All announced basketball players played for Dynamo and CSKA In the third match of the semi-final series of the Russian Championship among men's teams, the capital's army team at the site of their fellow countrymen Dynamo in Krylatskoye defeated the "blue and white" - 85:73. Ettore Messina's team has one step left to take in order to gain the right to participate in the confrontation for the “gold”. The fourth game between Moscow clubs will take place today and again in the same hall.

United Russia is preparing a radical change in the composition of the Federation Council The United Russia faction in the State Duma developed and submitted to the lower house of parliament amendments to the law “On the procedure for forming the Federation Council,” the adoption of which threatens many current senators with loss of their jobs.

Oleg Vyugin will head the directors of MDM Bank MDM Bank shareholders are preparing to change the composition of the board of directors. It will be headed by the former head of the Federal Service for Financial Markets (FSFM) Oleg Vyugin . He has already agreed to be nominated for this post. Once the candidacies of Mr. Vyugin and the remaining members of the board of directors are approved at the meeting of shareholders, the composition of the board will change almost completely.

CLUBS Hiram Bullock (guitar, vocals, USA) and Igor Butman Big Band . Igor Butman Club , 20.00. CONCERTS "Two centuries of the piano." Sergei Sobolev (piano) plays works by Beethoven, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Scriabin. Small Hall of the Conservatory , 19.00. “Misha is 100!” Chamber Orchestra Kremlin , Choir Chapel of Russia named after. A. Yurlova , conductor Misha Rakhlevsky . The program includes symphonies No. 29 and No.

Chelsea, having won the Cup, renovated Wembley London Chelsea managed to end what seemed like a completely lost season on a positive note. In the final match of the FA Cup, Jose Mourinho's team managed to beat their main rival, Manchester United.

The Romanian president believes in the “Russian trace” and is ready for revenge The political crisis in Romania will continue, although for now President Traian Basescu is beating the opposition , which sought his resignation. Yesterday the results of a referendum were announced, during which Romanians answered a simple question: “Do you agree with the resignation of President Basescu?” The majority (more than 74% of the vote) disagreed.

Stuttgart won gold in the German championship After the almost unchallenged reign of Bayern, whose hegemony was occasionally violated by Werder Bremen and Borussia Dortmund, the silver salad bowl awarded to the Bundesliga champions leaves for the Duchy of Swabia. The last time Stuttgart won the title of best team in Germany was in 1992. And 15 years later he again finishes the championship at the top of the standings.

The news that the Kazakh parliament had granted the right to its President Nursultan Nazarbayev to run for office an unlimited number of times found me on a boat approaching the Volzhsky Utes sanatorium, a couple of hours before the EU-Russia summit began there. The news seemed shocking. Why, it’s simply implausible.

Cannes Film Festival halfway The 60th anniversary Cannes Film Festival is halfway through its 12-day life.

Chronicle of sporting events The coaching staff of the Russian national team named the names of 23 football players called up to prepare for and participate in the 2008 European Championship qualifying matches against Andorra (June 2, St. Petersburg) and Croatia (June 6, Zagreb).

A trail leading to the Kremlin was found in Bucharest Romanian President Traian Basescu celebrates his victory . Having won the referendum on May 19 (parliament raised the question of removing the president from power), Traian Basescu until 2009 can remain in the former royal palace of Cotroceni, where the presidential residence is now located. Today, the Romanian Constitutional Court will decide to terminate the impeachment proceedings against him.

The Atlantic cyclone, moving across the Barents Sea, reliably protects most of European Russia from the invasion of cold air. And southeastern and southern winds continue to carry very warm tropical air, which guarantees unusually hot weather for May. In the northwestern regions on Monday there will be mostly no precipitation, the air will warm up to +27°C.

The failures of the Russia-EU summits are not a reason for optimism even for the most anti-Western Russian public. Russia needs Europe even more than Europe needs Russia—no matter what fans of the idea of ​​a Russian energy empire that views the world exclusively through slits in the oil and gas pipes might say. Europe will sooner or later figure out how to manage without Russian energy resources. Or at least reduce the degree of dependence on them.

AvtoVAZ and Magna signed a protocol of intent to create a joint production AvtoVAZ and the Canadian Magna on Friday signed another document preceding the creation of a joint venture in Tolyatti for a project to jointly assemble a C-class car at the Russian plant’s facilities. As you know, the parties concluded a framework agreement on the joint venture in December last year; they have now signed a protocol of intent, and plan to conclude a corresponding agreement in the fall.

The new French government includes right, left and center The new President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, kept his promise to form his government “on a parity basis,” based “not on the ministers’ affiliation with political camps,” but on their “readiness to serve the country.” On Friday, the composition of the cabinet was announced, the chairman of which is the 52-year-old president himself, and the prime minister is his old friend and adviser, 53-year-old Francois Fillon.