A meeting of the board of the RAO "UES of Russia" Anatoly Chubais and the General Director of the Italian Electric Power Company Enel Fulfio Conti was held. The meeting discussed the course of the reform of the Russian electric power industry.

In Russia, the authorities cannot be treated seriously - for the ordinary population not involved in the capital's elites, this has long become banal. Power is like a hefty drunk man: you need to talk to him calmly, affectionately, then, you look, and will not cripple. The dishes, however, will kill everything equal, but these are already trifles. As when harvesting - minimal losses should be. The main thing is then, when he gets dug up, he becomes ashamed and wants to bless his neighbors.

The Belgrade Glass newspaper issued a poster in support of Ratko Mladic, reports Radio " Freedom ". The former army commander of the Bosnian Serbs is wanted by the Hague Tribunal on charges of Muslim murder in the Bosnian city of Srebrenitsa in 1995. The poster was released on Monday in an appendix to the next newspaper number. The Association of Independent Journalists called the release of a poster in support of a war criminal - unacceptable.

According to the rating drawn up by the International Economic Forum, Russia lost nine positions, and sank to 62nd place in the competitiveness of the world economies, Echo Moscow reports. The compilers of the document associate the decrease in the Russian rating, mainly with the imperfection of the country's judicial system. The United States, which headed the rating last year, sank to 6th place. Switzerland became the new leader, followed by Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Singapore.

By decision of Georgia, Mikhail Saakashvili Kodor Gorge from tomorrow receives a new official name - Upper Abkhazia, RIA Novosti reports. According to Saakashvili, such a decision was made by him in connection with the 13th anniversary of the occupation of Sukhumi and as a whole of Abkhazia.

A group of scientists under the leadership of Professor Chris Stringer from the London Museum of Natural History (Natural History Museum) published the results of their many years of research as part of the project to settle Britain Ancient people (Ancient Human Ocupation of Britin), BBC reports . Having brought together the results of archaeological research of the last centuries, scientists built the chronology of the settlement of the British islands by man.

Polit.ru continues the theme of the twentieth anniversary of the “snakes” - the first seminar, uniting economists and sociologists who tried to understand how the domestic economy is really arranged and how its reforms that were planned can be effective.

The process ended in the case of a soldier Andrei Sychev, who lost his feet after mockery of him at the Chelyabinsk tank school. The main accused Alexander Sivakov received 4 years in a colony of general regime, lost the title of junior sergeant and the right to occupy command posts for a period of three years. The sentence is counted from January 16, 2006, when Sivakov was taken into custody.

Bulgaria and Romania can receive the status of full members of the European Union from January 1, 2007, the Russia TV channel reports. Today, the European Commission has published a report containing a recommendation to EU member states to adopt Bulgaria and Romania into their ranks.

A group of researchers from the University of Ohio in Athens, the United States, under the leadership of Professor Sau-Wai Hla, has developed a complex biological nano-recycling molecule of chlorophyll A from spinach leaves, reports a press release from scientists on Eurekalent. The original article of the research group is published in Procedings of the National Academy of Sciences . The switch changes its configuration when the electrons are connected or given.

The head of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barrosa, called for a while to suspend the EU expansion after Bulgaria and Romania join him, Echo Moscow reports. The European Union, according to Barroz, must first solve the issue of taking a new constitution. He stated that the EU’s ability to absorb new members is not unlimited. Nevertheless, according to the chairman of the European Commission, he would like Croatia to join the EU as quickly as possible.

On September 28, 2006, in the conference hall of the Union of Women of Russia (Moscow, Glynishchevsky per., House 6, Hall N 27), the Department of State Youth Policy, Education and Social Protection of Children of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, together with the European Union, will announce the results of the two-year project “Children and Youth of Risk Groups”.

According to the press service of the US State Department, the United States of America has reached an agreement with Iceland on the transfer of the American military base in Keflavik, the Icelandic government, RIA Novosti reports.

Peter Orekhovsky In Russia, the authorities cannot be treated seriously - for the ordinary population not involved in the capital's elites, this has long become banal. Power is like a hefty drunk man: you need to talk to him calmly, affectionately, then, you look, and will not cripple. The dishes, however, will kill everything equal, but these are already trifles. As when harvesting - minimal losses should be.

The Bank of Russia on October 2 of this year issues commemorative coins with a dignity of 3, 10 and 25 rubles. From precious and non -ferrous metals, reports RBC . According to the Department of External and Public Relations of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, a silver coin with a face value of 3 rubles.