Everyone knows that a car is a convenient means of transportation. Many people don’t even realize that a car is also a means of economic recovery. Although this is exactly what can happen in Russia, if only the production of cars itself can be saved. For now, it turns out to be a paradox.

In Moscow, the joint Russian-American military exercises "Torgau-2005" began today, RBC reports. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Russian military will first conduct joint classes with military personnel of the 1st Armored Division of the US Army. Classes will be held as part of the Torgau-2005 exercises, the purpose of which is to familiarize with the doctrine and methods of preparing the parties and demonstrating the ability to conduct combat operations.

In Baghdad, a senior official of Iraqi power structures was killed, General Vail al-Rubai, RBC reports. Together with him, the driver of the car, in which the official was killed. The attack occurred in the Central District of the Iraqi capital of Mansur. The general went to the service when unknown people on a white car almost approached his car and opened fire from automatic weapons. The police began the investigation of the incident.

The press secretary of the North Ossetia President Igor Dzantiev denied the information that appeared in the media about the possible resignation of North Ossetia President Alexander Dzasokhov in the near future. “The message about the resignation of Alexander Sergeyevich that appeared in some media is a conscious or unconscious“ duck ”of large sizes, which, besides surprise, causes nothing,” RIA Novosti quotes RIA Novosti . “The informed source that the media refers is actually not informed.

Polish public television organized historical television battles - a meeting on the air of two former Presidents of Poland Wojciech Yaruzelsky and Lech Valensa, RIA Novosti reports. The tense discussion of two political opponents was broadcast late on Sunday evening on the second channel of Polish public television. The last time Valens and Yaruzelsky met and publicly shook hands 16 years ago - in 1989.

President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko publicly offered the Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to write a resignation statement. The scandal became known from the Saturday issue of the Ukrainian weekly "Mirror Week" , which in detail reported on May 19 in Kiev a meeting of the Ukrainian leadership with Russian oil industry. During this meeting, at which a gasoline crisis was discussed in Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko attacked Yulia Tymoshenko with criticism.

The end of the 58th Cannes Film Festival could not do without curiosity. One of the most annoying embarrassments should be considered, of course, an incident with the exposure of the chest of the French star Sophie Marso. The film actress failed a silk dress, writes Newsru.com . During the traditional passage along the red carpet, Marso had a strap, exposing her left chest.

In accordance with the fact that the President sent the Federal Assembly, representatives and opposition political parties appeared on the TV. They talked about their organizational plans and tried to play on the victory of CSKA in the UEFA Cup. Politics did not appear from this. Although it is clear where politics could appear - where there are its rudiments, a certain public conflict.

Journalists of the American Newsweek magazine will be forbidden to refer to anonymous sources without the permission of the chief editor or his deputies. This was stated by the editor -in -chief of the magazine Richard Smith, reports Gazeta.ru . Such changes in the editorial policy were caused by a scandal arising after the publication in the journal on May 9 articles on the defiles of the Qur'an on the American military base of Guantanamo.

In the Meshchansky court, the second week is continuing the announcement of the sentence in the combined criminal case of Khodorkovsky-Lebedev-Korinov. May 23 - The sixth day of reading the document. Over the first week, about 250 pages of text were read out, which takes about 1,200 pages. In the general opinion, the sentence is drawn to the verdict intentionally - so that everyone will lose interest in this loud criminal case.

The head of the Duma Committee on International Affairs Konstantin Kosachev confirmed the readiness of Russia to sign a peace treaty with Japan. "This document, as the President of Russia, the Minister of Foreign Affairs repeatedly said, can be signed as soon as both parties agree to this. We repeatedly confirmed our readiness," Kosachev said on Monday at a press conference in RIA Novosti . “Therefore, now the ball is on the side of Japan,” the Russian parliamentarian added.

In the capital of Georgia on Monday, negotiations will resume between the delegations of the Russian Foreign Ministry and Georgia on the withdrawal of Russian military bases . The Georgian side at the negotiations will be headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Merab Antadze, the Russian - the ambassador on special instructions of the Russian Foreign Ministry Igor Savolsky.

United Russia scored more than 30% of the votes in the Duma of the Magadan Region on Sunday on Sunday, RIA Novosti was told on Monday in the prostitute after a preliminary counting of votes. "The elections have been recognized as consisted, serious violations have not yet been noted," the election commission said. Already six hours after the start of the vote, the threshold of turnout was overcome, which is 20%.

Saudi Arabia police broke into a private party and arrested 92 of its participants, who were painted and danced in women's clothing and wigs. This was reported by Gazeta.ru with reference to the Saudi Internet Gazeta "Al-Vifak". According to journalists, the incident occurred last Friday in the area of ​​the city of El-Katif in the east of the country. Some of the detainees were in a state of alcohol and drug intoxication.

The announcement of the verdict Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Plato Lebedev and Andrei Krainov will be able to end by the end of this week - the beginning of the next, reports RBC . This was reported to reporters during the break of the meeting of the Meshchansky district court of Moscow, the lawyer of Khodorkovsky Henry Padva.