Natalia Konradova Everyone writes that the “driver for faith” is a painstaking reconstruction of the 1960s; PR managers proclaim a “new look at the Soviet era”; The authors of the film insist on its apolitical and melodramatic; Finally, the audience is full of delight and tears from acting, love conflicts, impressive cruelty KGB and solar landscapes of Crimea. The picture seems to be clear: everyone has their own place in the world, and from there - their own view of this world.

The Vice Speaker of the State Duma Vladimir Zhirinovsky, together with a group of deputies from the LDPR faction, flew out to relax to Abkhazia. They will visit Anapa, Taman, Sochi, Gagra, Sukhumi and Pitsunda, Interfax reports. Before departure, Zhirinovsky stated that he will not be stopped by Saakashvili's statements and, by his example, he will prove that everything is calm in Pitsunda, Gagrakh and Sukhumi.

The State Duma may adopt a bill allowing members of the government to occupy party positions, already in November. This was reported by RIA Novosti by the first deputy chairman of the Chamber of Lyubov Slisk. The bill makes amendments to the Federal Law "On Government".

Yesterday, August 5, the exhibition “In fact does not change”, dedicated to the memory of Mikhail Roginsky, opened in the Moscow Gallery “Sam Brook”. An exhibition organized by a gallery together with the State Cultural Center-Museum V.S. Vysotsky will last until August 28. Mikhail Alexandrovich Roginsky passed away on July 5, 2004. “In fact, nothing changes” - the text from the picture of Roginsky from the constant exposition of the Tretyakov Gallery.

Changes in the military doctrine of Ukraine are caused by an objective assessment of a number of international politics factors, said Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma in an interview with the newspaper Facts. Nevertheless, according to him, full membership in the European Union and NATO still remains an important component of the Ukrainian strategy, reports the Internet site UATODAY.NET .

The chairman of the Coordination Council of associations of Russian employers Oleg Yeremeyev and the chairman of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia Mikhail Shmakov consider the government proposal to introduce the payment of the first three days of temporary disability at the expense of employers unacceptable, the monitor said. In their opinion, in this way, basic constitutional principles of solidarity and equality of citizens in social insurance are violated.

$ 44.41 per barrel-with such a record result, oil auction was completed on Thursday at the New York Production and Smire Exchange. This is $ 1.58, or 3.7%, more than the closure of the environment, and during the session the price of the contract in September reached a historical maximum - $ 44.50 per barrel .

The Russian Foreign Ministry called the granting of political asylum in the United States to one of the leaders of the Chechen separatists, Ilyas Akhmadov, who is on the international wanted list, a manifestation of double standards and perceived this in Russia with deep fascination, RIA Novosti reports.

** What to expect in the coming hours. Announcement of events ** In Moscow: A “round table” meeting will be held on the topic: “Reforming public finance in the Russian Federation: experience, problems, prospects”. (10:30) A press conference will be held on the topic: "Was there a banking crisis, and is it possible to return such a situation?" The deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on credit organizations and financial markets, chairman of the banking subcommittee P.

International energy specialists noted that the UN economic sanctions against Iran help increase oil prices to at least $ 80 per barrel, Iran.ru reports. Specialists of the European Energy Sector emphasized that if the UN Security Council accepts economic sanctions against Iran in connection with its nuclear program and Iran, in turn, will want to compensate for this action by reducing oil production in world markets can increase to $ 80 per barrel.

The constant council of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) decided to increase the number of observers from the organization in South Ossetia from 4 to 6 people, RIA Novosti reports. In turn, the Georgian Foreign Ministry met this decision with satisfaction, hoping that the OSCE could defuse the situation in the Tskhinvalsky region. The visit to Tbilisi by the ambassadors of the OSCE member countries will be held on September 5-9.

Ukraine welcomes Russia's decision on the abolition of value added tax (VAT) in the export of oil and gas to the CIS countries. According to the site utode.net , the first deputy prime minister of Ukraine Nikolai Azarov announced this today. “This is an extremely positive decision, which will certainly give additional dynamics to Ukrainian-Russian trade and economic relations,” he said. The Deputy Prime Minister noted that the abolition of VAT will help reduce oil prices in Ukraine.

On August 6, a meeting of the Minister of Industry and Energy of the Russian Federation V. Khristenko with the Deputy Minister of Development of Greece G. Salagudis was held. During the negotiations at the Ministry of Industry, the press service of the ministry said, the possibilities of implementing the project for the construction of the Burgas-Aleksandropolis oil pipeline project were discussed.

US Secretary of State Paulin Powell will today make a visit to Greenland, where, together with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Denmark and Deputy Prime Minister of the Greenland government will sign “an agreement that modernizes the 1951 agreement“ On the Protection of Greenland ”.

Russian tennis player Marat Safin reached the ¼ finals of a prestigious tournament, which takes place in Cincinnati (USA). The Russian won with Ivo Karlovich (Croatia) - 7: 6 (7: 4), 6: 7 (3: 7). In this tournament (prize pool - 2 million 200 thousand euros) were other representatives of domestic tennis. However, Dmitry Tursunov flew out of the competition, defeating in the first round, and Mikhail Yuzhny in the second.