Justine Henin suffered the most devastating defeat in her career Russian big-racket masters are demonstrating high-quality tennis at a major tournament currently taking place in Miami (USA). Men and women here have an equal prize fund - $3.77 million each. Without taking into account the two matches of the girls' competition, which ended last night Moscow time, three of our compatriots secured access to the quarterfinals - Nikolay Davydenko, Igor Andreev and Svetlana Kuznetsova .

Zemfira at the Olimpiyskiy An event, to be sure. The first and last time Zemfira assembled this hall was eight years ago, on the same first of April. Moscow does not observe an oversupply of Zemfira. Well, he will perform at the club from time to time, at the Green Theater or at the Maxidrom. But it clearly doesn’t overfeed. But if he performs, then to the fullest. The last concert was a real monster.

From an informed source in Moscow, Vremya Novostey learned that, as a compromise on the problem of missile defense, the Americans are now proposing to allow Russian observation officers to future American missile defense bases in the Czech Republic and Poland. At the same time, Washington sets a condition: that in return American specialists be allowed to visit Russian missile defense facilities, including those located near Moscow.

The organizers of the Sochi Olympics were unable to determine the amount of compensation for alienated land plots Public opinion, and first of all the direct participants in the “game” of the 2014 Olympics - residents of the resettled areas of Sochi , are interested in how the issue of land rights will be resolved.

The State Duma increased penalties for abandoning parental debt Legislators put unscrupulous dads on the counter . This is how the first deputy leader of the United Russia faction, Tatyana Yakovleva, commented on yesterday’s decision of the State Duma, which adopted amendments to the Family Code in the first reading. When the bill is approved by both chambers and signed by the president, the new version of Art. 115 of the Code, the amount of the penalty for alimentary debt will increase.

Gazprom and Eni are close to a deal with assets in Libya The Day of Russian-Italian Business Friendship , during which business representatives from the Apennine Peninsula met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Novo-Ogarevo, did not bring any big deals. Assistant to the head of the Russian state Sergei Yastrzhembsky only hinted at the possibility of a quick breakthrough in negotiations between Gazprom and Eni regarding the exchange of assets.

The Central Election Commission refused to acknowledge the decline in Russians' trust in the electoral system The legal culture of Russians and methods for improving it were the focus of yesterday's meeting of the Central Election Commission. Electoral system workers heard and approved a report on the implementation of the Consolidated Plan of Major Activities to Improve the Legal Culture of Voters and Train Election Organizers in 2007. 162 million rubles were spent on its implementation.

Moscow has found a way to respond to supporters of the region’s independence Moscow for the first time officially announced the possibility of dividing the region of Kosovo, which in February unilaterally declared independence , which was never supported by Russia.

Counterintelligence officers conducted searches in the offices of the UBEP St. Petersburg The offices of the heads of the Department for Combating Economic Crimes (UBEP) of the Main Internal Affairs Directorate of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region were searched yesterday.

The State Duma marked the anniversary of the Holodomor with a political statement The State Duma yesterday adopted a statement “In memory of the victims of the famine of the 30s on the territory of the USSR.” Discussion of this issue caused a tough and intense debate.

Zimbabwe's ruling party, the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), has lost control of parliament for the first time in 28 years. According to the official results of the March 29 presidential elections announced yesterday , the party of 84-year-old President Robert Mugabe can only claim 93 seats in the 210-seat parliament. And the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) of 56-year-old Morgan Tsvangirai has 105 seats.

Deputies propose a complete ban on tobacco advertising in Russia Children may soon be spared the contemplation of intrusive cigarette advertising , and smokers, when choosing brands, will be guided only by the opinions of friends: the State Duma intends to completely ban advertising of tobacco products. The first step towards this has already been taken. Yesterday, deputies passed in the first reading a bill banning advertising of tobacco (and alcohol) on all types of transport.

Vladimir Resin extracted a million meters of housing from the words of Dmitry Medvedev Moscow authorities are confident that the city's construction policy will find understanding with the new president.

Strangely enough, the upcoming appointment of the Russian President as Prime Minister of Russia has some intrigue. The intrigue is whether Vladimir Putin will be approved by the State Duma as head of government on May 8, the day after the inauguration of Dmitry Medvedev, and without consultations with parliamentary factions, or whether formal consultations will still take place.

Dmitry Medvedev proposed solving the housing issue by dispossessing ministries and departments Already next year, a number of federal structures may lose their land plots in favor of ordinary Russian citizens. The Russian authorities intend to solve the housing problem through low-rise construction, which requires a large amount of free land.