After defeating Ivan Sklyarov, the new Nizhny Novgorod leader Gennady Khodyrev immediately became a person pleasant in all respects. Judging by the comments of all interested parties, Mr. Khodyrev has no political opponents, everyone is happy to see him, everyone is ready to work with him and be friends at home. Strictly speaking, for the executive branch it practically does not matter whether Khodyrev or Sklyarov became governor.

Alcohol excise warehouses will operate once a week The Ministry of Taxes and Duties yesterday released new data on the number of permits issued to open excise warehouses. Judging by the message from the Ministry of Taxes and Taxes, the work is moving forward by leaps and bounds. And according to information from vodka wholesalers and alcohol producers themselves, the industry is practically paralyzed.

Beer Industry of Primorye held two extraordinary meetings of shareholders Last weekend, two extraordinary meetings of shareholders were held at the largest Vladivostok brewery, Beer Industry of Primorye. Moreover, they did not go in parallel, but sequentially.

The “black antique dealer” was detained at the end of last week by employees of the 9th department of the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department. Some time ago, operatives came across an advertisement in the newspaper “From Hand to Hand”, in which ancient collectible weapons were offered for sale. Posing as buyers, the detectives met with the “gunsmith.” To begin with, the merchant offered the policemen to purchase German daggers from the Solingen company, produced in 1935-1938.

Represent the chiefs of the main departments At a meeting of heads of law enforcement agencies of the Far East, held on Monday in Khabarovsk, Russian Minister of Internal Affairs Boris Gryzlov introduced the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Far Eastern Federal District. This is police lieutenant general Anatoly Zolotarev, who previously headed the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Khabarovsk Territory.

This is what the winning prime minister promises them. The results of Sunday's elections to Japan's upper house of parliament open up the opportunity for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to implement promised sweeping economic reforms. Of the 247 deputies of the chamber, 121 were re-elected. The ruling coalition consisting of the liberal democratic party, the Komeito party and the conservative party received 78 mandates, and in total it holds 139 seats in the chamber of councilors.

Only state pilots will soon remain in key Russian ports. The government began the fight for the purity of the pilotage ranks with the release on July 17 of the resolution “On the activities of non-governmental organizations in the pilotage of vessels.” Amateur associations of pilots, the so-called autonomous non-profit organizations (ANO), have existed in Russia for 10 years and serve up to 85% of cargo traffic in the country’s ports.

The head of the Chechen administration, Akhmad Kadyrov, yesterday fired Malika Gezimieva, who had headed the Gudermes region of the republic since the transfer of Gudermes into the hands of the federals. As Abdulbek Vakhaev, a member of the press service of the head of the Chechen administration, told our correspondent, the decision to resign is not of a political nature. “Akhmad Kadyrov’s order was signed in accordance with the law on the age limit for civil servants,” Mr. Vakhaev said. “Ms.

Russian tennis player Anna Kournikova has not taken part in official games since February. Today she is scheduled to take the court in San Diego, where she will play her opening match of the WTA tournament with a prize fund of $750 thousand. During her absence from the tennis arena, Kournikova dropped to 15th place in the world rankings. American Jennifer Capriati took second place in the list of the world's strongest tennis players, displacing compatriot Venus Williams from this position.

In Germany, only ten cars reached the finish line The twelfth stage of the Formula 1 world championship took place at the German Hockenheim circuit. The qualification, as they say, went through the same gate - there were no equals to Williams at the German Grand Prix. The first time, and with an absolute track record, was shown by the Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya. This is his first pole position in Formula 1. Ralf Schumacher had the second time. The third result was shown by Mika Hakkinen.

Lensk has not yet been built, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs is already counting money Employees of the Main Directorate for Combating Economic Crimes, together with other departments of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, began a large-scale audit of the expenditure of budget funds allocated for the restoration of flooded villages and towns in the Lensky ulus (Republic of Yakutia).

The Krasnoyarsk Regional Arbitration Court yesterday rejected Krasnoyarskenergo's claim to recover debt in the amount of 3.6 billion rubles from the Krasnoyarsk Aluminum Plant (KrAZ). The debt, according to energy workers, arose from 1996 to 1998. In 1999, Krasnoyarskenergo went through all the courts on this claim, right up to the Supreme Arbitration Court, according to a press release from Russian Aluminum, which owns KrAZ.

The Pushkin Museum displays the famous collection of Prince Yusupov Having abandoned the practice of pompous but meaningless exhibitions, the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts has recently been producing very high-quality, spectacular, but at the same time quite academic projects. The next one is the exhibition “Scientific whim. Collection of Prince Nikolai Borisovich Yusupov (1751-1831)”, which opened yesterday in the main halls of the museum.

The Belarusian Prime Minister does not listen The sugar crisis, which has been ongoing in Belarus for a month, has provoked a conflict between President Alexander Lukashenko and Prime Minister Vladimir Ermoshin. The head of state fired officials whom the head of government asked to remain in place for sugar shortages. Sugar disappeared from Belarusian shelves at the height of the berry season, when the need for it is especially great.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange Nikkei-225 index fell to its lowest level in 16 years yesterday. As a result of trading, it lost 1.85% and closed at 11,579.27 points. September futures for the index decreased by 225-250 points. Experts say that the main reason for the fall was the reduction by local analysts of forecasts for the annual income of the flagship of the Japanese industry - Sony Corporation. Other major Japanese companies such as Fujitsu Ltd. and NEC Corp.