The Russian Government Decree approved the general conditions for the issue and circulation of Russian Federation State Savings Loan Bonds. According to the Department of Government Information, the issuer of the bonds is the Ministry of Finance. The issue of securities is carried out in separate issues. The volume of each issue is determined by the Ministry of Finance, based on the maximum volume of bond issues established by the government for the corresponding year.

Bush thinks Putin supports Islamists The protracted freeze in relations between Russia and the United States seems to be finally being replaced by a thaw. During a visit to Washington last weekend, Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov agreed on the timing of the first meeting between Vladimir Putin and George Bush. It will take place on June 16 in the capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana.

The echo of the “cultural revolution” still sounds - the shock was so strong at that time. The Vremya Novostei newspaper turned to the world's leading researchers of this phenomenon with the question of whether a repetition of the events of 35 years ago is possible in today's China. Perry Link, Princeton University, USA: -- The "Great Leap Forward" and the "Cultural Revolution" are very important for today's China.

Mao was driven to the Cultural Revolution by hatred of Moscow Yuri GALENOVICH, chief researcher at the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, recalls the “cultural revolution” in a conversation with the newspaper Vremya Novostey. In the 60s he worked in Beijing. —You witnessed the Beijing events of the spring of 1966. When did it become clear that this was serious?

The trial of the perpetrators and those who ordered the murder of the head of the North-Western Shipping Company port, Evgeny Khokhlov, will begin this week in St. Petersburg. As it turned out, those who dealt with him also committed a whole series of high-profile crimes. One of the main defendants in this story, according to the prosecutor’s office, is businessman Vadim Shelkov.

Today Andrei Sakharov would have turned 80 years old. This date is celebrated mainly only by human rights activists. If Sakharov's anniversary were celebrated as a state holiday, there would, in my opinion, be too much hypocrisy. It is much more important to know what he did and how he thought, rather than formal worship. The figure of Sakharov is of great interest; he is often called one of the most influential and positive people of the 20th century.

The Mysterious Landfill of Alexander Bakshi The musical mystery "Polyphony of the World" - one of the most ambitious projects of the Theater Olympiad - took place at the Vakhtangov Theater. The success of this strange event, the author of which is the composer Alexander Bakshi, was comparable to the success of a new circus program.

The government will transform RAO UES of Russia according to Gref The discussion on reforming the electric power industry, which lasted about a year and a half, cannot yet be considered completed.

Three people died on Saturday in Moscow as a result of a shootout. At 13.30 the police received a message that from the window of house No. 19 on Spartakovskaya Street an unknown person was shooting at passers-by with a gun. The police arrived in time and cordoned off the dangerous area and began negotiations with the man barricaded in the apartment.

Western submariners are disappointed with the Russian government The contract signed on Friday for the lifting of the nuclear-powered icebreaker Kursk with the Dutch company Mammoet Transport BV raised eyebrows among Western deep-sea diving professionals. Norway, for example, is surprised by the fact that the competition for a lucrative but extremely complex order was won by a company that is not very experienced in underwater work.

The government failed to manage the budget in the first quarter and ended with a deficit. True, insignificant - only 0.3% of GDP (5.6 billion rubles). But already in April, Kasyanov’s cabinet corrected the situation.

Chinese experience of radical renewal of socialism Last week marked exactly 35 years since the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China announced the creation of a group for the affairs of the “cultural revolution”. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, which shook not only China but the entire world, was conceived by Mao Zedong as an attempt to breathe new life into the communist idea. Mao also had a more personal motive.

NHL. Stanley Cup. Third round. “St. Louis” – “Colorado” – 3:4 (series score 1:3), “Pittsburgh” – “New Jersey” – 0:5 (series score 1:3). The overseas hockey marathon is nearing its end. The Colorado Avalanche and New Jersey Devils lead the Eastern and Western conferences. We can assume that most likely these two teams will meet in the final of the most prestigious hockey cup. On Saturday, the Blues lost the decisive match to their rivals from Denver.

In 1966, I was 14 years old and I was a “little red soldier” - Hongxiaobin. I then lived in the south of China, in the Daping People's Commune, near the city of Nanping in Fujian Province. Mao’s slogans about the defeat of “all evil spirits” and “bourgeois elements” reached our village.

Alexander Dolsky performed in Moscow Alexander Dolsky presented his new program at the New Opera Theater. The bard is certainly one of the iconic representatives of the art song genre. A sophisticated guitarist who fell in love with music since childhood and, by his own admission, traded his first guitar for a valuable collection of Ural minerals. A poet who writes good, quiet poetry and has recently published a collection of sonnets.