More than half of Russians this year intend to spend their summer vacation at home - 32% of them plan to do business, and 20% will not go anywhere, since there is no money. 27% will rest this summer at the country or garden area. Such data were informed "Interfax" in the analytical center of Yuri Levada following the results of the representative survey of 1,600 Russians conducted at the end of May.

The Minister of Internal Affairs of Chechnya ALU Alkhanov made the final decision to run the post of president of the Chechen Republic. This was announced on Sunday by the Rossiya TV channel. “I am very grateful, first of all, to the people who considered my candidate acceptable. This is probably due to certain hopes, and, above all, this is due to the fact that I was still one of the close people of our president Ahmad Kadyrov,” he said on Sunday on the air of the Russia TV channel.

The authorities of Saudi Arabia approved the creation of an industrial town for women, in which more than 10 thousand women in more than 80 enterprises will be employed. This was reported by News24. The head of the investment company Hess Alone said that two companies from China and Malaysia have already announced that in early 2005 they would open training centers for Saudi women.

Former chairman of the election commission of Adjaria, Ednar Shamilishvili, was detained on Sunday by law enforcement officers of the Autonomous Republic. This was reported by the Rustavi-2 television company. The prosecutor's office of Adjara has not yet been coming about the reasons for the detention of Shamilishvili.

From Dubai to India on Saturday evening, 35-year-old businessman actor Khussein Kutbuddin Ahmad was deported. A native of India was arrested in this Arab principality for attempts to sell secret information regarding the Indian nuclear program. Under the enhanced guard, he was taken to the city of Mumbai (former bombs) and transferred to the local police, the Indian media reported today. Now Ahmad is in the preliminary imprisonment chamber.

Great Britain calls the auxiliary personnel of his embassy in Riyadh, announced the Foreign Ministry of the United Kingdom on Sunday, RIA Novosti reports. From the capital of Saudi Arabia, employees of the diplomatic mission will be temporarily evacuated with the exception of a small group of key diplomats. This is done in connection with the threat of life and safety of citizens of Western countries in Saudi Arabia sharply increased in recent days.

Most Russians (74%) over the past year did not have to deal with traffic police officers. Nevertheless, 75% of 1,500 sociologists have their own opinion on the work of the traffic inspectorate: 34% of respondents believe that it copes with its duties poorly, 32% - which is satisfactory, and only 10% say that this service works well.

The coach of the Italian national team Giovanni Trapattoni expects from the upcoming match of his Italy against Denmark, something more than just a game for the result. "Trape" believes that two different and original football cultures will collide in this duel, from which the fans will only become more interesting. Italians are known for their magnificent defense, and playing a small pass in the center of the field.

A light -engine plane crashed in Riga, two people died. The press service of the State Cululation of the BNS agency reported that on Saturday evening, as a result of the disaster, the pilot of the aircraft and its passenger born in 1975 were born. According to BNS information, the pilot Yanis Vitinsh, born in 1962, controlled the aircraft, which tested the aircraft.

Voters at once at once by the EU member countries will vote today in the elections to the European Parliament. The 732 deputy mandate of the new composition of the European Parliament, which will include representatives of all 25 EU states, claim 14 thousand 670 candidates, ITAR-TASS reports. The electorate of Great Britain, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Latvia, Malta and partially Italy has already voted in previous days.

On the Islamist website, presumably belonging to Al-Qaeda, is posted today by a video of the shooting of American Robert Jacob. This employee of the American Corporation Winnell was killed on Tuesday in Riyadh. On the record, which is accompanied by the glorification of jihad, two killers produce several bullets in their victim in the garage of some building. It can be seen how Jacob tries to evade them, shouting: "Wait, wait!

The militants of the Iraqi resistance, in addition to constant terrorist attacks in various parts of the country, began to commit unit killings of specific high -ranking officials of the Provisional Government and influential citizens of the country. Over two days, four such high -profile killings were committed. However, no one takes responsibility for these shares. On Sunday morning, unknown people shot Kamal Jarra, director of culture in the new Iraqi Ministry of Education.

In the New Tax Code of Georgia, the number of taxes is reduced from 21 to nine. This was announced by the Prime Minister of Georgia Zurab Zhvania. On Sunday, Georgian prime minister introduced entrepreneurs on behalf of the government working group the basic principles of the new Tax Code and the priorities of a full -scale tax reform planned in the country. According to Zhivani, income tax is proposed to reduce from 20 to 12%, and social - from 33 to 20%.

On Sunday morning, a solemn procession of Catholics on the occasion of the celebration of the Blessed Body and Blood of Christ took place from the Moscow Church of the Immaculate Conception, Interfax reports. This day, called Latin Corpus Christi, is celebrated in the entire Catholic world, where it falls on Thursday and is a weekend. But since in Russia Catholics make up only a small part of the population, festive events are transferred to Sunday.

The loss of Russians at the Spanish national team did not cause atrocities from football fans in Moscow. This was reported on Sunday to Interfax in the department of information and public relations of the capital's Central Internal Affairs Directorate. According to the interlocutor of the agency, no data on the facts of violation of public order and the hooliganism of football fans were received in the duty unit of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate.