Izvestia newspaper english: The leading airlines Aeroflot and Transaero raise their fuel fees

The Russian leading airlines Aeroflot and Transaero, starting June 1 will considerably raise their fuel fees. They reported this in their letters to tour operators. Izvestia newspaper english examines reasons for raising fees, saying how much flight tickets will cost. In an Izvestia newspaper english interview Communications Minister Igor Shchegolev talks about the frequented cases of information leaks, about who stands behind them, about how Russians should crack down on them and new measures being prepared by the gvt. Different levels of terrorist threat are being introduced in Russia. The corresponding amendments on Tuesday were signed by President Dmitry Medvedev.
Hermitage Director Mikhail Piotrovsky told the Gazeta Izvestia newspaper in detail about the reconstruction of his museum and creation unified architectural complex of Hermitage and its depositary. The Economic Development Ministry (MER) will spend 22.5 million rubles on working out the Internet-portal of the international financial center in Moscow. Experts believe that even taking into consideration the complexity of the task, the contract sum is twice as much as it is in reality. The Defense Ministry plans to fully replace the team of negotiators with France on the issue connected with purchasing of a large helicopter-carrier Mistral. Now representatives from Rosoboronexport will replace them. Izvestia newspaper english comments on the decision. The Audit Chamber has managed to determine who owns the Russian Airport Domodedovo. The extraordinary rehearsal of the May 9 Victory Parade take place on Thursday May 5. Each rehearsal costs the federal and Moscow city budgets 120 million rubles. The Popular Science magazine has listed 12 inventions that by 2020 will dramatically change our life. The fuel crisis is continuing. Thus, petrol in gas-filling stations over the past several days went up in price by an average of 15 percent. The situation change during another two-three days thanks to the reduction of export and the growth of production. The news conference of Deputy Moscow Mayor Lyudmila Shvetsova in charge of social policy took place in the Information Center of the Moscow gvt on April 27. She told Izvestia newspaper english journalists about a program of May 9 celebrations and social policy for war veterans.