Yesterday, after signing a strategic arms reduction treaty with Russia, US President Barack Obama met in Prague with the leaders of 11 Eastern European countries. Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite refused to travel to Prague and sent Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius in her place. The reasons for this decision were revealed to parliamentarians by Presidential Adviser on Foreign Policy Darius Semaška. Mrs.

Belarus and Russia are ready to solve all problems in bilateral relations, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said yesterday at a meeting with the Governor of the Moscow Region Boris Gromov. “We understand, and the Kremlin understands, that we absolutely do not need any confrontation, problems or difficulties. We have enough people who create these difficulties,” the president said. Last week, Mr.

On April 6, at the age of 91, the outstanding Russian diplomat Anatoly Dobrynin died. In his condolences to family and friends, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev noted that he was a talented and bright person, a supreme professional, “a legend of Russian diplomacy.” “It is impossible to overestimate the personal contribution of Anatoly Fedorovich to the resolution of the Caribbean crisis and the normalization of Soviet-American relations,” the presidential telegram said.

The company may divest its US asset Stillwater Mining The largest producer of nickel and palladium, Norilsk Nickel, is exploring the possibility of selling its controlling stake in Stillwater Mining Co., the only producer of platinum and palladium in the United States.

The center sends ambiguous signals to Chechnya As expected by the Vremya Novostey newspaper in yesterday's issue , the Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the North Caucasus Federal District (NCFD), Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Khloponin and Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov hastened to publicly demonstrate unanimity after their informal competition for leadership in the North The Caucasus has received widespread discussion. Yesterday Mr.

Economists, lawyers and deputies decided to save entrepreneurs from law enforcement officers Law enforcement agencies seized power in the country, and entrepreneurs found themselves at risk, as a class threatened with destruction. Economists, lawyers, business representatives and State Duma deputies who gathered at a round table at the Institute of Contemporary Development came to this conclusion yesterday.

Louis van Gaal's team has become Barcelona's main rival in the Champions League The prestige of the English Premier League has suffered a sensitive blow. For the first time in seven years, British clubs will not take part in the semi-finals of the Champions League. The last to drop out of the continent's main tournament was one of its favorites, Manchester United. Sir Alex Ferguson's team's road was blocked by the resurgent Bayern.

Petrozavodsk Ballet in the Golden Mask competition Kirill Simonov’s production, which is competing for a national theater award in four categories (“Best Ballet”, “Best Choreographer’s Work”, “Best Actor” and “Best Actress”), enters not only into competition, but into direct polemics with Boris Eifman’s production , shown a few days earlier.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko yesterday called cartoons in foreign publications on the topic of terrorist attacks in the Moscow metro on March 29 “an insult to the feelings of not only Russians, but also citizens of other states who were affected by this barbaric crime, and, if you like, an insult to our country.” Similar cartoons were published by the Belgian magazine Knak and the Indonesian newspaper Jakarta Post.

Program April 12--18, 2010 Monday, April 12 First 5 . 00, 9.00, 12.00, 15.00, 18.00, 0.00 News 5 . 05 Good morning 9 . 20 Malakhov + 10 . 20 Fashionable verdict 11 . 20 Test purchase 12 . 20 Section 13 . 20 Detectives 14 . 00 Other news 14 . 20 Understand. Forgive 15 . 20 "WEDGING RING". TV series (S) 16 . 20 "SLEEPING AREA". TV series (S) 16 . 50 Federal Judge 18 . 20 "NEXT". Series 19 . 00 Let's get married! 20 . 00 Wait for me 21 . 00 Time 21 . 30 "MARRIAGE BY WILL". Series 22 .

In the Nizhny Novgorod region, the struggle for the governor's seat is intensifying Recently, a criminal case was opened against the Minister of Social Policy of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, Nikita Guryev. The official is accused of negligence in fulfilling the terms of an insurance contract between a construction company and an insurance company.

Richard Strauss. The life of a hero. Edgard Varèse. America (Decca). Ingo Metzmacher, who recently made his debut in Moscow at the helm of the Russian National Orchestra (see Vremya Novostey, December 14, 2009) , is leaving the post of chief conductor of the German Symphony Orchestra of Berlin. The maestro did not find a common language with the administration of the team, which refused to meet his ambitious plans.

CONCERTS Duke Ellington Orchestra . Kremlin Palace , April 9, 19.00. (hed) PE Rapcore from California. Glavclub (House of Culture named after Gorbunov) , April 9, 20.00. "Polite refusal." Ikra , April 9, 21.00. "The King and the Jester." Milk , April 9, 21.00. "Masha and the Bears". “16 tons” , April 9, 21.00. "NOM." “Gogol” , April 9, 21.00. Garik Sukachev. “Point” , April 9, 22.30. "Night Snipers" Glavclub (House of Culture named after Gorbunov) , April 10 and 11, 19.00. Alexey Aigi and 4'33.

Construction of the most expensive gas export pipeline from Russia begins Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will today solemnly announce the beginning of the practical implementation of the idea of ​​​​creating a direct gas pipeline connection between Russia and Germany. The Nord Stream gas pipeline will for the first time in history directly connect Central Europe with Russian resources.

German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, for the first time among the country's top politicians, recently named the NATO operation against the Taliban by his name: “Even if not everyone likes this, looking at what is playing out in certain regions of Afghanistan, in everyday language we can talk about war.” . After some hesitation, the words of the head of the military department were supported by Chancellor Angela Merkel.