For two deposits, Lev Leviev will receive about 3% of Polymetal shares Polymetal, Russia's largest silver producer, may have a new shareholder - businessman Lev Leviev. His companies will sell to Polymetal 100% of the shares of Rudnik Kvartseviy LLC, which owns the license for the Sopka Kvartsevaya deposit, as well as 100% of Vneshstroygroup LLC, which owns the license for the Dalny gold and silver deposit. The deal will not be made in cash, but in exchange for Polymetal shares.

Russia honors the memory of Yazidi Kurds killed in Iraq At least seven people were killed and more than 25 were injured yesterday when a bomb exploded near a Shiite mosque in the Kazymiya district of northern Baghdad. A day earlier, US President Barack Obama, who appeared in Baghdad on an unannounced visit, told Iraqi leaders that the next 18 months would be the most “critical” in terms of ensuring stability in that country.

Gazprom agreed with Shell on gas supplies to California Gazprom will be able to independently sell annually about 1 million tons of liquefied natural gas from the Sakhalin-2 project, control over which it received after the entire volume of fuel was contracted on a long-term basis.

Whale deaths may be caused by military sonars One of the most common versions of the mass suicide of whales and dolphins washing ashore has received new confirmation. Through a series of experiments involving dolphins, researchers from the Hawaiian Institute of Marine Biology demonstrated the effects of military sonar on aquatic mammals. During the experiment, it turned out that a dolphin exposed to the radar can “lose hearing” for almost 40 minutes.

Supporters of former Yukos leaders held the first unauthorized rally near the Khamovnichesky Court building In the Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow, where hearings are being held on the second criminal case against the ex-head of YUKOS Mikhail Khodorkovsky and the former head of the Menatep MFO Platon Lebedev, prosecutors continued to announce the indictment yesterday.

The dollar recovered its fall Yesterday, the dollar recovered the decline that began last week, jumping by 40 kopecks to RUB 33.77. The success of the US currency can easily be explained by the fact that international investors are returning to safer assets amid increasing concerns about the prospects for the global economy. According to analysts, in the near future exchange rates will remain volatile amid the release of quarterly reports of American companies.

The European Union is not confident in the President of Belarus The issue of participation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in the founding summit of the Eastern Partnership program on May 7 in Prague can be resolved following the visit of EU Commissioner for External Relations and Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner to Minsk on April 13-14.

A thriller from Yekaterinburg was shown at the Golden Mask At the play “The Pillowman” of the Yekaterinburg Youth Theater, shown at the “Golden Mask”, you experience a slight feeling of deja vu. The same tiny hall of the branch of the Theater named after. Pushkin as a year ago, the same stuffiness, slowness and McDonagh of a thick provincial batch.

A blind and disabled person was registered as a violent oppositionist on his way to the theater. As Vremya Novostei learned, the Moscow City Court recently received an unprecedented complaint of its kind. Formally, its essence is simple. The author of the application, a student from Domodedovo near Moscow Artem Buzenkov, asks that the decisions of the world court and the Tverskoy district court of Moscow, which imposed a fine of 500 rubles on him, be declared illegal.

The Islanders allowed nine unanswered goals. Hockey. NHL. Regular season . "Atlanta" - "Washington" - 2:4 - Vic.

Lokomotiv won the odd match of the final again The fifth match of the final series of the Russian Open Championship - KHL Championship took place in Kazan. The game between Ak Bars and Yaroslavl Lokomotiv was notable for the fact that during the entire 60 minutes the referees did not issue a single penalty minute. Lokomotiv won this fair match - 3:2. The winner of the Gagarin Cup may be named on Friday.

Elena Skrynnik promises to confiscate abandoned lands The new Minister of Agriculture Elena Skrynnik spoke to State Duma deputies for the first time yesterday. The Ministry of Agriculture intends to get serious about collecting land assets. According to the minister, a fund of agricultural land could be created in the country, regulating their circulation and redistribution. Separately, the ministry intends to deal with uncultivated lands. According to Ms.

Chinese scientist pleases bureaucrats Yesterday, at the entrance to Peking University, about a hundred people tried to hold a protest against the scandalous statements of a professor at the most famous university in China. In March, in the pages of Zhongguo Xinwen Zhoukan (China News Weekly), the head of the university's forensic laboratory, 49-year-old Sun Dongdong, said that 99% of people who constantly complain to the authorities have mental problems.

The reform of higher and secondary education has been constantly discussed recently. A unified state exam, new rules for admission to universities, the introduction of bachelor's and master's degrees, changes in the number of budget places, reductions in teaching salaries, the emergence of new and often scandalous textbooks, the consolidation of universities - all these topics are agitating society.

Ingushetia is looking for methods to eradicate corruption The Investigation Department for Ingushetia of the Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office yesterday accused the Deputy Minister of Construction of this republic of forgery and abuse of power. The deputy minister issued certificates for work on the construction of five residential buildings in the village of Yandare, but the work was not actually carried out.