The White House has taken the future of Iraq into the hands of the world community Yesterday, the United States and Great Britain presented a draft new resolution on Iraq to the UN Security Council. It promises that by June 30, the occupation of the country by coalition troops will end, the current coalition administration will “cease to exist” and power will be transferred to the hands of the transitional Iraqi government.

Head coach of the Russian national team Georgy Yartsev received an excellent chance to test his closest reserves in a control match with the Austrian team. Tonight in Graz at the California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Stadium due to various injuries, four players from the main squad will not be able to take the field. Several more players on our team have chronic injuries that may hinder their preparation for the European Championship.

“Immortals: War of the Worlds” is still on Moscow screens Before the season of summer blockbusters finally comes into its own, and the Moscow film poster will consist mainly of three titles (“Troy” - 60 movie screens in Moscow, “The Day After Tomorrow” - 49, “Van Helsing” - 11), has It makes sense to pay attention to a film that is in a slightly different weight category, but is no less interesting, and in many respects it comes into very interesting contradictions with well-known hits.

Two new exhibitions opened at the Tretyakov Gallery The exhibitions, which opened almost simultaneously in the halls of the Engineering Building of the State Tretyakov Gallery on Lavrushinsky Lane, seem to have nothing in common. One exhibition from the “Golden Map of Russia” series introduces viewers to the collection of the Omsk Regional Museum of Fine Arts named after Mikhail Vrubel.

The Leningrad region, Interros and Lenenergo managers have agreed to create a company that will manage municipal power distribution networks, Andrei Likhachev, general director of the St. Petersburg energy company, said at a press conference yesterday. The corresponding agreement will be signed within a month.

The new airport terminal may be demolished Yesterday afternoon, all rescuers and experts working at the site of a man-made disaster at Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport were evacuated due to the threat of a new collapse of concrete floors at terminal 2E. The decision to urgently evacuate was made after a “suspicious crash” was heard in the roof area. Similar sounds preceded the collapse of a 30-metre section of roof in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Government Created under the government commission for administrative reform working groups on issues of optimizing the structure and functions of federal government agencies, federal state unitary enterprises and federal government enterprises subordinate to the federal executive authorities, operating in the relevant areas of state regulation.

The Chelyabinsk Region Prosecutor's Office opened a criminal case against First Deputy Governor Viktor Timashov. He is suspected of receiving a large bribe, abuse of power and embezzlement. According to the press secretary of the prosecutor's office, Viktor Smok, the investigation is currently “working on legal formulations” and is preparing to bring formal charges against Viktor Timashov. After this, a preventive measure will be chosen.

Football. Spanish Championship. 38th round. "Malaga" - "Betis" - 2:3, "Racing" - "Deportivo" - 0:1, "Celta" - "Mallorca" - 1:2, "Atlético" - "Atletico" -- 3:4, "Real" -- "Real Sociedad" -- 1:4, "Espanyol" -- "Murcia" -- 2:0, "Valencia" -- "Albacete" -- 0:1, " Valladolid - Villarreal - 3:0, Sevilla - Osasuna - 1:0, Zaragoza - Barcelona - 2:1. Final standings: Valencia - 77 points, Barcelona - 72, Deportivo - 71, Real Madrid - 70.

Officials are again being transferred to domestic cars At least one liberal idea in Russia has not died. It looks like the dream of former co-chairman of the Union of Right Forces Boris Nemtsov is coming true. In the mid-90s, while holding a high deputy prime minister's post in the government, Mr. Nemtsov threatened to switch Russian officials to domestic cars. Yesterday, Presidential Administration Manager Vladimir Kozhin said that civil servants will only drive cars produced in Russia.

Democrats will save Kerry's campaign money Democratic presidential hope Senator John Kerry is preparing an unusual and unprecedented step in the history of American elections. Experts believe that at the party congress at the end of July he may refrain from formally agreeing to the nomination as a rival to the current occupant of the White House. Kerry himself declined to directly answer the question of whether he would accept the nomination at the convention while walking away.

Only organized newspaper sellers will remain underground Periodicals dealers seem to have managed to persuade the capital's authorities not to expel all distributors of newspapers and magazines from the metro. By emphasizing the important ideological component of their work, the owners of networks selling printed materials have achieved concessions for themselves that are not available to sellers of pies or flowers who are far from ideology.

Alexander Livshits: “My movement is not related to the movement of money” Bank Soyuz, owned by Oleg Deripaska's structures, will be strengthened by the best personnel of the Basic Element group. In the near future, the deputy general director of Russian Aluminum, former Minister of Finance of Russia and one of the most authoritative lobbyists in the country, Alexander Livshits, will join the bank’s supervisory board. Mr.

The unexpectedly arose and just as suddenly dropped criminal case against the governor of the Saratov region, Dmitry Ayatskov, was discussed by the political elites for almost two weeks. Even “promising” candidates were moving to fill a seat that had not yet been vacated. Yesterday, the Saratov governor returned from leave, which he took during the investigation. The “Ayatskov case” itself was examined yesterday by the prosecutor’s office of the Volga Federal District.

To change the nature of relations between the police and citizens, it is necessary to change the criteria for assessing the work of internal affairs bodies. According to Andrei BABUSHKIN, chairman of the Committee for Civil Rights, the new approach should be based on surveys of three groups of the population: victims, accused and ordinary citizens who have never encountered police work in criminal cases. — Andrey, human rights activists often talk about abuses by law enforcement agencies.