182 1 min. ... On Wednesday, the report of Lord Robin Butler's commission of inquiry into the activities of British intelligence services during the preparation for the war in Iraq will be presented in the UK. According to analysts, in it, as in a similar report released in the United States at the end of last week, chiefs of intelligence services and advisers to the prime minister will mainly come under fire.

58 1 min. ... Group A. Skipper (Italy), Efes Pilsen (Turkey), Estudiantes (Spain), Cibona (Croatia), Olympiakos (Greece), Partizan (Serbia and Montenegro), Sopot (Poland), Real (Spain). Group B. Maccabi (Israel), Siena (Italy), Zalgiris (Lithuania), Barcelona (Spain), Olimpija (Slovenia), AEK (Greece), Scavolini (Italy), Villeurbanne (France). Group C. CSKA (Russia), Taugres (Spain), Benetton (Italy), Pau Orthez (France), Panathinaikos (Greece), Ulker (Turkey), Unicaja (Spain).

623 4 min. ... Photo: Pavel Smertin The Congress of the Communist Party could hardly pass more dejected. The hall, taken specifically for the event, remained half empty. For an incomprehensible reason, there was no electricity. Party leaders called it sabotage.

2K 5 minutes. ... The Bank of Russia is now also in crisis Photo: MIKHAIL GALUSTOV Last week, the crisis in the interbank market hit one of the systemically important Russian banks - Guta Bank. It closed its branches and stopped making payments and repayments on deposits. Panic began among bank depositors, which primarily led to a significant outflow of funds from Alfa Bank. The Central Bank had to intervene in the matter - it took a number of urgent measures to correct the situation.

262 7 min. ... Photo: UNIAN Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych is on guard won by Leonid Kuchma Last week, a presidential campaign started in Ukraine. The elections will take place on October 31, but today their main intrigue is clear. Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko will divide the legacy of Leonid Kuchma. And both presidential candidates have someone to share in case of victory.

On July 12, representatives of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation reported that the head of this department, Vladimir Ustinov, assigned responsibility for the investigation of the murder of the editor-in-chief of the Russian Forbes to the department of the Russian Federation State Prosecutor's Office for Particularly Important Cases.

TV shows about theater are evaluated in Novosibirsk 40 2 minutes. ... festival theater The IV international festival of television films about the theater "Theater + TV" opened in Novosibirsk. Kommersant theater columnist MARINA SHIMADINA tried herself as a professional television viewer.

282 6 min. ... Having moved to St. Petersburg, Valentina Matvienko moved significantly away from the president - she ended up in last place in the ranking of courtiers The nomination “Courtiers” allows us to identify the newsmakers most often mentioned by journalists together with Vladimir Putin. It may seem surprising, but the results of the past quarter convincingly prove that the people standing next to the president are by no means the most famous.

66 11 min. ... The merger of OMZ and Power Machines has been called into question. The divorce of YUKOS and Sibneft is almost a done deal. As a result, we can talk about only one successful major transaction of this kind in Russia - the merger of TNK and BP.

Yesterday the first international meeting to combat spas ended in Geneva 50 1 min. ... The first international meeting on countering spam, organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), ended yesterday in Geneva. ITU, part of the UN, deals with issues of international cooperation in the field of communication systems and information exchange.

This could cost the Prime Minister his seat. 512 2 minutes. ... elections The elections to the upper house of parliament held yesterday in Japan became a test of popularity for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. He passed it “satisfactorily”: the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) showed worse results than the opposition. And although the LDP retained its majority, debate may begin within the party about changing the chairman.

216 7 min. ... NTV PRESCRIBED REHABILITATION Vladimir Kulistikov was appointed General Director of the NTV television company instead of Nikolai Senkevich, who was promoted. The former general director of Gazprom-Media, Alexander Dybal, has been transferred to the honorary and non-determining position of chairman of the holding’s board of directors.

The federal center refused to finance significant urban projects thirty 3 min. ... On Saturday, Governor of St. Petersburg Valentina Matvienko discussed transport projects in St. Petersburg with Minister of Economic Development and Trade German Gref.

272 4 min. ... "Night Watch" claims to be a cult Russian movie. And any work of this kind is primarily based on an actual basic cultural myth. The mythological basis of the “Night Watch” is analyzed by “Vlast” columnist Grigory Revzin. I haven't watched Night Watch yet. Now I’ll finish writing and go take a look - not without fears. Here are the concerns. I really love Sergei Lukyanenko’s books, I’ve read almost all of them. Night's Watch is by far the best thing.

3K 12 min. ... Totalitarian insects Photo: AP Stormy applause. Smoke from a fire, tobacco and pine cones. The smell of onions and garlic. This is not a bard song festival. These are traditional means of mosquito control. For many years a person lives next to his noisy and annoying small neighbor. Or rather, a neighbor, because neighbors peacefully hover on a warm summer evening in the form of a white cloud and do no harm to anyone (like large, long-legged flower mosquitoes).