Today, in the building of the consular department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, which is in Moscow on 1st Neopalimovsky Lane, the opening of memorial plaques dedicated to the memory of consular service employees who fell in the battles of the Great Patriotic War and died in the line of duty will take place. Vremya Novostei was informed about this by the Department of Information and Press of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

The atmosphere of December television was determined by aggressive pre-New Year advertising, juggling percentage discounts, falling prices, and extended warranty periods for goods. In parallel with this commercial boom, the intensity of reactions to socio-political events did not weaken. It seemed that society and trading business lived in parallel worlds. It’s almost New Year’s Eve in supermarkets, and there are tense and even gloomy everyday life around, which was reflected on December TV.

A real orchestra that performs the live carcass and anthem of Russia, leading in a tailcoat and with a butterfly, gymnasts on tatami and a girl-model in kokoshniki and with medals on trays from the pedestal-they made the youth championship of Russia among athletes under 23 years old, led by the head of the local regional department Oleg Kalmykov. By tradition, the first May state holidays young judokas celebrate on the tatami.

The World Hockey Championship starts in Germany Tomorrow, the national teams of the USA and Germany will hold the opening match of the world hockey championship at a huge football stadium in Gelsenkirhen. All 76 thousand tickets have already been sold for the match, and the organizers thus try to return interest in the tournament after the Olympics in Canada.

Symphonic performance “Requiem” by Alexey Syumak, Kirill Serebrennikov and Dimitris Yalamas On the stage of the Moscow Art Theater. Chekhov hosted screenings of “Requiem,” a symphonic performance and international charity project dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. In memory of those who were killed and are being killed by the war. With the support of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation.

Waves washed away tourists in Cannes and Nice Residents of central Russia, who stayed home for the May holidays, for once found themselves in a better weather situation than those who tried to get out to the beaches of the European Mediterranean during the holidays. The southern coast of the Old World is attacked by the elements - huge waves flood the Cote d'Azur of France. In the southwest of this country, winter has completely reigned.

In St. Petersburg, to the 65th anniversary of Victory, many war veterans were left without apartments All 7340 Petersburg veterans of the Great Patriotic War, stood in line for improving housing conditions until March 1, 2005 (the date of entry into force of the new Housing Code of the Russian Federation) received apartments.

The transition of the media to increased insurance premiums is stretched for four years The media should soon officially become a separate branch of the Russian economy. “We have no doubt that the release of the media in a separate industry is necessary,” Alexander Zharov, Deputy Minister of Communications and Mass Communications, told reporters yesterday.

65 years ago, May 1945 brought the world a long-awaited victory over fascism. People will never forget the horrors of war - death, hunger, destruction. They will not forget the millions who died in concentration camps and on the fronts of World War II. The Germans also suffered huge losses. Some of them did not want this war, but they went to the front, obeying orders...

Liechtenstein pursues "European-style modernization" The Liechtenstein government approved a new package of tax legislation yesterday. The previous rules were adopted back in 1961. Local media have already called the upcoming reform a “total audit” and “modernization in the European spirit.” “The new tax law will be a big step towards making our economy more attractive,” said Prime Minister Klaus Tütscher.

In December, Leonid Parfenov did not leave the screen: he was extremely accurate in his assessments in the jury of “Minute of Fame”, did not really go to the court of Berman and Zhandarev in “Looking at Night”, fit well into the format of “One Hundred Questions for an Adult” and took part in the scandalous premiere “Enteveshniks. Stalin is with us!

British credit institutions will suffer because of Goldman Sachs The British financial regulator Financial Services Authority (FSA) has begun checking banks for the same transactions in which the American Goldman Sachs is suspected. The UK's largest banks must report their CDO debt transactions.

A bus with a portrait of the leader of peoples left on Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg The promise of the St. Petersburg Stalinists to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Victory by placing images of the leader of the people on the streets of the northern capital has been fulfilled. Yesterday, the Generalissimo went to Nevsky Prospekt on a form of transport unusual for his rank - a bus on route 187.

It’s hard for television to entertain people during the long New Year holidays; we have to use all resources, prepare for the big revelry ahead of time, so that the TV personalities themselves can finally take a break from the people. “The question “who are you with, masters of culture?” replaced by “where are the cultural figures staying?” - Vladimir Solovyov, who was vacationing in Miami, rightly notes in his New Year’s blog.

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