President He stated that Russia’s oil transport capabilities “today exceed production volumes.” Vladimir Putin made this statement following a working meeting yesterday with Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Khristenko and the head of Transneft Semyon Vainshtok.

Now the weather is returning to normal, and the so-called “west-east transport” is returning. That is, the transfer of air masses will occur in the direction from west to east, and the cyclones will move along the traditional path - along geographical latitudes. This means that the usual order on our continent will be restored: in the north, as usual, it will be cool, and in the south it will be warm.

Vyugin refused foreign banks' requests to open branches in Russia The Central Bank does not intend to open the Russian market to branches of foreign banks. This is how the first deputy chairman of the Central Bank, Oleg Vyugin, responded yesterday to German bankers who asked to lift restrictions on branches. The Central Bank considers such a step risky and prefers that foreigners invest directly in Russian banks.

Teatr.doc begins the season with a festival-laboratory Today, August 19, the premiere of the play “The War of the Moldovans for a Cardboard Box” opens a seminar-laboratory of participants in the Teatr.doc project.

AHML bonds fell into the second risk group The Central Bank yesterday determined the degree of risk and the possibility of depreciation of bonds of the Federal Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending (AHML), equating them to the second group of assets with a risk coefficient of 10%. According to this assessment, corporate securities issued by the agency in April of this year are equivalent to loans guaranteed by the government.

Aggressive roller skaters do not recognize pads and helmets Tomorrow in Gostiny Dvor at the Moscow International Festival of Health and Fitness, the roller skaters of the Iguana roller street team, which includes winners and medalists of competitions in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Bonn, will show what they are capable of. In the Moscow Alps sports park on Nagornaya, aggressive roller skaters train every day. These are mainly guys from 12 to 20 years old.

The plenipotentiary invited her competitors to abandon all resources except administrative ones Candidates for governor of St. Petersburg, trying to resist the powerful resource of the presidential envoy and contender for the post of mayor Valentina Matvienko, found themselves split into two camps.

Aviators do not trust the aviation industry On the eve of the International Aerospace Salon (MAKS-2003) opening today in Zhukovsky, Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov expressed the hope that aircraft produced in Russia will be sold, and the heads of leading domestic airlines unanimously stated that they are not going to buy this equipment. The Prime Minister formulated his expectations in Vologda, where he was on a working trip yesterday.

The EU referendum could be defeated for the first time Estonia is perhaps the only country out of ten candidates for membership in the European Union where the referendum on accession to the EU, scheduled for September 14, may fail. In no other country do dozens of Eurosceptics behave as confidently and impudently as in Estonia. In Lithuania, we recall that the referendum already took place in the spring, and citizens were in favor.

Kasyanov drank Vologda water Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov began his visit to the Vologda region with a popular topic, namely, a discussion of housing and communal services problems. The Prime Minister decided to approach the problem exclusively democratically, just like the visit itself. He arrived in Vologda on the most ordinary Yak-40 airplane, memorable from Soviet times. He came out onto Vologda soil from the tail and hugged the governor.

The Moscow City Court yesterday handed down a verdict in a scandalous criminal case against a group of metropolitan police officers. Its main character, the head of the TsRUBOP department, Lieutenant Colonel Mikhail Ignatov, was accused of extorting a bribe of 100 thousand dollars from the famous figure skating coach Elena Chaikovskaya for dropping a criminal case against her son. Also involved in the case were two more of Mr.

Over most of the European territory of Russia on Tuesday, an increased background of atmospheric pressure will prevail, supported by an anticyclone, which is approaching central Russia from the southwest. Therefore, in central Russia there is mostly no precipitation. In the north-west and north of the European territory of Russia, due to cyclones, the atmospheric pressure is low.

The company is preparing an updated grid for its 10th anniversary The NTV television company is preparing for the next season with special passion - this year the first independent channel turns 10 years old. Naturally, a series of special projects are being created for this event. The television company still prefers not to make their details public, but it is known, for example, that the production company DIXI is already making a documentary about the ten-year history of NTV.

Gazprom and Turkmenistan will cooperate scientifically and technically The head of Gazprom, Alexey Miller, reported to the president of the country last Friday about deepening cooperation with Turkmenistan.

CLUBS DJs Dukhov, Andrey Panin. Dancing in the style of electro, synth-pop, lounge, trip-hop, nu-jazz. “Sixteen Tons” , 20.00. Big band of Igor Butman. Today, perhaps, the best Russian jazz orchestra. Le Club , 20.00. Lev Lazarev (vocals) and his trio. "Seasons" , 20.00. Blues.ru portal party. Cool Train , 21.00. Alexey Kravchenko (guitar). Folk. Masterly performance of Spanish flamenco. "Oracle of the Divine Bottle" , 22.00. Festival "Current Apple". Final. Dance party, group "Mr. Twister" .