Iran continues to assemble uranium enrichment centrifuges under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) and in accordance with its obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). “The process of assembling centrifuges for uranium enrichment as part of Iran’s peaceful nuclear activities continues. Our entire nuclear program is under the control of the IAEA ,” Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on January 22. At the same time, Mr.

Currently, 115 people in the United States have already announced their plans to participate in the 2008 presidential elections. In addition to Republicans and Democrats, representatives of other parties and a number of independent candidates are vying for this post, RIA Novosti reports. According to the US Federal Election Commission, by December 31, 2006, 109 people had submitted nomination papers or letters of pre-election organization to the commission.

246 8 min. ... January 22 nightdaycloudy/ precipitation Abu Dhabi +18 +22 d Amsterdam +3 +6 d Anapa +8 +10 O Ankara -3 +8 P Antalya +7 +18 I Arkhangelsk -12 -10 With Astana -eleven -5 O Athens +12 +17 I Ashgabat +6 +17 O Baghdad +7 +16 I Baden Baden 0 +6 O Baikonur 0 +2 O Bangkok +25 +35 d Barcelona +12 +16 d Belgrade +9 +14 O Berlin +2 +6 d Berne -1 +3 d Brussels +1 +6 d Budapest +3 +6 d Valencia +2 +9 P Varna +8 +15 P Warsaw +1 +7 O Washington -2 +5 O V.

Chess Tournament 19th category in Wijk aan Zee (Holland) 6th round. Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)-- Viswanathan Anand (India) 1:0. Teymur Radjabov (Azerbaijan) - Ruslan Ponomarev (Ukraine) 0.5:0.5. Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) - David Navara (Czech Republic) 0.5:0.5. Alexander Motylev (Russia) - Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 0.5:0.5. Petr Svidler (Russia) - Levon Aronyan (Armenia) 0.5:0.5. Luk Van Wely (Holland) - Sergey Tivyakov (Holland) 0.5:0.5. Sergey Karyakin (Ukraine)--Alexey Shirov (Spain) 1:0.

On March 6, 2006, the law firm Clifford Chance CIS, representing the interests of creditor banks of the Yukos oil company headed by Societe Generale, filed a bankruptcy petition for the company with the Moscow Arbitration Court. On March 14, the banks' claims for $482 million were purchased by Rosneft. On March 28, the court introduced a monitoring procedure at YUKOS. On July 17, the arbitration completed verification of the claims of creditors submitted to participate in the first meeting.

MUSEUMS National Center for Contemporary Art "Double/Remake" / until January 24 Historical Museum "Live Exhibition" / until July 4th "Love and Eros in Ancient Culture" / until April 20 "The Autocratic Don Quixote." To the 180th anniversary of the coronation of Nicholas I / until January 30 Kremlin. Patriarchal Palace "Bow from the Kremlin. Russian pre-revolutionary postcard" / until February 11 Kremlin.

to transfer to a major investor 34 3 min. ... On Friday, the State Property Management Committee of St. Petersburg (Kugi) held a meeting dedicated to the development of the Apraksin Dvor territory. It was decided to create a working group that will monitor the progress of work on the reconstruction of the famous shopping district. At the same time, the authorities began the process of negotiations with the current owners and tenants of Apraksin Dvor in order to free it up for a new investor.

1K 1 min. ... Stage 14. Tambacunda-Dakar, 576 km Passenger car. 1. Carlos Sainz (Spain, Volkswagen) — 2:21.02. 2. Geniel de Villiers (South Africa, Volkswagen) — 2:21.09. 3. Carlos Souza (Portugal, Volkswagen) — 2:21.47... 15. Leonid Novitsky (Russia, Mitsubishi) — 2:37.30... 21. Sergey Shmakov (Russia, "Moscow-ZIL") — 2:40.53. Motorcycle. 1. Jean de Azevedo (Brazil, KTM) — 2:37.46. 2. Jacek Chahor (Poland, KTM) — 2:39.51. 3. Janis Winters (Latvia, KTM) — 2:42.51. Trucks. 1.

Poland will not lift its veto on Russia-EU negotiations As Polish Agriculture Minister Andrzej Lepper said on Saturday, Poland will not lift its veto on partnership negotiations between the European Union and Russia until Moscow lifts the ban on imports of Polish meat.

The Prosecutor's Office of Karelia completed the investigation of the criminal case of mass riots in Kondopoga at the end of August - beginning of September 2006. As RIA Novosti reported on January 22, one of the defendants in the case of a mass brawl near the Chaika restaurant on the night of August 30, 2006 was charged with murder. Five more participants in the fight are charged with hooliganism and causing harm to health of varying degrees of severity.

Shareholders were unable to transform the company into an OJSC public utilities On Friday, shareholders of the largest municipal company "Kievenergoholding" were unable to transform it from a closed joint stock company to an open one. This was prevented by a conflict in Kievenergo, whose shares were not transferred to Kievenergoholding due to problems with the company's registrar.

The ban on rallies has been ordered to be relaxed The scandalous amendments to the law on rallies, which actually allow the authorities to prohibit any mass protests, will be significantly softened. According to Kommersant's information, United Russia leaders agreed on this last Friday at a meeting with Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Vladislav Surkov.

Last week, the board of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation reviewed the analytical note “On the effectiveness of regulating the agri-food market through quantitative restrictions on food imports (quotas).” One of the key provisions of this document is the issue of returning the auction sale of meat import quotas. This week, a corresponding proposal will be sent to the chambers of the Federal Assembly, as well as to the Ministry of Economic Development.

12K 18 min. ... Al Capone was hooked because he loved to spend his time fishing and other activities. Photo: AP The year 2007 will probably be marked in Russia by the ratification of the 2005 Warsaw Convention on Combating Money Laundering. In anticipation of this event, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is already preparing a bill that will allow freezing the accounts of companies suspected of laundering dirty money for 45 days.

Almost every main character in a Hollywood movie must have a unique hobby. Moreover, the unexpected is desirable. Book expert, golfer, cigar collector. As a rule, it is an absurd hobby that saves the hero’s life at a critical moment. Thus capitalizing on its previously unobvious value. If you think about it, each of us is a Hollywood hero. Even if we don’t have a cunning hobby, we have knowledge, skills, experience.