August 27, 2009, 21:46 Society The new school was demolished on five points Points of the “New School” project were made public Polina Nikolskaya In the new academic year, the state will have to increase the prestige of teachers, take care of the health of schoolchildren and analyze the mistakes of the Unified State Exam 2009. Teachers hope that the authorities will one day explain to them the priority initiative in the field of education announced by Dmitry Medvedev.

SCANDAL Russia for Russians by law — 27.08.09 22:14 — TEXT: Ilya Azar PHOTO: ITAR-TASS A forensic examination found that the slogans “ Russia for Russians!” and “ Kill the Khach!” are not nationalistic. Based on the findings of the examination, the Investigative Committee refused to investigate the case of beating St. Petersburg schoolboy Tagir Kerimov half to death, since it did not find any signs of extremism and xenophobia in him. Go to article...

August 27, 2009, 1:56 p.m Official rates: ruble\€ – 45.0782; ruble\$ – 31.6405 The official dollar exchange rate has increased by 23.98 kopecks since August 28, to 31.6405 rubles per dollar. The official euro exchange rate increased by 13.75 kopecks to 45.0782 rubles per euro.

On Thursday, at the Petrovsky Stadium in St. Petersburg, in the return match of the Europa League playoffs, the local Zenit hosted the Portuguese Nacional. After a disappointing defeat on the Portuguese island of Madeira with a score of 3:4, the Russian club was determined to win. Zenit is the best team in this pair. And I am confident that we will achieve the required result and reach the group stage.

August 27, 2009, 6:28 p.m "Beybarys" was headed by Pedikov The former coach of the Serov Metallurg, Alexander Pedikov, became the mentor of the new Atyrau hockey club “Beybarys”, reports sport.kz. “Beybarys” was created only this year and its core will be the players of Serov’s “Metallurg”.

27 August 2009, 08:52 NG: candidates for the post of head of the Volgograd region have been named The administration of the President of Russia sent a list of candidates for the gubernatorial post to the leadership of the Volgograd regional branch of United Russia for preliminary discussion. As Nezavisimaya Gazeta reported on Thursday , there are three names on this list - the current head of the region Nikolai Maksyuta and two State Duma deputies - Oleg Savchenko and Yuri Isaev .

Sport CSKA ran into Manchester United Champions League draw Albina Mullagulova CSKA Moscow will play against Manchester United in the group stage of the Champions League, and Rubin Kazan will play against the current Champions League winner Barcelona. Lionel Messi was named the best player of the year. On Wednesday, after the return matches of the Champions League play-off round, all 32 teams that will participate in the group stage of Europe's most prestigious club tournament became known.

27 August 2009, 18:18 Business The delay grows and fades The share of overdue loans from Russian banks as of August 1 amounted to 5.4% of the entire loan portfolio Olga Tanas , Suzanne Camara The growth rate of overdue loans is “following a fading scenario,” according to the Central Bank. In July, the volume of overdue debt increased twice as slowly as in January.

August 27, 2009, 10:15 p.m Kobelev: the fans were right to shout “shame” The head coach of Dynamo Moscow, Andrei Kobelev , after the defeat from CSKA Sofia in the Europa League playoff round match, summed up the game. “It’s hard to judge this match. We started very well, but then our illness showed itself again: we allowed only one shot in the half, and it became an assist. This goal knocked the players down, but in the end we played simply laxly. There was some kind of complacency.

August 27, 2009, 12:18 p.m The court postponed the trial of the lawsuit against the security forces' inspection of citizens' mail The Supreme Court of Russia postponed until September 11 the trial of the lawsuit asking to cancel the order of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications on unrestricted access of law enforcement agencies to citizens' mail. The meeting was postponed at the request of representatives of the FSB , who were involved in the process as co-defendants.

August 27, 2009, 8:53 p.m Rubin will play in the group stage of the Champions League with Barcelona, ​​Inter and Dynamo Kyiv The draw for the group stage of the Champions League took place on Thursday in Monaco.

August 27, 2009, 1:53 p.m The Arctic Sea ship drifts in the Atlantic Ocean The Arctic Sea vessel is drifting in the Atlantic Ocean, reports Maritime Bulletin - Sovfracht . According to the publication, the ship is drifting between Cape Verde and the Canary Islands. The vessel's location was identified using a system for issuing coordinates upon request, which is still in operation on the Arctic Sea.

August 27, 2009, 11:15 p.m Lukashenko: Belarus will join the CRRF and will be the chairman of the CSTO President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko announced his readiness to join the Collective Rapid Reaction Force (CRRF) and assume the chairmanship of the CSTO.

27 August 2009, 02:45 Kommersant: owner of AiF sells printing houses and distribution network The Media 3 company (newspapers Argumenty i Fakty, Trud, printing house Extra M) can sell printing and distribution assets and focus only on the development of newspapers and Internet resources, Kommersant wrote on Thursday .

The European organization EuroNCAP, which evaluates vehicle safety, conducted crash tests of eight new models that appeared on the European market. As noted in the organization's report, two representatives of the generation of economical cars participated in the test - Honda Insight and Toyota Prius 3, as well as Kia Sorento, Renault Grand Scenic, Skoda Yeti, Subaru Legacy, Volkswagen Polo and Citroen C3.