The Russian government is preparing proposals for the creation of an aviation board. Its main task should be the coordination of the activities of federal executive bodies on the functioning of the aviation industry and aviation.

The Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Miroslav Topolyanek, representing the right civilian democratic party (GDP), resigned after last week his government could not enlist the support of Czech parliamentarians. Then, 96 parliamentarians voted in support of the Topolyanka cabinet, and 99 against it.

The laureate of the prestigious Literary Buker Prize for 2006 was the novel "The Heritage of Loss" (The Inheritance of Loss), the native of India Kiran Desai. The winner was declared during the ceremony the night before, which was broadcast on the air of the British television and radio broadcasting corporation BBC.

The State Duma adopted the law "On Autonomous Institutions" in the third reading. The document was supported by 319 deputies, 113 spoke out against, one abstained. Its main goal is to provide state and municipal institutions with more independence and freedom at the disposal of property and in the implementation of the tasks assigned to them.

Participants in the legendary ABBA group will come to Moscow for the premiere of the musical "Mamma Mia!" created on the basis of the songs of the group. This was reported to ITAR-TASS on Wednesday organizers of the performance. The premiere of the Russian version of the production will be held on October 14, but for now, rehearsals are underway in the Moscow Youth Palace.

The killer of the legendary musician John Lennon for the fourth time was denied early release from prison. Such a decision regarding Mark David Chepman adopted on Tuesday the Commission on the pardon of the state of New York. During the meeting, which lasted only 16 minutes, the members of the commission decided that the 51-year-old Chepman should remain behind bars, since the crime committed by him was "unprecedented".

The Union of Muslim Women will be created in Mordovia. It will include representatives of Saransk, as well as Lyambirsky, Romodanovsky, Ruzaevsky and Kadoshkinsky districts. At the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, they will gather in the regional capital for a founding congress. The goal of this public organization will be to unite Muslim women and hold joint events. Work is planned in the spiritual, educational, cultural, leisure and educational areas.

US President George Bush warned North Korea’s leadership that the Nuclear testing test would have serious consequences. "In response to their actions, we work with our partners in this region and in the UN Security Council so that it has serious consequences for the Pyongyansky regime," he said on Wednesday at a press conference in the White House.

The Minister of Economic Development and Trade German Gref in the article published in the German newspaper Handelsblatt stated that although the increase in the cost of the project to master the Sakhalin shelf seems unjustified, high environmental requirements for the project require significant investments. Nevertheless, Gref believes, the agreement may be reached. “The parties related to the project are able to come to an agreement,” the Russian minister wrote.

On Wednesday, in St. Petersburg, before the performance of the famous Great Drama Theater named after Tovstonogov, an action was directed against the anti-Georgian campaign deployed in Russia.

The basketball players of the Moscow CSKA reached the finals of the NBA Europe Live exhibition international tournament. In the semi-final, the wards of Ettore Messina prevailed over the silver medalist of the Euroleague-2006 McCabi with a score of 90:81.

In New York, Barbra Streisand, which was not without a scandal, took place in New York in Madison Square. The actress was Oxvistan after scandalous behavior on stage. Streisand began to joking on a political topic unsuccessfully. The released knuckles were addressed to the famous actor depicting George Bush as a complete idiot, ABC News reports. Although most of the audience tried to politely support the not quite appropriate humor of the actress, but this lasted too long.

It became known the name of the director, which will put in the Bolshoi Theater "Peak lady". The head of the center named after Meyerhold and Hudruck of the Alexandrinsky Theater in St. Petersburg Valery Fokin. The musical director of the play will be the conductor, pianist and composer Mikhail Pletnev.

Russia will never let its foreign partners in energy supply, Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with representatives of German business circles, RIA Novosti reports. “There is no need to be afraid of any dependence on Russia. Russia never failed its partners, especially the German. Even in the most difficult period of the formation of statehood in the early 1990s, Russia per hour delivered energy resources,” Putin said.

The “packs of the pack” have the full power, but its incorrect use can be one of their fatal mistakes, the spouses of Kate Lyudeman and Eddie Erlands, the authors of the book “The Leader of the Pack”, say, writes The Times (full text on the website inopressa.ru ). Lyudeman and Erlandson insist that we should understand the “leader syndrome” not only to fully evaluate the outstanding qualities of the “leaders” surrounding us, but also in order to smooth out their potentially destructive sides.