A ушев.

A ушев. Problems with milk between Russia and Belarus, plus the Setanta-Irish business, plus the ebala of Brussels and Strasburg, plus move to the right of EU elections, plus the WHO IS SELLING EIGHT or who is “feito n’um oito”, plus the 25 million pounds of brit’s lottery, plus, transference of Ronaldo, plus the Chinalco, Black Stone, Gasprom-Eni, why the medics where watching me in Operation theater (i.e. expansion of Bragança), plus “put-in” and Cinderella of Andy, GIVE US THIS:

High official killed in Russia’s Southern republic 13 June, 2009, 20:05. NAZRAN, Russia — Gunmen killed a former top government minister in Ingushetia as he stood outside his home in the violent southern Russian region Saturday, law enforcement officials said. Bashir Aushev's killing was the latest in a string of assassinations - and the second to hit Ingushetia this week - to highlight North Caucasus' continuing turmoil. Two gunmen sprayed Aushev with automatic weapon fire as he got out of his car at the gate outside his home in the region's main city, Nazran, around 6:30 p.m. (1430 GMT), the regional Interior Ministry's press service said. He died en route to the hospital. Aushev was vice premier under former Ingush President Murat Zyazikov, a KGB agent who was widely reviled by many Ingush for his repressive policies. Aushev, who was responsible for relations with law enforcement agencies in the region, resigned from the government when Zyazikov was replaced by the Kremlin in October. Russian news agencies said he had not worked since leaving government. While in office, Aushev was attacked several times, and his home was hit by mortars, according to the government's service, but he was never wounded. Ingushetia is home to hundreds of refugees from the wars in Chechnya, to the south, and is one Russia's poorest regions. Like other North Caucasus regions, it has seen an alarming spike in violence in recent years. Much of it is linked to the two separatist wars that ravaged Chechnya over the past 15 years, but persistent poverty, corruption, feuding ethnic groups and the rise of radical Islam also are blamed. On Wednesday, gunmen killed a deputy chief justice of the regional Supreme Court opposite a kindergarten in Nazran. Five other people were wounded in the attack. On June 5, the top law enforcement of another North Caucasus region, Dagestan, was killed by a sniper as he stood outside a restaurant where a wedding was taking place. That killing prompted Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to travel to Dagestan to meet with federal and regional police officials and showcase the Kremlin's campaign to bring calm to the North Caucasus. Earlier this week, Chechnya's Kremlin-backed president, Ramzan Kadyrov, said in an interview that the United States was to blame for the North Caucasus' problems. "It is precisely from the side of America that work is being carried out aimed at the disintegration of the sovereign Russian state. It is not terrorists, not Islamists," he said according to transcript posted on his government Web site. The Americans "are creating problems for Russia; they want to pull Russia down... They have such a system working - all sorts of social organizations created to spread rumors and gossip, to agitate people; they know that in the Caucasus the only way to create problems for Russia is on a religious basis," Kadyrov said.

Blavatnik throws lifeline to Setanta. June 12 2009 23:07. Len Blavatnik, the Russian-born US citizen and billionaire, has offered the embattled sports broadcaster Setanta a £20m lifeline in return for a 51 per cent stake. Mr Blavatnik, who already owns a small stake in Setanta, made the proposal to the broadcaster’s board on Thursday night. Access Industries, the company controlled by Mr Blavatnik, said: “The Access proposal is subject to a number of preconditions being met. Access believes that this proposal would secure the future of the broadcaster for customers, football and employees.” Thorny issues still have to be resolved before any deal can be agreed, however. These could include the renegotiation of Setanta’s £650m debt. Mr Blavatnik might also expect Setanta’s founder investors, Michael O’Rourke and Leonard Ryan, and institutional investors to inject more cash into the company. Setanta may have to renegotiate its content licensing agreements. A person familiar with the process said: “At this point we are just having a conversation.” Mr Blavatnik is the majority owner of TopUp TV, the pay-television broadcaster that retails Setanta on digital terrestrial television. Industry observers said that there could be an incentive for Mr Blavatnik to prop up Setanta because if the sports broadcaster went under, that would have an adverse impact on TopUp TV – and con sequently his investment in it. Setanta has been looking for an additional £100m to plug the funding gap created when it failed to retain both of its Premier League rights packages beyond 2010. It remains unclear whether Setanta has raised enough money to make a £30m payment to the Premier League on Monday and save itself from administration. The company also owes £3m to the Scottish Premier League. One analyst said: “The company is desperate, its back is against the wall. This business used to be worth hundreds of millions but this tells you they have had to cede everything to stay alive.” Forbes has estimated Mr Blavatnik’s wealth at $4bn, down from $11bn the year before as Russian markets were hit by the credit crunch. He made much of his money navigating the troubled oil and aluminium sectors in the former Soviet Union. Mr Blavatnik controls the troubled chemicals group Lyondell Basell. In January, Lyondell placed 79 of its global affiliates under bankruptcy protection after an unsuccessful attempt to restructure $26bn (£15.7bn) of debt. The move forced lenders to take billions of dollars in write downs. Access Industries is also behind Perform, which specializes in digital rights and platforms in sport and entertainment.