Sberbank and Levada Center will measure the “financial temperature” of Russians A composite index will appear in Russia that will reflect the financial sentiments of citizens. The indicator, which was developed by experts from Sberbank and Levada Center, is called the Financial Sentiment Index (FSI).

Pharmaceutical market participants create a “trade union” for dialogue with the state A non-profit organization may emerge on the Russian pharmaceutical market, membership in which will be mandatory for all manufacturers, distributors, importers and pharmacy organizations wishing to stay in this business.

The Russians explained to the Belarusians that they are not talking about sanctions The trade conflict between Minsk and Moscow continues to escalate, although the parties are trying to avoid excessive politicization of the problem. Russia has suspended permits for the sale of another 593 types of Belarusian dairy products, in addition to the 500 banned from import since June 6. This was announced yesterday by the head of Rospotrebnadzor Gennady Onishchenko.

German chancellor candidate will give a speech in Moscow Today the guest of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will be his German counterpart Frank Walter Steinmeier, who arrived in Moscow yesterday evening. The head of German diplomacy will show himself in a new incarnation: the Social Democrats have made him a candidate for the post of Federal Chancellor of Germany in the upcoming Bundestag elections in September.

The trial of the killer of Nicolas Sarkozy's friend begins in Geneva Today in Geneva the trial of the murder of French financier Edouard Stern (pictured) , who belonged to the famous dynasty of bankers, begins. In the dock is his mistress, 40-year-old blonde Cecile Brossard, a fashion designer by profession. She shot her 50-year-old friend with four shots at point-blank range on the evening of February 28, 2005, in his apartment in a wealthy Geneva neighborhood.

The government may change the criteria for classifying regions as the Far North The State Duma's attention yesterday focused on the problem of resettlement of residents of the Far North. Russian Regional Development Minister Viktor Basargin (pictured) and Deputy Finance Minister Anton Siluanov made presentations on this topic during the government hour at the plenary session of the chamber. Mr.

Gazprom warned debtors that the heating season could start “at the wrong time” for them From October last year to March this year inclusive, Russian consumers did not choose about 13.5 billion cubic meters of gas contracted with Gazprom.

The Russians will play in the World League with a new coach and a new scoring system The Russian men's volleyball team is flying to Japan today for the matches of the first weekend of the intercontinental round of the World League - the largest commercial competition for national teams. This tournament is special for several reasons. Firstly, this is the debut as head coach of the Russian squad of Italian specialist Daniele Bagnoli, who spent the last two seasons working in the capital’s Dynamo.

Guus Hiddink urges caution during visit to Helsinki The Finnish national team will try today to use the last real chance in the fourth qualifying group of the 2010 World Cup to compete for second place, previously given by Russian bookmakers. In case of victory over Hiddink's team in the match, which will take place at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium, the Finns, along with three points and second place in the standings, will receive a moral advantage over the favorites.

Russia hopes to become a world leader in grain exports In the next 10-15 years, Russia intends to increase the annual volume of grain exports to 40-50 million tons, increasing its share in the world market to 20%. This statement was made by Minister of Agriculture Elena Skrynnik at the World Grain Forum, held at the end of last week in St. Petersburg. In her opinion, today there is an extremely favorable situation for creating a grain pool that would include Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.

"West-Eastern Divan" by Daniel Barenboim performed in Moscow The Orchestra “West-Eastern Divan” by Daniel Barenboim, which gave a concert in the Great Hall of the Conservatory to a huge crowd of audience (secular, professional and amateur), is not only a musical group, but also a humanitarian project.

"The Changeling" by Clint Eastwood on Moscow screens This is a true story - this kind of message increasingly precedes works that were previously carried away by fiction. Whether it’s a novel or a film, if they are based on “real events,” the public’s interest is guaranteed. Clint Eastwood received a ready-made script, written based on a crime almost a century ago - sensational, but since then completely forgotten.

After a serious illness, a few days short of turning 71, Anna Ivanovna Zhuravleva, a professor at the Faculty of Philology at Moscow State University, an outstanding interpreter of Russian literature of the 19th century, a person who organically combined a deep and joyful understanding of art, cordial kindness and firm nobility, died. For more than four decades, the hero of research A.I. Lermontov remained.

The former champion was accused of fraud with "Affordable Housing" The investigative unit of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Central Federal District (SCh GU MVD for the Central Federal District), as Vremya Novostei learned, recently opened a criminal case on large-scale land fraud.

After the election of a new European Parliament on June 4-7, Europeans will now take up the renewal of the main executive body of the European Union - the European Commission. The candidacy of the chairman of the commission and its leadership should be agreed upon at the EU summit in Brussels on June 18-19, and after that submitted to European deputies for consideration.