Viktor Pokhmelkin canceled “Liberal Russia” “Liberal Russia” of Viktor Pokhmelkin and the Republican Party of Lysenko-Fedorov united and exchanged their democratic names for one, apparently, from their point of view, closer to voters: “New Deal - Automobile Russia.” Sources in Liberal Russia claim that going to the polls using the current name of the party is “inappropriate, since Boris Berezovsky and his supporters, long expelled from the party, have done everything to confuse the voter by

Tripoli will pay for the murder of the French at American prices Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi made a concession to the French and agreed to pay “adequate amounts” of compensation to the relatives of those killed in the UTA DC-10 explosion. Apparently, the French threat to use their veto power when voting in the UN Security Council on the issue of lifting sanctions from Libya worked. 65 French were killed in the skies over Niger on September 19, 1989.

Venice festival midway The Lido Film Festival has reached the halfway point, but one can already draw a flattering conclusion for the organizers: Venice 2003 is the most interesting and fruitful of the major film forums of recent years. Against the backdrop of the Berlin confusion and Cannes failure this year, what Moritz De Hadeln's team did in Venice looks especially advantageous.

Putin supported Kasyanov's government Vladimir Putin yesterday unexpectedly gave a clear and unambiguous assessment of the work of the Russian government. He shared his opinion with the head of the Royal Dutch/Shell concern, Sir Philip Watts, at a meeting in the Novo-Ogarevo residence near Moscow.

And they forgot about him A law banning smoking in public places has come into force in Georgia. Not only government buildings are now recognized as non-smoking areas, but also, for example, hospitals, public transport and even cafes. True, the ban affected only non-alcoholic catering establishments: if they serve food in a restaurant, then smoking in the hall is not prohibited. Georgia has been pursuing a consistent policy to restrict smoking for quite some time.

Alexey Kudrin is ready to withdraw extra money from the economy, but does not say how Yesterday, the Ministry of Finance sent proposals to the Cabinet of Ministers for the withdrawal of additional income and sterilization of the money supply, which, according to officials, should lead to preventing excessive strengthening of the ruble and reducing the rate of inflation.

A week after the start of the US Open tennis singles championship, only three girls remained from the Russians - Elena Dementieva, Anastasia Myskina and Dinara Safina. The seventh game day was very unsuccessful for our players, which, however, is quite natural. The further the Russians advance in the tournament bracket, the stronger the opponents take to the court against them. Nadezhda Petrova challenged her spot in the quarterfinals in a fight with American Lindsay Davenport, seeded third.

Twenty years ago, Soviet air defense shot down a South Korean passenger Boeing. On September 1, 1983, on a passenger flight from Anchorage, Alaska to Seoul, a Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 veered to the right of its intended route by more than 600 km, flew over several strategic targets in the Soviet Far East and was shot down by a fighter. Su-15 over the southern tip of Sakhalin Island. All 269 people on board were killed, among whom were several dozen US citizens, including one congressman.

The Americans explained themselves to LUKOIL Apparently, LUKOIL does not need to worry about delays in the start of work in Iraq, which was supposed to begin 100 days after the lifting of UN sanctions. As LUKOIL Vice-President Leonid Fedun said yesterday, they are not being carried out, “since we have received clarifications from our American partners that now there are reasons that prohibit us from doing this.” “We are in contact with the US administration and the occupation administration.

The world is used to our boats sinking The K-159, which sank in the Barents Sea, may be raised as early as next year. This is the opinion of the Chief of the Main Staff of the Russian Navy, Admiral Viktor Kravchenko. According to him, Russian specialists are quite capable of carrying out such an operation, and the technical design of the operation is already being developed.

Lukashenko complains about the Kremlin to his people Communication between Minsk and Moscow has recently acquired a slightly strange character. To explain to Putin about the unification of currencies, Lukashenko goes to the outback and tells his people the thoughts that came to him on this matter. The thoughts are quite simple: well, Mr. Lukashenko does not want to introduce a single ruble on Moscow’s terms.

CLUBS Ber-Linn (St. Petersburg). Presentation of the debut album VPNS The group contrasts its music with Russian rock overloaded with philosophy, as well as all the negative attributes of punk, and plays light, cheerful music. The musicians consider themselves the founders of a new style, which they define as cool punk rock. Their most famous song is the popular “My Love is on the Fifth Floor.” At the presentation, the group is going to show a new video for the song “Lida” (dir.

Samara authorities are counting the damage from the burned tanker In the Samara region yesterday, the epic battle of extinguishing the largest fire in recent years, which raged for three days on the Victoria tanker near the Volga oil loading base Artemy in the city of Oktyabrsk, finally ended. As a result of the emergency, tens of tons of oil spilled into the Volga, and a cloud of acrid smog hung firmly over the city.

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The leaders of the country yesterday were engaged in addition and multiplication World Knowledge Day once again became a platform for famous politicians and public figures who wished to demonstrate high attention to the needs of the educational sphere. Yesterday, on the first day of the school year, many Russian schools and universities received visits, promises and parting words from the country's top officials.