Vladimir Putin has been waiting for him for seven years President Vladimir Putin continues to demonstrate full support for Valentina Matvienko, who gained more than 63% in the second round of gubernatorial elections in St. Petersburg and led the city. He will not change his usual habit of celebrating his birthday in his hometown, which is celebrated today. But this time the president will fly to St.

Russia offered to pay off debts ahead of time Russian President Vladimir Putin presented a surprise to the Paris Club of creditors. In his opinion, pleasant. Yesterday, at a meeting with French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, he said: “Russia would be ready this year and in an advanced mode to make a number of payments as part of repaying the debts of the former USSR to the Paris Club.

The process of Belarusian-Russian integration is moving slowly. But the creation of union symbols continues, although also slowly. Back in 1997, the Union Parliamentary Assembly announced a competition for the best version of the anthem. In December 2002, the first meeting of the competition commission took place, for consideration of which 120 original proposals were submitted.

In Chisinau, there is still an ambivalent assessment of the creation of the Common Economic Space (SES) in Yalta last month by four countries - Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine. Immediately after this, Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin made harsh statements about the prospects for the existence of the CIS, and then accused journalists of incorrectly interpreting his words. At the request of VN, the situation is commented on by the Vice Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament Vadim MISHIN.

Vladimir Putin - about America, Iraq, Chechnya, YUKOS, democracy and security officers The Russian president's communication with the press is clearly regulated. Once a year there is a large press conference, and on the eve of international visits there is an interview with journalists from the host country.

Putting money on deposit in a bank is becoming more and more profitable The desire of a private investor to receive income without significant risk by depositing his money in a bank usually seems naive. But not now. In September, banks began offering clients long-term deposits at increased rates, that is, the opportunity to receive a return of 14--15% per annum with inflation of 6--8%.

Glushkov and Baroev won gold at the World Championships The World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships ended in Paris, bringing the Russian team two gold medals. In the weight categories up to 74 kg and 120 kg, Alexey Glushkov and Khasan Baroev won champion titles for the first time in their careers. The results of the world championship completely coincided with the forecast made by the President of the Russian Wrestling Federation, Mikhail Mamiashvili.

CLUBS Simon Nabatov (piano), Arkady Shilkloper (winds), Vladimir Volokov (double bass). A Russian pianist now living in New York, Nabatov is a most interesting improvisational musician and composer. Today he will perform the program “Other Shores” together with two, without exaggeration, the brightest improvisers of our time. "Home" , 19.30. Denise Perrier (vocals) and Andrey Kondakov ensemble (piano).

Capital deputies against the monument to Yuri Andropov Disputes about the monumental appearance of the capital flared up again yesterday between the city and federal authorities. This time because of the desire of the Kremlin administration to decorate Andropov Avenue with a monument to the former General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee and Chairman of the KGB.

Georgy Yartsev prefers to solve immediate problems For the fourth day in a row, fans stormed the ticket office of the Lokomotiv stadium in hopeless attempts to purchase tickets for the decisive match of the qualifying round of the European Championship Russia-Georgia, which will take place on October 11. There are no tickets on sale and, apparently, there won’t be any. But everyone still tries to get them by hook or by crook.

The Middle East issue has split the UN Security Council At an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, convened on Monday night (Moscow time) at the request of Syria, no decisions were made. The reason for the complaint was the Israeli Air Force's raid on the Palestinian camp Ain Sahab, 50 km from Damascus, the day before.

The Federal Commission for the Securities Market (FCSM) decided to suspend the issue of ordinary registered uncertificated shares of Bureyskaya HPP OJSC. As the commission explained to the Vremya Novostei newspaper, the Federal Securities Commission believes that the company violated the Law “On Joint-Stock Companies” during the issue. YUKOS borrowed again YUKOS raised a loan of $1.6 billion from SG Corporate and Investment Banking.

Russia scared Ukraine by building a dam in the Sea of ​​Azov The first visit to Moscow of the new Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Konstantin Grishchenko, which took place yesterday, was overshadowed by a scandal in Russian-Ukrainian relations. At least that’s how it looked from Kyiv. Tensions arose suddenly when Russia's intentions to build a dam in the Kerch Strait became known. The structure should connect the Ukrainian island of Spit Tuzla and the Russian coast of the Taman Peninsula.

A state of emergency is in effect in the Palestinian Authority. Yasser Arafat issued a special decree on this on Sunday evening. At the same time, and by the same decree, an “emergency government” of eight people is formed and given special powers. The head of the cabinet is still Ahmad Krea (Abu Alya). Saeb Erekat was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs. Nasser Youssef is entrusted with solving internal security problems.

Azerbaijan's ruling elite discusses Aliyev Jr.'s chances If the residents of Azerbaijan still have to make a choice on October 15 by checking the name of the future president on the ballot, then the Russian elite has already decided this issue for themselves. As the newspaper Vremya Novostey learned, it is possible that Aliyev Jr. will visit Moscow even before the elections.