factory for the waste fuel of nuclear power plants in the town of Roccas Northern Aomory Prefecture, 40 liters of liquid, containing one gram of plutonium, 260 grams of uranium and other radioactive elements, took a leak. This was announced today by the representative of Japan Nuclear Fuel LTD, RIA Novosti reports.

As a result of the breakthrough of the heating main on the Danilovskaya embankment on the eve of, April 11, wastewater got into the Moscow River, the press service of the Ministry of Natural Resources reports. The accident occurred on Danilovskaya embankment near the house number 8, where, due to the failure of the soil, the pipe of the city collector of wastewater burst, and part of the drain fell through the storm sewer to Moscow-River.

The licensed company of the SCH has acquired all the rights to use the image and the name of the legendary boxer Mohammed Ali, the Air Force reports. SCH will also receive a share in existing licenses for the use of the name Mohammed Ali. The company created the new company Greatest of All Time (great for all times), for business operations named Mohammed Ali. The boxer's family will receive a 20 percent share in the company, the remaining 80% will move off. The deal cost $ 50 million.

The Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, Felix Kulov, stated about today's attack on the human rights activist and politician of Kyrgyzstan Edil Baysalov that the "political nature of this attempt is without a doubt." Baysalov is the leader of the coalition of non -governmental organizations “For Democracy and Civil Society”. Recently, he made a number of sharp statements about attempts to come into criminal authorities into the authorities of Kyrgyzstan.

Madonna’s concerts, which will be held as part of her world tour "Confessions on a Dancefloor", are practically sold out, BBC reports. The world tour, which will begin on May 21, will be held in many large European and American cities, including Paris, Amsterdam, Las Vegas, San Jose, etc. All tickets for concerts were sold, including London performances at the Wembley stadium.

The Office "K" of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia arrested the warehouse of the network merchant by the Electric power of the company "Technola". We are talking about one of the key warehouse complexes in the size of 18 thousand cubic meters, which is located in the White Dachi area in the village of Kotelniki at Yaninichkin’s passage, house 3.

The Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK approved the budget for 2006, RIA Novosti reports, citing the Kyodo agency. The report of the deputy prime minister of the country of RO Du CHOLL, transferred by the Central Telegraph Agency of North Korea, says that compared to 2005, gross national income is planned to increase by 7.1%, and total expenses will increase by 3.5%. The costs of the military sphere are supposed to be left at 15.9%, and increase financial investments in agriculture to 12.2%.