The GAZ group combined the participation of the Swedes with AvtoVAZ at the beginning of this month in the domestic automobile industry, as if by chance, two events coincided in time. The Nizhny Novgorod GAZ group received a new chapter: it became Swede Eric Eberhardson, who previously responsible for the strategic development of the enterprise. And a few days earlier, the Swedish delegation was studied by another plant - AvtoVAZ. Some observers consider this coincidence not accidental.

11:20 // 18.06.2006 The meeting ended with a score of 1: 1, and the Americans played almost a whole half by a navigator. The match in which Italy looked like a clear favorite turned out to be rich in events. In the 22nd minute, "Skuadra Azurra" led in the account. Alberto Gilardino with his head in the fall closed Andrea Pirlo from the penalty. The Italians themselves "helped" the US team "helped", RIA Novosti reports.

17:53 // 18.06.2006 As a result of a large accident on the Yaroslavl highway of the capital, two people died and 6 were injured, the capital’s law enforcement agencies said. "Near the house 103, the Lada and Volga collided in the forehead, two people died from injuries on the spot, four were hospitalized in extremely serious condition," said the source of the information quoted by RIA Novosti. According to him, three more people were blocked in the salons of cars.

The Los Angeles police arrested the defenders of the city garden by the Los Angeles police arrested Darril Hannah, the actress, who played the role of the mermaid in the film "Splash" (1984) and member of the dead viper in "Kill Bill" (2004). In the company with a dozen activists, the star tried to protect the unique city garden from destruction. The forty -year -old actress spent 23 days on a walnut tree 12 meters high on the side with the organizer of the protest by John Kuili.

The Moscow police reports on a loud arrest of the Moscow police announced the capture of the so -called Bittsev maniac, a serial killer who was operating on the territory of the Bittsev Forest Park. On his account, according to various estimates, from 12 to 16 victims.

Abdul Khalim Saydulaev, the successor to Aslan Maskhadov, was killed as the President of the Independent Ichkeria, the so-called Ichkeria President Abdul-Khalim Sydulaev was killed in Chechnya. Over the 15-year history of this self-proclaimed militants of the republic, he was the fourth supreme ruler. All his predecessors were also killed. At his post, Saydulaev, who replaced Aslan Maskhadova, stayed a little over a year and did not have time to get wide fame.

Sberbank does not believe customers in stores, hoping to see them in his branches Sberbank is disappointed. “We conducted an experiment to provide loans at retail outlets and stopped it. Under such conditions, it is impossible to ensure control over customer solvency,” admitted the president -chairman of the board of Sberbank Andrei KazMin on Friday. The recognition was addressed to the bank's shareholders who gathered at the annual meeting.

12:37 // 18.06.2006 The leadership of the Communist Party is preoccupied with a fall in the number of the party, which is reduced from year to year. This was stated at the Plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Communist Party of the party Gennady Zyuganov. The Plenum gathered in the Moscow village to discuss the problems of the organizational and political strengthening of the party.

Russian stock slides repeat American in the market, there are always investors who are not too worried about the work indicators of the companies themselves. More precisely, they only partially excite them - funds are simply shifted within the framework of the basket of shares itself. But, judging by the presented schedule, today such investors make up the market majority.

14:40 // 18.06.2006 Palestinian Fath and Hamas are close to overcoming disagreements according to the so -called "document on national consent", which may result in the formation of a new government more acceptable for the world community than the current Islamist office. “I think that during the day or two we will come to a situation where we will solve all problems and open a new page,” said the press secretary of the Palestinian government Gazi Hamed.

The People’s Volya wants to take the place of the Motherland Party “People’s Volya”, led by the Vice-Speaker of the State Duma Sergey Baburin, doubled its numbers and agreed on the interaction with a dozen parties and the movements of similar ideology. This was announced at the extraordinary congress of the party. Baborin residents claim to fill the left -Patriotic niche, replacing the Prejour Rodina party from it according to the electoral bloc.

14:20 // 18.06.2006 The procession is dedicated to one of the brightest holidays of the Catholic Church - the holiday of the Blessed Body and the Blood of Christ. The procession began after the Mass in the Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on Malaya Georgian. Ahead, clergymen in white robes carry the icon of the Virgin Mary and banner with images of Christ, the Virgin, St. Yuri (St. George the Victorious).

The chairman of the Volgograd City Duma Pavel Karev, accused of receiving a bribe in the amount of 10 thousand Doles, submitted an application to dismiss him from his post. This was announced by one of his deputies. According to him, “Karev made a decision to resign immediately after the release of temporary detention from the isolator on a recognizance not to leave. He spent about one and a half days in the insulator.

14:04 // 18.06.2006 British musician, ex-Beatle Paul McCartney celebrates his 64th anniversary. The date of 64 years is symbolic, because this is how - “when I will be 64 years old” - the song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney for the album "Orchestra of the Club of Lone Hearts of Sergeant Pepper" was called.

20:30 // 18.06.2006 Two people were injured as a result of a breakdown of the Break Dance attraction in Gorky Park in Moscow, law enforcement sources said. "The incident occurred at about 19 o’clock in the evening on Sunday. One of the booths broke on the Break Dance attraction. As a result of a sharp stop, two people were injured, now they are helping," said the source of the information quoted by Interfax . Representatives of law enforcement agencies and Gortekhnadzor work at the scene.