Atavism The militia, as a people's militia engaged in maintaining order, began to form to replace the tsarist police in the spring of 1917 by decision of the Provisional Government. It existed in the USSR, Yugoslavia, Poland, Bulgaria and Romania. Now, in addition to Russia, it exists in Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Belarus, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Transnistria.

The first test launch of the Bulava sea-based intercontinental ballistic missile in 2010 and the 13th in a row has been postponed, the Russian defense industry complex (MIC) reported today. "The launch has been postponed by two to three weeks," a MIC source reported, but did not give the reason for the postponement.

One of Britain's leading high-tech companies, Plastic Logic, is in talks to sell its controlling stake to the Russian state corporation Rusnano , the Financial Times reports. Plastic Logic, which pioneered cheap computer chips made from plastic, has fallen victim to a decline in investment from the venture capital firms that previously provided its capital needs.

09 August 2010, 00:02 / Finance Citibank invented a manager for itself For two decades now, a mysterious character named Larson has been communicating with millions of Citibank credit card holders, and none of the clients have been able to trace him. Tatyana Seyranyan Letters from S. Larson from "customer service" come from the city of Sioux Falls. Citi employs 3,200 people in its local building. But when clients call the secretary asking to speak to S. Larson, the latter never picks up.

In southern Europe - in Spain, Portugal, Greece - forests are burning due to extreme heat and drought. Forests are burning in the United States, where 1,000 counties in 26 states have been declared a disaster area. At the same time, other countries are flooded. As a result of intense rainfall, Minsk almost flooded, floods occurred in China and Japan, and the residents of Foggy Albion had become so accustomed to the rains in recent months that they almost stopped paying attention to them.

Negotiations for Rusnano to buy a controlling stake in one of Britain's leading high-tech companies, Plastic Logic, have reached the home stretch. This has given rise to a wave of fears in Britain that the technology, which has breakthrough technological potential, will leak to other countries, the Financial Times reports. Plastic Logic was founded in Cambridge and was the first company to develop cheap microchips on a plastic substrate.

Dmitry Medvedev "Simply restoring Soviet service is the wrong way. It should be better now than before the war, more comfortable <...> comparable to Turkey." Visiting Abkhazia for the first time, the Russian president called for the development of tourism and promised to assist in restoring the airport and air traffic. (Interfax) Mikheil Saakashvili "We are obliged to fight daily for the liberation of our country.

On the domestic market, wheat prices increased by more than 1.5 times in July, and by 60-75% on world exchanges by the end of the first week of August. The impact of rising grain prices on inflation "may be quite noticeable," write Anton Nikitin and Nikolai Podguzov from Renaissance Capital (see inset). The government's decision to ban grain exports may contribute to lower prices on the domestic market, but most likely temporarily, believes Maria Pomelnikova from Trust.

V. Svetikova Major General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Mikhail Velichko has been appointed by decree of President Dmitry Medvedev as an adviser to the minister - chief of staff of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Previously, he held the position of deputy head of the administrative department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The Obama administration plans to sell 84 F-15 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia; they will not be equipped with long-range fire control systems, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing diplomats and sources in the Obama administration. The $30 billion contract for the planes is to be completed over 10 years. The sale of fighter jets should strengthen the Saudi Air Force and act as a deterrent to Iran, WSJ sources say. Israeli politicians have spoken out against selling fighter jets to Saudi Arabia.

1. VFS UK visa centers in Russia stop accepting documents Starting from March 20, 2014, the acceptance of visa documents and biometric data at UK visa centers will stop, according to a message on the website of the visa operator VFS Global. 2. A presidential cadet school will be created in Sevastopol President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, during which he signed several orders. 3.

09 August 2010, 11:33 / Business In the first half of the year, the revenue of the Protek group increased to 45.5 billion rubles Maria Dranishnikova The consolidated unaudited revenue of the Protek group (including the distributor of the same name, the Rigla pharmacy chain and the pharmaceutical manufacturer Sotex) in the first half of 2010 amounted to 45.5 billion rubles; This is 10% higher than the same period last year, the company reported.

Answer by Sergey Guriev and Oleg Tsyvinsky On the open letter of Sergei Aleksashenko in the Vedomosti blog (http://www.vedomosti.ru/blogs/saleksashenko.livejournal.com/1018) Sergey, Thank you for your attention to our article. The reader of your post may think that we disagree with you. In fact, our article basically says the same thing. Apparently, we failed to formulate our arguments clearly enough in the Vedomosti article, so we will try again.

Due to high demand from advertisers, the average price of TV advertising on CTC Media channels (CTC, Domashniy and DTV) in the fourth quarter of this year will be 15-20% higher than at the end of last year, said the holding's CEO Anton Kudryashov. As specified by CTC Media representative Ekaterina Osadchaya, the average price of advertising at the end of this year will also be higher than in the fourth quarter of 2008. She declined to provide the exact difference between these figures.

On Friday morning, cross-roaming of the Big Three operators was launched in seven regions of the Federation where the fire situation is particularly severe. This was reported by MegaFon representative Tatyana Ivanova and a representative of one of the competitors. We are talking about the republics of Mari El and Mordovia, Vladimir, Voronezh, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod and Ryazan regions.