Rumsfeld approved physical contact with prisoners US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is responsible for the torture of prisoners captured by the Americans during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. At least yesterday, there was evidence that on the eve of the presidential elections in November, the White House wants to shift all the blame onto him.

A hotel in the center of Moscow will go under the hammer The Georgian presence in Moscow will sharply decrease: Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania yesterday at a government meeting proposed selling the embassy hotel in Moscow. According to him, “the proceeds will be enough to buy buildings for Georgian embassies in at least four to five more countries.” The four-story embassy hotel is located in the very center of Moscow at the address: Skatertny Lane, 13.

Forecast for the coming days In the central zone of European Russia, the weather is changing again. A new southern cyclone is heading here. The cyclone has already hit the south of Russia with heavy rains and thunderstorms. In the coming days, in the center of Russia, with the increasing influence of the cyclone, there will be short-term rains, the temperature during the day with a northeast wind will be +20...+25оС.

"Vremya Novostei" brings to the attention of readers the materials of the next issue of the journal "Domestic Notes", which is dedicated to administrative reform. It is one of the main structural reforms, and its implementation largely determines the future fate of other reform initiatives in modern Russia.

The Russian President was looking for an answer to the fish question Yesterday, Vladimir Putin not only checked the defense capability of the Russian army, but also became concerned with the problem of providing Russians with high-quality fish products.

CLUBS Les Hommes (UK) and Rosalia De Sauza (Italy; vocals). Trio of keyboard player (old Hammond organ), drummer and percussionist. The band's music is always accompanied by a screening of a film made by Les Hommes members (and it is the film that accompanies the music, and not vice versa). The band started out playing in London clubs like Soho and Indigo, and now tour around the world. Les Hommes play lounge music heavily influenced by jazz: one of the members is a classic jazz drummer.

Denmark and Sweden teamed up to send Italy home The expected scandal broke out at the European Championships. To leave the group and leave Italy out of the tournament, two teams - Denmark and Sweden - had to draw with each other - 2:2. The Scandinavians coped with their task brilliantly, and the Italian team, which scored the same number of points as its competitors, can only accuse its opponents of dishonesty. Not only Italians suffered, but also bookmakers.

The Ministry of Finance wants to borrow cheaply and on time Thanks to the favorable foreign economic situation, Russia continues to reduce its debt burden, regularly paying off external debt and pursuing an effective policy in the domestic debt market.

One of the oldest British newspapers, the Daily Telegraph, is changing owners. Now this conservative publication will belong to twin brothers David and Frederick Barclay, who won the auction the day before yesterday from the investment group 3i. In accordance with the deal, the Barclay billionaires will own not only the Daily Telegraph, but also its Sunday edition, the Sunday Telegraph, as well as the socio-political weekly Spectator.

Taboo breakers at the Moscow Film Festival It’s somehow unusual to realize that the most significant and anticipated screenings at the festival concern films that are immediately released.

The North-Western Thermal Power Plant is given to the Italians and Grigory Berezkin Today, the first project in the Russian energy sector to transfer a large power plant under the management of a consortium with the participation of a foreign company is to be launched. The meeting of shareholders of the North-West CHPP should consider and, as expected, approve the agreement with Enel ESN Energo for managing the station and transfer to it the functions of the sole executive body.

Defense Minister against using the army in the fight against terrorism Against the background of the blissful progress of a large-scale command and staff exercise in the Far East, accompanied by the presentation of presidential and ministerial watches to soldiers and officers who distinguished themselves in training battles, yesterday’s critical statements by the head of the military department Sergei Ivanov sounded dissonant.

The German government is going to sell off the “family silver” The Federal Government of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder discussed the final version of the draft budget for 2005 at its meeting yesterday in Berlin.

Viktor Khristenko told senators about the coming revolution in the housing market On Wednesday, at Government Hour, Russian Minister of Industry and Energy Viktor Khristenko told members of the Federation Council about measures to develop the affordable housing market. The minister promised that with a successful combination of circumstances, by 2010 the new legislation will allow developing the housing market and increasing the average housing supply for each Russian from the current 19.7 sq.

How many people died as a result of the militant raid will only be revealed today Only today the authorities of Ingushetia plan to announce final data on the number of victims of the attack by Chechen militants on the republic on the night of June 22.