The Nizhny Novgorod region is waiting for a hot weekend. In the region that gave the country a prime minister - "Kinder Surprise", a deputy prime minister in white pants and a number of other bright, but very extravagant political figures, the gubernatorial elections will be held on Sunday. According to all forecasts, the case will not end with the first round.

Yesterday's unification congress of the Fatherland and Unity passed quickly, in a businesslike way and without organizational linings. There were only minor misunderstandings. Thus, the activists of the youth vanguard of the Fatherland from their leaders, of course, knew only Luzhkov, and therefore they were sure that they met at the entrance to the October House of Unions.

Leonid Ivashov. Photo Reuters Leonid Ivashov, a general and a poet, an irreconcilable warrior with NATO, proud of the title of Hawk, assigned to him by the press, resigned. On the morning of Friday, the 13th, Leonid Grigoryevich packed, according to colleagues, personal belongings, said goodbye to his spacious cabinet, where he sat by faith and truth for almost five years. In the heads of the Main Directorate of International Military Cooperation (GUMVS) Ivashov since October 1996.

The three-month struggle for the seat of a general, who with his troops can establish control over the Russian capital in a few hours, has ended. Today, July 13, the most unexpected appointment in the Armed Forces for all three and a half months of the tenure of the new Minister of Defense Sergei Ivanov took place: Colonel General Ivan Yefremov, by decree of Vladimir Putin, became the commander of the Moscow Military District.

Collage from the site www.zdnet.com Maybe Napster corporations, instead of gathering on your website in the Press Room section, praise, it makes sense to open the section of the necrologists. The number of publications that can be attributed to this genre cannot be accounted.