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.

The Russian team won the Eurotour The Russian national hockey team appeared in front of the Moscow public for the last time before the World Championships in Canada. The presentation turned out to be successful: in the Česke Poištovny match in Moscow, the Russians defeated the Finnish team (4:1) and became the winners of the Eurotour ahead of schedule. But Ilya Kovalchuk, who had been expected for so long, never found the strength to play for the team after his birthday.

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.

Chronicle of sporting events Football. Spanish Cup. Final . “Valencia” – “Getafe” – 3:1. In the Copa del Rey final, Valencia beat Getafe (3:1) and won the honorable trophy for the seventh time in its history. After the match, coach Ronald Koeman said that his players deserved this victory. “At the beginning of the match we made good use of our advantages, but a penalty against us significantly complicated the situation.

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.

Mikhail Tanich died He has a reputation rare for a poet. Rare even for a so-called songwriter. In cinema, the most unknown creator is a screenwriter; on the stage, the most unknown creator is the author of a poetic text. Which of us can boast of national fame, such that people know by sight and ask for autographs? Few. Nikolay Dobronravov. Ilya Reznik. Alexander Shaganov. Larisa Rubalskaya. And Tanich. Being a songwriter is not a very “glorious” occupation in our country.

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.

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.

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.

Gordon Brown met with all US presidents Yesterday, Prime Minister Gordon Brown met in Washington with US presidents - current and future. Since the favorite in the election race is not yet known, the head of the British government held 45-minute separate meetings with all three contenders for the White House - Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama , as well as Republican John McCain . Only after this did he proceed to his current owner, George Bush.

Bakiyev and Nazarbayev are building an alliance The two-day visit to Astana by Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, which ends today, looks like an extremely important milestone in building a new political configuration in Central Asia. The idea of ​​creating a union consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, proposed exactly a year ago, in April 2007, during the visit of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev to Bishkek, seems still a distant prospect.

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.

The State Corporation “Fund for Assistance to the Reform of Housing and Communal Services” was created in July 2007. The Fund, on a shared basis with the regions, finances major repairs of apartment buildings and the associated resettlement of people from houses in disrepair and subject to demolition. 240 billion budget rubles have been allocated for this . How did the new state corporation begin its work - the only one that has an announced date of “death”?