The fight for the Stanley Cup begins overseas This coming night in the NHL championship, 16 clubs will compete for the Stanley Cup. This year, approximately twelve teams can win the main trophy, and it is impossible to name the best team in the league. “Vremya Novostey” reminds how the pairs meeting in the 1/8 finals played during the championship, and who we can expect at the World Championship.

Washington Post wins Pulitzer Prize for series of high-profile resignations Columbia University in New York has announced the winners of the Pulitzer Prize for the 92nd time. The most prestigious award in the field of journalism this year was received by the Washington Post newspaper, and in six categories out of twenty-one.

Gennady Zyuganov will not join Vladimir Putin's government Representatives of the majority of parliamentary parties - three out of four: the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov, the head of the Duma faction of A Just Russia, Nikolai Levichev, and the first deputy head of the United Russia faction in the State Duma, Vladimir Pekhtin, discussed the upcoming formation of a new government independently of each other yesterday.

The “degree of mutual understanding” between Potanin and Prokhorov has increased Yesterday's meeting of shareholders of MMC Norilsk Nickel showed that disagreements between the company's main shareholders - Interros CEO Vladimir Potanin and Onexim Group President Mikhail Prokhorov - still persist . However, according to the assurances of the general director of their joint fund “KM Invest” Andrei Klishas, ​​the “degree of mutual understanding” between them has increased.

For the first time, a Russian hotel company bought a chain of European hotels Shareholders of AZIMUT Hotels Company (manages Russia's largest chain, Azimuth Hotel Chain), yesterday announced the purchase of the European hotel chain Austrian Hotel Company (AHC). The buyer was the company Central European Hotels Investments (CEHI), owned by Alexander Klyachin, who is also the main shareholder of the Azimut chain. Previously, Mr.

The director of the Social Insurance Fund found those responsible for the fund's budget deficit The new head of the Social Insurance Fund (FSS), Sergei Kalashnikov, announced his first initiative yesterday. He proposes to change the procedure for collecting the unified social tax (UST) and collect it, among other things, from small enterprises that currently pay taxes according to a simplified scheme.

Chronicle of sporting events Belgian Zenit defender Nicolas Lombaerts will most likely not help the team this season. The 23-year-old football player suffered a very serious injury during training on Monday - a ruptured cruciate ligament of the knee. According to the most optimistic forecasts, Lombaerts' recovery will take at least six months. Thus, the Belgian defender will miss Zenit’s start in the Champions League. In connection with this loss, the management of the St.

Former Israeli President in the dock Yesterday, the trial of former Israeli President Moshe Katsav began in the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court. The only issue that was to be discussed during yesterday's meeting was the court deal concluded in June 2007 by the Israeli prosecutor's office with the ex-president's lawyers. As part of the deal with Moshe Katsav, all serious charges were dropped, including rape and attempted rape, for which he could have received up to 16 years in prison.

CLUBS London Calling : I am Kloot (UK). The Manchester trio are considered one of the founders of Britpop. The band are often described as the more sophisticated "twin brothers" of Oasis, and their poetry has been compared to that of The Verve. Newspapers dubbed I Am Kloot "one of the most romantic modern English groups since the Beatles", and the band's leader John Bramwell was called "one of the five most brilliant songwriters in England".

Dmitry Medvedev met with the largest business The concept of the country's socio-economic development until 2020 will not be adopted until the government formulates its proposals for tax reform. President-elect Dmitry Medvedev firmly promised this at yesterday's meeting with the bureau of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP). “We did not discuss specific rates and terms.

Serial poisoner on trial in Yaroslavl The Yaroslavl Regional Court recently began and immediately suspended the trial of 37-year-old local resident Vyacheslav Solovyov, who has every chance of going down in the history of Russian criminology as one of the most insidious serial killers-poisoners. He is accused of six murders and four attempted murders - all of which were committed with the help of poisons.

The heritage problem affects the interests of half of Russians It just seems that preserving heritage is not a widespread matter. The problem of reviving cultural monuments and the historical urban environment affects the interests of approximately half of the population of our country. This is exactly how many people currently live in large and small historical cities and towns in Russia.

A sex scandal involving the President of the International Motor Sports Federation (FIA) Max Mosley is gaining momentum. His resignation in the world of motorsport is considered almost a done deal and the names of possible successors are already being discussed. Mosley himself, however, intends to fight to the last and make full use of the month that he has left before the Extraordinary FIA Congress dedicated to this scandal.

Iranian President presented new atomic achievements Yesterday, Iran gave a demonstrative response to the world community's attempts to convince it to suspend its nuclear program. The culmination of the solemnly celebrated Atomic Technology Day in the country was the statement by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad about the start of the installation of 6 thousand new centrifuges at the uranium enrichment center in the city of Natanz.

Ingushetia shows personnel stability The Ingush parliament extended the powers of its representative in the Federation Council Vasily Likhachev (pictured) . At the proposal of the President of Ingushetia, Murat Zyazikov, deputies of the People's Assembly of the Republic, elected on March 2, made this decision at the end of last week. Mr. Zyazikov’s opponents hastened to declare Mr.