A bill is introduced to the State Duma, tightening the procedure for carrying out lotteries. The government was the initiator of the amendments, justifying them with the desire to exclude the possibility of holding gambling under the guise of lotteries. The bill provides, in particular, the possibility for the control authorities to arrange a check of firms conducting lotteries. For violation of the requirements, administrative liability is established.

Hockey. NHL. Stanley Cup. 1/8 finals. Fifth matches Eastern Conference Philadelphia - Buffalo 3: 4 (in overtime). Account in the series 2: 3 Western conference Anahaim - Nashville 3: 4 (in overtime). Account in the series 2: 3

Filipino rescuers lose hope of finding alive of any of the more than 20 missing as a result of a landslide gathering in a mountain village in the southern province of the compotel Valley. So far, the bodies of the three dead have been discovered. Search and rescue work, in which military personnel participate, continue.

In Yemen in the city of Aden in the south of the country on Saturday, two participants in the action were wounded during a universal strike convened. The soldiers opened fire on a group of young people trying to suspend the traffic. In Aden, most shops, schools and government institutions suspended work. The strike also took place in Thaiz and in several more cities of Yemen.

Friday anti -government demonstration in the city of Banias In Syria, according to activists, on Saturday, snipers opened fire on participants in mourning events in a suburbs of Damascus. At least eight people died. Snipers fired from the roofs of houses when the funeral procession followed the cemetery in the suburbs of Damascus Duma. According to the head of the Syrian national human rights organization, 112 oppositionists died on Friday in clashes with security forces.

Guards block the road to the defenders of the Khimkinsky forest, April 12, 2011 On April 23, in Khimki, ecologists and local residents conduct a folk gathering in defense of the Khimkinsky forest. On April 12, work on cutting forests was resumed. His defenders claim that this is illegal deforestation related to the construction of the Moscow-St. Petersburg paid highway: merchants master the territory for the future infrastructure of the highway .

Mikhail Kozakov The time and place of the funeral of the actor and director Mikhail Kozakov has not yet been determined. The People's Artist of Russia died on Friday at the age of 76 in the Israeli hospice, where he was transferred from the clinic after unsuccessful treatment of cancer. According to close Kozakov, he wanted to be buried in Moscow. The Russian embassy in Israel is ready to provide any assistance to the relatives of Mikhail Kozakov, said Anton Chermensky press attache.

Is it possible to "lose" citizenship. Why are consular institutions of the Russian Foreign Ministry deprive Russian citizenship of Russians living in Germany. In the studio, lawyer Sergei Dikvan, on a direct line from Cologne, deputy manager of the Cologne branch of the German human rights Union Leonid Belokon.

In the east of Afghanistan, in the province of Kapis, a helicopter of coalition forces made an emergency landing. Both pilots managed to save. The NATO representative confirmed that there were no victims, but he refused to inform the details of the exact number and condition of the wounded. The circumstances of the accident are investigated.

In the Kizilyurt district of Dagestan, another explosive device installed on the railway was found and neutralized. On Saturday morning, an explosion occurred on the Kizilyurt-Temirgo stage. No one was injured. The bomb worked on the path of a small composition. The explosion pulled out two sleepers. Later, the sappers found three more explosive devices at the scene. They were neutralized. An investigation is underway.

New shootings occurred today on the controversial section of the border between Thailand and Cambodia, where the ancient Hindu temple Pra Wiheire is located. A day earlier, as a result of a combat clash, six military personnel died - three soldiers from each side. The victims of today's shootings are not reported.

The weekly series of radio points about the life of the Russian province. The authors of all regions of Russia talk about the problems of everyday life of ordinary people. This is a look at the country from the point of view of an ordinary non -packed citizen.

Yemena President Ali Abdalla Saleh President of Yemena Ali Abdalla Salekh agreed to resign. This was reported by Yemen State Television. Salekh accepted the proposals of representatives of the League of the Arab states that mediated in negotiations between the president and the opposition. The resignation will be announced within thirty days. Salekh will transfer power to the country's vice-president in exchange for guarantees of immunity and liberation from further persecution.

Football. Championship of Germany. 31st round "Borussia" m - "Borussia" d 1: 0 "Schalke" - "Kaiserslautern" 0: 1 "Bayer" - "Hoffenheim" 2: 1 "Stuttgart" - "Hamburg" 3: 0 "Aintracht" - "Bavaria" 1: 1 "St. Pauli"-"Werder" 1: 3 After the 31st round 1. "Borussia" d 69 points 2. "Bayer" 64 3. "Hanover" 57

Iran called on Egypt to restore diplomatic relations. Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi expressed the hope that the official Cairo will take a "bold step in this direction." Recently, the Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil al-Arabi said that Cairo was ready to open a "new page" in relations with Tehran. The policy of ex-president of Egypt Hosni Mubarak regarding Iran was based on the desire to limit his influence in the region and concern in connection with its nuclear ambitions.