Why Medvedev and Lukashenko postponed negotiations The price of Russian gas for Belarus in 2009 may exceed $200 per thousand cubic meters, Russian Ambassador Alexander Surikov said at a press conference on Monday. His speech was, of course, devoted not only to the energy problem.

A week ago, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1816, authorizing the use of weapons against Somali pirates . The resolution was adopted with the consent of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia. Its validity period is six months. “At this stage,” said Abdullahi Yusuf, President of Somalia, “we cannot solve the problem of piracy on our own.” This is not the first UN resolution that concerns pirates.

Nizhny Novgorod bailiffs have invented a new type of fight against alimony defaulters The State Duma, at a plenary session on Wednesday, June 11, will consider in the third and final reading a bill that will increase the penalty for late payment of alimony five times. Corresponding changes are being made to the Family Code of the Russian Federation.

Megafon was ordered to remove its repeaters from protected areas The Interdistrict Environmental Prosecutor's Office of Moscow, as a Vremya Novostey correspondent learned, has achieved the dismantling of two Megafon cellular base stations located in specially protected natural areas - in the Moskvoretsky natural-historical park and the Setun River Valley reserve.

Four Deputy Energy Ministers Appointed Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko (pictured) now has four deputies. As it became known yesterday, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed an order appointing Vyacheslav Sinyugin, Anatoly Yanovsky, Vladimir Azbukin and Stanislav Svetlitsky to these posts. However, Mr. Shmatko has not yet issued the corresponding order for the ministry. Likewise, powers have not yet been distributed among the deputies.

Yesterday, residents and guests of the capital were able to see the renovated facade of the Moscow Hotel, which was closed for “reconstruction” in the summer of 2003. One of the largest hotels in the capital, built in 1932-1938 according to the design of architect A.V. Shchusev, was demolished four years ago. Demolition work on the hotel began on September 15, 2004. The decision to reconstruct the hotel was made at the public town planning council in June 2002.

Nationalists organized a new political club Last Sunday, four nationalist organizations - the unregistered party "Great Russia" , the Movement against Illegal Immigration (DPNI), the Russian liberation movement "People" and the Russian Social Movement - gathered at the Cosmos Hotel for the conference "New Political Nationalism", where signed the “Pact of June 8th”. All four movements entered a new organization - the Russian National Movement.

The objectivity of the world's leading media can significantly reduce the potential for conflict in hot spots and crisis regions of the planet. Chairman of the Voice of Russia radio company Armen Oganesyan spoke about this in Bonn at the first global media forum “The role of the media in preventing conflicts and their activities to maintain peace.” The first global media forum was organized by the German broadcasting company Deutsche Welle.

Recently, the government held a meeting on the project for the construction of the Eastern Siberia - Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline , during which the main attention was paid to the issues of the effective functioning of the main oil pipeline. By the time the first stage of ESPO is put into operation, oil production in Eastern Siberia will be 12 million tons per year, which will provide the required volume. “The current pace of construction corresponds to the newly approved project deadlines.

They want to attract young scientists to the academy with housing certificates The re-election of Yuri Osipov to the post of head of the Russian Academy of Sciences can be considered a definitive fait accompli. “I would like to inform you that I have signed a decree approving you as president of the Academy of Sciences,” President Dmitry Medvedev told the academician at a meeting in the Kremlin on Monday.

The clash of the season's favorites puts Robert Kubica in the lead The Canadian Grand Prix, held on Sunday, gave the Formula 1 world championship a new leader - 23-year-old Polish driver Robert Kubica, who won his first victory in Montreal. This victory was the first for his BMW-Sauber team. Moreover, another driver of the German-Swiss stable, Nick Heidfeld, finished second in the race, and veteran David Coulthard from Red Bull rounded out the top three.

CLUBS Anatoly Gerasimov (flute, saxophone) and DJ ZigZag . The already established tandem moved from the cramped concert stage of “Pilot” to the dance stage of “Propaganda” , 21.00. Ash. Igor Nadezhdin, pianist and organizer of the group, lived in Israel for a long time, where the idea was born to assemble a team playing brazil jazz. The repertoire of song arrangements by A.-K. Jobima, Brazilian classics, as well as songs of his own composition in Portuguese. Forte , 21.00.

The Kremlin is preparing to replace two Far Eastern governors Vice-Governor of the Primorsky Territory Nikolai Sidorov, who once played a significant role in the election victory of the current head of the region, Sergei Darkin, is leaving his team and going to work in the Kremlin. He will take the post of deputy chief for internal policy of the presidential administration. This department is headed by Oleg Govorun.

Relations between Russia and Poland are gradually beginning to improve . This week, from June 12 to 14, the first meeting of the renewed Russian-Polish commission on difficult issues will be held in Warsaw. Its co-chairman, the former head of the Polish Foreign Ministry, 70-year-old professor Adam Daniel ROTFELD, spoke about the work of the Vremya Novostei commission. —What goals do you set as head of the Polish part of the commission?

The oil company TNK-BP expects oil production to increase in 2009 - new projects will increase its production indicators. “The five-year development plan adopted last year assumed that in 2008 the company would reduce oil production by 1%, and production growth would begin in 2009,” said Sergei Brezitsky, executive vice president of TNK-BP for exploration and production.