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.

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.

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 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.

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.

December is the month when channels reach the end of the first half of the season. For obvious reasons, broadcasters have developed a vigorous entertainment activity. By tradition, Channel One has been especially successful in this with its super shows “Ice Age”, “Minute of Glory”, “Property of the Republic”, “Great Races”. They were joined by the new project “Cartoon of Personality” - a parody show that affects all any well-known media characters.

Relations between Poland and Russia are intensively developing in various fields, including through parliamentary relations. Today, the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Sejm, 48-year-old Andrzej HALICKI, will take part in a meeting of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs. A deputy from the ruling Civic Platform party, on the eve of his departure to Moscow, gave an interview to a Vremya Novostei correspondent in Warsaw.

Rospotrebnadzor banned the import of fruits and nuts from Tajikistan The outbreak of polio in Tajikistan, which claimed the lives of 12 people, will not lead to changes in the rules for entry into Russia for citizens of this country, nor will it affect the procedure for crossing the Tajik border by Russians. The chief sanitary doctor of Russia, Gennady Onishchenko, stated yesterday that there are no indications for protective measures.

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...

Federal officials lose the war for providing housing for veterans of the Great Patriotic War The Minister of Regional Development of Russia, Viktor Basargin, told the State Duma to the deputies of the work of his department yesterday. In response, he had to listen to criticism for failures in housing policy and regulation of tariffs for housing and communal services. One of the main topics of the minister’s performance was the provision of housing for veterans of the Great Patriotic War.

German democracy protects neo-Nazis from anti-fascists In Germany, the beginning of May is called a period of protests and remembrances. The dark page of history associated with the rule of the Nazis, the Second World War they unleashed and their defeat in it - all this still remains a painful historical memory for the Germans.

Kyiv saved $180 million on settlements with Gazprom Naftogaz of Ukraine yesterday transferred $419 million to Gazprom for gas received in April. The amount was calculated taking into account the 30 percent discount provided by the Russian government, exempting Gazprom from paying export duties. The discount in fact amounted to the maximum possible 100 dollars per thousand cubic meters. In total, Ukraine imported 1.8 billion cubic meters, and Naftogaz saved about $180 million.

Protests in Athens lead to casualties Until yesterday, the concept of “Greek tragedy” when describing the economic crisis that broke out in the country was, albeit convincing, but only a figure of speech. Yesterday, as a result of the unrest in Athens, the first real victims of the crisis appeared - after protesters set fire to a branch of the Marfin Bank, three people died.

War cinema on the eve of the Victory anniversary The 65th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in the field of cinema was marked primarily by the second part of “Burnt by the Sun” by Nikita Mikhalkov (and also, perhaps, released almost simultaneously, but little noticed by the film “One War” by Vera Glagoleva) - a defiant picture, blatant and does not fit into any framework other than those appointed by the creator himself.

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.