The crisis changes the alignment of forces in the Russian tobacco market, writes Vedomosti. Philip Morri, a long leader of the Russian market, in the first quarter lost to the Japanese competitor - JTI. The share of JTI in monetary terms increased to 33.4%, and Philip Morris was 31.1%. Against the background of the crisis, there is a displacement of demand towards inexpensive cigarettes.

Polit.ru The most interesting event of socio-political life was a media event. Namely - the opening of the site elephant.ru . Everything is simple: there is a socio-political situation, to which the socio-political forces themselves came, so the media, which, to one degree or another, followed the forces. All of them are currently at a certain point of the historical process. They see a little development options, because they are rooted in the current frame. Because - inertia.

Rebekah Frumkin In the article in the newspaper Vedomosti of July 23, 2008, dedicated to the prospects of higher education in Russia, the rector of the Tower, Professor Yaroslav Kuzminov, shared his impression that once struck him. It concerns the system of higher education in France: “ No entrance exams. Each of a high school certificate can simply be signed up at the university . ” And this is true.

One of the richest people in Russia Mikhail Prokhorov received a residence permit in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Formally, he became a resident of the village of nonsense in the North-Yenisei district, the representative of the ONEXIM group, Prokhorov, told Reuters . “I believe that now in a crisis it is especially important for the business to pay taxes.

According to the Associated Press , the Pentagon Head Robert Gates said that, from his point of view, Guantanamo is “one of the most modern and best prisons in the world.” At the same time, "she became a spot on the reputation of the United States." Gates emphasized that the Obama administration “has no other choice but to close the Guantanamo prison,” since “its very name is already discrediting the anti -terrorist policy of the White House.” Recall that the closure of Guantanamo was one of

The verdict of the Grandmother's District Court, Moscow, entered into legal force, the 29-year-old Muscovites Natalia Kororeva, guilty of committing a crime under Part 3 of Art. 204 of the Criminal Code of Russia (commercial bribery, that is, the illegal receipt by a person performing managerial functions in a commercial organization, money for performing actions in the interests of the gives in connection with this person).

The US Senate approved the bill on the allocation of $ 91.3 billion for hostilities in Afghanistan and Iraq. “For” 86 senators spoke, “against” - three. Now the Senate and the House of Representatives, which previously decided to allocate $ 96.7 billion for the same goals, must come to a common denominator, after which the bill will be sent to the president of the country and gain the status of the law, reports Reuters .

The United States transferred to Georgia the next tranche of $ 55.3 million from the total billionth financial assistance. This was announced by John Teft Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Georgia. “This assistance will enable Georgia to rehabilitate the economy ... to carry out measures to stimulate the economy, improve the investment environment, strengthen energy security, the construction of democracy ... assistance will be assisted, infrastructure was updated ...”, the midday explained.

The investigating authorities of the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Territory opened a criminal case against the former head of the resort of Kislovodsk Sergey Demidenko, the press service of the department reports.

As a result of the attack in Iraq, three US army servicemen, as well as 12 civilians, died. The explosion occurred in the southern suburb of Baghdad. According to some reports, the attack was sent to the office of the American organization related to the military, RBC reports. The American command still does not confirm that it was about the undermining of the suicide bomber, however, according to eyewitnesses, the explosive device was acted by a local resident, considered mentally ill.

The leader of the Party of Regions of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych said that the party is ready to vote for the resignation of the Minister of Defense Yuri Ekhanurov, if the General Prosecutor's Office confirms the violations published by the Main Control and Audit Department, UNIAN reports with reference to the press service of the regionals. “Any accusations of corruption of senior officials should be investigated by the Prosecutor General.

Thank you very much for the hospitality. President Siseron , thanks for your work as a leader and for the fact that you have accepted us today. Thanks to John Holdren . Thank you, John, for your outstanding job. They just told me here that Ralph and John (1) classmates, the release of 1965, studied together at the Massachusetts Technological Institute . I'm not sure that this is the best scientific method, but of them it turned out to be a kind of control group ... (laughter) ...

Today, the British airline British Airways announced losses of £ 220 million ($ 347.5 million) in 2008-2009, news agencies reported. According to the company’s report, the Donalogical loss for the financial year, which ended on March 31, amounted to 401 million pounds against revised net profit in the amount of 922 million pounds received a year earlier.

The Investigative Department for the Railway District of Chita instituted 2 criminal profit signs of a crime under Part 1 of Article 145-1 of the Criminal Code of Russia (non-payment of wages). The suspects are the director of the Universal LTD LLC and the director of VTORMET OJSC. It was established that the director of the Universal LTD did not pay one employee salaries from December 1, 2008 to April 1, 2009. The total amount of unpaid funds amounted to over 23 thousand rubles.

On May 22, the General Director of the State Atomic Energy Corporation “Rosatom” Sergey Kiriyenko and the chairman of the atomic energy commission of Jordan Khaled Tukan signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes. The purpose of the document is to ensure a reliable legal basis for Russian -Jordanian cooperation in the field of peaceful atom.