The case of ex-Minatom head Evgeniy Adamov ended with his release Former head of Minatom Yevgeny Adamov was released yesterday. The Moscow City Court replaced the real term of imprisonment of five and a half years, which in February of this year was determined for him by the Zamoskvoretsky District Court for fraud and abuse of power , with a suspended one.

CLUBS Erykah Badu (USA). The incomparable Erica - one of the most colorful figures of the modern soul scene, an African beauty, also known for her incredible hairstyles and ethnic headdresses - recently became the face of an advertising campaign for the new Tom Ford fragrance. “B1 Maximum” , April 19, 21.00. Jay-Jay Johansson (Sweden). The tireless Jay-Jay presents the latest, intimate and chamber program in Moscow.

Potanin and Prokhorov divided everything except the most important thing Interros CEO Vladimir Potanin and Onexim Group President Mikhail Prokhorov have finally agreed on the division of assets worth more than $11 billion managed by their joint fund KM Invest. Yesterday, Interos and Onexim announced in a press release that they had signed agreements under which Interros would acquire Mr. Prokhorov's 50 percent stake in KM Invest.

Georgia seeks understanding from the West Yesterday, Georgia, in the form of an ultimatum, demanded that Russia cancel the decisions taken the day before in support of Abkhazia and South Ossetia . President Mikheil Saakashvili said at a government meeting that he “expects and demands” from Moscow to reconsider positions that “violate the sovereignty of Georgia.” The Georgian president has already secured Western support.

New Russian animation will be shown at the 35 MM cinema The “Our Animation” festival at the “35 MM” cinema has been taking place for the third year. Traditionally, its program is based on cartoons shown at the professional animation festival in Suzdal, where at the end of winter almost all the films shot in our country over the past year are taken.

There is no one to confirm the new Irkutsk governor in office For the first time since the transition in the fall of 2004 from popular elections of governors to their approval by regional parliaments, the mechanism experienced a systemic failure. The confirmation of State Duma deputy Igor Esipovsky as governor of the Irkutsk region, whom Vladimir Putin proposed as acting governor on April 15, failed. There is simply no one to confirm the temporary head of the region in office.

“Zarechye-Odintsovo” can become the new champion of Russia Today begins the “golden” confrontation between the teams “Zarechye-Odintsovo” and “Dynamo” (Moscow) in the national championship among women’s teams. This series, which will last until three victories and will take place on April 18, 19, 23 and, if necessary, April 24 and 27, can give Russia a new champion.

Krasnoyarsk traffic police inspectors tried an original way of punishing violators As you know, the fine for not fastening a seat belt is 500 rubles. And although the traffic rules are the same everywhere for everyone, yesterday the leadership of the Krasnoyarsk traffic police decided to temporarily deviate from the letter of the law and punish motorists who do not care about their own safety in a more original way.

Russia will continue to exceed its inflation target in the coming years Yesterday in the Federation Council, at a round table meeting on the topic “Improving the quality of macroeconomic forecasting as the basis for the stability of the three-year budget,” the director of the financial policy department of the Ministry of Finance, Alexey Savatyugin, admitted that “ inflation will most likely be double-digit this year. We are not sure that it will be single-digit next year ,” the official said.

John Lloyd, Stephen Fry. The Book of General Delusions. Translation from English by A. Rakhuba. M.: Phantom Press, 2008. This funny book was born from a TV show called QI, which Stephen Fry hosted for some time on the BBC. The idea of ​​the program belonged to the famous British producer John Lloyd, who infected the know-it-all Jeeves with it. The comedy popular science quiz was played according to not entirely standard rules.

Linda. "Skor-Peonies" ("Mystery of Sound"). No, after all, our artists need to somehow gather their courage and prohibit themselves from: a) using a mixture of Latin and Cyrillic in the titles of their albums; b) make puns. Because puns are: a) bad taste; b) it still rarely turns out to be both funny and thoughtful. More often than not. Linda named the album the way she did because this mixture of peony flowers and scopon animals seems to reflect human nature.

Dmitry Kozak is against expanding the functions of the Ministry of Regional Development "Fine". Obviously, this was the best assessment that the Ministry of Regional Development could count on yesterday when reporting for its actions in 2007 and early 2008 to the Cabinet of Ministers. The ministry, which with the arrival of Dmitry Kozak acquired unprecedentedly broad functions, in general, is still living in advance, thanks to the personality of its current leader. But everything ends someday.

The European Commission collects gas promises to fill Nabucco Another delay in the commissioning of the Nabucco gas pipeline project forced the European Commission to intensify the negotiation process with all possible gas producers.

Yesterday, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, 46-year-old Serge Brammertz, who took up his post on January 1, visited Serbia. This is his first visit to Belgrade. The prosecutor met with the country's top leadership, including President Boris Tadic and Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica. Mr.

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