A new head of the presidential expert department has been appointed After almost a year of existence without a leader, the Presidential Expert Directorate finally received a new boss yesterday. Ilya Lomakin-Rumyantsev, who left the Federal Insurance Supervision Service for a new job, was appointed head of the department.

The company is challenging the contract with Mechel Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) and Mechel intend to meet again in court. However, this time the sides switched places. If in November last year Mechel sued Magnitka over a debt of 960 million rubles. for the supplied raw materials, it became known yesterday that MMK had already gone to court.

Ten years ago, on March 24, 1999, the North Atlantic Alliance launched an air campaign against Yugoslavia. After 78 days of bombing, the Yugoslav army had to leave the territory of the Serbian region of Kosovo. It included units of a multinational peacekeeping force operating under a UN mandate under the operational command of NATO. The military success of the West was facilitated by the international diplomatic isolation of Yugoslavia.

The state monopolizes grain trade A grain monopolist has been created in Russia: President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on the creation of the United Grain Company (UGC). The OZK will include most of the largest market operators. The United Grain Company will act on the international stage as the largest exporter of grain, including under government contracts within the framework of international food supply programs.

Roma defeated in the Eternal City Italian Championship. 29th round. Catania - Lazio - 1:0, Roma - Juventus - 1:4, Bologna - Cagliari - 0:1, Chievo - Palermo -- 1:0, Fiorentina -- Siena -- 1:0, Genoa -- Udinese -- 2:0, Inter -- Regina -- 3:0, Lecce "- "Atalanta" - 2:2, "Torino" - "Sampdoria" - 1:3, "Napoli" - "Milan" - 0:0. Leading : Inter - 69 points, Juventus - 62, Milan - 55.

Nikita Mikhalkov and Marlen Khutsiev talk to each other at press conferences On Saturday, 450 members of the Moscow branch of the Union of Cinematographers came to the Cinema House to recognize the newly elected chairman of the Investigative Committee, Marlen Khutsiev. Among them are famous directors Vadim Abdrashitov, Vladimir Menshov, Nikolai Dostal, Pavel Chukhrai, Alexander Mitta, Vitaly Mansky and Yuri Kara. Nikita Mikhalkov gathered his supporters at Mosfilm on the same day and hour.

NATO bombing helped divide Serbia Serbian President Boris Tadic yesterday took part in a meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation in Kosovo ten years after the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.

An Atlantic cyclone is approaching the European territory of Russia from the northwest. Moving from Scandinavia through the Baltic states, it will draw Mediterranean heat into its system, after which it will turn east and aim for the center of Russia. In the northwestern region, due to this cyclone, there will be light snow, during the day -4...+1оС, in the south up to +3оС.

The Georgian opposition accused the authorities of starting mass terror Yesterday the Georgian opposition announced the beginning of mass terror on the part of the authorities. The reason for this accusation was the arrest on the night of March 23 of nine activists of the former chairman of parliament Nino Burjanadze’s “United Georgia” movement. They were detained in Tbilisi and Batumi on suspicion of illegal acquisition and storage of weapons.

Doctors demand an increase in government orders for high-tech operations Leading Russian clinics are applying for an increase in government orders for high-tech medical care. This was stated recently by a prominent cardiac surgeon and head of the Bakulev Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, Leo Bokeria, speaking at an expanded board of the Ministry of Health and Social Development.

CLUBS Ash. The repertoire of song arrangements by A.-K. Jobima, Brazilian classics, as well as works by the group organizer Igor Nadezhdin in Portuguese. "Forte" , 21.00. Haleo (Cuba). Latin American rhythms, youthful enthusiasm and tropical temperament at Cool Train Club , 21.00. CONCERTS Eliso Virsaladze (piano). J. Haydn, W.-A. Mozart, K.-M. von Weber, R. Strauss. Moscow State Concert Hall Symphony Orchestra. Conductor A. Levin. Conservatory , 19.00. Choir named after M.E. Pyatnitsky.

Dmitry Medvedev: Olympic construction is bogged down in approvals Russian President Dmitry Medvedev personally became involved in the implementation of two sports megaprojects in Russia - the 2014 Winter Olympics and the scandalous reform of the Central Army Sports Club .

Two American planes crashed on the same day Two American planes crashed on the same day, and in total, four aircraft from the United States have crashed since the beginning of the year. This time, alas, there were casualties. In the US state of Montana, a single-engine plane crashed on which vacationers were flying to a ski resort. As a result of the disaster, 14 people died, half of them children. The plane crash occurred on Sunday while landing at Bute Airport.

Former Romanian Prime Minister on trial for corruption Today, the Supreme Court of Cassation of Romania resumes the trial against 58-year-old Adrian Nastase, a member of parliament and one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), part of the ruling coalition. From December 2000 to December 2004, the politician served as Prime Minister of Romania. It is to this period that the accusation of corruption dates back to - in 2004, when he was prime minister and chairman of the PSD, Mr.

Today dance duets will open the World Figure Skating Championships. On the eve of the start in Los Angeles, Vremya Novostei special correspondent Olga ERMOLINA spoke with one of the contenders for gold in this type of program, 2008 European champion Oksana DOMNINA, performing in tandem with Maxim Shabalin. — Oksana, does the summer weather in Los Angeles, as a representative of a winter sport, bother you? - Not at all. When we left Delaware, it was warm there too.