The delivery of fuel and food products to Yakutia is in jeopardy due to the shallowing of the Lena River The President of Yakutia, Vyacheslav Shtyrov, on Wednesday introduced a state of emergency in the republic. This decision was made due to the catastrophic situation with the delivery of goods to the republic. The culprit is the shallow waters in the upper reaches of the Lena, from where the bulk of material and technical resources, fuel and food products enter the region.

The well-known Moldovan political scientist Oazu NANTOI comments on the situation for the newspaper Vremya Novostey: -- Vladimir Voronin's statements indicate that he is ceasing to be a puppet in the hands of Moscow. This is no longer the same Voronin who, during the 2000 election campaign, sat in the Kremlin corridors waiting for a reception.

Vladimir Putin visited Sarov President Vladimir Putin spent the entire day yesterday in the city of Sarov, where Orthodox Christians in Russia celebrated the centenary of the canonization of the wonderworker Seraphim of Sarov. The head of state took part in religious celebrations on the occasion of the holiday and held a meeting with nuclear scientists of the former Arzamas-16.

For military transport workers, the worst thing is the abundance of fuel There is an acute shortage of fuel in military transport aviation (MTA), so tactical flight exercises are canceled for the entire duration of summer combat training. They will be replaced by command and staff ones, that is, carried out only on maps, in classrooms and in aviation simulators. The Interfax agency reported this yesterday, citing an informed source in the military department.

He is not allowed out of Turkey On the night of August 1, Heydar Aliyev was expected to return to Baku from the Turkish capital, where he has been undergoing treatment at the Gulhane military hospital since July 8. In three weeks, the Azerbaijani opposition press and a number of Turkish media have already managed to bury the president at least twice, to which Baku gave angry denials.

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The first games of the second qualifying round of the Champions League took place in Europe. Contrary to expectations, Shakhtar Donetsk failed to achieve an away victory over Moldavian Sheriff - 0:0. Moreover, the hosts were closer to victory, spending almost the entire second half attacking. Now, in order to advance to the next round, the Pitmen must score at home. The winner of this pair will meet in the second round with Lokomotiv, whose observers were present at the match in Tiraspol.

President Congratulated the director, People's Artist of the USSR, artistic director of the Georgian State Academic Theater named after. Shota Rustaveli by Robert Sturua. The telegram, in particular, says: “Your bright and original creativity is known all over the world, but in Russia it enjoys special love.

An indefinite all-Russian protest action of air traffic controllers in the form of “work according to the rules” will begin on August 13 - this decision was made yesterday by the executive committee of the Federation of Trade Unions of Air Traffic Controllers of Russia (FPAD) at a meeting in Moscow.

30 years ago, American Graffiti was released. Oddly enough, George Lucas could well have become a classic, even if he had not directed Star Wars. Already four years before he went “to a galaxy far, far away,” Lucas made a film that secured his place in the Hollywood hall of fame forever.

A program for a week from 4 to 10 August Monday, August 4 First 6.00 Good morning 9.00, 12.00, 15.00, 18.00 News 9.15 "Klea Wolf". Hood. movie 11.00 Traveling naturalist 11.40 The investigation leads Kolobkov 12.15 "Hippodrome". Detective 14.15 "In Russia, everything is secret and nothing is a secret." E. Radzinsky 15.15 "Greed". Comedy 17.30 "Arrow Cupid." Dock.

Yesterday, the United States handed over US-made uniforms and ammunition worth $350,000 to a company of Georgian peacekeepers departing for Iraq. Despite budgetary problems, the Georgian Ministry of Defense has pledged to pay peacekeepers monthly $400 or more , depending on their military rank. The Georgians will be part of the coalition forces subordinate to the headquarters of the US military command.

The German Grand Prix remains one of the fastest races on the calendar This weekend the 12th round of the Formula 1 championship will take place at the German Hockenheimring circuit. Ferrari, Williams and McLaren approached the German Grand Prix almost neck and neck, and it’s time to have a showdown, if not in Hamburg, then in Hockenheim. In May 1932, a track called the Kurpfalzring opened in southern Germany, near the cities of Mannheim and Heidelberg.

MDM Group and some other shareholders of Novosibirskenergo sold shares in the energy company This is the second time this year that changes have occurred in the shareholders of Novosibirskenergo. This time, 6.233% of the shares of the energy company were sold by the Cyprus offshore Delmenio Investments Limited, controlled by MDM Bank (it retained 0.067%). In addition, the trustee Gazinvest reduced its stake by 7.5% and the nominal holder Troika Dialog reduced its stake by 9.5%.

A powerful anticyclone maintains sunny weather in the north and central regions of European Russia. But at the forefront of the anticyclone, in its eastern part, a cool wind blows, and during the day in the middle zone there is no especially hot, +22...+28оС. On Friday there may be brief thunderstorms here and there. On weekends there will be mostly no precipitation; in the south and west of the central region the temperature will rise to +24...+29оС.