The Ministry of Agriculture offers to make money from the lack of fertilizers Yesterday a joint press conference was held between Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture Alexei Gordeev and Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov. Formally, it was dedicated to the upcoming agro-industrial exhibition “Golden Autumn”, but this tandem looked rather strange. For all its many advantages, Moscow certainly cannot be considered a leading agricultural region. Perhaps Messrs.

Viktor Kazantsev goes to Berlin for a billion Yesterday, Presidential Envoy to the Southern Federal District Viktor Kazantsev said that at the upcoming investment forum in Berlin on October 26-29, the southern Russian delegation intends to sign agreements with the Germans on investments in the regional economy for a total amount of 800 million euros. Agreements worth 300 million euros, according to Mr. Kazantsev, are already ready and could be concluded today.

Jeep passenger accused of collision with Rushailo's motorcade Petr Pak, who died on September 9, 2002, will never know that he was the culprit of the terrible car accident that occurred that day in Kamchatka.

The Ukrainian Prime Minister was told about this in the White House A meeting between Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and US Vice President Richard Cheney took place at the White House on Tuesday. Its format itself is notable - the White House has not opened its “front doors” for high-ranking Ukrainian officials for a long time. According to the official version, Cheney's meeting with Yanukovych was devoted to issues of economic cooperation.

Boris Gromov has no competitors in the fight for the post of head of the Moscow region Three people are already vying for the post of governor of the Moscow region, whose elections will be held on December 7. These are the current governor Boris Gromov, State Duma deputy from the LDPR Alexey Mitrofanov and member of the International Federation of Artists Arkady Schwarzer.

Our Evgeniy Kafelnikov and Marat Safin performed unsuccessfully at the ATP tournament with a prize fund of 800 thousand euros in French Lyon, losing already in the first round. Kafelnikov lost to the Spaniard Fernando Vicente - 2:6, 3:6, Safin was unable to resist the Frenchman Fabrice Santoro, a traditionally inconvenient opponent for him - 1:6, 4:6. Now the score of personal meetings between these tennis players has increased to 7:1 in favor of the Frenchman.

The city has no plans to offset the sales tax with other fees. The abolition of the sales tax from next year threatens the Moscow government not only with the loss of 27 billion rubles. budget revenues, but also another conflict with the local government of the capital. In compliance with federal legislation, the Moscow City Duma at yesterday's meeting repealed the city law “On Sales Tax” from next year, the proceeds from which went to the city budget.

Departments Minatom plans to begin construction of a floating nuclear power plant in Severodvinsk in 2004, State Secretary and Deputy Minister for Atomic Energy Valery Govorukhin said during a trip to the Chepetsky Mechanical Plant in Glazov (Udmurtia). Valery Govorukhin also emphasized that Minatom recently held consultations with government representatives on the provision of state guarantees in order to attract credit on the Russian market. The total cost of the project is $180 million.

The Luftwaffe transferred a MiG-29 squadron to Poland for 1 euro Recently, the planned process of transferring 23 Soviet-made MiG-29 fighters, which were in the arsenals of the German Air Force, to the Polish armed forces began. With this step, the German Bundeswehr will free up space in its hangars for the new “21st century fighters” Eurofighter. 24 fighters built in 1988 went to the Bundeswehr after the reunification of Germany as a “legacy” of the National People's Army of the GDR.

Ankara wants to send its troops to Iraq to help the US Ankara's decision to send a large peacekeeping force to Iraq has encountered significant obstacles both inside and outside the country. The streamlined decision of Turkish parliamentarians on this matter, adopted the day before yesterday by a majority of 358 votes to 185, without specifying specific dates and the number of peacekeepers, raised a wave of pacifist protests in Ankara. But the Turkish prime minister seemed to be ready for this.

This year the Nobel Committee encourages contributions to health The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has once again confirmed that discoveries related to human health and vital activity are most important for world science.

Heroes of the first month of the Russian Championship The first month of the six-month marathon of the country's regular championship is behind us. And although the tournament table is still subject to significant redrawing after each round, islands of stability have appeared at both its poles. Synchronized victories in the last round of the top three - Dynamo, Lokomotiv and Lada - once again emphasized their role as leaders in the Super League field.

The Nobel Prize in Economics went to the authors of methods for statistical analysis of economic data In conditions of economic instability in the world, the research of the American Robert Engle and the Englishman Clive Granger came in handy.

Authorities in the central regions have calculated the damage from one hurricane, and weather forecasters have urged them to prepare for a new one. The authorities of seven regions of Central Russia were busy all day yesterday with eliminating the consequences and calculating the damage from the powerful hurricane that swept through there on Tuesday.

The Terminator left cinema for the governor's seat Yesterday, the world famous actor of Austrian origin Arnold Schwarzenegger, who immortalized himself with the role of the cyborg Terminator, was elected as the 38th governor of the American state of California. “When you become the best in cinema, what else can interest you. Perhaps only power,” he once said. Just 20 years ago, he received American citizenship, then succeeded in Hollywood and now has triumphantly burst into politics.