The current management of the company is going to present candidates to the YUKOS board of directors. Yukos could not find anyone willing to serve on its board of directors, which is due for re-election on June 23. Yesterday the company released a statement signed by the holding's chairman of the board, Stephen Theede, and the head of the current board of directors, Viktor Gerashchenko. They report that they intend to exercise their right to independently nominate candidates to the council.

Presidents, secretaries general and former monarchs will be taken to the parade The upcoming celebrations in Moscow on May 8-9 to mark the 60th anniversary of the Victory over fascism seem to have no precedent not only in the history of post-Soviet Russia, but also in the entire post-war history of the USSR. However, despite the scale of the celebrations and the indisputable reason for which they are held, big politics will rule the show.

The former head of the Russian Ministry of Atomic Energy will refuse voluntary extradition to the United States Only today will representatives of the Russian Embassy in Switzerland be able to meet with former Russian Minister of Atomic Energy Evgeny Adamov, who has been in a pre-trial detention center in Bern since Monday. Mr.

Riga has not withdrawn its territorial claims against Moscow Yesterday, hopes dissipated that on May 10 an agreement on the state border between Latvia and Russia would be signed in Moscow. Pessimistic statements were made by both the head of the Latvian Foreign Ministry, Artis Pabriks, and the Russian Ambassador to Latvia, Viktor Kalyuzhny. Mr.

During the upcoming visit of US President George W. Bush to Moscow on May 8-9, the issue of the security of Russian nuclear facilities and access to them for US experts will be discussed. This topic is causing a stir in Russia, where there is talk of Washington's desire to control Moscow's nuclear power. Former US Deputy Secretary of Defense Professor Graham ELLISON told Vremya Novostei special correspondent Andrei ZLOBIN what the Americans are really striving for.

Russia-EU summit does not promise breakthroughs According to Vremya Novostei, there are no plans to sign important documents at the 15th Russia-European Union summit, which will take place in the Grand Kremlin Palace on May 10. Nevertheless, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso believes that the summit “will raise our relations with Russia to a new, higher level.” Russian President Vladimir Putin, in addition to Mr.

Milan reached the Champions League final in the last minute Few doubted that Milan, having beaten PSV in the first semi-final match of the Champions League with a score of 2:0, would easily get a ticket to the final. But only a minute was not enough for the players of the Dutch club to send the game into extra time in the return match. Having conceded at the end of the match, PSV was forced to say goodbye to the Champions League.

Yesterday, US President George Bush, in an interview with Lithuanian television, again called Belarus “the last dictatorship in Europe.” And in Minsk, a rumor appeared among diplomats that the Belarusian opposition would again meet with the American leadership during the stay of the US delegation in Latvia these days or in Georgia on May 9-10. The US Embassy in Minsk did not confirm this information to Vremya Novostey.

The first screening of Alexey Balabanov’s film “Dead Man’s Bluff” took place in Moscow. Yesterday there was a press conference of the film crew of the film “Zhmurki”, filmed by Alexey Balabanov and the STV company. This is the first completed work by the director of the cult “Brother” in recent years, when, for various reasons, his films “The River” and “The American” were unfinished.

Yesterday, at a ceremonial meeting in the Central House of the Russian Army, Vnesheconombank Chairman Vladimir Dmitriev congratulated the bank's veterans on Victory Day and presented them with memorable awards and gifts. VEB veterans worked for Victory in the rear and fought on all fronts - from the South-Western to the Baltic, defended Stalingrad and Moscow, liberated Berlin...

On May 8-9, a meeting of the quartet of mediators in resolving the conflict in the Middle East will take place in Moscow. Foreign ministers from the European Union, the United States and Russia will take part in it, and Secretary General Kofi Annan from the UN. The EU Ambassador to Israel, Spanish diplomat Ramiro SIBRIAN-UZAL, spoke to Vremya Novostey about Europe's relations with Israel and the Palestinian Authority, as well as the role of Russia.

The Formula 1 team BAR was disqualified for two world championship races by the decision of the International Court of Appeal. The team's results at the last San Marino Grand Prix, in which Jenson Button took third place and Takumo Sato fifth, were also annulled. And now BAR has no points in the Constructors' Championship. Let us recall that the team was punished for having a secret fuel tank, due to which the weight of the BAR cars was less than that established by the regulations.

Haitians stole a Russian Yesterday, diplomats from the Russian Embassy in Venezuela urgently arrived in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince (our ambassador in Caracas, Mikhail Orlovets, is also accredited to Haiti). The purpose of their trip to the Caribbean country is the speedy release of a Russian who was kidnapped at the same time as an Indian businessman on April 30 by unknown bandits.

Volzhanki won the super final against Dynamo without stress The basketball players of the Samara team VBM-SSAU, under the leadership of head coach Igor Grudin, became champions of Russia for the second time in a row. In the final series against Dynamo Moscow, Volzhanki achieved three necessary victories in four matches - 76:45 and 83:68 on their site, 67:69 and 80:69 in the capital.

Airport railway project approved Government departments have agreed to appoint Mikhail Vasilenko as general director of Sheremetyevo Airport. The appointment of Mr. Vasilenko, who currently holds the post of commercial director of the airport, could happen before May 9, Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin told reporters yesterday after a meeting of the Sheremetyevo board of directors.