The Constitutional Court will examine the legality of ending the privatization of housing The new Housing Code, or more precisely the law on its implementation, has finally become the subject of consideration in the Constitutional Court. Judges will have to decide whether the ban on the privatization of social housing provided after March 1, 2005, as well as a complete ban on the privatization of previously received apartments since January 2007, is consistent with the Basic Law.

Russia intends to strengthen its presence in warring Iraq. According to Vremya Novostey, discussions are underway about opening Russian consulates this year in the safest areas of the country - in the north in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, and in the south in Basra, where Shiite Arabs live. A high-ranking delegation from the Russian Foreign Ministry, led by Ambassador-at-Large Sergei Kirpichenko, has already met with the Kurdish leadership this week.

Gazprom admitted to gas shortage Gazprom openly admitted yesterday that it has little gas and that in a few years Russia will not be able to satisfy the growing demand for this type of fuel in all consuming countries. According to the deputy chairman of the board of Gazprom, Alexander Ryazanov, most likely it will be necessary to limit supplies to those who pay non-market prices, that is, domestic Russian consumers.

Berlusconi does not accept his defeat Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, 69, intends to challenge the verdict of the Court of Cassation announced on Wednesday, which confirmed the victory of the center-left Union coalition led by 66-year-old Romano Prodi in the parliamentary elections on April 9-10. Premiere party “Forward, Italy!” is preparing a claim to the administrative tribunal of the metropolitan region of Lazio.

Russian politicians and political scientists - about the present and future of Russian roads "When good enlightenment Let's push more boundaries, Over time (according to calculation Philosophical tables Five hundred years later) the roads, right, Ours will change immensely: The Russian highway is here and here, Having connected, they will cross." Alexander PUSHKIN.

Khimki received a ticket to the ULEB Cup Today in Khimki, the basketball club of the same name and the capital’s army team will play the Russian Cup in a head-to-head meeting. In the semi-finals, the hosts of the arena won with a minimal advantage over Dynamo near Moscow - 81:80, CSKA prevailed over UNICS Kazan - 77:63. The Final Four was opened by the current trophy holders and a club from the capital of Tatarstan.

The "Yellow Submarine" - as Villarreal are called because of the color of their uniform - received only one hole from Arsenal in the first semi-final match of the Champions League. The Spanish team lost to the Gunners with a score of 0:1, but they are not going to give up. Moreover, Villarreal generally has nothing to lose. Unlike Arsenal, for which victory in the current Champions League seems to be the last opportunity to get into the next one.

"Our Ukraine" does not allow Yulia Tymoshenko to premiere On Monday, the Socialist Party, Our Ukraine and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) will try to reconcile and continue negotiations on creating a coalition in the Rada. The head of the political executive committee of the presidential "Our Ukraine" Roman Bezsmertny explained that "it is godless to conduct political negotiations before Easter." In the meantime, coalition negotiations have stalled due to personnel differences.

Employees of the FSB Directorate for the Sverdlovsk Region seized documents at the Ural Civil Aviation Plant (UZGA). Counterintelligence officers suspect that the aviators illegally sent abroad equipment used in the creation of military equipment. The company denies all accusations and sees the visit of the FSB as another attempt to take over the business.

Angela Merkel destroyed the paparazzi with contempt For the first time since taking office as Federal Chancellor of Germany in November 2005, Angela Merkel became the target of a paparazzi attack. The head of the cabinet spent her short vacation with her husband (pictured with Merkel) in the southern part of Italy on the island of Ischia. Italy has long been a pan-German health resort: former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder in recent years called this country his favorite holiday destination.

Canada refused to refuel the Belarusian Prime Minister The visit of the newly appointed Belarusian Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky to Cuba was marred by an unpleasant incident. Ottawa denied the government plane a technical landing. “We are not ready to facilitate the entry of high-ranking representatives of the Belarusian regime into Canada,” Matthew Mayer, a spokesman for the Canadian Embassy in Russia and Belarus, said in an interview with Interfax.

Russian military aircraft will ensure the combat effectiveness of NATO aviation A team of managers led by Alexey Fedorov, which in October 2004 moved from the Irkut Research and Production Corporation to the Russian Aircraft Manufacturing Company (RSC) MiG, decided to report on the work done.

New project by Sergei Shablavin in the gallery "Fine Art" Now it seems strange that in 1990 the works of Sergei Shablavin were not included in the “Other Art” exhibition at the Tretyakov Gallery. Shablavin is one of the “quiet classics” of the underground, who rarely, but very beautifully appear on the surface of the artistic sea. A large article dedicated to his work was published in the first issue of the famous magazine “A-Ya” (1979). What was more important than exhibitions in those days?

Eleven workers burned alive at a construction site near Moscow Eleven people were killed and another 15 were burned as a result of a fire that occurred yesterday morning at a construction site in the village of Pavshinskaya Poima, Krasnogorsk district, Moscow region. All the victims were visitors from other regions who were recruited for the construction of a new residential area and lived in cabins there.

Imola may announce sensational transfers The San Marino Grand Prix could be the key moment of this season in Formula 1. Paradoxically, the race is not intended to be the main event of this weekend. The sensational news, which has not yet been confirmed by any official sources, has been exciting the formula public for the second week now, diverting attention from preparations for the first European start.