The Vremya publishing house released a collection by Yuli Kim The main, and for me, the only, drawback of Yuli Kim’s new book “My Mother Russia” is its self-evident incompleteness.

Resort attacked by dangerous pests from America An unsightly picture is now observed on the streets of Sochi: many trees are densely shrouded in cobwebs, all that remains of their leaves are skeletons, on which myriads of small furry caterpillars crawl. People walk around the resort with caution, but it is impossible to protect themselves; the caterpillars will definitely fall on their heads or get caught by the collar.

Russia will help Ukraine with grain, and Kuchma will present his book in Moscow Vladimir Putin is convinced that there is every reason to believe that during the upcoming summit in Yalta a document will be signed on the formation of a single economic space of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine. He stated this at a working meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Leonid Kuchma, held yesterday in Novo-Ogarevo, near Moscow.

Energy workers shut down pumping stations due to debts The administration of Vladivostok yesterday sent a statement to the prosecutor's office of Primorye demanding that a criminal case be opened regarding the unauthorized actions of Dalenergo and the regional enterprise Water Sewerage Enterprise of the South of Primorye (WWCS).

Zhirinovsky offered Anpilov a place in the LDPR trio The leader of the Labor Russia movement, Viktor Anpilov, seriously thought about Vladimir Zhirinovsky’s proposal to enter the top three of the LDPR party list in the State Duma elections. “What do I have to lose but my chains? - Mr. Anpilov told the correspondent of the newspaper Vremya Novostey. - Everything was taken away.

Elena Suponina won the fuel and energy journalism competition Yesterday, within the walls of the Rossiya concert hall, a gala evening was held dedicated to the upcoming Day of Oil and Gas Industry Workers. It summed up the results of the creative competition of journalists “Prometheus”, the organizers of which wanted to celebrate the successes of the Russian media in the field of covering the problems of the fuel and energy complex.

Guta bought shares of regional subsidiaries of Red October The Board of Directors of OJSC Moscow Confectionery Factory Red October approved yesterday the decision of an extraordinary meeting of shareholders to sell shares of six subsidiary regional confectionery factories to Ernesta CJSC. Since Ernesta is affiliated with the Guta group, analysts believe that the interests of the Moscow government may suffer as a result of the transaction.

China rejects Western calls for yuan appreciation The United States is increasingly putting pressure on China, hoping to change the yuan's exchange rate against the dollar. Yesterday, US Treasury Secretary John Snow arrived in Beijing for talks on this difficult topic.

Kuzbassrazrezugol is improving due to minority shareholders The owners of the holding company Kuzbassrazrezugol, in order to improve their business, are liquidating it and by the end of the year they intend to create a new joint-stock company - OJSC Coal Company Kuzbassrazrezugol (this is already a well-known trademark in the coal industry).

Myskina in the USA retained the title of the first racket of Russia In the final days of the US Open, the number of Russians competing in singles competitions is rapidly decreasing. If before the eighth day of play three of our girls still had a chance to make it to the quarterfinals, according to the results of the matches that took place on Tuesday night, Moscow time, we had to count only on the country's first racket, Anastasia Myskina.

President Kuchma replaced key officials Leonid Kuchma yesterday made new appointments to important government posts. Former Ambassador to the United States Konstantin Grishchenko became Minister of Foreign Affairs instead of Anatoly Zlenko, and the post of Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council was taken by the recent head of the special services, Vladimir Radchenko.

The results of the last days of the World Athletics Championship influenced changes in athletes lists that would come to Moscow on September 20, so that at the Luzhniki stadium to demonstrate their abilities before the Russian audience as part of the Moscow Call tournament.

The Central Bank has published a draft regulation on the qualifications and reputation of banks The Central Bank yesterday posted on the Internet a long-promised draft regulation on assessing the qualifications and business reputation of top managers and directors of banks. The public now has three weeks to write their comments and amendments to this document. In general, bankers are satisfied with the criteria proposed by the Central Bank.

Clubs The first issue of certified musical producers. A party dedicated to the first issue in the specialty “Musical Producer”, developed under the leadership of Artemy Troitsky and on the initiative of the Producer Agency of Rainbow Music Agency, as well as leading records.

The Moscow government approved the Industrial City project The city authorities want to get ahead of land speculators or at least minimize losses to the city budget from the privatization of land plots according to the rules proposed by the federal center. At a meeting on Tuesday, the capital's government hastily approved the Industrial City Moscow project and intends to begin its implementation before the beginning of 2004.