Putin promised to “encourage” the press for their interest in Russia There are no losers, but there are no winners either. There is only one offended and two excellent students. These are the results of the NATO summit that ended at the end of last week in Bucharest , as well as meetings of the Russia-NATO Council (NRC) and the Ukraine-NATO Commission. The main “actors” of these events, in addition to, of course, Ukraine and Russia, were Georgia, Croatia, Albania and Macedonia.

Critics sum up March March, a time of transition - from winter to spring, from one president to another, on Russian television was no different from other months, judging by the assessments of members of the television critics club. All the reproaches - the vulgarity of entertainment programs, the lack of real information journalism, excesses with violence, servility towards the powers that be - are in their places.

Benois de la danse nominees announced On May 6, the names of the best dancer, best ballerina and best choreographer of 2007 will be announced at the Bolshoi Theater (Benoit traditionally counts time in years, not seasons).

The former commander of a separate Russian missile defense army, retired Lieutenant General Nikolai RODIONOV, told Vremya Novostei about the features of the radar station in the Czech Republic. -- The Pentagon intends to install in the Czech Republic a radar that was tested at the US Army test site on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

The first resignation of the season occurred in the “townspeople” camp It is with great difficulty that points are being given to the recognized favorites, and the competition is increasingly intense. In just one match of the 4th round there was a victory with a difference of more than one goal. Most of the remaining games were decided by minutes of injury time. The first resignation also took place, but not on the coaching bridge, but in the leadership of FC Moscow.

According to the main version, the explosion in a house on Academician Korolev Street was caused by military history buffs Three people were killed, three more were hospitalized and dozens were left homeless as a result of an explosion that rocked a 22-story residential building on Akademika Korolev Street in Moscow last Friday. In the very first hours of the investigation, the intelligence services came to the conclusion that this was not a terrorist attack.

Extraordinary meetings of shareholders of Polyus Gold and Norilsk Nickel will most likely end in nothing For more than a year now, trying to divide their joint business , Vladimir Potanin and Mikhail Prokhorov will meet at extraordinary meetings of shareholders of Polyus Gold (April 7) and Norilsk Nickel (April 8). As you know, in both companies the agenda includes changes to the charters and re-election of the boards of directors .

March 4 -- April 4, 2008 “Politicians Through the Eyes of the Media,” a joint project of Vremya Novostei and the Medialogia company, are ratings of the political figures most actively discussed in the Russian media.

Tomorrow, US Ambassador to Baghdad Ryan Crocker and the commander of the US contingent in Iraq, General David Petraeus, will report to Congress. They will suggest that congressmen take a pause in the process of reducing American troops so as not to “jeopardize the gains achieved.” Does this initiative indicate a sharp deterioration of the situation in Iraq?

Yuri Luzhkov promised to preserve the historical bridge near the Belorussky railway station It seems that the capital’s authorities are somewhat tired of numerous conflicts with Muscovites and, at every opportunity, they try to remind them of the good intentions of the developers.

India approaches the Trans-Afghan gas pipeline At the end of last week, an Indian delegation led by the country's Vice President Hamid Ansari took a three-day working visit to Turkmenistan. The parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the oil and gas ministries of the two countries.

FOOTBALL. April 8-9. Champions League. Quarterfinals. Return matches . April 10. UEFA Cup. Quarterfinals. Return matches . Russian Championship. Premier League. 5th round. April 12. CSKA - Spartak (Nch), Tom - Shinnik, Khimki - Rubin, Amkar - Moscow. April 13. "Lokomotiv" - "Terek", "Luch-Energia" - "Saturn", "Zenit" - "Wings of the Soviets", "Dynamo" - "Spartak" (M).

Democrats have not decided whether to fight for power or against power Last weekend, the first truly spring and warm one this year, saw increased opposition activity. On Saturday , the conference “New Agenda for the Democratic Movement of Russia” was held in St. Petersburg . The democrats gathered in the hall of the Angleterre Hotel, where Sergei Yesenin committed suicide in 1925.

A competition for the post of head of the city administration has been announced in Kaliningrad By the end of April, the capital of the westernmost region of Russia will acquire a city manager - a hired official who will be responsible for almost everything in the municipality. At its extraordinary meeting on Friday, the Kaliningrad District Council decided to announce a competition for the position of head of the city administration.

The drunken air of freedom played a cruel joke on Posner. Well, we can’t send our people to America for a long time, even a one-story one. Otherwise, a respected and prosperous person will leave here, wander around the Statue of Liberty, and then return to our sheep and start to wonder: who am I, a simple TV presenter or do I have the right? And then he will go and declare to the whole country that we have no freedom of speech! Such are the times these days. I liked it.