The Khamovnican Court of Moscow refused to satisfy a civil lawsuit to protect the business reputation of the State Tretyakov Gallery to the Minister of Culture and Mass Communications Alexander Sokolov. The Tretyakovka demanded to punish the Minister for the fact that in his statements about the exhibition "Social Arts. Political Art from Russia" Sokolov accused the gallery of corruption.

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According to the record of baptism, the great German physicist Max Planck, the founder of quantum theory, was actually called Marx Planck. Such a discovery was made by journalist Karl Dahmen, looking at books in the church archive of the city of Kile. Marx is the transcription of the Latin name Marcus once common in Germany. Record about the baptism of Marx Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck in the Church of St.

From May 1, part of the fuel to industrial enterprises of Ukraine will begin to supply the daughter of a Russian gas monopolist - Gazprom STITARY LLC. The National Commission of the Electric power of Ukraine (NKRE) decided to issue Gazprom Stsht Ukraine a 5-year license for the supply of natural gas-7.5 billion cubic meters per year. This is 10% of the Ukrainian gas market. The rest of the gas will be sold by Naftogaz of Ukraine.

The decision to unite the Communist Party and Fair Russia at the level of party leadership was not adopted and will not be accepted, the chairman of the Parliamentary faction of SP in the State Duma Nikolai Levichv said on Thursday. Earlier, the “Independent Gazeta” reported that “Fair Russia” intends to discuss the issue of merging the party with the Communists at the opening party of the party.

The UN temporarily suspended the supply of humanitarian aid to Palestinian refugees in the gas sector due to the Israeli blockade, BBC reports. As a result, 650 thousand people will remain without the help of the UN. After the Palestinians' attacks on the checkpoints on the border of the Gaza sector, Israel blocked them and suspended the supply of fuel.

Today, open auctions for the sale of shares of sales companies were held - Samaraenergo OJSC and Ulyanovskenergo OJSC owned by RAO UES of Russia.

Sergey Markedonov A new intrigue was born in the parliamentary election campaign in Georgia (the elections will be held on the eve of Independence Day, May 21, 2008). One of the symbols of the Georgian “Rose Revolution” of 2003 and the long -term speaker of the Nino Nino Burdzhanadze said her readiness to resign. And not only about leaving the official state post, but also about the termination of political activity.

The group of Hamas intends to announce to Egyptian intermediaries about the readiness to accept the conditions of a truce with Israel, reports Reuters with reference to information from sources close to negotiations. The source’s report says: “Hamas is ready to declare a truce in the gas sector and on the western coast, but first the agreement will enter into force in the gas sector, and then, through the agreed period of time, will spread to the territory of the western shore.”

The next stage of the Otkinsky summer Olympics of the 2008 Fire is held in Australia in the capital of the country-Kanberre, reports Radio Liberty . Enhanced security measures have been introduced in the capital. Before the start, the police detained two people. At different stages, the relay groups of the demonstrators protest against the policy of the Chinese authorities in Tibet.

Today, the Duma Committee on Property recommended for the adoption in the first reading the bill "On Amending Article 68 of the Federal Law" On Joint -Stock Companies ". This amendment is aimed at strengthening the corporate management system of joint -stock companies, the deputy chairman of the Committee on Property Yevgeny Bogomolny.

The UN Security Council at a closed meeting in New York did not make any decisions regarding the situation with Russia, Georgia and unrecognized republics. However, the four countries - the USA, Great Britain, Germany and France - outside the UN framework adopted a joint communique, in which they expressed concern about the recent decision of Russia to provide “subject assistance” to the population of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

The Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation opened five criminal cases against senior officials of the Government of the Amur Region, Rosbalt reports.

The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision (Rosselkhoznadzor) introduces temporary restrictions on the supply of meat products from a number of foreign enterprises, RBC reports.