Russia and Japan quickly run in place President Putin’s previously named historic visit to Tokyo had barely ended when the broad smiles that accompanied the meeting between the leaders of Russia and Japan were replaced by uncertainty.

The United States is forced to come to terms with the development of Russian-Iranian ties Washington once again "caught Moscow in secret deals with Iran." The day before yesterday, news about this appeared on the pages of the Washington Post and the New York Times, and yesterday their version was picked up by officials. True, the favorite American topic - Russia's secret assistance to Iran in creating weapons of mass destruction - this time received a very unexpected interpretation.

It took 30 years for the CIA to admit that it had prevented Socialist President Salvador Allende from taking office in 1970, helped destabilize Chile under his rule, and had advance knowledge of Augusto Pinochet's military coup in September 1973. An official report on this matter was published by Langley at the request of the US Congress. The document claims that the CIA did not want Allende dead or any casualties among the Chileans.

A new port complex is being built in St. Petersburg OJSC Sea Port of St. Petersburg and OJSC Uralkali announced investments in the creation of a new transshipment complex in the St. Petersburg commercial port. It will cost $47.9 million, and both investors are investing half of this amount from their own funds. Construction of a terminal for transhipment of mineral fertilizers in the fourth cargo area of ​​the port has already begun.

The new owners of ONAKO have revealed their cards Representatives of Alfa Group German Khan and Renova company Viktor Vekselberg yesterday told reporters why and with whose money they purchased 85% of ONAKO shares on September 19. There were no sensations: Tyumen Oil Company, which is part of them, needs to consolidate its business.

The Ministry of Justice registered yesterday the all-Russian left-democratic movement “Russia”. According to the leader of “Russia”, State Duma Speaker Gennady Seleznev, the number of people wishing to join the ranks of the new association already amounts to about 273 thousand people. The movement, according to Mr. Seleznev, will be “not virtual, but quite real.” The fundamental principle for “Russia,” according to its leader, is “all power to the law.” Mr.

From October 1, Belarus will begin to levy a full value added property tax on goods imported from Russia and produced in third countries. This measure, among others, is contained in the recently signed decree of Alexander Lukashenko, regulating the collection of VAT on trade with CIS countries. Until now, tax collection on such goods was carried out against the amount of tax paid on the territory of Russia.

Valentina Popova followed her husband into weightlifting The women's barbell is included in the program of the Summer Olympic Games for the first time, and the silver medal in the up to 63 kg category of the Russian athlete from Voronezh Valentina POPOVA is all the more significant. Her fight with the unknown Chinese Chen Xiaoming was so intense that even an hour after the final, our weightlifter had tears in her eyes.

World economic leaders suffer from their leadership On the eve of the annual session of the IMF and World Bank shareholder countries, the Fund's Board of Directors made a fundamental decision on the issue of increasing lending rates. In early July, on the eve of the Okinawa summit, the heads of the G7 financial departments, at the initiative of the United States, recommended that the IMF tighten the conditions for the provision of credit resources.

In Barcelona 92, 12 thousand journalists were accredited, in Atlanta 96 - 16 thousand, and in Sydney there will be 22 thousand. These figures are quoted by the IOC. To cover the last Millennium Games, the largest press center in the history of the Olympics was built, with an area of ​​40 thousand square meters. m. And to some extent it is symbolic that previously there was a pavilion for horses and cattle in its place.

Russian athletes in the preliminary tournaments of the Olympics in team sports . Basketball. Women . Russia - USA - 77:88. Position of teams in Group B: USA - 6 points, Russia, Poland - 5 each, Cuba, Korea - 4 each, New Zealand - 3. Water polo. Women . Russia - Holland - 6:3. Team standings: Australia -- 8, USA -- 7, Holland -- 6, Russia -- 5, Canada -- 4, Kazakhstan -- 0. Volleyball. Women . Russia - Italy - 3:1.

Interros celebrates another victory The meeting of creditors of the Leningrad Metal Plant (LMZ) decided to “terminate external management in connection with the restoration of the debtor’s solvency.” In reality, this means that external control has been extended for at least six months. At the St.

It's finally gone gold! Russian Alexey Nemov became the absolute Olympic champion in artistic gymnastics in the individual championship. Everyone was waiting for his success and were terribly afraid of jinxing him. After all, the victories of our gymnastics teams, men’s and women’s, which they had “rigidly” counted on, fell through.

Kosovo and Montenegro provide Milosevic with “administrative resources” Experts in Yugoslav election technologies claim that in order to ensure victory in the previous presidential campaign, the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) credited itself with about 400 thousand votes in Kosovo.

Ekaterinburg is preparing for the visit of the head of the Russian Orthodox Church Alexy II had been invited to the Sverdlovsk region for a long time, but only now, after the canonization of the last Russian emperor, who was previously revered as a saint in the Ural diocese, by the Holy Synod, the patriarch decided to visit this region for the first time and accepted the offer of Governor Eduard Rossel. The visit is scheduled for Friday. Mr.