Fencing. World Cup stages: “Moscow Saber” and “Russian Cup”. September 22 . Super match: Russian team - world team. SC "Chertanovo". September 23 For the 29th time, the strongest fencers in the world came to Moscow to participate in the Moscow Saber tournament. Simultaneously with the saber fencers, the stage of the World Cup in women's foil "Russian Cup" starts at the capital's Sports Complex Chertanovo.

Bucharest did not remain aloof from the main world event The leader of the nationalist party Romagna Mare (Greater Romania), Corneliu Vadim Tudor, made a scandalous statement. He informed the public that militants of the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas have been training on Romanian territory for five years now. Moreover, according to Tudor, the president is informed about this.

Canadians promise to build up the whole of Russia with their cottages In Bataysk, Rostov region, the first production of cottages in Russia was launched using the technology and license of the Canadian company NASCOR. In the coming months, the products of the Bataysk plant will only be used for the construction of an elite cottage village near Rostov.

Today marks the 90th birthday of Mark Bernes Mark Naumovich Bernes was born in the Ukrainian city of Nezhin, and spent his childhood in Kharkov, where as a boy he participated in theatrical extras. Later, after completing theater courses, he moved to Moscow, played at the Maly Theater and the Theater of the Revolution, and from the late thirties began acting in films.

A new alliance has been created to develop the Prirazlomnoye oil field on the Pechora Sea shelf.

Millions of “locked” bottles of wine and vodka will go on sale Since June 1, when the new procedure for paying alcohol excise taxes came into force, a war continued between alcohol producers and the Ministry of Taxes and Duties. Now it looks like it is nearing completion. Yesterday, representatives of the Ministry of Taxes and Taxes announced that they were ready to issue regional stamps without re-imposing the excise tax.

The Parliament of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic begins the fight against crime The Parliament of Karachay-Cherkessia intends to discuss the crime situation in the republic. The People's Assembly of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic will convene for an extraordinary session on September 28 in connection with a series of political murders that have occurred recently.

From September 7 to September 14, the gold and foreign exchange reserves of the Russian Federation decreased by $300 million, or 0.8%. According to the Department of External and Public Relations of the Bank of Russia, this figure is $37.1 billion. Meanwhile, speaking yesterday live on the Ekho Moskvy radio station, the head of the Central Bank, Viktor Gerashchenko, said that the favorable level of gold and foreign exchange reserves for Russia is 42-- $45 billion.

All-Ukrainian festival “Sea of ​​Friends” ended in Yalta In Ukraine, competitions for young pop singers are very popular. For example, the famous Ukrainian performers Taisiya Povaliy and Alexander Ponomarev emerged from just such competitions.

The schedule for considering the 2002 budget has apparently been disrupted. Duma members will not be able to begin the first reading of the draft on the appointed day, September 28, even if they agree to work in rush mode. The new budget parameters, which the White House began developing at the insistence of the Duma Budget Committee, will be known only on September 25, after the next government meeting.

Viktor Gerashchenko proposed amnesty for “fugitive” capital Chairman of the Bank of Russia Viktor Gerashchenko made a sensational proposal yesterday - to amnesty capital that left Russia in circumvention of currency and tax laws. The banker believes that the returned billions will be fruitfully earned for the benefit of “Russian society.” This is the first time that the idea of ​​amnesty has been supported in Russia at such a high level.

"Media-Most" will challenge the composition of the board of directors of the television company On September 20, the Moscow Arbitration Court invalidated the decision of the meeting of shareholders of OJSC NTV Television Company dated July 13 of this year. The lawsuit was filed by representatives of the Cyprus company Leadville Investment Ltd. -- a subsidiary of the Gazprom-Media holding, currently owning 46% of NTV shares.

Polish leftists are already handing out briefcases The case is unprecedented: the parliamentary elections in Poland are only the day after tomorrow, and the uncontested candidate for prime minister, Leszek Miller - the leader of the Union of Democratic Forces (SDLS) - has already announced candidates for key positions in the government. However, he has every reason for this.

A concert of unknown works by the Soviet classic took place No one doubts that every piece of music, as well as every other line of Dmitry Shostakovich, deserves to be printed, performed, heard, recorded and analyzed in detail. He is a classic, a genius of a bygone century, a hero and sufferer of the Soviet system, a man who passed through all the torment and contradictions of the world around him, and in his own weakness found unprecedented strength and power.

Rusal is going to save on alumina transportation The confrontation between Russian Aluminum and the Ministry of Railways went so far that the company decided to gain maximum independence from the railway workers. Rusal is developing an option according to which already next year the company will be able to redirect up to 23% of total alumina imports from railways to water transport.