N.K. (Photo: Yuri Feklistov ) The Moscow mayor, studying the draft metropolitan budget last week, probably wept. The tax reform launched by the federal authorities next year will deprive the capital of at least 40-45 billion rubles. This figure is comparable to the fifth part of the planned revenues of the city budget next year. At a meeting of the government dedicated to the approval of the draft main financial document, the mayor painted the gloomy pictures of the life of Muscovites.

Sergei Strokan (Photo: AP ) The "Hour of Lieberman" is coming. Which Lieberman - the same one from Chisinau who recently shocked the Israeli establishment by creating a new “Russian party” “Our Home is Israel”? No, not Israeli, but American. Not Avigdor, but Joseph, the senator from Connecticut who shocked Americans. Last week, Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore named Joe Lieberman as his running mate.

Is it possible to distinguish a future murderer from a law-abiding person? It may not be possible with the naked eye, but with the help of a positron tomograph it’s easy. In any case, this is what psychologist Richard Davidson and his colleagues from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) think.

Dmitry Pinker (Photo: Pavel Gorshkov ) This already becomes a tradition: on the second of August in a row, Boris Berezovsky is engaged in party -standing. A year ago, the “bear” created - aka “unity” - was called upon to overcome the Primakov -Luzhkovsky Governor's Blok OVR. And the movement coped with the task. Now Berezovsky states that “unity” cannot become “long -playing political force”, and launches a new project.

Alexander Golts, Dmitry Pinker Vladimir Putin is extremely successfully creating the means by which he intends to rule Russia. However, where he is going to send her, it is unclear either to himself or the host of his advisers (Photo: AP ) It is only to count chickens in the fall. But the preliminary results of the activities of the new Russian president are appropriate to summarize just in August, the last summer month.

with the site www.anekdot.ru Last week, visitors to the website www.anekdot.ru were not very active in voting: obviously, the whole point here is that the peak of the holiday season is approaching. So not a single anecdote, in our opinion, worthy of the attention of the readers of Itogi, has emerged as an obvious leader. And that’s why this time we publish only those stories that the editorial staff liked: 1. Area of ​​modern high-rise buildings.

Turkish scuba diver Yasemin Dalkilits sank to a depth of 120 meters in the Mediterranean town of Bodrum, thereby setting a new world record for deep-sea diving with a load among women. The previous record - 115 meters - belonged to Cuban swimmer Deborah Andollo. The technology for setting a record is as follows: the swimmer stands on a special platform, which is gradually lowered into the water.