Border guards were shot by their fellow deserters The command of the Russian border troops received the most severe blow to its reputation and pride in recent years. Just in those hours when President Putin in Chita spoke about the most important tasks, about strengthening military discipline, the inadmissibility of irresponsibility and sloppiness, about the strict “closure” of the Russian border, in Ingushetia, a detective story with the execution last week of an entire border guard outfit.

The toy regatta began in Pokrovsky-Streshnevo The United States Coast Guard boat made a dashing turn off the shore of Ivankovsky Pond in Pokrovsky-Streshnevo and stopped at the entrance to a small bay: the batteries were dead. The owner had to throw away the useless radio control, roll up his trousers, climb into the water and retrieve the boat.

The largest Polish oil refinery, PKN Orlen, has entered into negotiations with the British Rotch Energy about the purchase of the Gdansk refinery. As INTERFAX-ANI reports, Orlen President Zbigniew Wrubel said that “Rotch proposed to hold negotiations on pooling investments in the refinery.” Meanwhile, in mid-July, Rotch Energy, together with LUKOIL, submitted a joint application for the acquisition of a 75% stake in the Gdansk Oil Refinery from the state-owned Nafta Polska company.

We will pay ten times more for the property Owners of apartments, cottages and garages will soon have to fork out money. The Ministry of Economic Development plans to submit to the government a concept for reforming property taxes by October 1. The tax rate, according to the draft concept, will be calculated based on the real market value of the property, which, according to experts, will increase the amount of tax collected by more than 10 times.

Bankers' associations fight for influence President of the Association of Regional Banks "Russia" Alexander Murychev held a press conference yesterday at which he spoke about his successes and new initiatives to protect the interests of the banking sector. At the same time, the head of the Association of Russian Banks (ARB), Garegin Tosunyan, met with the Chairman of the Bank of Russia, Sergei Ignatiev, and agreed on a new form of relationship between the Central Bank and the ARB.

Today, the Russian national hockey team begins a training camp in Novogorsk, Moscow Region, in preparation for the first stage of the Eurotour, which starts on September 5 in Zlin, Czech Republic. The day before, it was officially announced that the new head coach of the Russian squad, Vladimir Plyushchev, appointed in early August, had finally signed a contract with the Russian Hockey Federation. The contract was concluded for two years according to the “1+1” system.

Putin compared Georgia to Afghanistan On Wednesday, Russian and Georgian authorities exchanged further statements regarding the situation in the Pankisi Gorge. Vladimir Putin, inspecting the troops of the Siberian Military District in Chita, once again formulated Moscow’s position: “It is necessary to contrast combat work with terrorists who challenge us and the whole world.

Chairman of the State Sports Committee of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Fetisov paid an inspection visit to the Krugloye Lake sports base near Moscow, where Olympic teams train in such medal-winning sports as swimming, fencing and artistic gymnastics. Having carefully familiarized himself with the conditions in which future and current sports stars train, Fetisov concluded: “I have a double impression of what I saw.

The energy concern Enron, in order to pay off creditors, has made a radical decision, which may mean the actual liquidation of the company. Yesterday, representatives of the concern announced a grandiose sale of assets, mainly oil and gas pipelines.

The first exhibition for Moscow Day has already opened Do you remember the film by Viktor Titov based on the stories of Ilf and Petrov, street sketches on the theme “citizens were traveling on a tram”? There is also a passenger there - Vladimir Basov asked the impeccably dressed passenger - Innokenty Smoktunovsky: “So you were abroad?

A year ago, Lokomotiv bankrupted Tyrol, now it’s SJK’s turn The capital's Lokomotiv, having drawn 3:3 with the Austrian GAK, became the second (after Spartak) Russian representative in the Champions League. But if last year reaching the main League tournament was considered a success, now Loko dreams of new exploits - to take a place in the group no lower than second, which will give it the right to continue the fight.

Another 3.5 billion rubles have been allocated for the restoration of the South The government is dissatisfied with the progress of restoration work in southern Russia, where major flooding occurred in early August. On Wednesday, at a conference call held at the White House by Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, it turned out that almost half of the necessary housing had not even begun to be built.

The Prosecutor General's Office incriminated Gazprom and the Ministry of Natural Resources The Prosecutor General's Office initiated an offensive on such a sensitive “front” of the Russian economy as subsoil use. The other day, Mr. Ustinov’s subordinates made a harsh presentation to the Minister of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation, Vitaly Artyukhov, in connection with the end of a large-scale prosecutor’s inspection of the fields used by Gazprom OJSC and its subsidiaries.

First Deputy Chairman of the Board of Gazprom Vyacheslav Sheremet yesterday appeared as a witness in the Cheryomushkinsky Intermunicipal Court, where the trial of the former head of the financial department of the Media-Most holding Anton Titov is taking place. The Prosecutor General's Office accuses him of fraud, money laundering and using false documents. According to investigators, Mr.

Lithuania intends to independently manage Mazeikiu Nafta The next round of negotiations between representatives of YUKOS and the Lithuanian government ended with the Prime Minister of this country, Algirdas Brazauskas, de facto de facto declaring the need to take away from Russian oil workers the right to be the management company of the Mazeikiu Nafta concern. In addition, the Lithuanian authorities intend to demand changes to some corporate agreements, and not in favor of Russian shareholders.