The subscriber base of the largest cellular company Mobile Telesystems (MTS) recently became public. A CD with phone numbers and contact information of subscribers can now be bought somewhere at the Mitinsky market or similar points of sale of pirated discs. MTS spokeswoman Eva Prokofieva told the Vremya Novostei newspaper that the company's security service conducted an investigation into this fact and has not yet discovered the source of the information leak.

French police are ready to hunt for dirty money “The Paris Regional Action Group (GIR) will be ready to act as early as September 15th. We have brought together into one fist all the leading specialists in the main metropolitan services fighting the washing of “dirty” money,” said Jean-Paul Proust, prefect of the metropolitan police, at the beginning of the summer. He kept his word: GIR-75 was created ahead of schedule! Why 75? This is the postal code of Paris.

The amount that Real Madrid will ultimately pay for English midfielder David Beckham will decrease by 1.4 million euros. It was previously assumed that the royal club would pay off the remaining debt to Manchester United for David’s transfer of 17.5 million euros. This amount was planned to be paid over four years, but the Spaniards offered to pay immediately. Now Real proposes to transfer 16.1 million euros to the accounts of Mancunians in the very near future.

Forecast for September 4 In most of the European territory of Russia, rains again. Now the southern cyclone is in a hurry to spoil the weather, and only in the northwest there is an area of ​​high pressure. But in the North -Western district, small rains are in places, it is cold at night: +1 ... +6 ° C, in places up to -4 ° C. In the central area, at times light rain, in the morning the temperature is +6 ... +11OS, during the day +12 ...

Prime Minister Appointed First Deputy Minister of Atomic Energy Mikhail Solonin as the official representative of the government when the chambers of the Federal Assembly considered the draft amendments and additions to the law “On the Use of Atomic Energy”. Previously, the government was represented by Deputy Minister of Atomic Energy Valery Lebedev, who retired at the end of last year.

The trial of the vice-governor, chairman of the city health committee Anatoly Kagan, began in the St. Petersburg court. The prosecutor's office accuses him of abuse of power and negligence. According to investigators, at one time Mr. Kagan signed documents for the purchase of antidiabetic drugs - insulins - for the needs of city hospitals and clinics and did this on the basis of a state contract at prices 2.6 times higher than those provided for in the relevant state formularies.

The deadline for selecting pension investors has been extended by one and a half months The Pension Fund of Russia (PFR), which failed in its campaign to send so-called “chain letters” to future pensioners, does not see a tragedy in the resulting one and a half month delay.

Moscow riot police sued the Central Internal Affairs Directorate for 600 thousand rubles Two years after their business trip to Chechnya, 22 Moscow riot police fighters achieved full payment of their “fighting” money. Yesterday, the capital's Zamoskvoretsky Court upheld their claims and ordered the Moscow City Internal Affairs Directorate to pay them more than 600 thousand rubles. The Moscow trial is not the first and not the last in a series of cases involving “combat” money.

A critic's reflections on the past season before the opening of a new one The ballet off-season this year is tiny: on August 22, the Mariinsky Theater closed with Swan Lake, today, September 4, the Bolshoi Theater opens with the Bright Stream. Two weeks - for memories, for summing up. When you start to count it, you realize that there were so many events, as if not one, but several seasons had passed. Season of premieres and season of failures. It's moving season and touring season.

The Spanish Championship started right off the bat The top division of Spanish football - for example - has in recent years consistently been considered the most spectacular of the national championships of European countries. They have always strived to play attacking football for the fans, understanding that financial well-being depends directly on the number of people in the stands of the stadiums.

The kindergarten invader wanted money and vodka Three children and three kindergarten employees were taken hostage yesterday in the regional center of Magdagachi, Amur Region, by a local resident armed with a knife. According to the regional police department, on Monday at about 2 p.m. in the Solnyshko kindergarten, 28-year-old Stanislav Tereshkov grabbed three boys under the age of four and two teachers and brought them to the office of the head of the kindergarten.

There are fewer and fewer serious contenders for the presidency in Chechnya State Duma deputy from Chechnya Aslambek Aslakhanov is confident that the Kremlin did not put pressure on Moscow businessman Khusein Dzhabrailov, who on Tuesday refused to participate in the Chechen presidential elections and withdrew his candidacy. Mr. Aslakhanov believes the Kremlin remains interested in independent and fair elections.

A large batch of counterfeit documents was detained by border guards of the North Caucasus Regional Directorate (SKRU) on the Abkhaz section of the Russian-Georgian border. According to the headquarters of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, on Sunday at the Veseloe-Avtodorozhnoe border crossing, a Volga car driven by a resident of the Stavropol Territory was stopped for inspection for inspection, who said that he was going to Abkhazia on family business.

At yesterday's meeting of the Central Election Commission, a calendar plan of activities for the preparation and holding of parliamentary elections was approved. By September 17, 225 district election commissions should be formed. In 39 districts, the boundaries of which coincide with the borders of the subject of the federation, the powers of district election commissions will be given to regional election commissions. No later than October 9, territorial election commissions will be formed.

The chief military prosecutor spoke about crime in the armed forces Yesterday, the chief military prosecutor, Colonel General of Justice Alexander Savenkov, announced that a criminal case had been opened against captain 2nd rank Sergei Zhemchuzhnov, who led the towing of the sunken nuclear submarine K-159. He was charged with violating navigation rules. Crime, including negligent crime, in the military environment remains a disease that is not yet very treatable.