The miners of Mezhdurechensk went to the square The accident at the Raspadskaya coal mine , where two powerful explosions occurred at once on the night of May 9, has unexpectedly turned into a serious aggravation of the social and political situation in the region in recent days. On Friday in Mezhdurechensk, several thousand local residents held a spontaneous rally demanding a significant increase in miners' wages and improved working conditions.

Vladimir Putin outlined the government's tasks for the coming years On Friday, a joint meeting of the Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Finance on the results of activities for 2009 took place at the White House. Such a late date for summing up the results of activities was justified by “technical transfer”. But they did not explain why the ministries decided to hold the final event one for two.

Dmitry Medvedev asked his plenipotentiaries to deal with the economy Russian President Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting with his plenipotentiary representatives in the federal districts over the weekend. The event was dedicated to the tenth anniversary of the formation of the federal districts and the introduction of the institution of plenipotentiary representation.

Brazil decided to buy wheat and fertilizers from Russia Only a month has passed since the last meeting of the presidents of Russia and Brazil at the BRIC summit in Rio de Janeiro, but during this time many new ideas for expanding cooperation have accumulated.

Good cinema on the channel "Culture" Since May 15, a new weekly film line “Festival Cinema. Other shores, other lives.” This is the first event in the domestic television space, which introduces the viewer to foreign author's documentary films. There is even an independent term in English for this phenomenon of modern culture - creative documentaries, which means “creative documentary filmmaking”.

Local personnel will become the new governors of the Rostov and Orenburg regions Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has decided who he wants to see as governors of the Rostov and Orenburg regions. The corresponding candidates were submitted by the head of state to the legislative assemblies of the constituent entities of the federation to vest them with the powers of heads of regions.

May 16 marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Olga Berggolts. On the eve of the anniversary, an international conference dedicated to her creative heritage was held at the Pushkin House (Institute of Russian Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences). Poets, artists, and public figures gathered yesterday at the monument to the poetess, on the literary walkways of the Volkov Cemetery.

Brazilian President saves Iran from sanctions Today, details of the negotiations held in Iran by Brazilian President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva may become known. He arrived in Tehran on Saturday evening for meetings with key figures in Iranian politics, including spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani.

In Warsaw, the life of Chopin was told through dance Exhibitions, concerts, posters on the streets - the Polish capital is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of its wonderful composer and plans to do so for the whole year.

Davydenko and Andreev will miss Roland Garros The sixth racket of the world, Russian Nikolay Davydenko, will miss the second Grand Slam clay tournament at Roland Garros, which starts in Paris on May 23. The reason for this was a wrist injury received in the second round match of the competition in Indian Wells in March. Another Russian, Igor Andreev, who occupies 45th place in the world ranking, also refused to participate in the competition.

FOOTBALL. May 22. Champions League final. Madrid (Spain). The decisive match of the tournament of the strongest clubs of the Old World will take place on Saturday at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium. Bayern Munich (head coach - Dutchman Louis van Gaal) and Italian Inter (mentor - Portuguese Jose Mourinho) are meeting.

The Russian team secured its place in the quarterfinals The Russian national team is now the strongest in terms of composition at this World Cup. Many teams were looking forward to the additional entry campaign, but only coach Vyacheslav Bykov was the winner. Evgeni Malkin and Sergei Gonchar came to see him. They made their debut in yesterday's match against the Danish team. But the match against the German national team made me wonder if additional reinforcement would help.

Strong dollar helps European aircraft industry The development and production program of the A380 airliner, under favorable circumstances, will break even in five years. This was stated on Friday by EADS CFO Hans Peter Ring, presenting the results of the European aerospace holding company in the first quarter of 2010. Losses associated with the A380 program contributed significantly to EADS's profit decline of 39% compared to the same period in 2009.

Two Red Bull drivers share the lead in the Drivers' Championship Australian Mark Webber continued his winning streak, which began a week earlier in Barcelona. His Red Bull teammate Sebastian Vettel moved up to second place this time. Renault driver Robert Kubica finished third in Monaco, making everyone talk about him even in qualifying. The race had just begun when it became clear that there would be a change of leadership in the championship.

Parallel programs at the Cannes Film Festival As expected, the main drama of the 63rd Cannes Festival, at least its first half, is connected not so much with the competition as with parallel programs - Un Certain Regard, Directors' Fortnight and Criticism Week. As for the main competition of the main festival on the planet, it is still rather pale.