On Saturday, the III Congress of the People’s Union "Our Ukraine" (NSNU) was held in Ukraine. Its honorary chairman President Viktor Yushchenko, speaking at the congress, harshly criticized the activities of the NSNU and announced the need to change the party leadership. On this congress ended his work - its second stage will pass in three weeks. Reforming the party will begin in the coming days. According to the Ukrainian newspaper Kommersant , Viktor Yushchenko entrusted and. O.

The missing Wesley Snipes, which is wanted by the tax authorities , was discovered in Namibia. Last week, the Hollywood actor was charged with tax fraud. The US Ministry of Justice issued a snip arrest warrant in connection with accusations of fraud with taxes and an attempt to deceive the state for $ 12 million.

For the first time in Ukraine, the Oslin Polo competitions were held in Ukraine, on which the participants of the two teams, sitting on a donkey with wooden bats in their hands, tried to score a goal against rivals. As the organizer of the competition Nikolai Ulyalov told the Interfax-Ukraine agency, he faces the task of reviving the game, which is more than two and a half thousand years old. In addition, in his opinion, donkey polo contributes to the unity of man with nature.

The air in the metropolitan region on Monday warms up to 11-13 degrees of heat, no precipitation is expected. "During the day, the thermometer columns in Moscow will rise to 9-11 degrees, in the suburbs - to 7-12 degrees," the weather service believes. According to the forecast of Roshydromet, cloudy weather with clergy is expected. The wind is southwest, western, 4-9 meters per second. Atmospheric pressure - reduced - 744 mm Hg.

In the Russian State Archive of the Economics, documents have been discovered that indicate that the day of the foundation of the Domodedovo International Airport is April 7, 1962. This was reported by the press service of the airport. Previously, the date of the foundation of the airport was considered May 20, 1965. In April 1962, an order "On the organization of the Moscow Domodedovo Airport" was signed.

The square in Kiev will be called in honor of the actor and director Sergei Bondarchuk, RIA Novosti reports on Monday with reference to the Fifth Channel. As it became known, the area opposite the cinema "Zhovten" in Kyiv will be renamed in honor of the People's Artist of the Soviet Union Sergei Bondarchuk - actor and director. A memorial plaque will be installed on the square.

In the center of Budapest, in the afternoon, on Monday, fierce clashes of the police and manifestants occurred. To accelerate the ultra -right demonstrators requiring the resignation of the government and Prime Minister Ferenz Durchan, the police used batons, waterlets, grenades with tear gas and rubber bullets. There are wounded.

According to a survey conducted by the analytical center of Yuri Levada, according to Russians, someone from the current environment of Vladimir Putin will most likely become the new President of the Russian Federation in 2008 . So 48% of respondents think. Moreover, almost half (45%) of Russians, they believe that Putin himself will call the successor, and the people will only remain to support him. 23% believe that President Putin will go for a third term.

Russia believes that Sakhalin Energy, which leads the development of the Sakhalin shelf, deliberately overstates its expenses in order to get additional profit. The company Zarubezhneft, which assessed the consumption estimate, gave a preliminary conclusion, the newspaper Vedomosti reports. The volume of expenses is overpriced by $ 1.6 billion, inspectors believe.

Prices for utilities have already become the main problem of Russians. Meanwhile, the authorities are already preparing the next innovation: since 2007, individual municipalities can allow setting tariffs above the adopted maximum levels. A bill has already been submitted to the State Duma, which involves a change in the regulation of the housing and communal services. In particular, we are talking about the possibility of setting long -term tariffs.

The Prosecutor General’s Office recently handed over to the Moscow City Court of criminal activity of a criminal group, which included former officer submariner Alexander Puman. It reports that Puman, who died during one of the interrogations in the case of mined cars in Moscow, was an active participant in the Kingisepp criminal group and the direct executor of four murders, Kommersant reports.

On the eve of the official meeting of Russia - the EU, which will be held on November 24 in Helsinki, last Friday in the Finnish city of Lahti, an unofficial summit of Russia -Es was held. Despite the fact that the Russian president was only a guest at this meeting, it was Vladimir Putin who seemed to become the main character of the summit. Many waited that this meeting would be quite aggressive to the Russian leader.

Every fifth British schoolboy cannot find Britain on the map. In addition, every tenth child is not able to name a single continent. This is evidenced by the survey data of thousands of children from 6 to 14 years old, held by the British children's magazine National Geographic Kids . The survey indicates significant gaps in geography of British schoolchildren.

To date, more than 15 thousand tons of chemical weapons have been destroyed in the world, which is 21% of the world reserves of this extremely dangerous type of weapon of mass destruction. This was announced by the General Director of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCHU) Rochelio Pfirter, the UN news service reports.

At the start of the race, everything for Michael Schumacher was successful. The German took advantage of the struggle between Ralph Schumacher, Nick Haydfeld and Robert Cubitsa, and first went through both BMW riders, and later on the same circle and his younger brother. Immediately after that, a security car went on the track, which also played into the hands of the Red Baron, since thanks to this he reduced his lag behind the leaders.