Vladimir Putin closed South Stream to Austria On Saturday, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin began his trip to Austria and Italy. The Russian Prime Minister spent two days in Vienna and was also able to watch the finals of the European Judo Championship. Of course, the eye-catching spectacle was not the only, and, moreover, not even the main reason for Mr. Putin’s visit.

FOOTBALL. April 27-28. Champions League. Semi-final. Return matches. April 29. Europa League. Semi-final. Return matches. Russian Championship. Premier League. Match of the 7th round. April 26. "Wings of the Soviets" - "Amkar". 8th round. April 30. "Anji" - "Wings of the Soviets". May 1st. "Terek" - "Lokomotiv", "Spartak-Nalchik" - "Dynamo". May 2. "Saturn" - "Zenit", "Amkar" - "Spartak" M, CSKA - "Tom", "Sibir" - "Rostov", "Alania" - "Rubin".

The majority of coaching vacancies have been distributed in the FLGR For three days, members of the coaching council and the presidium of the Russian Ski Racing Federation (RFSC) met at the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC). In the course of the work, the date for the reporting and election conference of this organization was determined - June 17, and reshuffles were also made in the coaching staff of the national team.

Winning two consecutive ice hockey world championships after a decade and a half of outright decline has generated unjustified euphoria in Russia about the beginning of a new era of revival in this sport.

The upcoming elections could hit the British pocketbook Late on Thursday, April 29, the UK will host the third and final round of televised debates between the leaders of the three leading parties fighting to win the May 6 parliamentary elections.

The scandal between Armenia and Turkey undermines stability in the Caucasus Armenian-Turkish relations, which had just begun to improve (including through the mediation of Moscow), resulted in a loud scandal. The occasion was the 95th anniversary of the tragic page of the First World War, which in Armenia, Russia and many other states is officially considered the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire. It began on April 24, 1915.

The HC Ministry of Internal Affairs has already proven that major defeats are survived painlessly The sixth final match between Ak Bars and HC MVD in the fight for the Gagarin Cup ended sensationally. The hosts beat their opponents with a score of 7:1. It should be noted that the “policemen” stopped playing after the third goal, so the large gap should not be misleading. The main event for HC MVD was the first goal at the highest level by young Alexander Shibaev, who replaced Ruslan Zainulin.

Not all the giants have managed to find their game yet The central match of the seventh round was destined to be a meeting between two Spartaks. Team-mate games are always an interesting competition, and then the southern “Spartak” came to Moscow as a leader. True, at the start of the Spartak derby, the Nal residents were not the sole leaders - CSKA caught up with them. The army team dealt with the local Sibir in Novosibirsk on Saturday - 4:1.

Belarus remembered Russian bases Minsk reminded Moscow about Russian military bases located in Belarus. President Alexander Lukashenko, speaking to the press yesterday during voting in elections to local councils, noted that in the area of ​​​​the city of Baranovichi there is a Russian early warning station for a missile attack, and in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bVileyka there is a base that provides communication with the Russian submarine fleet in the Atlantic.

Dmitry Medvedev will visit Norway and Denmark “He loves '70s rock. He is a skilled amateur photographer. He has a sense of humor. He is very knowledgeable about complex economic, legal and political issues. Could he be the man to solve the 40-year-old Norwegian-Russian problem in the north? And will Ole Bjoerndalen (the legendary Norwegian biathlete - Ed. ) force him to compete at the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014?

A large-scale film screening is planned for the May holidays in St. Petersburg From May 2 to 5, the first St. Petersburg Film Forum will be held with heavy tread in the northern capital, timed to coincide with the anniversary date - the 65th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The organizers, not without pathos, promise to unite people of all nationalities with film screenings and raise their already high patriotic spirit.

Political scientists began to discuss the results of the 2012 presidential elections Domestic political scientists are making their first attempts to look into the future and solve the “2012 problem.” Possible scenarios for the presidential elections awaiting the country in two years are considered in their analytical report by the Director General of the Agency for Political and Economic Communications Dmitry Orlov, the Deputy Director of the Research Institute of Social Systems of Moscow State

The Housing and Utilities Reform Assistance Fund will allocate additional funds to the most active regions State assistance to regions in carrying out major repairs and relocating citizens from dilapidated housing is exclusively educational in nature.

“Pretty” at the Sovremennik Theater The last premiere of Sovremennik, based on Sergei Naydenov’s play “Pretty,” was staged on the Other Stage by Ekaterina Polovtseva, a very young graduate of Sergei Zhenovach’s workshop. Her work has already been noticed both in the collective youth project of the same theater “Experiments”, and in RAMT, for which the novice director composed the sweetest children's fairy tale “Almost for Real” based on Toon Tellegen.

SIBUR is preparing to take half of the expanded polystyrene market Petrochemical holding SIBUR is taking its business to a new level. The company should soon become the largest participant in the domestic polystyrene foam market.