The Third International Documentary Film Festival ended in Kyiv The Contact Documentary Film Festival was founded by the Ministry of Culture, the National Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine, the 1+1 channel and the Larisa Rodnyanskaya Non-Fiction Film Fund with the support of the Molodist Film Festival (and only 100 thousand hryvnia received from the state budget).

Russia and the European Union failed agricultural negotiations The next round of negotiations between Russia and the European Union to lift the embargo on the supply of Polish meat ended in failure. The success of these negotiations would allow the EU Council of Foreign Ministers on Monday in Luxembourg to approve a mandate to begin negotiations with Russia on a new comprehensive strategic partnership agreement.

Russian companies are trying to conquer Latin American arms markets At arms exhibitions, not all exhibits brought far away are successful. Plans related to one or another type of weapon do not always come true. The sixth International Exhibition and Conference on Aerospace and Defense Technologies LAAD-2007 in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro was no exception. On the sidelines of the exhibition they say, for example, that the central design bureau of marine technology "Rubin" from St.

World Bank digs deeper into Paul Wolfowitz's troubles The World Bank continues a comprehensive review of the ethical behavior of its boss, Paul Wolfowitz . The bank's board of directors met on Thursday to once again consider the scandalous situation .

Dynamo-TTG returns to Odintsovo after a domestic fiasco Events in the semi-final series of the men's national championship "Dynamo-TTG" - "Iskra" are developing unpredictably.

On April 21, the Moscow publishing house “Vremya” presented in Kiev the book “After the Maidan” by ex-President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma . Leonid Kuchma served as President of Ukraine from 1994 to 2005. What are the reasons for the current political instability in Kyiv and where is Ukraine heading? Leonid KUCHMA told Vremya Novostei correspondent Svetlana STEPANENKO about this. — I wrote a book in order to evaluate the meaning of the historical events of 2004 several years later.

The stabilization of prices in the capital's real estate market is leading to increased interest in alternative transactions and transactions using mortgages. At the same time, most market participants do not see any prerequisites for a serious price reduction in their forecasts. Specialists from the IRN.RU analytical center note that the average cost of housing in Moscow in March was $4,218 per square meter.

European bosses will ask Lavrov about human rights Today, the foreign ministers of 27 EU member countries are gathering in Luxembourg for a two-day meeting. One of the topics of discussion should be the preparation of a new partnership and cooperation agreement between the EU and Russia. In Luxembourg they are waiting for the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergei Lavrov, who will meet today with the foreign policy “troika” of the European Union.

Finance Minister embezzled money from Jewish youth Yesterday, Israeli Finance Minister Avraham Hirshzon, 66, submitted his request for temporary resignation. The police say they have grounds to bring serious charges against Girshzon. However, this could not be done while he was in a ministerial post. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert immediately granted the request. For three months, the duties of the Minister of Finance will be performed by the Prime Minister himself.

The Vremya Novostey newspaper publishes excerpts from Leonid Kuchma’s new book “After the Maidan” . The book is based on diary entries that the author, President of Ukraine (1994-2004), kept throughout 2005-2006.

The Big Three received licenses for third-generation cellular communications At the end of last week, the results of the final meeting of the competition commission of the Federal Communications Agency (Rossvyaz) for the distribution of licenses for third generation mobile communication services (3G) were announced. The winners were the "big three" - OJSC Megafon, OJSC Mobile Telesystems (MTS) and OJSC VimpelCom (Beeline).

The Russians lost twice to the Swedes in the Eurotour finals Under the leadership of Vyacheslav Bykov, the Russian national team played 16 matches this season (14 within the Eurotour and two control matches). Our hockey players suffered four defeats in these meetings, and all of them were defeated by the Swedish team, traditionally dressed in yellow. The last two failures came at the Eurotour finals, which took place at the end of last week.

Rosprirodnadzor decided to sue the leaders of the Moscow region Rosprirodnadzor, which has been waging a protracted bureaucratic war with the leadership of the Moscow region for more than a year , has launched a new counter-offensive against the enemy.

After the “Dissent Marches” and their dispersal in Nizhny Novgorod , Moscow and St. Petersburg, the atmosphere clearly became tense. Who is interested in this? I won’t guess - many people have reasons. It is important that the political situation is radicalizing. And this is worrying.

Residents of the Kaliningrad region have finally begun to issue German visas at home The visa office of the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany was finally inaugurated in Kaliningrad . Residents of the westernmost Russian region and closest to Germany have been waiting for this joyful event for about three years. The Consulate General in the Kaliningrad region of Russia appeared in February 2004, and began issuing visas only this April.