Tony Blair is responsible for everything and nothing Yesterday, miracles of democracy happened in London - British Prime Minister Tony Blair was interrogated there. He gave evidence to Lord Hutton's commission investigating the death of weapons expert David Kelly. Hundreds of onlookers gathered outside the courthouse in central London as the head of the cabinet appeared as a questioner for only the second time in British history.

Celebrating Cinema Day at Pushkinsky caused a feeling of awkwardness Something went wrong from the very beginning. Prime Minister Kasyanov was supposed to congratulate the filmmakers, but he was not there. They did wait a long time for someone, perhaps Minister Shvydkoy with a greeting from President Putin. We started an hour late. The presenters Natalya Egorova and Sergei Shakurov were confused in the script.

Svetlana Kriveleva won the fourth gold for Russia Over the five days of the World Athletics Championships in Paris, Russian athletes won four gold medals. All the highest awards for our team were brought by representatives of the fairer sex. True, such a definition is hardly suitable for the shot put champion, 34-year-old Svetlana Kriveleva from Bryansk. The powerful woman playfully sent a 4-kilogram projectile past the 20-meter mark - 20.63.

The weather of the last three days of the calendar summer does not promise much joy for residents of the European territory of Russia. Almost everywhere there are rains of varying intensity due to the next cyclone, active frontal activity continues, and only rare islands of the territory will remain without precipitation. The capital and Moscow region will receive a respite for one day today, without rain.

Metropolitan archaeologists hope to soon find out the true age of the capital The construction boom that has gripped Moscow in recent years has not only not led to irreparable losses of archaeological values ​​in the city, but, on the contrary, has allowed archaeologists to make unique finds. The chief archaeologist of the capital, Alexander Veksler, announced this yesterday at a press conference.

TNK and Sibneft earned $350 million The oil company Slavneft yesterday announced the payment of the first large dividends in its history. The payment of $350 million will be made (after approval at an extraordinary meeting of shareholders on September 29) based on the results of the first half of the year, the closing date of the register is determined “retroactively” - August 25.

One of the main events of the 60th Venice Film Festival, which is taking place these days, was the arrival of American director Robert Rodriguez, who became famous as the creator of “The Music Man” and “Desperado,” Tarantino’s co-author on the film series “From Dusk Till Dawn” and director of the super-successful family action film “Spy Kids.” .

The collected works of Yu.M. have been completed. Lotman In the summer of 1994, the publishing house "Art - St. Petersburg" published “Conversations about Russian Culture” - the last book by Yuri Mikhailovich Lotman. The great scientist himself did not wait for the publication - he died on October 28, 1993. On the “Conversations...”, which developed on the basis of television lectures by Yu.M.

MTS has completed the acquisition of a 50% stake in Primtelephone, the holder of the GSM 900/1800 license for the Far Eastern Federal District and a number of regions of Siberia. The population of the licensed zone is about 11.4 million people. Primtelephone operates in Primorye and the Sakhalin region, in addition, the company is building networks in the Amur and Irkutsk regions and the Khabarovsk Territory. Primtelephone is also the holder of the NMT-450 license for the Primorsky Territory.

Ukraine sees the single economic space (SES) completely differently than Russia. This was stated yesterday by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Anatoly Zlenko, who emphasized that his country excludes the creation of a supranational body of four countries (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Kazakhstan).

Moscow police officers detained a group of Moldovan migrant workers who are suspected of murdering cadet of the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Evgeniy Ostrovsky, the son of Igor Ostrovsky, who was arrested in the case of corruption in the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department. Ostrovsky Jr. was found dead with signs of severe beatings and a broken head on the night of August 24 near his home on Novoyasenevsky Prospekt. It was assumed that the cadet was the victim of a robbery.

The presidential administration has not yet been able to sue the printing complex The legal battles for the Izvestia complex on Pushkinskaya Square do not subside. Yesterday, the Federal Arbitration Court of the Moscow District rejected the cassation appeal of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Izvestia Publishing House, which is part of the presidential administration, about the invalidity of the 1999 deal to create Izvestia Publishing House OJSC.

Health insurance reform delayed The start of the reform of the compulsory health insurance system in Russia has been postponed for a year, or even two. Deputy Minister of Economic Development Mikhail Dmitriev announced this yesterday at a press conference.

In the elections in Karachay-Cherkessia, he replaced the administrative Two presidential candidates in Karachay-Cherkessia will compete on Sunday in a decisive battle for votes. The first round, held two weeks ago, was won by the head of the local branch of the Central Bank, Mustafa Batdyev (41%). He was ahead of current President Vladimir Semenov by almost 5%. According to a number of experts, defeat in the first round significantly reduced the governor’s chances of winning in the second.

On weekends, the main reason for deterioration in health will be a restless geomagnetic background. People with cardiovascular diseases and psycho-emotional disorders are sensitive to its fluctuations. There is a lot of rain again, which makes it humid and the oxygen content in the air is reduced. People suffering from chronic oxygen deficiency and bronchopulmonary diseases will not feel the best. Exacerbations of diseases of the joints and spine are likely.