The name of the future head of the Russian Orthodox Church abroad has been announced The name of the possible future head of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (ROCOR) has become known. This place remained vacant after the death of the first hierarch of the ROCOR, Metropolitan Laurus, on March 16 , who has already gone down in history as a person who did a lot to overcome the long-term schism of the Russian Church.

"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" on Moscow screens Benjamin Barker (Johnny Depp), a Londoner who had the imprudence to be the happy husband of his beautiful wife, through the intrigues of Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman), ended up behind bars on trumped-up charges and spent many years in Australian dungeons.

Russia ratified the WHO tobacco control convention Tobacco kiosks may disappear from the streets of Russian cities, and cigarettes from the menu of bars and restaurants. And the cost of a pack in just three or four months can increase several times. Even in duty-free shops you won’t be able to buy cheaper items - cigarettes are completely withdrawn from sale there.

The Russian national team reached the semi-finals of the Davis Cup The Russian men's tennis team has reached the semi-finals of the most prestigious team tournament, the Davis Cup, where it will meet the winner of the Argentina-Sweden pair. In the quarterfinals, which took place in Moscow at the Small Luzhniki Sports Arena, Shamil Tarpishchev's team beat the Czech quartet - 3:2 Nikolai Davydenko, who replaced the originally announced Igor Andreev, brought the winning point to the Russian team.

In the USSR Championship, I always supported Dynamo Kiev. I just started watching football meaningfully for the first time in 1975, when the people of Kiev won the Cup Winners' Cup and the Super Cup against Bayern Munich, and my childhood impressions were the strongest. Oleg Blokhin, naturally, was one of my favorite players on my favorite team: if only because he scored the most goals.

Salavat Yulaev forward Alexey SHKOTOV missed the fifth decisive match of the Russian Hockey Championship final due to a minor injury. But he played in the remaining four matches. In a conversation with Vremya Novostei correspondent Oleg EREMIN, the player explained what the players did not do during the final, how Oleg Tverdovsky stood out again, and how Sergei Mikhalev found the right tone of communication. -- On the Salavat side, they went through the entire playoffs very confidently.

Boeing customers demand compensation for Dreamliner delivery disruption Clients of the Boeing aircraft manufacturing corporation began to demand financial compensation for the delay in delivery of the new Boeing 787 commercial airliner . Boeing announced another delay in completing the design of this aircraft, also known as the Dreamliner (“dream plane”), last week.

Works by Semyon Bobrov published Blessed is he who joins the hosts of the wicked/ Does not go to disastrous council,/ Abhors the ways of the obstinate/ And slanderous conversations, // His will only pleases/ One divine law;/ He directs all thoughts to the law,/ Denying sleep day and night. // He, like a tree planted / With currents of silver-streaming waters, / Always keeps fresh grain, / Gives fat fruit in time.

Today the two-day congress of the United Russia party begins its work , which will discuss the country's development strategy until 2020 and may determine the fate of Vladimir Putin in relation to the party in power.

Following the speaker of the regional parliament in the Stavropol region, the governor may also be changed The political conflict in the Stavropol Territory is entering its climax phase , caused by the fact that the local election commission is trying to expel representatives of A Just Russia from the regional legislative assembly so that United Russia can gain control over this regional parliament.

Russians' confidence in the dollar has fallen tenfold in six years. The Public Opinion Foundation has once again decided to find out which currency our citizens trust the most. The trends of past years have been confirmed and coincided with the global financial situation - the dollar is losing ground on all fronts. 61% of ordinary Russians consider the ruble the most reliable currency, and 20 times less (3%) said that the dollar inspires the most trust in them.

Vladimir Putin wants to bring private business into orbit At a meeting of the Security Council on Friday, on the eve of Cosmonautics Day, dedicated to discussing the development of the space industry before the already symbolic year 2020, President Vladimir Putin spoke in favor of Russia moving to the implementation of ambitious projects in the space sector and actively attracting private investors.

The trial in the case of the assassination attempt on Chubais has gone further than ever In the trial of the assassination attempt on the life of the head of RAO UES of Russia, Anatoly Chubais, which has been ongoing in the Moscow Regional Court for almost two years, a kind of record was set last week. For the first time, it finally came to studying the physical evidence. The court has never gone this far in this case before.

12 people were killed and another 200 were injured as a result of an explosion that occurred on the evening of Saturday, April 12, at a religious and cultural center at a mosque in the city of Shiraz, 700 km from Tehran in the southern Iranian province of Fars, when there were about a thousand believers in the mosque . The explosion was heard away from the pulpit, where people had gathered to listen to the sermon. Otherwise there could have been more deaths.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is not the only politician who considers it important to maintain contacts with the leader of the Islamic radical group Hamas Khaled Mashal . Former US President Jimmy Carter, 83, who arrived in Israel yesterday, will go to Damascus this week for negotiations with the head of Hamas. At the same time, not only Israel, but also the United States considers Hamas a “terrorist organization” and does not want to conduct any negotiations with its leaders.