Despite the score 0:0, with which the first play-off match between the Russian and Welsh national teams for the right to compete in the final stage of the European Championship ended, Viktor ONOPKO believes that the Russians retained their status as favorites.

Kadyrov and Maskhadov are drawing new borders of the republic Vladimir Putin received Akhmat Kadyrov on Friday for the first time since the latter was elected president of Chechnya. Mr. Kadyrov said that the main topic of the meeting was next year’s budget. In particular, the head of Chechnya would like to achieve increased funding for his devastated region.

Italian investigators have found the killer of a Novorossiysk teenager On Saturday, a group of Italian law enforcement officers arrived in Novorossiysk. The Italians warned their Russian colleagues in advance about the purpose of the trip - to clarify all the circumstances of the crime committed two years ago in this port by a member of the crew of the cruiser Vittorio Venneto.

Wales and Russia will wait three more days for a resolution Having played a 0-0 draw with Wales on Saturday, the Russian national team once again confirmed the unspoken rule that it is not customary to be too happy about the draw. There is no need to analyze our team's game in detail, going over a few dangerous moments in memory.

The favorites are in no hurry to travel to Portugal Almost all the play-off matches for the final part of the European Championship ended in sensations. And against the general background, the draw between the Russian team and the Welsh team was perceived as almost the most expected result. The Latvian national team surprised everyone the most. Before the draw, the Latvians were considered, perhaps, the most tasty morsel that Turkey was lucky enough to grab.

The heads of the country's leading automobile plants told the Vremya Novostei newspaper what needs to be done to develop the industry. The main conclusion: we need to import technology. Chairman of the Board of Directors of AvtoVAZ Vladimir KADANNIKOV: -- After the dismantling of the system of state management of the economy, enterprises in industries that had high export potential, mainly raw materials, were the first to adapt to the new conditions.

The Kovyktinskoye field development project has received an international feasibility study The ceremonial signing of the international feasibility study for the development of the Kovykta gas condensate field, which was completed at the end of the week in Moscow, did not clarify the future of this grandiose project. It only turned out that potential sellers and buyers finally agreed on the necessity and possibility of its implementation, and the maximum amount that must be met is $17 billion.

CLUBS Arkady Ovrutsky Quartet (bass guitar) and David Boato (trumpet). The Italian trumpeter, who came to Russia for the Jazz Province festival, will play today with Russian musicians at Le Club , 20.00. Sergey Manukyan (vocals, keyboards) with the jazz program Sunshine. Cool Train , 21.00. Yakov Okun (piano). Open jam session. JVL Art Club , 21.00. Dj Botsman and Anatoly Gerasimov (saxophone, flute) as part of the Tandem project. “Chinese pilot Zhao Da” , 23.00.

There's nothing wrong with what Phil did, but for me the new version is what I love. I went to Abbey Road to listen to her... it was incredible. Such a real inspiration. [This record] takes us back to when we were that band, the Beatles... The stringless version of The Long And Winding Road blew me away. I can't say anything bad about the strings that Phil recorded, I just perceive it differently. It's been thirty odd years since I last heard this song in its original form, and it was amazing.

Water restrictions in Primorye allowed reservoirs to be replenished The problem of water supply to Vladivostok, which is suffering from shallow reservoirs, has seriously alarmed the federal authorities. Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Yakovlev on Saturday instructed Gosstroy to create an interdepartmental working group that will coordinate and plan work to restore water supply to the capital of Primorye.

The CEO's wife received a controlling stake Siberia Airlines reported that a controlling stake of 50.0098% of its shares has been concentrated in the hands of the company’s first deputy general director, Natalia Fileva, since November 12. The statement was made in accordance with the standards for disclosing information about significant events in the activities of open joint-stock companies.

Vladimir Putin is the best friend of industrialists and entrepreneurs The XIII Congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, held on Friday, can be considered historical: it will certainly go down in the history of Russian business as a milestone.

Parts of the famous airliner were put under the hammer Connoisseurs of the achievements of the aviation industry bought up the famous Concorde in parts in five and a half hours. That's how long it took people who came to Christie's auction last weekend to get their hands on parts of a supersonic passenger airliner. The organizers of the event earned about 3.3 million euros from their venture.

A resolution on the disputed island has been registered in the US Congress The Americans, who had previously preferred to observe events from the sidelines, intervened in the Russian-Ukrainian dispute over the island of Tuzla. Recently, a draft resolution was registered in the US Congress expressing concern about the territorial integrity of Ukraine in connection with Russia’s construction of a dam in the Kerch Strait in the direction from the Taman Peninsula to the island of Tuzla.

Leonid Nevzlin remains Rector of the Russian State University for the Humanities until the end of November At the end of last week, the Academic Council of the Russian State University for the Humanities did not dare to take bold steps to change the leadership of the university. The honorary chair of the rector is still retained by the former first deputy chairman of the board of directors of YUKOS Leonid Nevzlin. True, most likely not for long.