Dmitry Medvedev recommends Alexander Lukashenko to be more polite The “exchange of views” between Moscow and Minsk, more like the rhetoric of states hostile to each other, was continued yesterday by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. While holding a meeting on economic issues, he fully supported Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, who recently offended Alexander Lukashenko with his assessments of Belarusian economic policy. Without naming the President of Belarus by name, Mr.

Former KGB officer hiding in Canadian church Another spy plot has emerged between Russia and Canada. One of the Lutheran churches in the Canadian city of Vancouver provided asylum to former KGB officer 48-year-old Mikhail Lennikov, who was supposed to be deported to Russia on June 3. "We did it because we thought it was the right thing to do," said church pastor Richard Hergesheimer.

On the website of the Ministry of Defense, Poland was accused of starting the Second World War The fight against the falsification of history “to the detriment of the interests of Russia,” proclaimed at the highest state level, is taking on grotesque outlines. As you know, the relevant commission created by President Dmitry Medvedev, in addition to professional historians, included a number of representatives of law enforcement agencies.

Nationalists want to conduct anti-crisis patrols in Nizhny Novgorod At the end of January, the first activists of the so-called people's self-defense groups intend to take to the streets in Nizhny Novgorod for “crisis patrolling.” “Self-Defenders” act under the auspices of the notorious Movement against Illegal Immigration.

The State Duma will abolish cash deposits for elections at all levels Cash bail as a form of ensuring the nomination of lists of candidates for elections is becoming a relic of the past. The State Duma Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building recommended adopting the bill on the abolition of the electoral deposit in the second reading.

The US President gave the Israelis time to think Today's speech by President Barack Obama at Cairo University is unlikely to be a programmatic statement of the new US policy in the Middle East. Rather, it will be another step towards improving relations with the Islamic world. In any case, the US State Department denied journalists' assumptions that on June 4 in Cairo the president would announce his program for a Middle East settlement.

At a conference in Baku, preparations are being made for gas exports in different directions Today or tomorrow, Azerbaijan and Turkey intend to complete negotiations on revising prices for gas supplied as part of the first phase of development of the Shah Deniz field.

Barack Obama underestimated the complexity of Middle East problems On the eve of his visit to the Middle East, which began yesterday, President Barack Obama said that he intends to change the tone of the conversation with Israeli leaders, no longer hiding the differences that have accumulated between Israel and the United States. This is the first time in many years that an American head of state has visited the region without visiting Israel.

The capital's budget is being sequestered again City officials, who had repeatedly previously criticized their federal colleagues for their short-sighted handling of money from the Stabilization Fund, found themselves in a very delicate financial situation.

Poles don't know if they've been building the right kind of democracy for the last 20 years Today is a special date in the history of modern Poland. Two decades ago, on June 4, 1989, the country held its first parliamentary elections since World War II with the participation of the opposition.

The Federal Reserve puts forward new conditions for banks to return government funds It will be difficult for banks to rid themselves of the stigma of being recipients of taxpayer funds. The US Federal Reserve has required companies that want to pay back debts to the government to increase their capital. According to experts, the Fed wants to remove the political risks that threaten it if banks again ask for money or stop issuing loans.

The best projects of "Arch-Moscow" are dedicated to the development of the Central House of Artists The festival of modern architecture "Arch-Moscow" (organized by the Expo-Park. Exhibition Projects company) held at the Central House of Artists pleased with the high quality of the exhibitions. The crisis in “Arch-Moscow” only led to decoration.

The IV Festival of World Symphony Orchestras opened The National Orchestra of the Capitol of Toulouse with its still quite new artistic director (Russian conductor Tugan Sokhiev is working in Toulouse for the second season) opened the Moscow Symphony Orchestra Festival with two programs - Russian and French.

Russia's place in the UEFA coefficient table is unshakable The new European Cup season 2009/10, thanks to the reforms of the head of the main football department of the Old World, Frenchman Michel Platini, can give rise to revolutionary ferment in the depths of the UEFA coefficient table, according to which tickets to the continent's club tournaments are distributed. Russia's sixth place in it, however, is not in danger. Although there is little light.

The St. Petersburg Economic Forum will become a platform for discussions on the future of the world economy “Now we are in a phase where we need to understand what will happen next. I mean this both in relation to Russia and in relation to the world economy as a whole,” Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said yesterday in an interview with the American television company CNBC. “The uncertainty factor is very high, estimates are constantly changing.