There is a new leader in Kamchatka Yesterday, President Vladimir Putin accepted the resignation of Kamchatka Governor Mikhail Mashkovtsev. He appointed Vice-Governor Alexei Kuzmitsky as the new head of the region. Now it is Mr. Kuzmitsky who is the main candidate for the post of head of the Kamchatka Territory, which will be formed on July 1 of this year as a result of the unification of the Kamchatka region and the Koryak Autonomous Okrug. The resignation of Mikhail Mashkovtsev was expected.

Vladimir Putin agrees with criticism on a mutual basis Finding yourself in hot and sunny Vienna for several hours makes it very difficult to concentrate on politics. And even more so, show any emotions related to this policy.

Sergei Ivanov launched a teleconference with the regions First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov is actively walking along the “candidate ladder” to the presidency. True, sociologists, for example, the Levada Center, so far put him in second place after another first vice, Dmitry Medvedev. But Mr. Ivanov, apparently, is not bothered by this. Yesterday, with the help of the Interfax agency from Moscow, Mr. Ivanov arranged a whole teleconference with journalists from five cities: St.

A criminal case has been opened against the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Austria, the wife of the eldest daughter of the President of Kazakhstan, Rakhat Aliyev, for kidnapping, INTERFAX reports. The case, in particular, concerns the kidnapping of the former chairman of the board of a large Kazakh commercial Nurbank, Abilmazhen Gilimov, and the former first deputy chairman of the board of this bank, Zholdas Timraliev.

CLUBS Alexey Aigi & 4`33``. 13 years - and no big deal! Group birthday. Club on Brestskaya , 21.00. James Taylor Quartet (UK). James's talent has been recognized by many of his peers: The Wonderstuff, Pogues, U2 and Manic Street Preachers - all of these groups have actively collaborated with James, and his unique Hammond playing graces many of their recordings. B1 Maximum , 20.00. CONCERTS Arkady Schilkloper (horn, Germany), “Second Approximation” . Union of Composers , 19.00.

The British comedy of manners "Scenes of a Sexual Nature" is in theaters While children of all ages are queuing for the third episodes of Shrek and Pirates of the Caribbean, mature people have a limited (only at the 35 MM cinema) opportunity to watch a very low-budget film by a British aspiring director, which does not have a single special effect or one fight, not one cinephile quote.

This year, a huge auction campaign took place in Moscow, which Russia has never seen before. First of all, YUKOS assets and electric power enterprises were sold . And at these auctions an interesting pattern emerged: companies with large foreign capital acted on their own behalf.

SPS calls for a fight against communist revanchists The head of the election headquarters of the Union of Right Forces party (SPS), State Duma deputy Anton Bakov announced yesterday the creation of a network of committees for the defense of capitalism. The need for such structures, in his opinion, is due to the fact that the left forces in Russia are closer than ever to revenge.

Ukrainian politicians are getting deeper and deeper into the dispute over holding early parliamentary elections. Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych yesterday did not rule out that elections could take place in the fall. At the same time, the parties are engaged in fierce legal battles.

Yesterday, the Tbilisi City Court sentenced 43-year-old Irakli Batiashvili, the former head of the Georgian special services in the early 90s, to seven years in prison. The prosecution demanded ten years in prison for “intellectual assistance” to the Kodori Gorge rebels. The charge of treason was dropped during the trial. The day before the verdict was announced, Mr. Batiashvili went on an indefinite hunger strike.

Rosneft will resell part of the former assets of Yukos Having acquired most of YUKOS's assets , Rosneft began sorting out its purchases. The company no longer hides the fact that it intends to sell some enterprises in the near future. “In fact, we bought a lot of assets, we don’t need all of them,” Rosneft head Sergei Bogdanchikov told reporters yesterday.

As part of improving the internal corporate management structure of Gazprom, Gazprom Pererabotka LLC, Gazprom Pererabotka-Surgut LLC and Gazprom Pererabotka-Urengoy LLC were created by separating gas processing assets from Severgazprom, Surgutgazprom and Urengoygazprom, respectively. . Subsequently, Gazprom's assets in the field of gas and liquid hydrocarbon processing will be consolidated into Gazprom Pererabotka LLC.

An outstanding scientist and designer, creator of systems and complexes of anti-aircraft missile weapons for air defense, Boris Vasilyevich Bunkin, has passed away. His name is on a par with such creators of domestic weapons as Sergei Korolev, nuclear scientists Igor Kurchatov and Yuliy Khariton, as well as the now living gunsmith Mikhail Kalashnikov, rocket scientist Sergei Nepobedimy and other still closed designers and organizers of military production.

Prime Minister's killers convicted in Serbia Yesterday, the Special Court of Belgrade announced its decision in the case of the murder of the former head of the Serbian government, Zoran Djindjic. 12 defendants were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. 39-year-old Milorad Ulemek, nicknamed Legionnaire, and 41-year-old Zvezdan Jovanovic each received 40 years - the maximum possible punishment in Serbia.

The British Prime Minister accused Russia of politicizing oil and gas supplies The energy confrontation between Russia and the West is acquiring new alarming episodes. Tony Blair, a personal friend and political partner of Vladimir Putin, who left the post of British Prime Minister a month later , wrote an article in The Times newspaper about the energy strategy of the United Kingdom, in which he directly accused Moscow of using oil and gas potential for political purposes.