Sberbank survived the consequences of administrative reform The annual meeting of Sberbank shareholders, held on Friday, presented a number of surprises, the main one of which was the composition of the new supervisory board. For the first time, the Ministry of Finance and the Russian government as a whole lost a seat on the council.

Algerian Lakhdar Brahimi is elusive these days. Now he is in New York, now in Baghdad, now in the capitals of countries neighboring Iraq. Extremely busy. Of course, he makes history, and at the risk of his own life. Iraq is already the second country where Brahimi is working on a settlement after the Americans tried, not very successfully, to establish democracy there through military methods.

The Prime Minister's order was formally carried out On June 19, the Ministry of Transport approved a joint concept for the development of Sheremetyevo International Airport (SIA), presented by Alfa-Eco and Aeroflot. Thus, the Ministry of Transport and the companies fulfilled the corresponding instructions of Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov. The concept, however, leaves key airport management questions unanswered.

The Czech Republic and Latvia showed how to fight The main hero of the European Championship, according to many experts from different countries, should have been the Italian Francesco Totti. It was this football player who was talked about on the eve of the championship as Zinedine Zidane’s successor on the throne of the main star of the Old World. However, Totti closed the door to recognition for himself by spitting in the face of Christian Poulsen in the match with Denmark.

An assassination attempt was made on the head of Dagestan television In Makhachkala on Friday, an attempt was made on the life of the chairman of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Dagestan" Tagib Abdusalamov. In the afternoon, in the very center of the city, when he was leaving a cafe after lunch, a shot was fired at him from a sniper rifle.

The TV presenter decided to try himself in an oil company Channel One Television was left without one of its faces. The host of the Vremya program, Kirill Kleimenov, decided to try himself in a new capacity - from now on he will be the press secretary of LUKOIL President Vagit Alekperov and deputy head of the public relations department of the oil company. “It’s difficult to explain my departure in a nutshell,” Mr. Kleimenov told a correspondent for the Vremya Novostey newspaper.

The Russian gas sector remains a monopoly Today, the tenth international exhibition "Neftegaz-2004" opens in Moscow - one of the most authoritative forums for representatives of the global energy industry. News from the oil market lately has been reminiscent of front-line reports: military operations, terrorist attacks. Political and price instability in the oil sector is transmitted through a unique technological chain to other sectors of the energy market.

City Hall will pay for an underground highway so students can go to the library Another supertunnel will appear in Moscow. As Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov announced last Saturday, part of the Fourth Transport Ring, passing along Lomonosovsky Avenue, will go underground. True, the need to build a tunnel under a long-existing highway raises some questions.

Early parliamentary elections sealed the victory of the new government Early elections to the 30-seat Supreme Council were held yesterday in Adjara. The end of Aslan Abashidze's 13-year rule in the autonomy can be considered legally formalized. At 301 voting stations, Adjarians were asked to choose deputies from representatives of eight parties and one bloc. The most influential movements are the parties “Saakashvili – victorious Adjara” and “Berdzenishvili – Republicans”.

After the EU enlargement, the economies of Russia and Germany grew even closer For many years now, experts have not tired of repeating their conclusion that the initial conditions and needs of Russia and Germany in many respects complement each other. Against this background, both countries represent an “ideal couple”. At the same time, it is also a fact that Germany has been Russia’s largest trading partner for more than thirty years. Russia purchases over 14% of its total imports from Germany.

In the future, Russia and Germany will jointly advocate for achieving ambitious climate protection goals in Moscow. A special agreement on large-scale cooperation in this direction was recently concluded by the German Energy Agency (dena), the Russian Joint Implementation Committee and the Moscow Energy Department. The economy of the Russian capital (as well as the entire Russian economy) is one of the most intensive consumers of energy and, accordingly, producers of carbon dioxide.

The Maxidrom festival has become truly international Several years ago, Maxidrom set a course for internationalization; Over the past three years, several famous Western bands have come to the festival - for example, the Finns HIM. But this year, Maxidrom outdid itself by making the English group Placebo, one of the most relevant rock bands in the world, the headliner. The team already performed with us a couple of years ago.

At the end of last week, the Russian President stunned the world with his admission that even before the war in Iraq, Moscow received information that “Saddam’s regime was preparing terrorist attacks” on US territory. This contradicts all previous Russian statements that Hussein had nothing to do with international terrorism.

The ULEB Euroleague has finally approved changes to the tournament regulations and has already notified the participating teams about this. In the 2004/05 edition, the Final Four of which will take place in Moscow, additional matches were introduced at the end of the second group stage.

Philip RIDDLE, head of the state tourism promotion agency in Scotland (VisitScotland), gave an exclusive interview to the Vremya Novostey newspaper. -- What new does Scotland offer tourists this season? - I think that Scotland combines everything that is necessary for a pleasant pastime. We have wonderful cities and we have fantastically beautiful places in the countryside.