The Iranians' decision is also important for Russia On Wednesday, May 20, the final list of candidates for the upcoming June 12 presidential elections in Iran will be known. It will be announced by the Supervisory Board, which includes representatives of the highest Shiite clergy. According to council representatives, “the study of the candidates’ competence lasted five days” and ended on May 15. Another five days are allotted for appeals.

The price of oil changes under the influence of speculators The beginning of an increase in the cost of oil on world markets may turn out to be another financial “bubble” associated with large-scale anti-crisis injections in different countries of the world. At the same time, it is likely that speculators will soon lose their interest in oil as an instrument, and following the fall in demand, prices will begin to decline by the end of the year.

Doctors from Penza forced officials to increase the patient quota The demarche of the leadership of the Federal Center for Cardiovascular Surgery in Penza, which promised to suspend the work of the clinic without increasing quotas for high-tech operations, had an effect.

The European Commission is concerned about Russian Internet tariffs The European Commission has criticized eight airlines flying in Europe, including Aeroflot, for the fact that their Internet tariffs are not clear enough and “transparent” for consumers. The Russian airline responded by saying that checking its website for compliance with EU laws has no legal basis, since Aeroflot is based in a country that is not a member of the union.

But the question is when will the presidential elections take place? A sensation is brewing in Kabul. A couple of days after May 8, when registration of participants in the presidential elections scheduled for August 20 in Afghanistan ended, it became known that radical changes were being prepared in the structure of the country's future leadership.

FOOTBALL. May 20. UEFA Cup. Final. Shakhtar (Donetsk, Ukraine) - Werder (Bremen, Germany). Istanbul (Türkiye). Russian Championship. Premier League. 10th round. May 23. "Terek" - "Khimki", "Spartak" M - "Amkar", "Saturn" - "Tom", "Rubin" - "Lokomotiv". May 24. "Kuban" - CSKA, "Spartak-Nalchik" - "Wings of the Soviets", "Moscow" - "Rostov", "Dynamo" M - "Zenith". The UEFA Cup will be held for the last time.

The Supervisory Board of Sberbank recommended dividends in the amount of 10% of net profit Based on the results of last year, Sberbank can pay 10% of net profit under RAS for last year in the form of dividends. This recommendation was made to the annual meeting of shareholders last Friday by the bank's supervisory board.

A fighter against organized crime was not allowed to make money from someone else's theft The other day, the verdict of the Golovinsky District Court of Moscow came into force in the case of the former senior detective of the Moscow Organized Crime Control Department, police captain Vagan Kasyan, who was detained in August 2007 during the investigation of the scandalous epic about the sale of property illegally confiscated from capital companies.

The Swiss spoke in favor of a biometric passport A margin of just five and a half thousand votes saying “yes” to the introduction of a biometric passport in Switzerland, with a population of 7.6 million people, determined the outcome of yesterday’s referendum. 50.1% of the plebiscite participants voted “for”, 49.9% voted “against”. The turnout in the referendum was 38%.

Seoul 1988 Olympic champion won Russian gold as part of Dynamo The next championship of the Women's Super League ended with the victory of the capital's Dynamo. For the third time, the champion was determined in a full-fledged playoff, and for the first time, to determine the winner of the “gold” in the super final series, it was necessary to play all five matches provided for by the regulations. The decisive meeting took place last Saturday at the Druzhba universal sports hall in Luzhniki.

Rosneft will develop oil on the shelf of Abkhazia At the end of last week it became known that Rosneft could begin geological exploration off the coast of Abkhazia. According to some reports, there are several hundred million tons of oil on the Abkhaz shelf of the Black Sea. As experts note, serious difficulties of both an economic and legal nature may arise in the development of deposits whose existence has yet to be proven.

Baysarov withdraws his lawsuit against Chigirinsky, but will pay his debts The owner of Rossini, Ruslan Baysarov, managed to regain control of a 23.5% stake in Sibir Energy. According to the businessman, he intends to withdraw the lawsuit he filed at the end of April in the court of the Isle of Man against Shalva Chigirinsky and his partners.

Moscow Eurovision, Norway won dry It sounds like a joke: a Norwegian Fisherman caught the first place for his country. And he set an absolute record for points scored - 387. No one had such a result as the singer and violinist, citizen of the Kingdom of Norway and native of the Republic of Belarus, Alexander Rybak.

The early parliamentary elections held on May 16 in Kuwait became historic. The population of this oil monarchy barely exceeds three and a half million people, including visiting wage workers. At the same time, it is one of the most wealthy and influential states in the Persian Gulf. Preliminary voting results yesterday showed that women entered the National Assembly (Parliament) of the country for the first time.

Senator Torshin proposed creating centers to help Russians abroad Under the auspices of the Russian Lawyers' Association, centers should be created to provide legal assistance to Russians who find themselves in difficult situations abroad. This proposal was made yesterday by First Vice-Speaker of the Federation Council Alexander Torshin.