President Dmitry Medvedev will make a stop today on his way to London and pay a short visit to Berlin. Here, on the eve of the G20 meeting and the anniversary spring session of NATO, the Russian guest will be received by Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel. As government spokesman Thomas Steg noted, the discussion will focus on economic and financial policy issues.

Most Nizhny Novgorod enterprises are unable to pay for rented premises At one of its recent meetings, the Nizhny Novgorod Cabinet of Ministers approved a draft resolution “On the calculation of rent for the use of state non-residential facilities in the Nizhny Novgorod region in 2009.” There will be no annual rent increases this year. This applies to tenants of both state and municipal non-residential buildings. If the crisis continues, rent will not increase next year.

At the stage in Khanty-Mansiysk, our biathletes were left without awards The international season for shooting skiers has ended. Biathletes were the last representatives of winter sports to compete in natural conditions for the World Cup. In other Olympic winter disciplines, where wrestling takes place outdoors, all trophies were awarded a week or two earlier.

Nikita Mikhalkov is again called upon to rule the Union of Cinematographers Nikita Mikhalkov is, of course, a fighter, and you can’t deny him that quality. The extraordinary congress, convened at his chairman's will, proceeded smoothly, quickly and calmly. Khutsiev's supporters for the most part did not come to see him. But Mikhalkov’s supporters ensured harmony and unity in an organized and friendly manner.

The Internet is about to undergo radical technological changes. In Moscow, at a press conference dedicated to cooperation between the Mozilla Foundation, the developer of the popular Firefox browser, and the Russian search engine Yandex, the head of Mozilla, Mitchell Baker, in a conversation with a Vremya Novostey correspondent, did not deny the possibility that the World Wide Web will be in the foreseeable future. technological revolution. Ms.

In the next 24 hours, the Icelandic cyclone will rapidly break into the Kola Peninsula. Heavy rainfall is expected in the Arkhangelsk and Vologda regions. And in general, the cyclone will seriously take over the weather of the northern half of the European territory of Russia. There will be precipitation everywhere, including the middle zone. Rain will begin in the northwestern region, with sleet at night.

Dynamo missed out on victory in the Champions League final For the fourth year in a row, an Italian club stood in the way of the capital's Dynamo women's team to win the European trophy. This time, in the decisive match for the title of the strongest club on the continent, the “blue and white” led by Valery Losev lost to Foppapedretti (Bergamo) in a tiebreaker - 2:3 (21:25, 25:22, 25:14, 24: 26, 10:15). Although victory at the Champions League Final Four, held in Perugia, Italy, was very close.

Bashkir fuel and energy complex received a new controller The epic with the establishment of control over the Bashkir fuel and energy complex has ended. Yesterday, AFK Sistema announced that it had acquired shares in Bashneft, Ufaneftekhim, Novoil, Ufaorgsintez, Ufa Oil Refinery and Bashkirnefteprodukt from four LLCs created with the participation of the President of the Republic Murtaza Rakhimov: Agidel- Invest", "Ural-Invest", "Inzer-Invest" and "Yuryuzan-Invest".

In recent years, Russia's circle of friends has been expanded by countries that were recently exotic for us in a political sense, such as Venezuela and Bolivia.

The new Minister of Agriculture will have to teach the industry to save Yesterday, a meeting of the expanded board of the Ministry of Agriculture took place - the first after the appointment of Elena Skrynnik as head of the department. And the new minister had not so much to accept congratulations on the occasion of taking office, but to listen to orders and wishes - from the governors and the curator of agriculture, First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov.

Rapprochement with Russia was an achievement of the Israeli Prime Minister Today at six o'clock in the evening Moscow time a new government of the Jewish state will be sworn in in Israel. On Sunday, 63-year-old Prime Minister Ehud Olmert held the last meeting of the outgoing current cabinet. His successor in this post will be the leader of the Likud party, 59-year-old Benjamin Netanyahu.

Investors are leaving the stock market to buy dollars The Russian stock market, which demonstrated strong growth in quotations throughout March, is now experiencing a deep correction. Investors who enthusiastically bought shares of domestic companies a week ago now prefer to take profits. Yesterday the RTS index fell by 5.3%, from 721.8 to 682.91 points, the MICEX index fell by 5.35%, from 815.21 to 771.67 points.

Lech Walesa is ready to leave Poland Yesterday Lech Walesa let out a cry from the heart. On his Internet blog, he stated that from now on he refuses to take part in any kind of anniversary events and other similar meetings. Moreover, having written “I’m not joking,” the founder of Solidarity announced his subsequent actions - the return of all awards and honorary titles and leaving the country.

The World Bank recommends that the Russian authorities sharply increase assistance to the population According to World Bank estimates, Russia's GDP will decline by 4.5% this year, which is a significant departure from the organization's previous forecast last fall, official estimates by Russian authorities, and global averages. The dynamics of the global economy, according to World Bank estimates, will also be negative and amount to minus 1.7% in 2009.

Barack Obama fired the head of General Motors The administration of US President Barack Obama insisted over the weekend on dismissing General Motors (GM) CEO Rick Wagoner, Bloomberg reports. If the auto industry expects continued government support, it has one last chance to carry out a “fundamental restructuring,” the head of state said. “We cannot, must not and will not allow our auto industry to simply disappear,” Mr. Obama said after Mr. Wagoner's resignation was announced.