The opponent of CSKA Moscow in the second qualifying round of the Champions League has been determined. It was the Baku “Neftchi”, which beat the Bosnian “Široki Brijeg” on aggregate. In the away match, the Azerbaijani team lost with a score of 1:2, but a week later, already in Baku, Neftchi won 1:0 and, thanks to a goal scored on a foreign field, advanced to the next qualifying round. The matches between CSKA and Neftchi will take place on July 28 and August 4.

The government did not tell Vladimir Potanin whether it approved the deal with Siemens Yesterday, the Russian government for the first time tried to outline its position regarding the sale of 71% of the shares of the Power Machines concern, Russia's largest manufacturer of all types of power equipment, to the German corporation Siemens. Before this, only its participants officially spoke about a possible deal, who fully approve of it and consider it mutually beneficial.

Moscow Railway will develop high-speed traffic The largest of the 17 branches of the Russian Railways, Moscow (Moscow Railways), which accounts for about half of all Russian passenger and commuter traffic, unveiled yesterday its top-priority investment projects. According to the head of the Moscow Railways, Vladimir Starostenko, the Moscow Railways intends to focus on organizing potentially cost-effective high-speed connections with large cities and airports near Moscow.

Northgas bought a minority stake in Achimneftegaz and became a partner of the monopolist Northgas, which has been diligently fighting off Gazprom's attempts to regain control over the past few years, has taken an extravagant step. She became the “junior” partner of the monopolist in the project for the exploration and development of the Achimov deposits of the Urengoy field, purchasing a 49% stake in Achimneftegaz CJSC from the Itera group.

Colonel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was accused of juggling bills Employees of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the Central Federal District announced yesterday the first details of a hitherto classified investigation into one of the largest scams on the securities market.

The FIA ​​management intends to limit the capabilities of the cars A difficult dilemma will soon have to be resolved by all people involved in Formula 1 - how to improve the safety of racing, but at the same time maintain its popularity. The risk inherent in this sport is undoubtedly one of its most attractive aspects. The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) appears to have a different opinion.

The US Army again needs billions for Iraq and Afghanistan According to data released yesterday by the General Accounting Office of the US Congress, the Pentagon exceeded the budget allocated for the international anti-terrorism campaign and military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan by $12.3 billion. But for these purposes, in October last year, the Ministry of Defense received an additional $87 billion.

The European Commission is headed by the former Prime Minister of Portugal Yesterday the European Parliament voted for a new head of the executive branch of the European Union. For the next five years, the head of the European Commission (EC) was the 48-year-old former Prime Minister of Portugal, lawyer, polyglot and center-right Jose Manuel Barroso. Officially, he will replace the current head of the EC, Italian Romano Prodi, on November 1. For Mr.

Iraqi Foreign Ministry asks Moscow for help On the night from Friday to Saturday, as VN was told at the Iraqi Embassy in Russia, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari will arrive in Moscow “to discuss bilateral relations.” At 11:00 on Saturday he is scheduled to have almost two-hour negotiations with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. This visit was supposed to take place a month ago, but it was postponed due to instability in Iraq.

Alex KANTOROVICH, an analyst at the Aton investment group, talks about the global practice of government support for exports: -- At the political level, each government is regularly forced to try to ensure more or less equal conditions for its own business compared to entrepreneurs from other countries.

There is again only one real presidential candidate left in Chechnya The Chechen Election Commission is making every effort to ensure that the early presidential elections of the republic on August 29 become an exact copy of the previous ones, held on October 5 last year. Yesterday, the famous businessman Malik Saidullaev, the only real rival of the main favorite, police general Alu Alkhanov, was removed from the list of potential candidates.

A pleasure walk for children along the Voronezh reservoir almost ended in tragedy. On Wednesday at six o'clock in the evening, the pleasure boat "Moscow", as usual, set off on its next voyage from the city pier. The ship was rented by the administration of one of the holiday camps near Voronezh. Twenty children aged 12 to 16 took their seats, and the boat set off. "Moscow" sailed under the supports of the oldest Voronezh bridge - Chernavsky.

The company's management believes that it may go bankrupt in mid-August YUKOS's capitalization is rapidly declining. Yesterday evening the company was worth a little more than $11 billion, although on Monday evening this figure was $17.5 billion. The collapse, as is known, was caused by the authorities’ intentions to sell the main asset of YUKOS, the Yuganskneftegaz company, and pay off debts with the money received holding before the budget.

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