A real replacement for Akhmat Kadyrov has not yet been found A year after the death of Chechen President Akhmat Kadyrov as a result of the terrorist attack on Victory Day at the Grozny Dynamo stadium, the investigation into this case has not been completed.

Our players made a successful start in Melbourne On the first day of the Australian Open, Russian representatives won all ten matches with their participation. Marat Safin, his sister Dinara and eight other girls advanced to the second round of the tournament - Svetlana Kuznetsova, Maria Sharapova, Vera Zvonareva, Nadezhda Petrova, Vera Dushevina, Maria Kirilenko, Alina Zhidkova and Evgenia Linetskaya. There is a fly in the ointment in the barrel of honey.

Forecast for the coming days Cyclones continue to rise to the north of the European territory of Russia. Tomorrow the cyclone will reach Karelia through the northwestern region. Along its route, it will flood the northwestern region, Karelia and the Vologda region with rain, sometimes heavy. In the central region there are short-term rains in places, during the day +13...+19оС, and in the west of the region and lower.

Rupert Murdoch raises money for expansion into Russia American media group News Corp. Rupert Murdoch is preparing to strengthen its position in the outdoor advertising market through expansion in Russia and other republics of the former Soviet Union. This week, the board of directors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will consider providing the group with a secured loan of $130 million, the British Financial Times reported.

Basketball. NBA. Playoffs. Second round. “Phoenix” – “Dallas” – 127:102 (series score 1:0), “Detroit” – “Indiana” – 96:81 (1:0), “Miami” – “Washington” - - 105:86 (1:0), "San Antonio" - "Seattle" - 103:81 (1:0). The NBA continues to sum up the results of the regular season. According to the results of a survey in which leading North American media took part, Steve Nash was recognized as the most valuable player of the championship.

"Kingdom of Heaven" on Moscow screens Over the past five years, director Ridley Scott has managed to do the following: he very dubiously filmed two good books (Hannibal by Thomas Harris and The Magnificent Con by Eric Garcia); recreated the catastrophic events of October 1993 in Somalia for the American armed forces (“Black Hawk Down”); commented on his own debut short film “The Boy and the Bicycle” as part of the anthology “Cinema 16” and became the director of the computer game “Godzilla: Save

In Chechnya, May 9 was celebrated with another shootout The militants' plan to repeat the bloody events of May 9 last year failed. On the eve of the holiday, they tried to attack one of the villages in Chechnya, but the attack was repelled by federal forces. However, there is still no reliable information about the location of the attack, the composition of the militants and federals who took part in the clash, as well as the losses incurred.

The Nizhny Novgorod governor has little chance of remaining in office Any day now, the Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Volga Federal District, Sergei Kiriyenko, is due to submit to the Presidential Administration a list of candidates for the post of Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region. The current head, Gennady Khodyrev, has virtually no chance of remaining in his post. Nevertheless, analysts do not rule out the presence of his name on the list.

Baltika elected its president The largest brewing company in the CIS and Eastern Europe, Baltika, now has a president. As you know, at the end of last year the founder of the company, Taimuraz Bolloev, who led it for almost 15 years, left this business. Yesterday, Baltika announced that the board of directors has appointed Anton Artemyev as president, who has been serving as acting head of the company since December 2004.

CLUBS Afrika Bambaataa (USA). The Bronx DJ, considered the founder of hip-hop, is a great friend of James Brown, who in turn is a guru of funk. Now the music of Africa no longer fits into the traditional concept of hip-hop - there is funk, techno, and electro, the main thing is that it is fun and good. "Point" , 21.00. Steve Slagle (USA).

Rosaviakosmos and NASA cannot agree on the resumption of American shuttle flights Bargaining between the Russian and US space agencies regarding the resumption of American shuttle flights to the International Space Station appears to be continuing. Recently, American experts announced another postponement of the launch of the Discovery shuttle, scheduled for May 22.

“Walking Together” has a new guide The Walking Together movement has a new leader, replacing Vasily Yakemenko, who in mid-April was elected one of the five commissioners of the federal council of the new pro-Kremlin youth movement Nashi. The new leader of the “Coming” is Pavel Tarakanov. The surname, of course, is not the most suitable for the leader of a political organization, however, apparently, “Walking Together” considered that the list of Mr.

Tomorrow neighbors will demand territory On May 8, Alexander Kwasniewski presented orders to Russian veterans in the building of the Polish Embassy in Moscow. The President of Poland had a stern look, and, according to the observation of the author of these lines, he was worried. On the one hand, we need to thank the old soldiers, on the other hand, we need to tell them that, alas, they did not bring the desired freedom to Poland. It was impossible to remain silent.

Arsene Wenger doesn't know how to catch up with Chelsea English bookmakers have reduced the odds on bets on Chelsea's victory in the Premier League to the limit. Apparently, the question of who will become the champion of England is no longer relevant. Much more interesting is who the second team will be, and whether Liverpool will be able to break into the top four and get a ticket to the Champions League. Even Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger has no doubts about Chelsea's victory.

The CEO and head of the board of directors of Frankfurt Deutsche Boerse were fired Another unsuccessful attempt by Frankfurt-based Deutsche Boerse to take over the London Stock Exchange (LSE) ended in high-profile layoffs. On Monday, at a meeting of the supervisory board of the largest trading platform in Germany, it was decided to dismiss the general director of the exchange, Werner Seifert, from his position.