Diasporas want to receive 14 million rubles from the Russian government Since yesterday, our compatriots abroad have an international union, which Russia, willy-nilly, will have to support. The union was established in the Moscow City Hall by two dozen successful representatives of the “multinational Russian diaspora” of the former republics of the USSR - Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Estonia, as well as more exotic countries - for example, Canada, South Africa and Cyprus.

Matvienko believes that trade unions are given and given, but everything is not enough for them In two weeks, marches, rallies and strikes will take place across the country. Work will be suspended at some enterprises (state-owned, of course).

The Ministry of Railways promises a discount to selected railcar owners Yesterday, First Deputy Minister of Railways of Russia Vadim Morozov presented 16 companies with certificates conferring the status of “operator company”. This status gives the right to engage in commercial cargo transportation using the infrastructure of the Ministry of Railways. New market participants include, in particular, RusAlTrans and the Baikal Forestry Company.

Housing of Muscovites will be taxed at the same rates The capital's legislators have decided not to raise property taxes for now. The bill “On Personal Property Tax Rates,” adopted yesterday by the Moscow City Duma in the first reading, retained the same figures. That is, next year, owners of residential premises whose total inventory value does not exceed 300 thousand rubles will have to pay 0.1% of the cost. If the apartment is valued in the range from 300 to 500 thousand rubles, - 0.2%.

The leadership of the search operation in the Karmadon Gorge area in North Ossetia, where the huge Kolka glacier came down from the mountains on September 20, officially admitted yesterday that there was no longer any hope of rescuing any of the 123 people trapped under the rubble. Nevertheless, by order of the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Sergei Shoigu, search work in the disaster zone will continue.

The first round match between Russians Elena Bovina and Vera Zvonareva turned out to be very tense at the Kremlin Cup. During the match in the second set, 19-year-old Bovina fought back three match points, and then snatched victory in the third decisive game. - Vera is an inconvenient opponent for you, you’ve never beaten her before... - Naturally, she is an inconvenient opponent not only for me, but for any other tennis player.

The rise of the musical in Russian The era of the musical or “Broadway musical comedy” in our homeland is long over. For the first time - in the 30s, when all the stereotypes of the genre took shape: a stocky script with an indispensable "radiant sparkle", the spring rhythm of the revue, the stage nature of the puppet theater and the actor's universalism.

The list of benefactors of our team is growing Having defeated the Tunisian team in the final match of the first round of the World Championship in Argentina - 3:0 (25:19, 25:13, 25:23), our national team managed to get into the next stage. Moreover, we got perhaps the weakest group in terms of composition (Poland, Portugal, Spain).

Perhaps, in Russia, CDs, audio and video cassettes will soon be sold only in large specialized shopping centers, and today's freedom for sellers of this type of product will sink into eternity. Today at a government meeting it will be decided how to stop or at least significantly reduce the sale of counterfeit products.

Classic Moscow theaters will receive a serious blow this season. Not aesthetically, but financially - the viewer continues to be lured away by a new genre for the Russian public. Show business is responding to the desire of drama theaters for intimacy and elitism with a new toy - a rich, densely populated, colorful and quickly paying off musical spectacle.

It was not possible to reduce the number of candidates for seats in the State Duma The Ministry of Justice is in a rush. For the parliamentary elections, new parties are maturing one after another, and everyone wants to get registered, and urgently, in order to have time to jump on the election bandwagon. After all, if you don’t make it before mid-December, then the diverse party members will only have passive voting rights.

The shortlist for the Booker – Open Russia Prize has been announced The finalists of the award for the best novel of the year were Dmitry Bortnikov (“Fritz Syndrome”; St. Petersburg, “Limbus Press”, 2002), Sergei Gandlevsky (“The finalists of the award for the best novel of the year were Dmitry Bortnikov (“Fritz Syndrome”; St. Petersburg, “Limbus press", 2002), Sergei Gandlevsky ("NRZB"; "Znamya", 2002, No. 1), Alexander Melikhov ("Love for Father's Coffins"; "New World", 2001, No.

Famous defender, one of Barcelona's most experienced footballers, winner of the 1995 Champions Cup, finalist of the 1996 Champions League - these are just the main titles of the Dutchman Frank DE BOER. He is perhaps an example of a modern pillar of defense, capable of almost everything. It is noteworthy that the number of Frank’s visits to Moscow coincides with the number of clubs for which he played. In the spring of 1998, his native Ajax was defeated by Spartak in the UEFA Cup.

Munich residents only hope for a miracle The hero of the next Champions League game day was Milan forward Philippe Inzaghi. The Italian striker scored twice in the match against Bayern and guaranteed his club a place in the second group stage of the tournament. Group "G". Few people expected that Bayern, which made a number of serious acquisitions last off-season, would lose almost all chances of continuing the fight in the Champions League after three matches in the first group stage.

The first matches of the men's basketball European Cups, held under the auspices of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), took place. At the first stage, all Russian teams play in the North Conference, where 24 clubs are divided into four groups. After a two-round tournament (home and away matches), the two best teams from each group and the two third-place finishers in the pools of all conferences advance to the next stage.