The deputy chief of the customs post on suspicion of bribery was detained at the Moscow Airport of Sheremetyevo, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to Interfax. The 32-year-old customs officer was detained at the time of receipt of $ 1400 “for the unhindered design of goods transported across the border,” the agency was told in the Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Central Federal District.

The Spanish Barcelona is a favorite in the final match of the European Champions League. This conclusion was reached by bookmakers of the authoritative British office of William Hill. Today in Paris a decisive match of the tournament will be held, in which Barcelona will meet with the London Arsenal. The quotes of the bookmaker, published on the official website, are as follows: the victory of Barcelona - 2 to 1, a draw - 2.87 to 1, and the victory of Arsenal is 3.60 to 1.

In Ukraine, a Russian citizen was detained, who was listed on the international wanted list as a customer of the murder of the deputy of the Zarinsky City Duma of the Altai Territory Alexander Gulov, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. As the agency was informed, the wanted person was in Ukraine under a strange surname using a passport of a citizen of Ukraine, drawn up last year in Chernivtsi.

Ksenia Shcherbino 1. Kino-geography This year, Cannes speak with a clear Romanesque accent. According to the ideas of the qualifying commission of the 59th Cannes festival , the most film-flowering countries now-Italy, Australia and Romania, on the heels of which Spain and Mexico step. This is not taking into account the fact that most of the contestants are still French.

Today in St. Petersburg, events will be held dedicated to the memory of the deputy of the State Duma of the second convocation of Galina Starovoitova. On May 17, she would have turned 60 years old. As RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Galina Starovoitova Foundation, commemorative events will begin at noon: friends and close Starovoytova will gather at her grave in the Nikolsky cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, and will be laid flowers and wreaths.

On the referendum on the future state status of Montenegro on May 21, about 3.5 thousand local and foreign observers will be present, RIA Novosti reports. According to the Secretary of the Republican Commission on the holding of the referendum, Milan Radovich, foreign observers represent 22 countries. Among them are representatives of the OSCE, the Council of Europe and the European Union. They will arrive in the capital of Montenegro Podgoritsa until May 19.

Today, the State Duma instructed the commission on parliamentary ethics to evaluate the statements of the deputy from the Communist Party faction Viktor Tyulkin, RIA Novosti reports . The initiators of this order were representatives of the United Russia faction, who considered Tyulkin’s words at a meeting of the lower house on May 12 offensive to their party.

The beginning of the joint program dedicated to the 2006 World Cup in Germany was announced on Tuesday by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA). The campaign “Unit the children of children, unite for the sake of peace” (Unite for Children, Unite for Peace) is aimed at propaganda through sports number one value of collectivism and mutual respect.

The English “Arsenal” in the final of the Champions League at the Stad de France stadium in Paris with the Spanish “Barcelona” led 1-0, playing in the minority. At the 37th minute, Campbell scored his head after Thierry Henry hung from the penalty area on the right flank. In the middle of the first half of Arsenal, goalkeeper Lemann was removed for the “foul of the last hope” against ET'O.

At the Sweden airport, one of the leaders of the Uzbek opposition Mohammed Salikh, the leader of the Eric party, who lived in Norway in the status of a political refugee, was detained today , RIA Novosti reports. Salikh traveled to Norwegian documents. However, the Swedish authorities considered it necessary to detain the Uzbek policy on the basis of a request from the Government of Uzbekistan to Interpol.

Today, in the process in the case of Nurpashi Kulaev, the judge began reading the reasonable part of the sentence, reports Gazeta.Ru. An incident occurred in the courtroom. One of the victims - Irbek Dzutsev began to distribute leaflets in the hall for journalists with the call of "Putin to resign !!!" And personally composed a poem on the other side of the leaflet dedicated to the Beslan tragedy.

American archaeologists have discovered four XVIII British ships off the coast of Rod, one of which could belong to the famous navigator James Kuk. According to scientists, they apparently managed to discover the flooding of the flotilla from 13 ships, which were destroyed by the British in 1778 to block the Newport Bay and that they were not captured by the French, who were allies of America in the war for independence.

On May 23, 2006, the Russian Academy of Public Administration (RAPS) will host a conference “How to become a supplier of RAO UES of Russia.” The purpose of the conference is to provide comprehensive information on the terms of supply of products, services and technologies for enterprises of the RAO UES of Russia Holding.

After the death of the great athlete Konstantin Beskov, football calipers survived another tragedy: on the night of Tuesday on Wednesday, the most devoted fan of the Petersburg “Zenith” Sofya Iosifovna Aranovich died. The cause of the death of a 91-year-old fan was a hemorrhage in the brain. For the first time, Sofya Aranovich was at the football stadium in 1934. For more than 70 years, she did not change her love for football and Zenit.

Hollywood is already accustomed to the fact that the most anticipated premieres do not live up to their expectations. Although Mission 3 was aiming for $118 million in post-premiere box office receipts, Variety reported that it flopped in Germany, grossing only $2.7 million. And on Monday after the first weekend, box office receipts fell by 72%. Nowadays, all bets are on “The Da Vinci Code,” perhaps the most scandalous picture of the year, around which unprecedented hype has been inflated.