Dmitry Medvedev wants to improve rural life Filling Russian shelves with tasty and cheap domestic products and making people want to live in the countryside is what the Russian authorities want. “The agricultural project is not just the development of agricultural production, it is a way to improve the lives of a huge number of Russian people.

German entrepreneurs sell gold through vending machines In Germany, gold can be purchased from an ordinary vending machine. The bars will be sold to anyone at airports, train stations and other crowded places. The first step has already been taken - the “golden machine” was tested recently at the Frankfurt am Main airport.

CONCERTS Big band of Igor Butman. “Igor Butman Club” , 20.00. Anna Koroleva (vocals, saxophone) and Jump. "Forte" , 21.00. CLASSIC Musica Bravura . Muffat, I.-S. Bakh, N.P. Royer, J.F. Ramo. Soloist O. Filippova (harpsichord). Conservatory , 19.00. THEATERS "Goodbye, umbrella." Concept and direction by James Thiere. As part of the Chekhov Festival. “The Maybug Company” (France) on the stage of the Maly Theater , 19.00. "Aurelia's Oratorio" Idea and production by Victoria Thiere-Chaplin.

Iranian opposition rejects election results The situation in Iran threatens to get out of control of the authorities. The unrest that began after the announcement of the results of the presidential elections took on the character of an acute civil confrontation. Last Saturday, violent clashes took place in the capital between security forces and demonstrators demanding the cancellation of the election results. The police used tear gas, rubber batons and water cannons.

Dmitry Medvedev proposed joint global disarmament to the United States During his two-day working trip to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev gave hope to many. He promised local companies an expanded presence on the Russian market and participation in promising energy projects, a qualitatively new level of relations for the United States, and a significant reduction in the nuclear burden for the whole world.

Wingas increased sales by 20% Wingas, the most successful joint venture of Gazprom for the sale of gas to end consumers in European markets, reported for last year. By the way, 2008 was the first year for the Russian concern as an equal partner of Wintershall in the development of gas transportation infrastructure, gas storage and sales in Germany, Belgium, Great Britain and a number of other neighboring countries.

The EU will not give Ukraine money, but will continue to discuss the gas problem The EU summit in Brussels did not answer the question of how, when and who will solve the problem of pumping Russian gas into Ukrainian underground storage facilities, which will be needed in the coming heating season to ensure reliable transit of fuel to EU countries.

The President of Bashkortostan has secured the support of the Kremlin administration Last Friday, the first deputy head of the Kremlin administration, Vladislav Surkov, visited the President of Bashkiria, Murtaza Rakhimov, to resolve the public conflict between the head of the republic, the federal center and the United Russia party. Unflattering statements by the head of the region in the press led to a conflict situation . The main result of Mr.

Spain set a record Football. Confederations Cup. Group "A". Spain - South Africa - 2:0, Iraq - New Zealand - 0:0. Team standings: Spain - 9 points, South Africa - 4, Iraq - 2, New Zealand - 1. The Spanish national team became the owner of a new record for national teams in the number of victories won.

Geneva jury convicts banker killer A jury in Geneva sentenced 40-year-old Cecile Brossard to eight and a half years in prison for the murder of prominent French financier Edouard Stern on February 28, 2005. According to local rules, this means that the convict will be transferred to a lighter regime of detention this summer, and by the end of 2010 she will be conditionally released.

Vladimir Putin congratulated doctors with a promise not to reduce wages The Ministry of Health and Social Development had no sooner summed up the results of the first half of the transition to a new wage scheme for federal public sector employees than Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, during his short visit to the Altai Regional Clinical Hospital, promised doctors a new salary increase.

XI International Moscow Competition of Ballet Dancers and Choreographers is completed For a week and a half, 120 artists from two dozen countries competed for prizes at the Bolshoi Theater. Founded 40 years ago, the Moscow competition is now not as highly regarded in the world as it was in the first years of its existence - then both French etouiles and leaders of American ballet came to receive awards.

An explosive device went off on the route of the motorcade of the head of Ingushetia The assassination attempt on the President of Ingushetia took place on Monday morning in Nazran on the Caucasus federal highway. The bomb went off at about 8:20 Moscow time, when the head of the republic was driving to work, at the entrance to Magas, where the presidential residence is located. A car parked at the side of the road exploded.

Other countries are increasingly joining the efforts of American President Barack Obama to reconcile Israelis and Palestinians. At the end of this week, the Middle East quartet of mediators (Russia, the United States, the European Union and the UN) will meet in the Italian city of Trieste. The purpose of the meeting of the heads of foreign affairs agencies is to discuss the creation of the state of Palestine.

The Georgian opposition will announce today new tactics and strategy in the fight for the resignation of President Mikheil Saakashvili. Opponents of the government promise to act radically, but not to go beyond the law. They call the Sunday incident of throwing a Molotov cocktail at the parliament building a provocation, as a result of which the front door was burned out. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has already detained one of the three suspects recorded by surveillance cameras.