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Judges will no longer tolerate corrupt officials in their ranks The Chairman of the Supreme Court of Russia, Vyacheslav Lebedev, announced yesterday the start of a campaign against corruption within the judiciary. “It is necessary to create an atmosphere of intolerance towards everyone who commits acts incompatible with the title of judge,” Mr. Lebedev said, opening a three-day seminar of chairmen of regional councils of judges.

In most of the European territory of Russia, the weather is not summer at all - cold. Atlantic cyclones make it this way. The air temperature is 4-5 degrees behind the usual for these June days. Over the past 50 years, such cold weather (both in duration and intensity) in the first half of June was observed only seven times. The weather is not expected to improve in the coming week. The center of Russia remains in the cyclone zone.

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Russians experiment and continue to win The Russian men's volleyball team continues its victorious march in the 14th edition of the World League. In the next, fourth, gaming weekend, head coach Gennady Shipulin's team on their court without much effort defeated the Venezuelan team, losing only one game in two matches - 3:0, 3:1. With victories in all eight matches of the preliminary stage, we practically secured first place in the group and access to the final tournament.

The government is not satisfied with the plan to liberalize the liquefied gas market The Ministry of Economic Development has been instructed to finalize proposals for liberalizing the liquefied gas market in Russia, Vyacheslav Kravchenko, head of the department for restructuring of natural monopolies of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, told INTERFAX.

Yesterday, Wimm-Bill-Dann (WBD) indirectly confirmed that it is negotiating the sale of its stake to the French group Danone. Rumors about the possibility of such a transaction have been circulating on the market for a long time, but the parties have so far preferred not to comment on them. Yesterday, the WBD press service distributed a press release, on the basis of which many analysts strengthened their assumptions, despite the fact that the wording used in it looks very streamlined.

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Motorola and Ericsson caught in Iraqi network Motorola will receive part of the $34 million contract awarded to the American telecommunications company MCI to create a cellular network in Baghdad. Motorola, together with Ericsson and possibly other phone manufacturers, will supply handsets for the Baghdad miniature GSM network for 10 thousand subscribers. Ericsson will also supply and install radio equipment.

American participation in European air shows will decline Yesterday, the daily newsletter published at the 2003 Le Bourget International Air Show by the respected industry magazine Flight International, published the following statement from the president of the Aerospace Industries Association of the United States, John Douglas: “There is a strong belief among American industry leaders that there are too many air shows in Europe.

A preliminary parliament has been formed in Chechnya Right during the next visit of the European Parliament delegation to Chechnya, the republican authorities announced the completion of the formation of the State Council. In accordance with the transitional provisions of the new constitution of Chechnya, adopted at the spring referendum, the State Council will become a kind of pre-parliament.

SES demands to eliminate pockets of unsanitary conditions in Asian dormitories Moscow sanitary services did not find SARS in the Chinese and Vietnamese dormitories, but found unsanitary conditions, overcrowding and a very easy likelihood of the emergence and spread of other diseases.

Dagestan, the southernmost and most multinational republic of Russia, has entered the final phase of constitutional reform, which could change its political landscape beyond recognition. According to the new federal law on guarantees of citizens' voting rights, the republic can no longer be governed by a “collective president” in the form of a multinational State Council. In mid-July, a constitutional assembly will meet in Makhachkala and vote on a new fundamental law.

Shareholders of the Spartak football club yesterday tried to make a decision on how to punish the team's head coach Oleg Romantsev. However, according to the Vremya Novostei newspaper, only one of the club's two largest shareholders - management represented by the club's president Andrei Chervichenko - took part in the meetings. Representatives of LUKOIL structures, which, according to unconfirmed data, own up to 40% of the club’s shares, avoided negotiations.