Drug control strengthened by assistant to the former president This morning, a new director is expected to be introduced to the leadership of the Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN). As it was announced yesterday, by his decree, President Dmitry Medvedev appointed 58-year-old Viktor Petrovich Ivanov to this post.

Russian authorities are learning from the European Court to protect the rights of citizens Seven prisoners from a maximum security colony in the Perm region will receive 10 thousand euros from the Russian treasury for the abuse they suffered from the guards.

Yuri Luzhkov's subordinates explain the essence of the mayor's statements about Sevastopol The example of Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, who was already banned by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) from entering the territory of a neighboring state for eloquent statements on foreign policy issues not within his direct competence, seems to have seemed infectious to lower-ranking officials in the capital.

The captain of the Russian national team, Alexey Morozov, finally returned to the ice after being injured in a game with the Swedish team. Then Douglas Murray used a harsh force against the striker, as a result of which Alexey was unable to get to the locker room on his own. If the doctors had recorded a concussion, the Ak Bars hockey player would have missed the rest of the tournament.

The traffic police will ensure priority for football fans on the day of the Champions League final If St. Petersburg traffic inspectors yesterday agreed to limit traffic on a number of streets in order to give Zenit fans the opportunity to celebrate their team’s victory in the UEFA Cup on a grand scale, the Moscow traffic police department has already begun active preparations for the Champions League final.

Dmitry Medvedev made his debut as Supreme Commander-in-Chief For his first trip after the inauguration , Russian President Dmitry Medvedev chose the most traditional tourist route - the Golden Ring. In one day, he managed to visit three cities at once - Ivanovo, Kostroma and Yaroslavl. True, visiting the famous ancient churches at the president’s, popular among tourists, was not the main point of the program. Dmitry Medvedev made his debut as supreme commander in chief.

Vladimir Potanin's Interros holding has closed a deal to purchase a 50 percent share of Onexim head Mikhail Prokhorov in KM Invest CJSC. Thus, after the consolidation of 100% of KM Invest, the holding manages about 30% of the shares of Norilsk Nickel, about 30% of the shares of Polyus Gold, as well as more than 30% of Open Investments, about 40% of Rosbank, 100% Prof-Media and other assets, Interros said in a statement.

In the coming days, the northern winds will give way to western and southwestern ones, which will bring warming, and the Atlantic cyclones driven by them will bring light rain. In the northwestern regions, frosts are still relevant on Friday and Saturday, and on Monday night the temperature will rise to positive values, the daytime temperature will change little, remaining low for this time of year, and will be +7...+12оС. In central Russia the weather will begin to improve.

It took Zenit one and a half innings to crack the Rangers' defense In general, the scenario for the final match of the UEFA Cup could have been predicted long before it began. Rangers, as usual in Europe, had to go on the defensive. Zenit had to confirm its status as a favorite in attack. And from the first minutes, Walter Smith's team, voluntarily parting with the ball, began to wait for the St. Petersburg team to decide their fate. They were in no hurry.

Zenit won the first European trophy planned by Gazprom St. Petersburg Zenit returned the UEFA Cup to Russia . Yesterday, the Russian team at the St. Petersburg airport with a military band was met by Governor Valentina Matvienko and the head of Gazprom Alexey Miller, who had flown in a little earlier from the same Manchester, where the historic final for St. Petersburg took place. The rest of the residents of St.

The Armed Services Committee of the US House of Representatives, when considering the draft US defense budget for 2009, cut funds by more than 50% for the creation of a third US missile defense (BMD) positional area in the Czech Republic and Poland . The Democratic-controlled committee approved spending on missile defense research and development in the amount of $232 million, and $140 million on the construction of the facilities themselves.

Chronicle of sporting events Already at the fifth stage of the prestigious multi-day cycling race "Giro d' Italia", which will continue until June 1, the Russian Tinkoff team has completed its minimum task. Pavel Brutt, who was in a long lead for almost the entire distance (184 km out of 203) in the company of four other riders, demonstrated excellent speed in the finishing stretch and achieved Tinkoff’s first victory at a competition of this level.

CLUBS Olga Arefieva and “Ark” at the Kh.O. May 16, 21.00. Pep-See at the Gogol' club. May 17, 21.30. Vyacheslav Gaivoronsky (trumpet), Vladimir Volkov (double bass), Andrey Kondakov (piano). The trio mixes almost all known genres, without remaining consistent in any of them.

The placement of an additional share issue of TGK-11 did not take place For the first time, RAO UES of Russia was unable to place an additional issue of shares in a large generating company. Yesterday the deadline for the placement of securities of TGK-11 (which unites power plants in the Omsk and Tomsk regions) ended, but it did not take place due to interim measures under the Rosneft lawsuit.

On May 14, the export main oil product pipeline Kstovo (Vtorovo) - Yaroslavl - Kirishi - Primorsk and a terminal for transshipment of light oil products in the port of Primorsk were put into operation.