Yesterday, Chairman of the Russian Central Election Commission Alexander Veshnyakov arrived in Krasnoyarsk.

On August 7, a retrospective of the American artist George Segal (1924-2000) opened in the halls of the General Staff Building in St. Petersburg. 98 works - sculpture, painting, graphics - represent the main stages of the work of this major American master. Critics who noticed Seagal in the late 50s initially labeled the artist a pop artist. In fact, his work reflects all the most important trends in American culture of the mid-20th century: abstract expressionism, pop art, minimalism.

The emergency in Kronstadt will speed up the transfer of the Naval Cathedral to believers Helicopter pilots and installers failed to install a cross on the dome of the Kronstadt Naval Cathedral - one of the largest in Russia, second in size only to the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

Solikamskbumprom JSC was recognized as the winner of the auction for the sale of the property of the Solikamsk Thermal Power Plant (a branch of Permenergo), RAO UES of Russia told the Vremya Novostei newspaper. The auction was held by decision of the board of directors of RAO. The Solikamsk plant "Ural" also participated in them, which was ready to purchase the power plant at the starting price - for $11.9 million. However, "Solikamskbumprom" offered $14 million for it.

A memorial was opened under Pushkinskaya Square The monument to those killed and injured in the terrorist attack in the underground passage on Pushkin Square on August 8, 2000 was unveiled yesterday at the site of the tragedy by the mayor of the capital, Yuri Luzhkov. The ceremony took place without unnecessary pathos. At two o'clock in the afternoon the silk cover solemnly fell from the marble slab.

For the seventh time, the largest golf tournament in Russia, the BMW Russian Open, with a prize fund of 180 thousand euros, started in the village of Nakhabino near Moscow. As before, it is included in the calendar of the European Challenge Tour and gathers a traditionally strong line-up. A total of 147 golfers were entered, with only six of them representing Russia.

Neither the pilots nor the spectators at Kubinka Flights were afraid An aviation festival dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the 16th Air Army, revived (reformed) in 2002, was held at the airfield in Kubinka near Moscow. Parts of this association are deployed on the territory of four regions - Tver, Smolensk, Voronezh and Ryazan.

The Russian team leads in Munich in the number of medals The Russian team won two gold and two silver medals on the second day of the European Athletics Championships, which is taking place these days at the Olympic Stadium in Munich. The morning initiative of the Olympics by Ivanova and Elena Nikolaeva, who scored a victorious double in the 20-kilometer walk, was picked up by Tatyana Kotova, who had no equal in the long jump, and Natalya Sadova, who fell just short of gold in the discus throw.

Vladimir Voronin was fired upon for his planes Moldova will lose civil aviation if it does not urgently take measures to improve the industry. Aircraft and other property of Air Moldova (its controlling stake is owned by the state) can be seized by creditors for debts. The Supreme Security Council of the country came to this conclusion. According to members of the Security Council, a certain “group of interested parties” wants to put civil aviation under control.

Yesterday's by-elections to the South Korean parliament ended in the defeat of the Democratic Party of the New Millennium (DNT), created by the current president. The opposition Great Country Party (GCP) won 11 out of 13 seats, taking control of parliament. The image of DNT has been undermined by the scandals surrounding the sons of Kim Dae-jung, two of whom are in the dock.

Turkmenbashi gave his name to January The decisions of yesterday's meeting of the People's Council of Turkmenistan, without exaggeration, will shock the world. After a two-hour speech by President Saparmurat Turkmenbashi, the debate began, during which all the advantages of Turkmen democracy were revealed.

Moscow authorities discovered anti-Semitic products on television Yesterday, the Minister for Information and Social and Political Relations of the Moscow Government, Alexander Muzykantsky, sent a letter to the head of the Ministry of Press, Mikhail Lesin, in which he asked him to respond appropriately to a number of anti-Semitic statements made in the “Antideza” program on Channel 3 on July 28 .

The unrecognized republic will name a new leader On Sunday there are presidential elections in the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. The idea of ​​holding them has already been condemned by such European organizations as the OSCE, the European Union, the Council of Europe and PACE.

Saddam found control over America President Saddam Hussein yesterday delivered a keynote speech in which he sharply rebuffed the United States and its plans to start a war against Iraq. “The consequences for a greedy tyrant will be the most unpredictable,” he threatened the States. “The forces of evil carry coffins on their shoulders; they will die in the cruelest shame.” Saddam recalled that he heads a Muslim country: “Allah is great!

How the FBI Heroes Saved General Sheldon Four years ago in St. Petersburg, American bodyguards saved a high-ranking American general from kidnapping or even murder. The Washington Times obtained copies of documents related to this event. As the award sheet says (one of the bodyguard heroes was even awarded), “the incident took place in the dark in St.