Today, August 9, it became known that yesterday the Socialist Party filed a statement of claim with the district administrative court of Kyiv with a request to recognize as illegal and cancel the decisions of the Central Election Commission, which determined the candidates who are included in the district and precinct election commissions for the Verkhovna Rada elections in 2007. submission from factions of the 5th convocation of parliament.

The authorities have revised plans to eliminate unfinished construction 183 3 min. ... The Orenburg administration has decided to resume construction of the Atrium trade and administrative complex in the city center, which was frozen several years ago. Previously, the facility, located 50 meters from the city hall and at the initial stage of construction, was planned to be liquidated, allocating 20 million rubles of budget money for this.

Transactions Absolute Hockey Enterprises, led by ex-Florida Panthers coach Doug McLean, has become the new owner of the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning. For the past eight years, Tampa, which won the Stanley Cup in 2004, has been owned by Detroit-based Palace Sports and Entertainment of Detroit, which also owns the NBA's Detroit Pistons. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed pending NHL approval.

Bulgaria restored on August 9 the transit pipeline through which Russian gas was supplied to Greece, reported the Bulgargaz company, a monopolist in the country’s gas market. Greece stopped receiving gas on the morning of August 6, when an explosion occurred in the Bulgarian part of the gas pipeline. Then the executive director of Bulgargaz, Dimitar Gogov, reported that it would take “no more than three days” to eliminate the accident. “Today at 5.35 local time the fault was fixed.

The head of Rosgosstrakh explained why he is selling 15% of the company to employees 1K 9 min. ... The head of Rosgosstrakh, Danil Khachaturov, is the only insurer included in the hundred richest people in Russia in the Forbes ranking. He does not like to discuss his condition and the value of Rosgosstrakh, and calls insurance a low-profit business that he engages in solely out of interest.

Today, the Kommersant newspaper writes that the leasing company Euro Leasing has established a financial company, Auto Finance, which will provide loans to individuals when purchasing cars. The leasing company's decision is a precedent for the market, since until now such companies have not entered the lending market. Experts note that due to competition with banks, Avto Finance will have to dump, reducing its profitability.

Consultations with Gazprom ended in nothing 29 2 minutes. ... The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has made a final decision on its non-participation in the Sakhalin-2 project. The EBRD and Gazprom, which owns a controlling stake in the operator company Sakhalin Energy, have stopped their respective consultations. Gazprom announced that the bank’s decision will not affect the implementation of the second stage of the project.

Rostov perfume chain plans triple growth 99 2 minutes. ... As Kommersant has learned, the Rostov-based AAA group of companies intends to rebrand and expand the Kosmetichka perfumery and cosmetics chain it owns. This year the group plans to increase the number of chain stores in the Rostov region and Krasnodar region from the current 14 to 20. In 2008, the owners expect to open another 7-8 stores, including in Samara and Astrakhan.

to restore control over Ukrtatnafta 26 3 min. ... Yesterday, the Ukrainian government decided to transfer the state-owned stake in Ukrtatnafta CJSC to the management of the State Property Fund (SPF) of Ukraine. This decision is beneficial to the Tatarstan shareholders of the enterprise, since it deprives their main opponent, NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine, of the opportunity to fight to restore control over the refinery.

"Zenit" - "Dynamo" 9:3 (Timoshchuk, 9 (pen.), 41 (pen.), 74; Dominguez, 48 (pen.), 90+2; Zyryanov, 61, 65, 79; Arshavin, 73 - Klimavichus, 68; Genkov, 70; D. Kombarov, 84. Removals: Denisov, 45+2 (foul play) - Fernandez, 45+2 (foul play, 78 (2 female points)) "Amkar" --- "Terek" (1) 3:1 (Grishin, 34; Kushev, 42, 48 - Adiev, 90+1). "KamAZ" (1) - "Moscow" 0:1 (Cizek, 9. Missed penalty: Petrovich (C), 80). "Saturn" - "Metallurg", Krasnoyarsk (1) 2:1 (Kirichenko, 58; Eremenko, 77 - Kochan, 90+1.

Belarus has repaid its gas debt to Gazprom Beltransgaz has fully paid Gazprom for gas supplied to Belarus in the first half of the year. The money will arrive in the monopoly’s account only today, but Gazprom has already confirmed that the conflict over the Belarusian debt has been resolved. However, in the fall, state-owned gas companies in Belarus and Ukraine intend to resume negotiations with Gazprom on gas prices in 2008.

Deputies of the Sakhalin Regional Duma at an extraordinary session on Thursday approved Alexander Khoroshavin for the post of governor of the region. 22 parliamentarians were present at the meeting, 20 of them voted in favor, two abstained. The candidacy of Alexander Khoroshavin was submitted to the Duma on August 7 after the early resignation of Ivan Malakhov, the previous head of the Sakhalin region.

On August 9, the headquarters phase of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) military exercise “Peace Mission 2007” began in the city of Urumqi in northwestern China. The chiefs of the General Staff of six countries gathered in Urumqi for “strategic consultations.” The active phase of the anti-terrorist exercises will take place in the Chelyabinsk region (Chebarkul training ground), RIA Novosti reports.

following Russia new Horizons Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper went yesterday on a three-day trip to the Arctic regions of the country, in one of which Ottawa plans to build a deep-sea seaport. The prime minister's tour coincided with large-scale exercises by the Canadian Armed Forces in the north of the country. This means that Canada is also actively joining the fight for the Arctic, in which the United States and Russia have so far played a key role.

The Moscow government has approved the medium-term city target program "Development of land reform in the city of Moscow for 2007-2009." The total amount of funding for the program is 975.2 million rubles. Including in 2007, it is planned to allocate 303.1 million rubles from the city budget, in 2008 - 325.1 million rubles, in 2009 - 347 million rubles.