85 1 min. ... August 25 - Expo Center on Krasnaya Presnya. Presentation of new Audi car models as part of the opening of the VI Moscow International Motor Show.

On August 25, at the rhythmic gymnastics competitions taking place in the South Korean city of Daegu, the Russian national team was replenished with two more gold medals. The athlete's victory came from exercises with a hoop, for which she received 28.375 points, and with a ball, rated by the judges at 27.475 points. Irina Chashchina was named the winner, despite the fact that she dropped the ball once, ITAR-TASS reports.

On August 25, the leader of the Duma faction of the Union of Right Forces, Boris Nemtsov , criticized the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko for playing a “double game” in the process of creating a union state of Russia and Belarus. “I am convinced that Russia, represented by President Vladimir Putin and the responsible Russian parties, sincerely desires the unification of Russia and Belarus. At the same time , President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko is playing a double game,” Mr.

172 4 min. ... The decision of the head of RAO UES Anatoly Chubais to enter the top three of the SPS party list and officially join the election race caused bewilderment among many. Does he really intend to leave RAO? Columnist Konstantin Smirnov found out that Chubais does not intend to abandon either the electrical reform or the party.

Exhibition by artist Gennady Zhivotov, who has been designing the newspaper “Tomorrow” for many years 70 1 min. ... The exhibition of the artist Gennady Zhivotov, who has been designing the newspaper “Zavtra” for many years, was presented in the exhibition hall of the Moscow Union of Artists on Kuznetsky Most. Like-minded people came to support the schedule - Eduard Limonov, priest Father Dmitry (Shmelev), Vasily Starodubtsev, Ivan Melnikov.

651 7 min. ... Photo: Vasily Shaposhnikov American immigration services are tired of dealing with papers Event The US State Department last week distributed a press release in which he said that he will now apply for a green card (an immigration visa, which gives the right to permanently reside and employment in the United States) can only be through the Internet.

On August 25, preparations began at the International Space Station for an experiment on growing crystals of biological macromolecules in a new way. The experiment itself should begin on August 31. The customer is the Japanese Aeronautics and Space Agency. As RBC learned, in total, Yuri Malenchenko and Edward Lu are to conduct 30 experiments in orbit, in geophysical, medical-biological and other fields.

catastrophe 445 2 minutes. ... On Friday evening at the Brazilian Alcantara cosmodrome, during the pre-launch preparation of the Brazilian VLS-1 launch vehicle, it exploded. 21 people died. The Alcantara tragedy delayed Brazil's entry into space indefinitely. The VLS-1 rocket was developed back in the late 80s by the Institute of Aviation and Space, commissioned by the Brazilian Space Agency and with the participation of laboratories of the Brazilian Ministry of Defense.

The company is parting with some of its factories 26 1 min. ... corporate governance On Saturday, the management of Europe's largest electronics and household appliances concern, Philips, announced its intention to close or sell a third of its factories around the world as part of a reorganization. The company is going to cut costs, but it does not intend to leave markets that are profitable for it.

935 7 min. ... Photo: Dmitry Lekai The Council of Submers of the Union of Right Forces recommended that the party of the party to approve Anatoly Chubais in the election list under the third number. Nikolai Kovalev, chairman of the State Duma Commission on Ethics. I would not take the Chubais company, because he is nonsense. And he himself would not go to intelligence.

298 1 min. ... Trade and industrial exhibition in Lingen (Germany). Until August 31st. The exhibition area is 35 thousand square meters. m. About 250 German companies will take part in the exhibition. Furniture, building materials, computers, electrical goods, textiles, cosmetics and perfumes, leisure goods, food. Gift Fair in Montreal (Canada). Until August 27. Decor items, jewelry, flowers, folk art, fashion accessories. Congress of the Public Works Construction Association in San Diego (USA).

3K 16 min. ... The bloody affair of the revolution Photo: RGAKFD/ROSINFORM 130 years ago, on August 22, 1873, Russian scientist Alexander Malinovsky, better known as Bogdanov, was born. In Soviet times, this surname was inclined mainly in connection with Vladimir Lenin’s struggle against idealism, “god-building” and other deviations from the general line.

18 2 minutes. ... The Main Military Prosecutor's Office has resumed the investigation into the criminal case of the massacres of taxi drivers that occurred in 1992 in St. Petersburg, Moscow and Tver. The investigation suspects a former officer of the St. Petersburg Academy named after Mozhaisky, who recently worked as a security guard, in these crimes. In April-May 1992, in just three weeks, 6 taxi drivers were killed in St. Petersburg.

On August 25, the head of Afghanistan's transitional government, Hamid Karzai, announced that he intends to run for the post of president of the country if the new constitution proclaims a presidential form of government. Hamid Karzai stressed that “if, under the new constitution, the president is elected directly and the elections are democratic,” he will put forward his candidacy for the post of head of state.

212 5 minutes. ... Money out of thin air Photo: DMITRY DUKHANIN, Kommersant The Tu-95 missile carrier has long mastered the profession of an exhibit - it is exhibited at every MAKS MAKS-2003, the VI International Aviation and Space Salon, took place in Zhukovsky near Moscow. Organizers claim that it surpassed the world's largest air shows in Le Bourget and Farnborough in scale.