Viktor Yushchenko sacrificed Alexey Ivchenko for the sake of Naftogaz of Ukraine One of the most odious members of Viktor Yushchenko’s team ended his career at the post of the largest Ukrainian state-owned company in the most unexpected way. “A number of personnel issues were considered...

Western media about the message of the Russian President The Guardian responded with the article “Putin has wolfed down America.” “The response to Cheney's attacks results in new verbal skirmishes” and “This is America “eating and not listening”,” the subheads read. "The level of Russian-American relations has reached its lowest point in a decade." According to the publication, the Russian president was clearly hurt by Vice President Cheney's criticism of Russia.

Channel One Monday, May 15 5 . 00, 9.00, 12.00, 15.00, 18.00, 23.40 News 5 . 05 First program 6 . 00 Good morning 9 . 10 "DEATHING POWER". Series 10 . 20 Detectives 10 . 50 Malakhov + Malakhov 12 . 10 Human superpowers 13 . 00, 21.30 “ALEXANDROVSKY GARDEN”. TV series (S) 15 . 10 Lolita. Without complexes 16 . 00 "TALISMAN". Series 17 . 00 Federal Judge 18 . 10 Outlaw 18 . 40 “LOVE IS LIKE LOVE.” TV series (S) 19 . 50 Wait for me 21 . 00 Time 22 . 30 “Indentured servitude.” Doc. movie 0 .

How they do it in Britain The ruling family of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is preparing for a soft transfer of royal power. According to the London Times, Her Majesty Elizabeth II is going to delegate some of her official duties to her son, Prince Charles of Wales. This will most likely happen after the Queen turns 80 in April.

At the age of 82, after a serious illness, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Georgy Markovich Kornienko, one of the brightest representatives of domestic diplomacy, passed away. Starting as a senior assistant, Georgy Markovich worked for ten years as First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.

CLUBS King Shiloh Sound System (Amsterdam). Reggae. May 12 in the “OGI Project” , 22.00. On May 13, as part of the celebration of the birthday of the reggae.ru portal, the group will perform together with “Ja Division”, “Boniface’s Vacation”, Roma VPR, “Festival of Everything” and DaDaDub at the “Club on Brestskaya” , 21.00. "Picasso's Children" May 12 at the “Bunker” , 23.30. May 13 in “Tin” , 21.00.

On Thursday, after a 14-day administrative arrest, the leader of the Belarusian communists, Sergei Kalyakin, who was detained after the April 26 Chernobyl Road protest, was released. Kalyakin commented on the fact of the arrest with irony: “I have completely reformed and am ready to fight the regime.” After the Chernobyl Way, many oppositionists were sentenced to administrative arrest.

Italian Maresca's double brought the UEFA Cup to the Spanish club Spain and England began sharing the European Cups. Sevilla won the European trophy for the first time in its history, defeating Middlesbrough in the UEFA Cup final - 4:0. But the British will have a chance to take revenge - in a week the Champions League final, where Arsenal meets Barcelona. Sevilla in Eindhoven gave no reason to doubt their superiority at Middlesbrough. However, 0:4 is too cruel for the British.

The Paris Club is ready to negotiate the full repayment of Russian debt Apparently, Russia now has a real chance to fully repay its debt to the Paris Club this year, which currently amounts, according to its estimates, to $22 billion. This conclusion follows from the communique distributed as part of the monthly meeting of representatives of creditor states.

The Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs will draw up its own standards for training specialists in universities The Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs is starting a global experiment in cooperation with the Ministry of Education. As Chairman of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Alexander Shokhin (pictured) said yesterday, a non-governmental National Agency for Professional Qualifications will be established on Monday.

The Military-Industrial Commission will manage without the Ministry of Finance Yesterday, the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) under the Russian government met for the first time with a new composition and under the chairmanship of a new head - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sergei Ivanov. A March presidential decree instructs the commission to operate on a permanent basis.

20 days left to find the causes of the death of the Armenian airliner Yesterday in Sochi a deadline was set during which the flight recorders of the Armenian Airlines Airbus A320 that crashed and sank here on May 3 could be recovered from the bottom of the Black Sea.

Preparations have begun for the anniversary of the famous brand In May, preparations began for two “weapons” anniversaries at once - the 200th anniversary of Izhmash and the 60th anniversary of the famous Kalashnikov assault rifle produced at this enterprise. Both dates are coming exactly one year from now.

South Africa, under white minority rule, had been working on its own atomic weapons since 1949. Israel, created a year earlier, supplied nuclear technology in exchange for South African uranium. Since 1974, a focused military program began, within which six of the seven planned nuclear devices were manufactured by the end of the 1980s.

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Muhammad ElBaradei welcomed the results of the informal meeting of the Six Foreign Ministers on the Iranian nuclear issue held on Monday in New York. He was especially pleased with the decision of five countries - permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany not to discuss anti-Iranian sanctions. The IAEA Director General considers negotiations to be the only way to resolve the conflict.