President Met with Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, who informed the president about the government’s concept for reforming the budget process. During this meeting, Vladimir Putin stated that the administrative reform being carried out in the country should contribute to economic growth and be accompanied by the unconditional fulfillment of all social obligations of the government to the population.

Alexei Ratmansky's team won the majority of ballet prizes Before opening the envelopes with the names of the laureates, Yulia Rutberg and Nikolai Tsiskaridze exchanged a couple of phrases about how this evening was Pushkin’s evening: the award ceremony, together with the director of “Mask” Eduard Boyakov, was hosted by Ilze Liepa (Countess in “The Queen of Spades” by Roland Petit ), Tsiskaridze - in the same play Hermann, and Rutberg plays the Countess in Vakhtangov's play by Pyotr Fomenko.

Lawmakers propose punishing terrorists with fire and rubles The State Duma declared a mortal battle against terrorism. Yesterday, after parliamentary hearings initiated by the Security Committee, First Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Lyubov Sliska even spoke about the need for the death penalty for terrorists. “Given the gravity of this crime, as well as the consequences for citizens and the state as a whole, the terrorists must be sentenced to death,” Sliska told reporters.

Andrei Fursenko is convinced that school reform is dangerous for children Russian parliamentarians yesterday called on the new Minister of Education and Science, Andrei Fursenko, to abandon a number of school modernization projects.

Hockey. NHL. Stanley Cup. 1/8 finals. "New Jersey" -- "Philadelphia" -- 4:2 (series score 1:2) -- Zhamnov "F" (0+2), "Ottawa" -- "Toronto" -- 0:2 (1 :2), "Islanders" -- "Tampa" -- 0:3 (1:2), "Dallas" -- "Colorado" -- 4:3 (1:2) -- Zubov "D" (0+ 1), V. Bure (0+1), “St. Louis” – “San Jose” – 4:1 (1:2). Tampa Bay goalkeeper Nikolai Khabibulin kept his goal intact for the second time in the series with the Islanders. This time the Russian repelled all 28 of his opponent’s shots.

Passenger train No. 953, traveling from Vorkuta through Moscow to Labytnangi (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug) and missing on Monday in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, was found on the Polar Ural - Khorota section. The Labytnangi Civil Emergency Situations Department, where the train was supposed to arrive, reported that the reason for the train being late to its destination was snow drifts on the railway tracks. Because of this, two wheel pairs of the locomotive came off the rails.

First bilateral visit of the new Russian Foreign Minister Russians discuss problems related to the expansion of the European Union and NATO not only with these organizations, but also with their neighbors - for example, with Ukraine. This was the focus of yesterday's short working visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to Kyiv, where he held negotiations with his Ukrainian counterpart Konstantin Grishchenko. “This is my first bilateral visit,” said Mr.

Muslim communities are ready to protect indigenous people from ethnic minorities The Muslim community, concerned about the recent events in Volgograd, which the newspaper Vremya Novostey wrote about, decided to warn Russians against pogroms on religious grounds. Co-chairman of the Council of Muftis of Russia Ismagil-haji Shangareev is confident that law enforcement agencies too often pass off such pogroms as criminal showdowns.

SIBUR signed an agreement with Beltransgaz to supply 1 billion cubic meters of gas to Belarus in April-May. By the end of April, the holding will supply 700 million cubic meters of gas to the republic. As the company said in a statement, the terms of delivery are similar to those in the March agreements between SIBUR and Beltransgaz - the gas price will be $46.7 per cubic meter.

CLUBS João Donato (piano) and the group Cariocas: Luis Alvez (bass) and Wilson das Neves (drums). Concert of the classic bossa nova. Donato began writing music back in the 1950s. His compositions were played by Antonio Carlos Jobim himself, Donato's songs were performed by such popular musicians as Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, and the Bee Gees. April 14 at Le Club , 20.00. April 16 at the Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Singing Center , 19.00. April 17 in the Great Hall of the Conservatory , 19.00.

Our tennis players have reached another peak The successful performance of the Russians at the first category BTA tournament with a prize fund of $1.3 million, which started in Charleston (USA), can write a new bright page in the history of domestic women's tennis.

Alexey Miller and Akhmat Kadyrov signed a five-year cooperation agreement The conflict between Gazprom and the leadership of Chechnya was settled yesterday. The head of the company, Alexey Miller, and the President of the Republic, Akhmat Kadyrov, signed the first cooperation agreement in the history of relations between the gas monopoly and the region for the next five years. The protocol exchange of documents was sealed with hot hugs at Gazprom headquarters.

Antimonopoly legislation needs updating Metallurgists and consumers of their products, conflicting over rising metal prices, tried to sit down at the negotiating table for the first time.

Republic delegates richest woman to EU Estonia is ready to delegate its sex symbol to the European Parliament - fashion model Carmen Kass, whose face is well known to readers of glossy magazines. Recently, the leadership of the Res Publica party, led by Estonian Prime Minister Juhan Parts, officially included the rising star of show business in the list of candidates vying for the right to represent the Baltic state in Strasbourg. Ms.

Ural police officers are ready to sue for travel allowances One hundred soldiers of the Sverdlovsk riot police filed a lawsuit against the regional police department demanding payment of debts for their service in Chechnya. The state owes several police officers for business trips four years ago, when a day of service for junior officers was estimated at 850 rubles, and for officers - at 100 rubles. more.