Russia will build a road from Armenia to Turkey Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan received Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov yesterday in Yerevan. The guest also held talks with his Armenian colleague Edward Nalbandian. Both ministers called the level of bilateral relations high. It is no coincidence that the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry made his first scheduled visit to Armenia in the new year. “Armenia is our strategic partner and ally.

The book “Nikita Khrushchev. Reformer” his son, Sergei Nikitich Khrushchev, wrote for ten years. Together with the two previous ones - "The Birth of a Superpower" and "Pensioner of Union Significance" - it made up the weighty "Trilogy about the Father", published recently by the Vremya publishing house.

Communists offer their own version of modernization On April 3, a plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation was held in the village of Moskovsky, dedicated to the most fashionable topic in Russian politics - modernization. Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov called the idea of ​​conservative modernization put forward by United Russia "completely absurd" and proposed his own path - socialist modernization.

Europeans are not interested in visa-free entry to Russia Today the new EU visa code comes into force, which brings together all the legal norms governing visa issues. Meanwhile, with the approach of the summer season, Russian citizens are once again experiencing increased interest in the issue of visas to Europe. The new EU visa code introduces uniformity into the visa procedures of the Schengen countries, making them clearer, stipulating and reducing the deadlines.

Common suspicions found in targeted programs to combat drugs and return compatriots The Moscow department of the SKP, as Vremya Novostei learned, opened two criminal cases at once regarding the theft of budget money allocated to law enforcement agencies as part of targeted programs.

Last chance for Yulia Tymoshenko and Viktor Yanukovych On Independence Square in Kyiv - the famous Independence Square - no rallies will be held now, despite the reason: presidential elections will be held in Ukraine on January 17. The district administrative court of the capital, at the request of the city authorities, banned, without explaining the reasons, the holding of mass events on the Maidan in the period from January 9 to February 5.

South African white radical leader killed by farm workers South African President Jacob Zuma yesterday called for calm and warned of possible "provocations" over the killing of far-right white leader Eugene Terblanche. “The President urges South Africans not to give in to the actions of provocateurs who are trying to take advantage of the situation to incite racial hatred,” the presidential office said in a statement.

Oil workers break records A new record for oil production has been set in Russia. According to the Ministry of Energy, in March the daily production volume amounted to 10.12 million barrels, which is 0.4% more than in February, when another record figure was recorded. Oil companies achieved this result thanks to government-initiated tax incentives for fields in Eastern Siberia, experts say. The oil industry recovered quite quickly from the consequences of the global financial crisis.

Malkin and Gonchar played effectively Hockey. NHL. Regular season . “Pittsburgh” – “Atlanta” – 4:3 OT – Afinogenov “A” (1+0), Malkin “P” (1+1), Gonchar “P” (1+1) , “Islanders” - - "Ottawa" - 4:1, "Detroit" - "Nashville" - 3:4 OT - Datsyuk "D" (1+1) , "Carolina" - "New Jersey" - 0: 4 - Kovalchuk "N-D" (0+2) , "Florida" - "Rangers" - 1:4, "Toronto" - "Boston" - 1:2 OT, "Montreal" - " Buffalo" - 3:0, "Columbus" - "Washington" - 2:3 - Semin "B" (1+0) , "St.

AvtoVAZ will open an assembly plant in Venezuela As part of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to Venezuela, the president of the Russian auto giant AvtoVAZ, Igor Komarov (pictured), and the leadership of the Venezuelan corporation Corpivensa in Caracas signed an agreement of intent to open an assembly plant for Lada cars in this country. In the meantime, according to another agreement signed with the Venezuelan state-owned company Suvinca, AvtoVAZ will supply 2,250 Lada cars to Venezuela.

Investors are taking over the former KGB headquarters in Berlin A new residential complex will appear in the near future in the Berlin microdistrict of Karlshorst on the territory of a former Soviet military town, popularly and, understandably, for the purpose of secrecy called the “105th Regiment.” In fact, here, in a concrete-fenced complex of buildings on Zwieselerstrasse, the KGB's European headquarters was located in the post-war decades.

March 2 -- April 2, 2010 “Politicians Through the Eyes of the Media,” a joint project of “Vremya Novostei” and the “Medialogia” company, are ratings of political figures who are most actively discussed in the federal press and on central TV channels.

The President called for legislative punishment for absentees from parliamentary meetings President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday held a traditional meeting in the Kremlin with the leaders of the Duma factions and leaders of political parties. The head of state discussed a wide range of issues with parliamentarians - from the fight against terrorism to the punishment of truant deputies.

On April 5, most of the European territory of Russia will be in an increased field of atmospheric pressure. If there is any precipitation, it will be light in some places. Only the extreme north-west will be at the mercy of the cyclone that is moving from the south of the Baltic to the Kola Peninsula. On its way, it will be responsible for already moderate precipitation. In the northwestern region there will be light rain and warmth in places, +8...+13оС.

Who will make Ukraine happy? The flu epidemic in Ukraine is over, the H1N1 virus has been defeated. Perhaps this is the merit of the 35-year-old leader of the Front for Change, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who promised on one of his election posters that “Ukraine will recover from the virus of corruption Y1Y1.” (This is an accusation against other presidential candidates in the January 17 elections.) However, Kiev residents have a slightly different opinion.