The famous financier George Soros believes that in the next few years the dollar may lose a third of its value. Soros indicates that as a result of the actions of the Bush administration, the American economy lost the trust of international investors. For the dollar, this means that the trend in the growth of the course in relation to leading world currencies (in six years the dollar “OPO” by 66%), broke off.

American troops in Afghanistan are brought into a state of increased combat readiness in connection with the threat of the attack of al-Qaeda terrorists, ITAR-TASS reports. According to NNI on Monday, this decision was made by Richard Mayer, the commander of the US forces in Afghanistan, after the fighting of the Pakistani soldiers with Al-Qaeda militants in the mid-last week in the zone of tribes in the northwest of the country.

The best player of the World Cup Ronaldo said that to score two goals in the final √ Better than sex, reports Dailysoccer. "The victory in the World Cup √ is also better than sex. In the end, the World Cup happens once every four years. Sex still happens more often," the Brazilian said. Ronaldo, the best scorer of a tournament with eight goals, married to a football player Milena Nazario da Lima. The couple got married in 1999. Ronaldo has a little son Ronald.

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II considers clearly insufficient the number of Orthodox priests who carry pastoral ministry in the army. This was announced by the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church at a meeting with the public of the city of Kasimov, reports ITAR-TASS. The Patriarch noted that among the youths-sentences there are more and more Orthodox ones.

The film of Italian directors Paolo and Vittorio Taviani "Resurrection" according to the novel of the same name by Leo Tolstoy was marked by the main prize of the 24th Moscow International Film Festival "Golden St. George". The closing ceremony of the film forum took place on Sunday at the Pushkinsky cinema. The chief favorite of criticism - the film by Alexander Rogozhkin "Cuckoo" got the prize "Silver George" for the best directorial work.

The President of NGK Slavneft Yuri Sukhanov entered the company building on Monday in the evening. According to Oleg Schegchev, the executive director of Slavneft, Yuri Sukhanov arrived in the company with the support of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. ”However, according to him, private security officers prevented Sukhanov to get acquainted with the situation in the company and verify the safety of the company's property.

From July 1, the law signed by the mayor of the city, which sets a tax on the sold pack of cigarettes in the amount of $ 1,42 cents, has entered into force in New York in New York. Thus, the price of such a pack increases to $ 7, ITAR-TASS reports. With the help of this measure, Bloomberg tries to partially compensate for the losses incurred by the city treasury after the attack of September 11.

In Ingushetia, two military personnel and a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, who were held hostage, were released, RIA Novosti reports. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic, prisoners were discovered the day before by employees of the criminal investigation department. They were kept in the basement of private house number 12 on Gagarin Street in the city of Malgobek. During the special operation at 16:30, hostages were released.

Now a member of the Federation Council, and in the past, the combat swimmer is a marine special forces, Igor Morozov crossed the Caspian Sea. According to the Federation Council, the senator overcame 124 sea miles in six days - 230 km, RIA Novosti reports. In total, a team of former combat swimmers of seven people participated in the swim, the oldest of which is 65 years old.

The United States on Sunday imposed a veto on a resolution continuing the UN peacekeeping mission in Bosnia. The Americans made such a decision due to the fact that they failed to achieve for their peacekeepers in this republic, immunity from persecution in the International Criminal Court, starting to operate on July 1, BBC reports.

Gazprom OJSC does not intend to rush with the sale of media assets. As the First Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, elected by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gazprom OJSC, said, its leaders are not satisfied with their market price. The leadership of the concern is counting on the possible increase in the value of assets in the near future.

Two Georgian border guards were blown up on the anti-personnel mine in the upper part of the Kodor gorge last Friday during the installation of mines on a section of the road between the 107th observation post of Russian peacekeepers and the territory controlled by the Georgian side, Interfax reports.

From January 1, 2003, two rubles will rise in price on the public ground transport of the capital (up to six rubles) and the subway (up to seven rubles). This is provided for by the draft budget of Moscow for 2003, which was considered on Monday at a meeting of the budgetary financial commission of the Moscow City Duma, Interfax reports.

Almost every third European nourishes negative feelings towards Jews. This is evidenced by the result of a survey conducted by the American anti -dyffamation league in Belgium, Germany, France, Great Britain and Denmark. In total, 2500 people were interviewed. It turned out that the Belgians, Germans and the French treat Jews with greater than others prejudice. To a lesser extent, this applies to the Danes and the British.

Slavneft President Yuri Sukhanov quit the company of his own free willing a month and a half ago, said the ex-president of the company Mikhail Gutseriev. Sukhanov himself categorically refutes this. Interfax reports that Gutseriev arrived at the company's central office on Monday and stated that he considers himself the legal president of the company. At the same time, he refers to the decisions of the Ufa court, who recognized the election of Sukhanov by the president illegal.