President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych said that there is a possibility of a merger between Naftogaz and Gazprom. On September 2, Ukraine announced that it would liquidate Naftogaz in order to get rid of contracts with the Russian side, which it considers unprofitable. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said that he is not considering the possibility of a merger between Naftogaz and Gazprom, RIA Novosti reports.

In the qualifying round match for Euro 2012, Dick Advocaat's team defeated the Macedonians with a minimal score. The further into the forest, the thicker the partisans are, as we know. The closer we get to the decisive battles of the qualifying tournament, the more arrogant our players become. And the less attention athletes pay to the press and fans. On the eve of the game, our ball wizards walked together twice past the outstretched voice recorders and notepads...

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong was kicked off a Southwest Airlines plane because his pants were pulled well below his waist, ABC7 reported Saturday. According to eyewitnesses, the flight attendant asked him to pull up his trousers, Joe responded in a rude manner. After which he and his attendant were taken out of the salon. Armstrong himself reported the incident in an entry on his microblog, Southwest Airlines responded to Armstrong's tweet and apologized to him.

On the eve of the Kontinental Hockey League season starting the other day, clubs in the capital region are conducting their final reconnaissance in action at the traditional Moscow Mayor's Hockey Cup. On Saturday, the first to take to the ice were the capital's Dynamo and the Moscow region's Atlant.

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On September 3, fans of the work of Sergei Dovlatov celebrate the 70th anniversary of the famous writer and journalist, who died on August 24, 1990 in New York from heart failure. On this day, the ceremony of presenting the Dovlatov Literary Prize will take place in the Pushkin Museum-Apartment in St.

On City Day, the first taxi festival will be held at the All-Russian Exhibition Center, Interfax was told by the press service of the Department of Transport and Development of Road Transport Infrastructure in Moscow. “The first city Taxi Festival “Taxi Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow” will be held on September 4 at 14:00 on the square in front of the All-Russian Exhibition Center,” the agency’s interlocutor said.

Mostly, drunken fans came into the police's field of view. Several people were detained for using pyrotechnics and disorderly conduct, RSN reports. About 32 thousand people watched the fight on the field at Luzhniki. More than half of them are from Macedonia. The Russian team won the Euro 2012 qualifying match, beating the Macedonians with a score of 1:0. Our team's next opponent will be the Irish team. The meeting will take place on September 6 in Moscow.

A three-day vigil of memory for the victims of the terrorists who seized school number one in 2004 ends in Beslan on Saturday. From 9 am on September 1 to 1 pm on September 3 - this is the time during which the bandits held the hostages - candles are burning on the ruins of the school. People bring flowers and water to the scene of the monstrous crime, which the hostages so lacked. The day before, a commemorative sculptural composition was unveiled in Beslan.

The captain of Moscow Torpedo, four-time Russian champion Andrei Konovalov, in an exclusive interview with Sobesednik.ru, spoke about his injury, commented on the home defeat to Ural Yekaterinburg (0:1), and also expressed his attitude towards the collision between CSKA goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev and Spartak forward Welliton.

The dispersal of clouds over the capital can significantly improve rainy weather, according to the Meteorological Bureau of Moscow and the Moscow Region. “In the first half of the day, there will be rain in the capital, heavy in places. The dispersal of clouds, which was announced by the Moscow authorities, is advisable,” the weather bureau told Interfax on Saturday.

The father of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Horst Kasner, died on Saturday night at the age of 85. The father of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Horst Kasner, died on Saturday night at the age of 85, the EFE agency reports, citing a source in the country's government. The cause of his death is not known. A. Merkel canceled all official meetings scheduled for Saturday due to the death of her father. H. Kasner was a pastor of the Protestant church.