Autumn is the time of harvesting, the result of work for the spring -summer period. The organizers of the Russian Civil Society of Russia intend to collect their crops in the fall, regardless of the degree of its maturity. The plan for building civil society is as follows: to hold the Civil Forum of independent organizations of Russia and create a civilian union (the second option - the Civil Chamber) under the President of Russia as a permanent advisory body, like a state council.

Columns of armored vehicles with new currency enter European cities Alexey SLAVIN Berlin Photo by REUTERS In the photo: August 30. Wim Duisenberg, President of the Eurocentral Bank, demonstrates the new banknotes On Monday, early in the morning, the first caravans with new money set off along the roads of Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Greece under heavy security, following secret schedules and routes (in Belgium, Spain, and France, the campaign began last Saturday).

The Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who was distinguished by the directness of views and assessments, not so long ago (and Russian television programs have immediately quoted this remark) that participation in many of these programs is worth the money that he, the Belarusian president, cannot afford - unlike the opposition, the financial is known from where and it is known by whom.

Scientists love to be academicians. Scientists, moreover, dream of becoming them. This passion is normal, logical, international, for it is their sacred Grail, the Marshal’s rod in the soldier’s satchel, the light at the end of the tunnel, the highest recognition of colleagues ... In Russia, the desire to acquire an academic title is stronger than in other countries, because it is often associated not only with recognition, but also with quite material or powerful goods.

Last week, the Goskomstat announced data on a noticeable tributary of investment in domestic industry. And the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade planned to bring their volume by 2005 to $ 10 billion. In the meantime, we are more than two times behind this figure. What prevents foreign investment from achieving record volumes today - “OG” experts discuss this. Last week, the Goskomstat announced data on a noticeable tributary of investment in domestic industry.

Evgeny Rhine - a wonderful poet, a brilliant essayist and an indefatigable interlocutor of his friends - just celebrated his “premieres”: bilingual, Russian -English, “chosen”, compiled in the UK V. Polukhina (“Bloodaxe Books”, 2001), as well as the “conversation -west book ... E. Rhine - V. Ladygin ”(M., 2001), dedicated to the secrets of the versification, which the publishing house“ Summer Garden ”will present today at the XIV International Book Fair.

In the Zelenogradsky district of the capital, a pilot project is being prepared for launch: from October 1, residents of the satellite city will begin to pay for housing and communal services in full. There is no particular excitement about this: the Zelenograders have long been accustomed to various kinds of innovations such as land trading and the installation of turnstiles in buses. Somehow they will endure another experiment on themselves. The poor start and? ..

For almost a week, at the Ashuluk training ground near the Astrakhan, the Air Defense Forces of Russia, Belarus, Armenia and Tajikistan reflected the attack of a conditioned air enemy - they learned to shoot down targets imitating combat helicopters, aircraft, ballistic and cruise missiles. Hey Vatan!

In Tyrnyauz, in Kabardino-Balkaria, the only Orthodox priest was killed. The Muslim killer announced that he was hoping to get to Paradise for it. A psycho-single Says Valentina Voropaeva, parishioner: “The whole day I seemed to feel: something bad will happen. She went in the church, and to leave the delay: some person has been walking around for two hours already. Our father led him to the severide. It is convenient to talk there.

Planning the murder of his father, the seventeen -year -old Vera Novichkov wanted only one thing: to save himself and his family from beatings and humiliations. It only turned out worse. The sadist survived, adult family members were behind bars, and the minor brothers and sister of Vera were starving in an empty apartment with a complete indifference of law enforcement and guardian bodies. According to witnesses, the head of the novice family beat his wife and daughter Vera almost daily.

FSB director Nikolai Patrushev was so offended by our colleague Valery Yakov, which acquired a lawsuit to defend honor and dignity. Serious journalist Yakov published a note in his newspaper called "Patrushev remembered Chechnya." In it, he ironized that the head of the department, who was instructed to lead the counter -terrorist operation in Chechnya, convenes a meeting of the security forces at the resort in Essentuki, and not in Grozny or Gudermes.

"Sport FM" - half a year without a salary “Sport FM” - for six months without a salary, journalists of the Moscow Radio Sport FM intend to sue their owners (MA Pul+CJSC) for non -payment of salaries. As the Sport FM program director Maxim Demkov said in an interview with Interfax, “The last time the salary was paid to the station employees only for February.

The rain in Ljubljana was pouring, without stopping, all day on the eve of the match and all night. The mood - both the players of the Russian football team, and the coaches were not the best. It was not even the importance of the match with the team of Slovenia, according to the results of which it was possible to book a ticket to the World Cup. Too many troubles fell on our football over the past month. First, the absurd death of the young and very promising goalkeeper CSKA Sergey Perhun.

Rumors about the possible elimination of Yasir Arafat are growing in proportion to how the tension increases in the Palestinian-Israeli confrontation. The closest associates of the Palestinian leader - “Raisa” - claim that his life is in danger. Are such fears justified? For example, the head of the Palestinian military intelligence of Musa Arafat “has good reason to believe that the murder of President Arafat is included in Israel's plans.

We started our campaign with Tushin. We decided to see if the holiday got to the outskirts. On September 1, paying tribute to the Day of Knowledge, the “flowers of life” of the North-Western District fascinated their parents to their favorite park “North Tushino”. As Marina and Dima interrogated with the addiction, most of their 9-year-old Sasha and the 3-year-old Slavik liked the “swing with horses”.