The German police exposed a servant of Themis, who robbed banks in his spare time from professional activities. A lawyer from Munster admitted that he was responsible for eleven robberies. According to police representatives, the robberies took place over the past 20 years. The lawyer-raider's loot totaled a quarter of a million euros. In addition, the lawyer was dishonest in his professional field, regularly deceiving clients.

Today, one of the defendants in the case of “werewolves in uniform,” former police lieutenant colonel Alexander Evstigneev, will be extradited from Kiev to Moscow, the press service of the internal security department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation told RBC. According to the press service, A. Evstigneev will be delivered today at 20:00 Moscow time, accompanied by police officers, to the capital's Sheremetyevo airport.

The UK Ministry of Defense has issued an order according to which all military personnel, when going to try on a new uniform, must wear underwear - so as not to embarrass the tailors. The reason for the appearance of this instruction concerning military personnel of the ground forces, navy and air force was numerous complaints from tailors serving the army. It turns out that the military is not particularly shy and often shows up to try on dress uniforms without panties.

A fire occurred in a residential building in the center of Moscow, the NTV television company reports, citing representatives of the capital’s Department of the State Fire Service. The fire is located on the roof of house No. 12 on Tverskaya Street. It is worth noting that on the ground floors of the building there are shops, offices and cafes. The fire area is currently 30 square meters. 15 fire brigades were sent to the scene of the incident.

A few hours before the sentencing of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev, Evenkia Governor Boris Zolotarev, by the way, a former vice-president of YUKOS, dealt another blow to the long-suffering company. As the Vremya Novostei newspaper reports today, he said that he had sent a letter to the government asking to revoke YUKOS's license for the large Yurubchenskoye field, located in Eastern Siberia.

Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin considers it possible to reduce inflation to 4-5% within three years. He made this statement today during the conference of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs "Tax Reform: Analysis and Prospects." In the next three years, the government will not have to pass many significant milestones, and one of them is reducing inflation to 4-5%, the minister said. “I believe that this can be done,” emphasized A. Kudrin.

Perhaps the most harmonious and happiest couple in the Universe can confidently be called the Arrosmith spouses from Great Britain, who are going to celebrate their 80th anniversary today. Pearcy, who recently celebrated his 105th birthday, and his beloved wife Florence, who celebrated her second century this year, were honored to be included in the Guinness Book of Records for the longest marriage in human history.

Vnukovo Airport is temporarily closed due to the A320 aircraft rolling off the runway. As First Deputy General Director of the airport Vitaly Vantsev told RBC, the plane belongs to Armavia Airlines (Armenia). No one was injured during the incident. 6 flights were delayed. It is planned that the airport will be able to resume its operations as early as 19:00 Moscow time on June 1, 2005. An incident investigation team is working on site to determine its causes.

A referendum on the adoption of a single European constitution has begun in the Netherlands. According to sociological surveys, at least 60% of the Dutch are ready to say “no” to the basic law of Europe. About 12 million voters must express their views on the single treaty.

The Makhachkala prosecutor's office is conducting an investigation into the explosion on one of the central streets of the city. The incident occurred late in the evening of May 31, 2005. at the intersection of Dakhadaev St. and Bogatyrev St. An improvised explosive device was detonated while a bus carrying police patrol officers was passing. The power of the homemade explosive device was about 5 kg in TNT equivalent, the Rossiya TV channel reports.

The head of the MFO "MENATEP" Platon Lebedev, who was sentenced the day before by the Meshchansky Court of Moscow to 9 years in prison, said that he does not exclude the possibility of both his physical liquidation and the liquidation of the former chairman of the board of Yukos Oil Company Mikhail Khodorkovsky. This statement by P. Lebedev, addressed to his friends both in Russia and abroad, was distributed today by the MFO "MENATEP". The statement says: “Dear friends!

Russia's participation in the G8 is not a reward for any achievements, but recognition from its partners of its importance in world politics. This opinion was expressed to journalists today by the Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, Konstantin Kosachev, commenting on the proposal of a number of American congressmen to exclude the Russian Federation from this organization.

Next winter, a real ice castle will appear in the center of St. Petersburg on Palace Square, where you can not only take a walk, but also spend the night. The best ice craftsmen have already begun working on its future design. In January, construction of the ice palace of Empress Anna Ioanovna will begin on Palace Square. And around it there is a whole complex of all kinds of snow buildings, designed to amuse everyone who came to look at the masterpiece.

The fears associated with the sentencing of Mikhail Khodorkovsky were not justified. The business not only did not suspend its activity, but also, if you look at stock prices, reacted optimistically to the point in the lawsuit. Thus, on May 31, there was a slight increase in the stock market. According to financial analysts, this is due to the fact that certainty has appeared in the “YUKOS case” and the suspended state of waiting has ended.

A new plane crash involving a MiG fighter occurred in Russia. This night in the Tver region, a MiG-31 aircraft of the Russian Air Force caught fire while landing. The pilots managed to eject in time and remained alive. As the head of the Air Force press service, Colonel Alexander Drobyshevsky, told RBC, it was previously established that on May 31 at 23:56 Moscow time the plane took off from the Khatilovo airfield to perform a training flight along the route at medium altitude in the clouds.