Poland saw off President Lech Kaczynski In the crypt of Wawel Castle in Krakow, where Polish kings and historical figures are buried, yesterday evening, under 21 artillery salvos, a sarcophagus was installed with the victims of the April 10 plane crash near Smolensk, Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria. The ancient city, which for five centuries was the capital of the Polish state, paid its last respects to the deceased head of state.

Gazprom dismisses Yuri Komarov from Shtokman Development As Vremya Novostei learned, on April 15, executive director of Shtokman Development AG Yuri Komarov announced to the team that he was going on vacation, from which he would not return to his workplace. This decision was made by the company's board of directors in absentia on the initiative of Gazprom, which owns a controlling stake in its shares.

Today, Russia continues to advocate working together to find a political solution to the Iranian nuclear problem. This approach implies the presence of tools that allow you to play with the interests of a negotiating partner, to offer options that open up new prospects for its internal development and the growth of its importance in the world. Here it is important to understand Iran’s interests in different regions, in particular in the Caspian Sea.

SKA has decided on its coaching staff In the finals of the Kontinental Hockey League championship, the advantage of Kazan Ak Bars over HC MVD became twofold due to victories at the arena in Balashikha. The third match will take place today, the “policemen” are determined to fight, but it is possible that hockey will not return to the Moscow region this season. After the second game in Balashikha, a small scandal arose.

On Monday, April 19, in the central and southern regions of the European part of Russia, the weather will be formed under the influence of an anticyclone, no precipitation is expected, and the spring sun will warm the surface of the earth quite intensively. The north of the European territory of Russia will continue to be at the mercy of the cyclone, its center rapidly shifting from the north of the Gulf of Bothnia to the south of Novaya Zemlya.

The Russian scored his first points in the Royal Races McLaren driver Jenson Button won his second victory of the season at the fourth stage of the Formula 1 world championship and took the lead in the individual standings. His teammate Lewis Hamilton finished the race second, with Nico Rosberg from Mercedes in third. Vitaly Petrov finished seventh and scored his first qualifying points.

Washington regained equality in the series Hockey. NHL. Playoffs . Conference quarter finals. Eastern Conference . "Buffalo" - "Boston" - 3:5. The series score is 1--1. “Washington” – “Montreal” – 6:5 OT – Ovechkin “B” (1+3). The series score is 1--1. Western Conference . “Vancouver” – “Los Angeles” – 2:3 OT. The series score is 1--1. Washington took revenge for its defeat at the start of the playoffs.

Against the backdrop of the problems of the American bank Goldman Sachs and ongoing concerns around the situation in Greece, the correction of world stock markets has intensified. The RTS index lost more than 2% on Friday, falling below 1,650 points. In the medium term, we can count on a resumption of growth, since there is no significant deterioration in Western markets, analysts say.

Today in the Algerian city of Oran, on the Mediterranean coast, a meeting of energy ministers of the countries belonging to the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) opens. The Russian delegation is headed by Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko. What are the goals of the new organization?

According to the amnesty announced for Victory Day, 200 people will be released The State Duma officially announced an amnesty dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the Victory. No more than 200 prisoners will be released (recall that the total prison population in Russia as of the beginning of the year exceeds 860 thousand people).

BRIC summit took place in Brazil On Friday, the BRIC summit was held in the Brazilian capital Brasilia, in which Russian President Dmitry Medvedev took part as part of his tour to Latin America. This year, the meeting of the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India and China had to be shortened to one day due to the devastating earthquake that occurred in China.

"Masks" in music categories The jury, headed by St. Petersburg conductor Pavel Bubelnikov, carefully distributed “Masks” among the theaters that came to the festival, trying not to forget a single significant work.

Experts and investigators have completed work at the site of the crash of the Polish president's plane The Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) on Saturday announced the completion of work at the crash site of the Tu-154 plane, on which Polish President Lech Kaczynski and 95 other people crashed on April 10 while landing at a military airfield near Smolensk. Also, the head of the department, Tatyana Anodina, reported new results of the investigation.

United Russia condemned Mikhail Prokhorov United Russia on Saturday responded to a proposal, sensational by Russian standards, by the president of the Onexim group, chairman of the labor market and personnel strategies committee of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Mikhail Prokhorov, to change labor legislation, simplifying the procedure for dismissing workers. United Russia members unanimously obstructed the oligarch for violating the principles of social partnership.

President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek EVKUROV told Vremya Novostei columnist Ivan SUKHOV about how in the North Caucasus they fight militants, fight corrupt officials, overcome the consequences of ethnic conflicts and defend traditional Islam. — Is there peace or war in Ingushetia? - You can’t say it’s war. And even if there was a war going on, we would not say that. Work is underway to stabilize the situation. To say that this is peace is also difficult.