powers between government bodies of Ukraine and Crimea, Speaker of Parliament Sergei Tsekov responded that the adoption of this law will not cause tension with Kiev, and deputy Alexander Morozov stated that “Ukrainian laws are not dominant in the territory of Crimea.” The citizenship law, according to which not only personal but also dual citizenship is introduced in Crimea, was adopted in the first reading by a majority of votes (60 out of 74) on Thursday at an evening meeting of the republic’s

The Prosecutor General of Georgia, Jamlet Babilashvili, stated that the theft of oil from wells and oil pipelines and its processing by artisanal means has reached alarming proportions, which is accompanied by environmental pollution and explosions. Organized groups engaged in illegal oil production have emerged, and on their basis a powerful oil mafia is being formed. Law enforcement agencies were powerless due to the lack of appropriate legislation.

Former Chairman of the Supreme Council of Russia Ruslan Khasbulatov has returned to the Russian political arena. He suggested that the leader of Chechnya, Dudayev, resign. According to Khasbulatov, Dudayev created completely abnormal relations between Chechnya and Russia. Khasbulatov believes that he could play a role in restoring internal peace in Chechnya.

A representative of German business circles, Count Brühl, arrived in Tbilisi to create a joint Georgian-German enterprise for the production of tobacco and alcoholic beverages. At the first stage, the German side will allocate investments in the amount of 200 million Deutsche Marks for the reconstruction of the Tbilisi tobacco factory and distillery and 7 million for the retraining of Georgian specialists.

According to the documents of a deceased friend, Stavros from “America...”, at the whim of an immigration official, instantly turns from Hovhannes into Joe Arnes. In real life, Kazan was also forced to “shorten” his unpronounceable Greek surname for Americans. paintings. by his father, he was invited to play the leading role in the film “East of the Row” based on the novel by John Steinbeck.

PERSONAL MATTER Igor STEPANOV I want to tell a story that happened to one person. No, if the Russian language allowed, I would say: “A story that a man happened to himself.” Because even the most ecstatic fatalists create small corpuscles of their everyday happiness with their own hands - sometimes so literally by hand that it’s worth talking about. But first, three notations.

Boring holiday in calm weather I dare to disappoint optimistic holidaymakers: capitalism has not yet arrived in Crimea. It’s not that it’s not here at all, but the first signs of private ownership initiative in the entertainment sphere of life are thieving and timid. The pomp of high prices does not match the low service from selfish entrepreneurs. for the heart? I don’t argue: some people will be satisfied with the amateur art of a restaurant pianist.

The acting united administration of Rybinsk is accused of receiving bribes worth several million rubles and a certain amount in foreign currency. According to reports from the prosecutor's office of the Yaroslavl region, he has been charged with violating the rules of currency transactions and theft on an especially large scale. And his colleague, the head of the administration of the city of Pereslavl-Zalessky, took bribes with household equipment.

RETURN On the twenty-first day of the hot month of July, Yaroslavl Station nervously, but without unnecessary fuss, awaited Alexander Isaevich Solzhenitsyn. Potholes in the asphalt were patched hastily, although without haste, and sellers of commercial kiosks lazily scolded the expected arrival, complaining about the lack of work. The station policemen good-naturedly explained to those especially curious what time the upcoming meeting would take place and how it would be arranged.

“I watched Vladislav Listyev’s program “Rush Hour” with Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev. I was very upset that the presenter I respected (I myself once participated in one of his programs with Stanislav Govorukhin) was inappropriate with the former president of the country. I understand that he was given a task: they say, we provide live broadcasting, but Gorbachev must be discredited. And from here he began to make inappropriate antics, grins, and chuckles. It all looked very unpleasant.

SOS Today everyone has heard about the impending environmental disaster. There is alarm in the newspapers: our water bodies are poisoned by emissions from industrial enterprises (it’s not even a good idea to swim in them without a health risk), the earth is poisoned by toxic chemicals, our cities are poisoned by exhaust gases... Not to mention the consequences of the Chernobyl accident. But there is a problem no less global, about which for some reason they remain silent.

About two thousand athletes from more than 50 countries will take part in competitions in 24 sports. And television broadcasts from the Games will be watched by almost 600 million people in 100 countries. The scope, needless to say, is Olympic. Will the sporting results be just as high? At least the world record holder in pole vaulting Sergei Bubka believes in himself: “I’m looking forward to the start of the III Goodwill Games.

Recently, about 300 officers have been transferred to the reserve from the Georgian armed forces and a reduction of another 200 people is planned. According to Georgia's military doctrine, its national army will consist of 15 thousand troops. The other day, on a highway near Tbilisi, the Chairman of the Conservative Monarchist Party, Member of Parliament Temur Zhorkholiani, threatening with a weapon, stopped a Zhiguli car that dared to overtake his car.

MAIN WORLD EVENT North Korea, once the transfer of power to Kim Jong Il is complete, will pursue a Chinese-style policy of openness, a senior Chinese official has said. This informed figure said that North Korea, after the transfer of power to Kim Jong Il, will most likely inform the whole world about this in the third decade of August.

PRESENTATION On Thursday, at the Central House of Journalists, a presentation of the new directory “Address Moscow 1994/95” by the publishing house “Euroaddress” and a press conference took place under the motto “Address Moscow - a new level of address books.” Last year, Euroaddress already published a similar reference book, which immediately gained great popularity and became a reference book for many. Now the tradition continues.