Deutsche Bank accused of fraud The American bank M&T sued Deutsche Bank, accusing it of concealing information about securities that subsequently caused losses. Thus, the search for those responsible for the global financial crisis may spread from rating agencies to direct market participants.

Minsk seeks friendship with the Vatican Today, at the invitation of the Belarusian government, the second person of the Vatican, Secretary of State of the Holy See, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, will arrive in Minsk. The first visit to Belarus of a high representative of the Catholic Church will last until June 22. The guest will meet with President Alexander Lukashenko, Foreign Minister Sergei Martynov and Commissioner for Religious and National Affairs Leonid Gulyako.

Vnesheconombank signed an agreement with the World Bank Yesterday, Vnesheconombank signed a memorandum of understanding with individual representatives of the World Bank Group. The Russian state corporation says that it has “joined the club,” meaning new, equal relations with the world’s largest financial institutions.

Experts continue to study the remains from the “second burial” of the Romanovs While representatives of the House of Romanov are unsuccessfully trying to achieve the rehabilitation of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II and members of his family in the Moscow courts, the authorities in the Urals are rushing to publish a new sensation reminiscent of the tragedy of July 17, 1918.

Russian Foreign Ministry warned Georgia against “recklessness” Russia is trying to cool the ardor of the Georgian leadership, which is seeking to replace Russian peacekeepers with police forces under the auspices of the European Union.

Russia cancels visa requirements for non-citizens of Latvia and Estonia Russia has met its Baltic compatriots halfway. Yesterday, President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree abolishing visas for thousands of residents of Latvia and Estonia who have the status of non-citizens of these republics.

The northwestern and northern regions of European Russia will be at the mercy of the Atlantic cyclone. The stormy zone will also cover the northern half of the Central Federal District, including the capital itself. Here, too, there will be local short-term rains, thunderstorms are possible, and with thunderstorms there will be increased wind. But it’s warm here too, +21...+26оС. In the Southern Federal District +24...+31оС.

Russian economy: at the mercy of transformations or at the mercy of inflation? Overcoming price increases remains a top priority for the government, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said yesterday. According to him, the authorities are still “focusing” on the forecast annual inflation rate of 10.5%, “but it is very difficult to achieve such inflation rates.” Next week, Mr.

55 years ago the uprising in East Germany was crushed On June 17-18, 1953, Soviet T-34 tanks marched through Berlin. But this was not a military parade or even the shooting of a feature film. Soviet troops, who liberated the German capital from fascism, re-entered the city: now to suppress the anti-government rebellion. The uprisings in Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968 have been described and analyzed many times.

Benefit performance of the Russian Museum in Tsaritsino For its 110th anniversary, the Russian Museum opened its exhibitions “Time to Collect...” and “The 20th Century in the Russian Museum” in Moscow, in the Great Tsaritsyn Palace. For the exhibition about the past century, “kilometers” of selected items were brought to Moscow, which were removed from the permanent exhibition and taken out of storage. (One can’t help but frighten the thought: is there anything left in St.

“The Demon” was staged at the Musical Theater The fact that one of the premiere performances of “The Demon” fell on Friday the thirteenth is not a coincidence, but a witty idea.

Chronicle of sporting events According to the official website of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), the final decision in the case of the head coach of the Russian rhythmic gymnastics team, vice-president of the All-Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation Irina Viner will be made before July 10. The main mentor of Russian “artists” is accused of aggressive treatment of athletes, as well as incorrect statements regarding the statutes, rules and decisions of the FIG.

Moscow officials decided to support budding businessmen at the micro level Officials in the capital appear to be haunted by the fame of Bangladeshi banker Muhammad Yunus, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for creating an effective lending network for villagers. The Moscow mayor's office believes that the microcredit scheme for individual entrepreneurs can be implemented not only in the wilderness of a small agricultural state in Southeast Asia, but also in the Russian capital.

On the eve of the match with the Swedes, Guus Hiddink became interested in misinformation In Leogang they are accustomed to the fact that the mood that reigns in the Russian national team at one time or another can be easily guessed from the behavior of Guus Hiddink. But before the decisive match for our team with the Swedish national team, which will take place today in Innsbruck, everyone was confused. On the eve of the game, Hiddink is pure cordiality.

France gets rid of ballast and creates a mobile army Yesterday, French President and Commander-in-Chief Nicolas Sarkozy presented the principles of military reform outlined in the White Paper on Defense and National Security, which has been in the works since 2007. At the end of June, the document will be submitted to the country's parliament. The previous national security doctrine was adopted in 1994.