Abkhazia and South Ossetia celebrated independence In Tskhinvali yesterday automatic and machine gun fire was heard again. They were also heard in Sukhumi. This is how the residents of Abkhazia and South Ossetia greeted the news of Russia’s recognition of these republics. As soon as Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced his decision to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the first shots were fired in both now recognized republics.

pension system Every sixth worker in Russia is a pensioner, and the scale of employment of retired people has increased 1.6 times compared to 2000. Such a number of working pensioners has not been observed in the entire modern history of Russia, the authors of a new study write in the latest issue of the Demoscope newsletter. Thus, since 2002, the employment of pensioners has been growing, and now it covers more than 9.4 million people, or about a quarter of all pensioners (see graph).

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Today, August 27, President Viktor Yushchenko took personal control of the fire extinguishing process at ammunition depots in the Kharkov region. As reported in the press service of the head of state, Viktor Yushchenko urgently heard reports from the Minister of Defense Yuri Yekhanurov and the Minister of Emergency Situations Vladimir Shandra regarding the situation that developed in the Kharkov region at the Lozovaya station.

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Coal companies became interested in the energy sector five years ago, as soon as it became clear that RAO UES of Russia intended to transfer generation into private hands. Having spent more than one billion dollars on purchasing energy companies, coal miners hope to make money on the sales market, hedging risks and a new added value link. The closest thing to this is the Siberian Coal Energy Company. Gas needle Coal is the second fuel for power plants after gas.

There are few requirements for a free trade regime with the EU The European Business Association (EBA) yesterday conveyed to the Ukrainian government its recommendations regarding negotiations between the European Union and Ukraine on the creation of a free trade area. This report turned out to be the only one prepared by industry associations, and contains very few of Ukraine’s demands to the European Commission.

Interrogated by agency managers Yesterday it became known that the FSB forcibly brought in for questioning the head of the affairs department of the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use (Rosnedra, part of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology) Alexander Romanchenko, who is also the first vice-president of the Association of Geological Organizations and a member of the audit commission of OJSC " Transneft". Mr.

"Dynamo" (Kiev, Ukraine) - "Spartak" (4:1) BATE (Belarus)--Levski (Bulgaria) (1:0) "Kaunas" (Lithuania) - "Aalborg" (Denmark) (0:2) "Steaua" (Romania) - "Galatasaray" (Türkiye) (2:2) "Fenerbahce" (Türkiye) - "Partizan" (Serbia) (2:2) "Basel" (Switzerland) - "Guimaraes" (Portugal) (0:0) "Olympiacos" (Greece) - "Anartosis" (Cyprus) (0:3) "Atlético" (Madrid, Spain) - "Schalke" (Germany) (0:1) "Dynamo" (Zagreb, Croatia) - "Shakhtar" (Ukraine) (0:2) "Marseille" (France) - "Branne" (Norway) (1:0)

For the sake of the Democrats' victory in the US presidential elections The US Democratic Party Convention, which opened on Monday, continues its work in Denver (Colorado). The main intrigue of the newly opened Democratic forum is the difficult relationship between potential presidential candidate Barack Obama and his rival in the fight for the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton. With their speeches at the convention, Hillary and Bill Clinton should demonstrate the unity of the party ranks.

Conditions of the problem This time you are taking part in an online tournament again. The tournament is quite expensive: the entry fee is $109, and you could make one rebuy (additional purchase) and one add-on (add-on) - thus, both you and most of your opponents - there were about 200 of them - paid a little more than $300 for participation in the tournament. Most of the distance is already behind us; only five people remain in the fight for the main prize of about $12,000.

Its subsidiaries will increase tariffs to the maximum level The interregional communications companies (RTOs) included in Svyazinvest will increase prices for the most popular unlimited tariffs among subscribers to the maximum level. The previous attempt at indexation ended in nothing, which is why, according to experts, the growth rate of RTO revenue decreased by half.

Background The main reason for the Thai opposition's protests against Prime Minister Samak Sundaravet is the closeness of the current prime minister to the former head of government Thaksin Shinawatra, who was overthrown during a military coup on September 19, 2006. Two years ago events developed according to a similar scenario. The People's Alliance for Democracy held demonstrations of thousands for several months, accusing Thaksin Shinawatra of corruption and demanding his resignation.

Tegucigalpa took the socialist path This week, Honduras, long a staunch US ally, joined the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) bloc created by Venezuela to counter Washington's regional influence. This can be considered a major geopolitical victory for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who convinced the Honduran authorities to challenge Washington against the will of a significant number of citizens of this country.

To sell more new foreign cars there AvtoVAZ has agreed with the shareholders of Asia Auto OJSC on the sale of the enterprise - now the deal must be approved by the authorities of Russia and Kazakhstan. This will happen at the end of September, during the visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to the country. He will propose to the Kazakh side to raise duties on the import of used cars, creating a guaranteed sales market for AvtoVAZ in the region.