The security officer will still restore order in Chechnya, but in a police uniform The leaders of the Russian special services and the group of federal forces in Chechnya yesterday celebrated a significant event: for the first time, a policeman sat in the chair of the head of the Regional Operational Headquarters (ROH) for managing the counter-terrorism operation in the North Caucasus.

Abramovich proposed building a stadium for CSKA Yesterday, Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov said at a meeting of the Moscow government that Roman Abramovich approached the Moscow City Hall with a proposal to build a sports arena for the CSKA football club. “There was a proposal to build a stadium for CSKA. An offer from the owner of Chelsea,” said the mayor.

Tonight the New York City Ballet will show its performances at the Mariinsky Theater Thirty years ago, when the Balanchine troupe came to Moscow, its performances shook the audience, but most importantly, shocked the native artists.

The President allowed banks not to report their clients to the tax authorities Russian banks no longer have to inform tax authorities about the financial transactions of their clients. This right was granted to them by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who canceled the decree of the first Russian President Boris Yeltsin, obliging banking structures to report to tax authorities about any transactions exceeding 10 thousand dollars.

Yuri Luzhkov is fighting for the Olympics with his own subordinates On the way to his cherished goal - holding the 2012 Olympic Games in Moscow - Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov continues to be plagued by setbacks. The noisily advertised Moscow-Utah youth games did not make the proper impression on the Olympic Committee, and generally went unnoticed in big-time sports.

The Iraqi Embassy in Moscow yesterday again found itself in the criminal chronicle. At 6.45 a.m., diplomatic mission employees called the police by phone and reported that unknown intruders had entered the embassy on Pogodinskaya Street between two and three in the morning and stole money and valuables from the safe. The Iraqis estimated the loss at $3 million. This money was supposedly intended for the normal functioning of the mission - paying salaries, paying rent, etc.

Church and state united to celebrate the anniversary of the canonization of Seraphim of Sarov Celebrations in honor of the centenary of the glorification of one of the most revered Russian saints began yesterday with a grandiose 15-kilometer religious procession with the relics of Seraphim of Sarov from the Diveyevo Monastery to the city of Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod Region.

Politicians cannot leave alone Yuri Budanov, who was sentenced by the North Caucasus District Military Court on July 25 to ten years in a maximum security colony for the murder of 18-year-old Chechen Elza Kungaeva.

Bayreuth festival opens This summer, when several festivals were canceled in France due to strikes, Germany is an example of stability and reliability. The Bayreuth music festival is taking place for the ninety-second time - without any overlap (of course, since tickets are booked seven to ten years in advance). For more than fifty years, Bayreuth has been ruled by Wolfgang Wagner, the grandson of Richard Wagner, whose works are the only ones performed at the festival.

Europe shocked by slavery in Cyprus brothels The EU Human Rights Committee warned Cyprus that if this republic (just yesterday Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos signed a decree on the country's accession to the European Union by May 1, 2004) does not take emergency measures to combat prostitution, it will be fined. This problem is directly related to Russia and other CIS countries. The visit to the island left the head of the EU Committee, Mr. Alvaro Gil Robles, in shock.

Zoologists are trying to return Przewalski's horses to nature A joyful event happened the other day at the Moscow Zoo. Przewalski's horse gave birth to a foal for the first time in four years. Since the Moscow Przhevalsky horses, according to the nursery workers, “do not represent genetic value,” the birth of the baby was not controlled by special breeding programs and was an unexpected gift for zoologists. After all, Przhevalsky's horses are now out of luck.

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Georgia does not like the restoration of sea communications between Russia and Abkhazia The desire of two neighboring resorts on the Black Sea - Sochi and Sukhumi - to be closer has again led to complications in Russian-Georgian relations. If in January there were protests in Tbilisi against the launch of an electric train from Sochi to Abkhazia, this time the resumption of sea passenger traffic was indignantly received in the Georgian capital.

President He ordered the allocation of 56.433 million rubles from the President's reserve fund. The Ministry of Culture of Russia for the repair and restoration of a number of historical and cultural monuments. Vladimir Putin also ordered the allocation of 500 thousand rubles. to the government of the Republic of Mari El to carry out major renovations of the building of the national presidential boarding school No. 1 for gifted children in Yoshkar-Ola.

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