08 July 2005, 15:19 Cars Notes of a Madwoman Masha Tsybulskaya A woman who learned to drive a car can be proud of herself. Maybe later, as an automobile specialist among other women, he can give advice and tell driver stories. And even write a book about it, and a good one at that. Every company has a full-time storyteller. He comes with new stories and thoughts, drinks, lights a cigarette and starts talking.

It's finished. The Great July Hairy Revolution took place in Russia. Domestic television began showing a commercial created by the Parisian agency JWT with the help of Sun Jan Lee, an artist who distinguished himself in Hollywood with his work on Episode III of Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean and Men in Black.

07 July 2005, 18:07 Society War on schedule Marina Lemutkina The Duma adopted in two readings at once a law transforming school military service with training fees from an optional subject into a compulsory one. The law will come into force on September 1, 2005. On Wednesday evening, in an accelerated manner - in the second and third readings at once - the State Duma adopted amendments to the laws “On Military Duty and Military Service” and “On Education”.

Policy “A man told me this, but he died.” Alan Tskhurbaev (Vladikavkaz) The victims of the terrorist attack in Beslan continue to give testimony that contradicts the official version of what happened at school No. 1. At the trial in Vladikavkaz, they again spoke about the tanks that participated in the assault. In Vladikavkaz, hearings continued in the case of Nurpashi Kulaev, the only terrorist who survived the storming of the first Beslan school.

08 July 2005, 10:27 Cars The car citizen is waiting for the first upgrade Maria Anisimova Auto insurers will have to reconsider their relationships with clients. The government adjusted the rules for concluding contracts in favor of car owners and promised to reduce tariff coefficients, simplify the rules for registering minor accidents and receiving insurance payments.

Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has been nominated for the World Stupidity Award in the Dumbest Person of the Year category. The third annual World Stupidity Prize will be presented on July 22 at the Montreal Laughter Festival, Canada, but you can vote for the nominees now. The winners of the ceremony are determined through international online voting, as well as voting by members of the International Academy of Stupidity.

07 July 2005, 20:52 Society Terrorist attack through the eyes of eyewitnesses Anastasia Makryashina Witnesses of the terrorist attacks told journalists about the terrible details of the explosions in London, about the horror that gripped eyewitnesses of what was happening. Gazeta.Ru provides excerpts from these stories.

07 July 2005, 19:02 Politics Akaev became a counter-revolutionary Ilya Zhegulev Former President Askar Akayev was accused of attempting to overthrow those who overthrew him. The new authorities, who successfully dispersed the June riot with tear grenades, are now going to accuse Akaev of preparing a coup. The Kyrgyz authorities made this conclusion by tapping the telephone conversations of the former Kyrgyz president. Former oppositionist, and now... O.

07 July 2005, 18:31 Politics Double interpretation of the double “Motherland” Alexey Levchenko The Rodina-2 faction of Sergei Baburin cannot register in any way. Its creation caused United Russia insurmountable difficulties. As Gazeta.Ru found out, legal experts hinted to Boris Gryzlov that he could pay in court for the creation of Rodina-2.

11 July 2005, 10:29 Cars Asian dispute on the Russian car market Dmitry Kiselev The leader of the Russian market of new foreign cars has changed again. Daewoo was unable to compete with more modern foreign cars and retreated to third place. In the first half of the year, Hyundai managed to sell the most cars. Toyota came in second place.

07 July 2005, 14:36 ​​Culture Where I am? What happened with me? Velimir Moist The exhibition of paintings by Andrei Volkov turned out to be not very lively. And no wonder, the themes of non-residential premises and the meaning of life turned out to be vital for the artist. Painting by Andrei Volkov is considered painting only because it is customary in the Russian language to call works in oil on canvas. Actually, the word in this case is not the most appropriate.

07 July 2005, 15:23 Society Six explosions, hundreds of victims "Gazeta.Ru" Photo: AP A state of emergency has been declared in London after explosions at subway stations and buses. The number of victims is in the hundreds. The general picture of the emergency is not yet clear - the police talk about six explosions, but at the same time they name 6 metro stations and three buses. A series of explosions occurred in London on Thursday morning.

Business Gazprom broke into America Irina Aleshina Gazprom and Shell exchanged assets favorably: the Russian concern received a blocking stake in the Sakhalin-2 project, which will allow it to enter the American liquefied gas market. And the British have a 50% share in the development of Neocomian deposits in the Zapolyarnoye field and an “administrative resource” in lobbying their interests in Russia.

07 July 2005, 20:19 Society Terrorist attack in English Natalia Mikhailova (London) Gazeta.Ru correspondent witnessed what was happening in London. This is his report from the British capital. For many, the morning of the working day in London began as usual: with a trip to work on the subway. However, by 9.00 am all subway stations were closed. It was now possible to get to the city center only by ground transport - red double-decker buses.

Sport Figo left Whitebeard with his nose Dmitry Bashmakov Real Madrid and Portugal midfielder Luis Figo is close to moving to English Liverpool. The Merseysiders will pay €3 million to move the Portuguese from the Santiago Bernabeu to Anfield Road. One of the best football players in the world was not interested in the offer of the general manager of FC Moscow Yuri Belous .