The prosecutor's office decided that it was in vain to convict the rapist's victim The sensational case of Muscovite Alexandra Ivannikova, who was convicted last week of murdering a man who tried to rape her, received an unexpected development yesterday. The prosecution, at the insistence of which the woman was sentenced, suddenly demanded that she be acquitted. The Moscow prosecutor's office yesterday addressed such a petition to a higher authority - the Moscow City Court.

At the end of last week, at the press conference of the fifth anniversary competition for the best photo report about Moscow “Silver Camera 2004”, a presentation of the book by the famous photographer Vladimir Grevy “Kremlin Unknown-Known”, published by the State Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve “Moscow Kremlin”, the State Museum took place architecture named after A.V. Shchusev and the Multimedia Complex of Contemporary Arts.

Yesterday it rose to December levels The rise of the dollar that started 2005 is not over. Yesterday, thanks to the efforts of speculators on the Russian market, the American currency rose by another 15 kopecks, reaching 28.15 rubles. for a dollar. The dollar is trending upward under the influence of world markets, where it is rising in price even faster. Investors are waiting for the US Federal Reserve to raise interest rates, and US assets are in great demand.

G8 leaders are thinking about how to force oil companies to invest in refining The world's major powers continue to struggle with high prices for oil and petroleum products. To change the situation in the market, at the July G8 summit in Scotland, it is planned to consider proposals that should encourage oil producers to invest in the development of refining capacities in the United States and Europe.

United Russia has a dispute with the government In the near future, the State Duma intends to consider two alternative bills “On the status of Heroes.” One of them was introduced by the government, the other by a group of deputies from the United Russia faction who disagreed with the cabinet: Oleg Morozov, Andrei Isaev, Nikolai Kovalev, Viktor Zavarzin and Franz Klintsevich. Already, the Heroes of the Soviet Union and Russia are expressing strong disagreement with the government option.

President Signed the federal law “On Amendments to Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation and some other legislative acts of the Russian Federation on taxes and fees.” The law provides for amendments to Chapter 23 “Individual Income Tax” and Chapter 25 “Organizational Income Tax” of the Tax Code.

The general director of Port Kavkaz OJSC lost his job for environmental reasons In Kuban, a precedent has been created for the removal from office of the head of one of the largest ports for violations of environmental safety. The Temryuk City Court considered the claim against Port Kavkaz OJSC, which committed violations of the environment and licensing rules when working with dangerous goods.

CLUBS Dream Stalker. Pop-jazz. Cool Train , 21.00. Artem Kovalchuk Quintet. Jam session. “Club on Brestskaya” , 19.30. "Karamajongs". Rock. "Oracle of the Divine Bottle" , 22.00. Houdtsovet. The Center for Contemporary Music at the Moscow Conservatory presents a concert by Dutch performers Michel Marang (clarinet) and Rainer van Houdt (piano). "Home" , 19.30. Andrey Kitaev (piano, USA). "Le Club" , 20.30. Net Slov and "Karibasy".

New York and Moscow are at the tail end of the Olympic race The 117th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will be held in Singapore on 6 July. The main result of its work will be the summing up of the voting results of the IOC members who will choose the capital of the 2012 Summer Games. Today, five cities are fighting for this right: London, Madrid, Moscow, New York and Paris. However, in the near future the number of candidates may be reduced to four.

The head of Naftogaz of Ukraine brought a “warm and friendly atmosphere” from Gazprom Naftogaz of Ukraine gave a unique assessment of the attack launched by Gazprom on Monday in the Ukrainian direction.

A two-day meeting of European finance ministers ended yesterday in Luxembourg. After a series of critical remarks about the common European currency made in recent days by individual members of the Italian government (they discussed the possibility of returning to the lira), participants in the Luxembourg meeting pointedly put their shoulders to the euro, which is losing its weight after the refusal of France and Holland to support the EU constitution.

Hewlett-Packard will purchase $5 billion worth of computer panels from LG.Philips American corporation Hewlett-Packard Co. entered into a three-year, $5 billion contract to purchase flat panel panels for laptops and monitors. The seller was LG.Philips LCD, a joint venture of South Korean LG Electronics Inc. and the Dutch Philips Electronics NV, which is the second largest manufacturer of flat screens in the global market. For LG.Philips LCD the agreement is fundamental.

E.ON Ruhrgas expands production The German energy concern E.ON from Dusseldorf has taken another step towards diversifying its sources of purchases and gradually increasing the share of its own natural gas production. As E.ON Ruhrgas told a Vremya Novostei correspondent yesterday, this subsidiary of the concern, through the Norwegian-registered company E.ON Ruhrgas Norge, acquired a 15 percent stake in the gas production project at the Njord field from the British oil and gas company Paladin.

Forecast for the coming days In the northwestern region, the weather will be determined by a southern cyclone over the next two days. On June 8, it will rain all day almost without a break, heavy in places, temperature at night will be +8...+13оС, during the day +14...+19оС. In the central region, the weather will also be dominated by a southern cyclone; rain with thunderstorms, heavy in places, is expected on June 9, and short-term rain will not occur everywhere on the 8th.

Yesterday, the new President of Hungary, Laszlo Solyom, took the oath of office in the State Assembly (Parliament). The 63-year-old former chairman of the Constitutional Court will take up his duties as head of state in August. In Hungary, the president is elected by parliament for a five-year term.