The People's Party helps villagers defend their rights Residents of the village of Lipitsy, Serpukhov district, demanded last weekend the return of the land due to them by law. The gathering of villagers became one of the mass events within the framework of the “program for the protection of constitutional rights and freedoms of village residents,” carried out by the “People's Front in Defense of the Russian Land” with the support of the People's Party.

Candidates for governors are fighting for state employees and metallurgists At the end of last week, candidate for governor of the Sverdlovsk region Yuri Kuznetsov filed a lawsuit in the regional court demanding to cancel the registration of another candidate, former Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Andrei Vikharev. This is quite common in elections of this level - according to Mr. Kuznetsov, nominated by the Sverdlovsk branch of the Yabloko party, Mr.

The net profit of Mobile Telesystems OJSC (MTS) according to US GAAP in the first half of 2003 amounted to $208.7 million, which is 94% higher than the same figure last year - $107.6 million. MTS revenue in January-June amounted to 1.05 billion versus $563.9 million in 2002. Operating expenses increased to 677 million from $369 million. Net operating profit increased to 375 million from $194.8 million.

The main reason for illness and even deterioration of health on Wednesday will remain the turbulent geomagnetic background. The most sensitive to its fluctuations are people with cardiovascular diseases, those who have suffered a myocardial infarction or stroke, patients with atherosclerosis, hypertension, neurocirculatory dystonia and psycho-emotional disorders.

Inexpensive flights to the German capital and Bavaria have opened Germania Express airline made its first flight to Russia yesterday. From this day on, it will begin running five times a week between Moscow Domodedovo Airport, Berlin and Munich.

Yesterday, the Moscow City Court resumed the criminal trial against Pavel Zaitsev, an investigator of the Investigative Committee under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, accused by the Prosecutor General's Office of exceeding his official powers in the investigation of a scandalous criminal case about the smuggling of furniture sold in the Three Kita and Grand shopping centers. Yesterday the prosecutor read out the indictment again. The investigation accused Mr.

23-year-old pole vaulter Svetlana Feofanova brought the Russian team a second gold medal at the IX World Championships ongoing in Paris. In order to reach the winning height (4.75), the winter champion and world record holder needed eight jumps, and only one of them was unsuccessful. A correspondent for the Vremya Novostei newspaper was one of the first with whom Svetlana FEOFANOVA shared her impressions immediately after the victory.

Water is the subject of the best exhibitions of the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg The chief architect of the city of St. Petersburg, which celebrated its glorious anniversary, is the Neva. Without it, the scale, proportions, and rhythm of the City seen by Man would not have been found. The most important thing would disappear - the subject of their dialogue, the element. City: piles, columns, stone, granite, bolt, culture, humility, firmament.

The third day of competition at the World Athletics Championships in Paris brought the Russian team a second gold medal. The reward, as they say, is almost guaranteed. First place in the pole vault sector was taken by former world record holder Svetlana Feofanova. True, despite the fact that throughout the season the Russians dominated this type of program, only occasionally meeting resistance from the American Stacey Dragila, events in Paris developed quite dramatically.

In negotiations, we must proceed exclusively from Russia’s interests. It is important for us not to find out for sure whether the DPRK has nuclear weapons; it is important for us that there are none on the Korean Peninsula. We need this problem to be resolved at the negotiating table and under no circumstances escalate into a conflict. “Punishment” of the North Koreans will result in a tragedy for the population of our Far East.

American schoolchildren will be graded on appearance and weight The fight against excess weight is gradually becoming an integral part of the process of raising new US citizens. The authorities of the country, famous for its huge number of obese citizens, have long been trying to draw the attention of the younger generation to the need to control their weight.

The Board of Directors of RAO UES was asked to force the holding's management to work more efficiently Oleg Deripaska's group, after becoming a shareholder of RAO UES of Russia, continues to attack the management of the energy holding. At a meeting of the board of directors of RAO on August 1, board member David Geovanis proposed creating a committee to motivate management, the goal of which was to pay everyone only according to their merits.

The Azerbaijani opposition is not giving up hope of nominating a single candidate in the upcoming presidential elections on October 15. These days, the leaders of the leading parties gathered in London to discuss the terms of a compromise. The leaders of Musavat Isa Gambar, Popular Front Ali Kerimov and National Independence Etibar Mamedov were joined by the chairman of the Azerbaijani Democratic Party, Rasul Guliyev, who flew in from the United States.

The Chernogolovsky plant "OST-Aqua" began production of the low-alcohol cocktail "Stolichnaya Ice" under the license of FKP "Soyuzplodoimport". Now, under the terms of the exclusive agreement, the plant will pay FKP a royalty in the amount of 8 kopecks. from each 0.33 liter cocktail can. And according to Evgeny Zuev, director of OST-Aqua, initially the plant will produce about 1.5 million cans of cocktails per month. Currently, OST-Aqua holds a 6% share of the low-alcohol beverage market.

Australian and German Cossacks found a common language with the Don and Kuban At the end of last week, the first ever World Congress of Cossacks ended in Novocherkassk, which brought together delegates from the USA, Australia, Germany, France, Italy, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Georgia, Abkhazia, Poland, South Wales, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan - from a total of 32 countries.