Mongolia loves the Blairs The commander of US forces in the Pacific, Admiral Dennis Blair, arrived in Mongolia. He was received with open arms by the president, prime minister, foreign minister and army chiefs. There is mutual interest. Democratic Mongolia began reforming the army and searching for new allies in politics ten years ago. Sandwiched between Russia and China, the country began to look for a “third neighbor” capable of helping with money and authority.

The prosecutor's office challenges the results of the privatization of Primorye ports The prosecutor of the Primorsky Territory Valery Vasilenko sent claims to the regional arbitration court to invalidate the privatization of Nakhodka Oil Port OJSC and Nakhodka Sea Fishing Port OJSC (NMRP). This decision was made based on the results of an inspection carried out in Nakhodka in the spring of this year by employees of the regional prosecutor’s office and the local FSB Directorate.

Cigarette production in Russia is growing very quickly Yesterday, the leaders of the Tabakprom association, which unites most of the tobacco product manufacturers operating in Russia, shared the latest observations on the country's tobacco market. Pre-crisis forecasts regarding a gradual reduction in the share of low-quality cigarettes and increased competition in the middle and high price segment are coming true.

Democrats explain how they differ from Republicans On Tuesday, the national convention of the US Democratic Party in Los Angeles summed up the interim results of the presidential race. Delegates approved the draft party platform - the program with which the party goes to the November elections.

Stories about police brutality, torture and beatings of defendants have been on the pages of newspapers and magazines for many years. Such cases, of course, end up in the courts, but, according to human rights activists, there are 100 unsolved police crimes per trial. Nevertheless, recently, in several regions of the country, trials began against police officers who, to put it mildly, exceeded their official powers.

The theft of several valuable paintings was recently discovered by employees of the 9th Department of the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department. At the beginning of this month, the director of the State Literary Museum contacted the police.

Famous architect builds a titanium castle on the sand The international network of the Guggenheim Museums is expanding. After the successful opening of the new building in Bilbao, the director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and the museum manager, Thomas Krens, received numerous proposals to create satellite galleries in other European cities.

The government of Tatarstan discussed a new taxation system The single tax on imputed income, which was introduced in Tatarstan for individual entrepreneurs on April 1, has proven its right to life, said the head of the republican department of the Ministry of Taxes and Duties, Rinat Khairov, at a recent meeting of the government of Tatarstan.

Manufacturers of aircraft, ships and cars must unite Russian transport engineering will be reformed by merging related enterprises into large holdings. This was stated yesterday by the Minister of Industry, Science and Technology Alexander Dondukov after a joint meeting of the heads of the Ministry of Industry, Science and the Ministry of Transport. According to Dondukov, yesterday manufacturers of air, road and surface transport equipment gathered together for the first time.

The United States believes that its citizens should at least live to see their trial. Representatives of the US State Department expressed protest to Russia in connection with the death of an American citizen, 51-year-old Efim Skurkovich, in a Moscow prison.

This is the only thing the fleet can offer to relatives of submariners The tragedy unfolding in the depths of the Barents Sea is shrouded in an information vacuum. The Northern Fleet command introduced a regime of almost absolute secrecy, just like in war. Almost a hundred journalists from the world's leading news agencies and television channels are whileing away these days at the Polar Dawns hotel in Murmansk.

“Russian Credit” began yesterday to implement the terms of the settlement agreement approved the day before by the capital’s arbitration court. As explained by the chairman of the bank's board, Alexander Livshits, depositors can contact those Roscred branches where their deposit was located, and within seven days they will receive the compensation stipulated by the agreement.

Movie Today, after another reconstruction, the updated “Udarnik ” opens. A remarkable film was chosen for the opening - “Dance with me” by Alexander Buravsky (premiere at 19.00 ). The film is being released widely in Moscow and will be shown simultaneously in six (!) cinemas. How this could happen is unclear. The film is shot in the misunderstanding genre.

The railway workers have an unexpected ally - the leader of the Union of Right Forces Nikolai Aksenenko retreats, but does not give up. In the week that passed from the last public speech of the Minister of Railways on the topic of reforming the industry, until yesterday's board of the Ministry of Railways, devoted to the same problem, the minister conceded on two positions.

The conflict between Chechen refugees and Ingush is exaggerated For the fourth time in the last week, alarming messages have been received from Ingushetia. After Russian helicopters shelled civilians in the village of Arshty, wounded militants were found in one of the Ingush mountain boarding houses, then a Kamaz was blown up on the Rostov-Baku highway.