The US will not let Latin America out of its embrace Yesterday, the first ever meeting of heads of all Latin American states began in the Brazilian capital. The first to arrive in Brasilia was Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who is very active in foreign policy and called for the speedy economic unification of the continent to counter US expansion.

Governor Tuleyev does not like this rush As stated yesterday by the acting General Director of Kuzbassenergo Sergei Mikhailov, power engineers of the Kemerovo region are in favor of an early increase in electricity tariffs in the region. The regional energy commission (REC) of Kuzbass planned to approve the tariff increase this Wednesday, but at the initiative of the regional administration, it postponed consideration of this issue for at least a week.

A good start for the Venice Film Festival The 57th Venice Film Festival opened on Wednesday at the Cinema Palace on Lido Island. At the end of the ceremony, the film “Space Cowboys” was shown. Clint Eastwood, who directed the film and starred as astronaut Frank Corwin, was awarded the Golden Lion for his lifetime achievement. Eastwood thanked Sharon Stone, who presented the prize, and dedicated his “Lion” to the memory of the famous Italian director Sergio Leone.

Russian border guards intercepted the largest drug shipment in recent times in Tajikistan. On Thursday night, Afghan drug couriers made another attempt to break through the Afghan-Tajik border at the 15th outpost of the Moscow FPS detachment. This time the group transferring the potion was covered by a detachment of militants of 25 people.

The term of stay in Russia of the “authority” Vladimir Tatarenkov expires on Sunday, but it is possible that it will be extended. At the request of the Prosecutor General's Office, on June 3, Tatarenkov was transported from Greece to Krasnoyarsk for three months to conduct investigative actions. Before that, he was held in a prison in the Greek city of Patras, serving a sentence for illegal possession of weapons.

Vladimir Putin updated the composition of the presidential commission on military-technical cooperation between Russia and foreign countries. The need for renewal is explained by the fact that the previous composition was approved back in September 1999. According to Vladimir Putin's decree, Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov was appointed chairman of the commission. His deputies were Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov and Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Sergei Prikhodko.

The PSA has again become a victim of bureaucratic games The fate of the law “On PSA” will be decided in two months. During this time, all changes and additions to the current law must be made.

Three Turkish mercenaries heading to Chechnya were detained by FSB officers during an operation in North Ossetia. The detainees were 21-year-old Ahmed Gumus, 25-year-old Ilyas Kush and 28-year-old Molla Hasan Yildirimer. Counterintelligence officers found that all three were members of a group of forty militants recruited by Khattab’s emissaries to participate in hostilities against federal troops in Chechnya as part of Ruslan Gelayev’s detachment.

Tourists are promised attention and love A series of visa scandals at the gates of the Italian consulate, which began in June, forced its leaders to actively communicate with representatives of travel agencies and the press. Until now, diplomats' promises have been fulfilled exactly the opposite. As soon as they promised improvements, they immediately showed a catastrophic inability to cope with the processing of documents, the flow of which increased during the “high season” of vacations.

The income of Ural top managers became public Data on the official earnings of managers of the largest Ural enterprises, along with a mention of the minimum wage for each enterprise, were published by the Yekaterinburg newspaper Vechernie Vedomosti. In a provincial city, where the average salary, according to the same statisticians, is about 2.5 thousand rubles, this publication could provoke a scandal.

The Ministry of Railways promises to return home all holidaymakers The Ministry of Railways allocated six additional trains to take vacationers from the resort areas of the Krasnodar Territory to Moscow, St. Petersburg and Murmansk. Emergency measures were taken after more than 150 thousand Russian citizens were unable to return on time from vacation due to a lack of train tickets.

Stages of the World Cup and the Moscow Mayor's Cup in equestrian sport . Moscow, the Bitsa equestrian complex and the Luzhniki stadium. Friday, September 1st. “Bitsa”: dressage - starts at 10.00 and 16.00; Luzhniki: show jumping - starts at 12.00 and 16.00. Saturday, September 2. "Luzhniki": show jumping - starts at 12.00 and 16.00 (television broadcast is scheduled on the TVC channel, starts at 15.50); dressage - starts at 18.30 and 20.00. Sunday, September 3.

Western media see the hand of Vladimir Putin in the dismissal of Vladimir Vasiliev The Bolshoi Theater is one of the few Russian cultural institutions that is quite well known in the West. Therefore, it is not surprising that, despite the overabundance of information from August Russia, all news agencies and leading Western newspapers reported the dismissal of Vladimir Vasiliev. Western media are far from analyzing the problems of the famous stage and Russian culture in general.

The Taliban is trying to emerge from isolation The leadership of the Afghan Taliban movement announced the suspension of hostilities against the Northern Alliance during the peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan of the special representative of the President of Turkmenistan Boris Shikhmuradov.

The State Council will meet once a quarter Vladimir Putin will sign a decree on the creation of the State Council today. According to the president, it is known that the new government body will include all the heads of the constituent entities of the Federation, and it will be headed personally by Mr. Putin. It is assumed that the State Council will meet once every three months; the only permanent body will be the presidium, consisting of representatives of seven federal districts.