The reasons for frequent accidents involving Russian aircraft may lie not only in the mistakes of pilots or air traffic controllers. According to the Research Institute of Civil Aviation of the Russian Federation, counterfeit spare parts are increasingly found on aircraft (today there are about 7%).

Now is not the best time to deal with the image of Chechnya. It is more expedient to take care of the restoration of the republic. This surprisingly rational opinion was expressed today by the head of the Chechen government, Ramzan Kadyrov. Let us recall that the day before, its President Allu Alkhanov made a proposal to change the name of the Chechen Republic.

The mayors of the city of Pyatigorsk are as unlucky as the inhabitants of the “bad” apartment number 50. Judge for yourself: the first mayor Yuri Vasiliev was not blown up by accident in August 2003 along with his car. They also tried to blow up the second mayor, Vladimir Shestopalov, and then put him on trial. On July 31, deputies of the City Duma appointed the third mayor - Igor Tarasov. And then Mr. Tarasov’s Land Cruiser crushed five people to death on the federal highway.

Most domestic companies conduct double accounting in an attempt to reduce the tax burden. Until now, the fight against black-and-white financial reporting has been carried out in relation to individual companies. And now the head of the Federal Service for Labor and Employment, Maxim Topilin, announced the creation of interdepartmental commissions whose task is a widespread war against “gray” wages.

The funniest thing in the whole mess with Madonna’s concert is when the head of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate Pronin, or Mayor Luzhkov, or some church hierarch, or any other bureaucrat pronounces this very name - “Madonna”. They are in such harmony with each other - this word and these faces, that there is no strength. We are a country of developed idiocy, and when fundamental political idiocy is added to traditional organizational idiocy, it turns out just like with Madonna.

What really happened in this unfortunate Kondopoga We, of course, will never know - when there is a mass fight, by definition there can be no “final version”. Just as there cannot be a solution that suits both sides. But it is more or less clear what was not there. No it wasn't an attack "brutal crowd of pogromists" on peaceful, quiet and harmless Chechen workers.

The Russian State Duma has prepared a bill according to which children under 14 years old will be prohibited from appearing on the streets and in public places unaccompanied by adults from 10 p.m. The desire of children to take a walk in the evening alone will cost parents 100-300 rubles. In the Committee on Women, Family and Children of the State Duma, the bill received a mixed assessment.

From 2007, the price per thousand cubic meters of Turkmen gas for Russia will be $100 (which is $40 higher than the current one). Thus, the Russian gas giant agreed to the conditions previously put forward by the leadership of Turkmenistan. The new price for blue fuel will last until 2009, after which it will be revised again. Moreover, we can hardly expect a reduction in rates. You can't count on discounts.

The Russian government has diversified its everyday life with creative activities. Ministers have given names to a number of geographical features on the coldest continent on Earth. The corresponding resolution signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov was published today on the cabinet website. Thus, previously unnamed peaks received the names of Saints Boris and Gleb, and the mountain peak of the Vinson massif was named Yamal Peak.

Despite the virtual bankruptcy of YUKOS, the company's former shareholders do not lose hope of returning some of the lost income. Western holders of Yukos shares intend to sue Russia for more than $50 billion. According to the director of Group Menatep Ltd. (former Menatep group) Tim Osborne, previously the amount of the claim of the Yukos owners against the Russian Federation was $30 billion. But now, in a situation of increased oil prices, the amount of the claim has also increased.