Yesterday, 53-year-old career diplomat Andrei Nesterenko took up his duties as the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry and director of its Department of Information and Press (DIP). Until recently, he was the Russian ambassador to Cyprus. Mr. Nesterenko entered the diplomatic path in 1977 after graduating from the Faculty of International Economic Relations of the MGIMO University of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The General Assembly of the World Congress of Russian-Speaking Jewry (WCRE), which was held from May 21 to 22 in Jerusalem at the Palace of Nations, has ended. This year the event received state status. This was announced by the head of Israel Shimon Peres, congratulating the participants of the General Assembly. More than 3 thousand delegates - representatives of Russian-speaking communities from 31 countries who gathered for the forum, elected the president of their organization.

The Sats Children's Musical Theater held a competition for young choreographers The word “children’s” here is actually not very important, although, of course, the theater management does not think so, and the Moscow government allocated a significant amount specifically for the production for schoolchildren (the grand prix in the competition is the opportunity to stage your own performance in the theater) .

The Public Chamber assessed media freedom in the Voronezh region The Public Chamber and the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion published the first results of research as part of the Freedom of Speech Index in Russia project . The data was announced on Wednesday at a joint meeting of the VTsIOM expert group and the OP Commission on Freedom of Speech and Media in Voronezh.

Opinions of the participants of the Champions League final Football players, leaving the stadium after the match, need to go through a labyrinth, along the corridors of which journalists stand. Chelsea captain John Terry was the first of his team to overcome this path, several tens of meters long.

The UN persuades the Myanmar authorities not to interfere with the rescue of people Today, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon intends to meet with the President - Senior General Than Shwe - the military ruler of Myanmar, which was badly damaged in early May by the devastating Hurricane Nargis . The talks will take place in Naypyidaw, the new capital located 400 km from the former capital Yangon, the business center of the country of 50 million.

A new purge of the political field may be carried out in Russia The post-election purge of party and electoral legislation appears to have begun. The start of this process was given yesterday during a round table dedicated to improving the law on parties. The event was held as part of the work of the committee “For Clean and Fair Elections!”, headed by State Duma deputy Nikolai Gonchar, once independent, and now a member of United Russia.

St. Petersburg traffic cops began to fight the black market for car inspection coupons Since May, video cameras have appeared at all car inspection stations in St. Petersburg. The photographs taken by them will henceforth be attached to the diagnostic cards of each vehicle. Thus, the authorities of the northern capital decided to fight traffic cops who trade in vehicle inspection coupons. Recently, the St.

Senators propose to include preschool children in the national project “Education” Even the relatively modest successes of the fertility stimulation program initiated by Vladimir Putin revealed the shortcomings of another national project launched when he was president - “Education”.

English fans in Moscow have not given themselves a bad name Today the last Britons who came to the Russian capital to support their favorite clubs fighting for the Champions League Cup are due to fly out of Moscow. Already last night, about 90 charter flights departed from the capital's airports to the UK, and during yesterday another 30.

Gennady Timchenko denies everything Gennady Timchenko, one of the most famous and at the same time the most mysterious Russian entrepreneur, whom the press certifies exclusively as a “friend of Vladimir Putin,” made public comments about this friendship for the first time. However, he did this from a safe distance: he wrote a letter to the British newspaper Financial Times. Timchenko is a co-owner of the Swiss Gunvor Group , the third largest oil trader in the world and the largest in Russia.

“Everyone will die, but I will remain” in Criticism Week at the Cannes Film Festival Before the very end of the 61st Cannes Film Festival, the situation remains unchanged. No generally accepted favorite has emerged, and critical ratings for the films in competition remain low. Speculating now about who will win the Palme d'Or on Sunday night is for bookmakers and gamblers, not critics.

Dmitry Medvedev and Nursultan Nazarbayev agreed to make relations between Russia and Kazakhstan even closer The first foreign official visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, although short, was very eventful. As it turned out in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana, there is literally not a single area in Russian-Kazakh relations where the parties would not agree to strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation.

The chimpanzee case is being studied in Strasbourg The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) recently received an unprecedented complaint. An Austrian group of animal rights activists has contacted Strasbourg, demanding that the case of a biological relative of Homo Sapiens, a chimpanzee named Matthew, be considered.

The lower house of parliament was offended by the National Assembly of the “Other Russia” The State Duma decided to deal with the “alternative parliament” - the National Assembly, which was convened last Saturday , May 17, by left and right oppositionists under the leadership of the leaders of the “Other Russia” Garry Kasparov and Eduard Limonov.