Russians have become kinder to the government and parliament The results of May sociological surveys indicate a slight increase in Russians' trust in the State Duma and the government compared to the beginning of 2005. The shock from the implementation of the reform of monetization of benefits and the role of the executive and legislative authorities in this painful process gradually began to fade in the minds of citizens.

E.ON is rapidly selling non-core assets The German energy concern E.ON is decisively getting rid of non-core assets. Yesterday he sold a very large subsidiary - Ruhrgas Industries (RGI), a world leader in the production of control and measuring equipment, as well as the construction of industrial furnaces. The buyer of RGI was the British investment company CVC Capital Partners, which won the auction with an offer of 1.5 billion euros.

The Prosecutor General's Office named the person who ordered the murder of Paul Klebnikov Representatives of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation yesterday officially announced the completion of the investigation into the sensational case of the shooting last summer in Moscow of the editor-in-chief of the Russian version of Forbes magazine, Paul Klebnikov.

The second round of the Richter Competition begins today Auditions for the second round of the first Richter Competition will last three days, at 11.00 and 19.00. Of the 32 participants who impressed not only the jury members, but also the audience with their high professional level, not 12 (as expected according to the regulations), but 13 pianists advanced further.

Chelyabinsk legislators approved the voluntary resignation of their representative in the Federation Council It took the governor of the Chelyabinsk region, Pyotr Sumin, less than two months to eliminate the most visible hotbed of regional opposition - on Thursday, regional legislators deprived their representative in the Federation Council, Vladislav Zhiganov, of official status.

The FSB carried out a large-scale operation against underground financial brokers in St. Petersburg The FSB Directorate for St. Petersburg yesterday reported on a large-scale operation in the city against underground financial brokers who were involved in laundering and transferring millions of dollars abroad. According to the intelligence service, we are talking about a well-organized system of conducting illegal banking activities under the guise of the stock exchange and a number of banks.

Gazprom is not ready to save on capital investments Gazprom's management ignored the instructions of the company's board of directors to reduce the capital investment program for 2005. The head of the investment department of the concern and general director of Gazkomplektimpex, Valery Golubev, frankly admitted this yesterday. According to him, in August it is planned to adjust the monopoly’s investment program for the current year.

Evgenia Aleksandrovna Katseva, an outstanding critic, translator, and popularizer of German-language literature, died in her eighty-sixth year. Evgenia Alexandrovna graduated from Leningrad University in 1941 and soon found herself in the Baltic Fleet, with which she went through the Great Patriotic War. Petty Officer of the second class Katseva was awarded military awards. After the victory of E.A. served as a “cultural officer” under the Soviet military administration in Germany.

Yesterday marked the 60th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral relations between our country and Ecuador. On the eve of this event, the special representative of the Russian president for international cooperation in the fight against terrorism and transnational organized crime, Anatoly Safonov, visited Ecuador. His visit was prepared under the former President of Ecuador Lucio Gutierrez, who has now fled the country.

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The European Union may be left not only without a constitution, but also without a budget Yesterday the next EU summit began in Brussels. The first day was devoted to the fate of the European constitution. The second is the EU framework budget for 2007-2013. These two technical issues have grown into an acute crisis for the leaders of the 25 EU countries. It is unlikely that it will be possible to solve it in two days.

"Batman Begins" on Moscow screens They waited for the new “Batman” for a long time, with bated breath and palpable anxiety. One of the most significant characters in the world of comics last appeared on screen eight years ago - and he looked very bad.

The general designer of NPO Saturn believes that building civilian engines only for Russia is pointless The domestic aircraft engine industry survived the protracted crisis of the Russian aircraft industry somewhat easier than aircraft assembly plants. The opportunity to move into adjacent onshore energy markets helped.

The government will force natural monopolies to pay for inflation Yesterday, the Cabinet of Ministers approved a general forecast of the country's socio-economic development for three years, as well as the main parameters of the budget for 2006 and for the period up to 2008. Among the main priorities of financial and economic policy for the medium term is increasing pensions and wages in the public sector while constantly fighting inflation.

In the list of participants in the Grand Prix stages of the 2005/06 season published by the International Skating Union (ISU), the name of Evgeni Plushenko is missing. This means that Plushenko will actually not appear in front of spectators and judges during the entire pre-Olympic season, with the possible exception of the Moscow Grand Prix stage, where one additional place is reserved for the Russian team, which is still free. There are more than enough reasons for such a risky decision.