The government will soon accept a decree that facilitates the procedure for the transfer of land from one category to another so that they can be used for housing, said the head of the MECHAR Herman Gref in Tomsk. He explained that in accordance with this resolution, the project of which has already been received by the government, compensation for the transfer of land from one category to another is canceled.

The action of the Belarusian opposition “Chernobyl gent”, dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, ended, RIA Novosti reports. The protesters, who, according to various estimates, gathered from 5 to 10 thousand, gathered for a rally at the building of the Academy of Sciences, after which they passed more than 10 kilometers to Bangalor Square. There is a chapel, built in memory of those who died as a result of an accident.

A giant poster with an advertisement for the film “Da Vinci Code” will be removed from the facade of one of the Roman churches, BBC reports. Advertising of the film with the image of Leonardo's canvas “Mona Lisa” and the name of the film will be removed from the facade of the church of St. Pantaleo. A giant poster is entirely covered by a building that is currently being reconstructed.

The head of the Ministry of Industry of the Russian Federation, Viktor Khristenko, believes that when deciding on the development of gas fields in Eastern Siberia, the price of gas should be revised towards the increase, RIA Novosti reports.

Today in Nepal, the leader of Maoists Prachang announced the temporary rejection of the blockade of Kathmandu and several other main cities until Friday, Reuters reports. According to the leader, this is done at the request of the president of Congress Nepal Coirala. On Friday, a meeting of the parliament dissolved four years ago was scheduled. Moreover, the Semipartyan alliance of Nepal unanimously recommended Giriju Pracadacoral to the post of head of the multi -party government.

Last night, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were detained by a suspect of explosions in the Kharkov supermarkets "Yusi" and "Silpo". This was reported in the Center for Public Relations of the Regional Administration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, reports "Gazeta.ru" . As a result of explosions in two Kharkov supermarkets, 14 people were injured, including a child. According to the police, homemade explosive devices worked in cells for storing visitors.

The Russian Foreign Ministry is extremely surprised and outraged by the statements of the Minister of Defense of Georgia Irakli Okhaashvili, RIA Novosti reports. In the Russian Foreign Ministry, the words of Zaashvili regarding the Russian wine market were called unworthy of a thinking politician. According to the deputy head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Grigory Karasin, such statements are, in principle, not to the person responsible thinking politicians.

On Tuesday evening, the names of the laureates of the Radiomania-2006 National Prize became known. The leaders in the overall standings were the Mayak and Mayak-24 radio stations, each of which received three bronze figurines in the form of a microphone. The winner in the nomination "Reporter" was the correspondent of the radio station "Mayak" Ekaterina Nekrasova. In addition, the radio station won the “Information Program” and “Sports Program” nominations.

The head coach of the Russian hockey team Vladimir Krikunov shared the problems that our team had on the eve of the World Cup in Latvia. “It is difficult for us, if only because we cannot collect the strongest composition, and even from the players of the Super League, not to mention the Enhaelovites. For example, we were already officially refused the defender Maxim Kondratiev from the Anaheim - paper came from the club. And he plays now just great: he scored 8 points in the last three matches!

Today, the City Court of St. Petersburg has formed a collegium of jury in the case of the murder of Galina Starovotova, RIA Novosti reports. The first meeting is essentially scheduled for May 16. Consideration of the case of the jury is scheduled in connection with the petition of the defendants Pavel Stekhnovsky and Vyacheslav Lelyavin. The court is considering this case for the second time. Last fall, the court decided to send the case to the prosecutor’s office to eliminate the shortcomings.

A meeting of the Minister of Defense of Member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Russia on which Minister of Defense Sergey Ivanov will represent, will be held in Beijing. The heads of military departments of the SCO member countries will discuss in Beijing issues of international and regional security, determine the tasks of defense departments to counteract international terrorism, extremism and separatism.

Today, the chief sanitary doctor of Russia Gennady Onishchenko, on the air of Radio Mayak, said that there are no grounds for canceling the ban on the import of Georgian and Moldavian wine into Russia, RIA Novosti reports. “Literally, this question is really closed. That is, we forbade the import of products from these two states, and we have no grounds for canceling it, ”Onishchenko said.

A group of researchers under the leadership of Dr. Petrov from the British University of Extra (University of Exter) found that the surface of the tears has a complex structure similar to the cell membrane, according to C-NEWS . During the study, it was found that the surface of the lacrimal fluid is covered with lipids with a hydrophilic head and a hydrophobic tail, similar to those that make up a soap film and cell membrane.

Using the data of the XMM-Newton XMM-Newton, the International Astrophysician Group of the European Space Agency (European Space Agency (ESA) under the leadership of Dr. Frank Haberl) from the Max Institute discovered a neutron star that rotates with a slow prejudice, reports reports Spacedaily . The axes of rotation of neutron stars, also called pulsars, are usually very stable, write C-News .

The Pope Benedict XVI called on the rulers to make every effort to achieve peace. He said about this at the general audience, which took place today on St. Peter Square in Rome, touching the theme of the 20th anniversary of the tragedy in Chernobyl, RIA Novosti reports. "May the Lord send His light to those who are responsible for the fate of mankind, so that, having combined efforts, they put all the energy in the service of serving the world, for the good of man and nature," said the pontiff.