Watch from July 29 on Moscow screens "Mindhunters" (USA, 2003, Renny Harlin). A new variation on the eternal theme of “Ten Little Indians,” only in the role of successively exterminated victims here are not sinners collected from the pine forest, but the FBI elite: newcomers to the special unit for combating serial killers. On the training island they had to solve a mock crime, but instead they had to figure out the maniac in their circle.

Egyptian diplomat Muhammad Mamdouh Qutub, who was taken hostage, returned yesterday to the Egyptian Embassy in Baghdad. On Friday, another previously unknown Iraqi group, the Lions of Allah, announced that it was taking revenge on Egypt for offering to help Iraq in training and training police officers. It is rumored that hundreds of thousands of dollars were paid to the kidnappers, but Egypt denies this. The militants also say they released Mr. Qutb in admiration of his piety and nobility.

At the Salzburg Festival, the famous conductor staged a baroque extravaganza Purcell's King Arthur at the Salzburg Festival is a show for those who believe in fairy tales, but especially for those who live in them. Bubbling joyful energy and fullness of life are the motto of festival opera premieres. "King Arthur" is a celebration of prosperity at the celebration of life. The performance is based on an extremely simple philosophy. The world exists only for you!

The court suspended the creation of the world's largest banking group In the world's largest banking merger, Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. and UFJ Holdings Inc. - there was a loud scandal. The Tokyo District Court yesterday suspended the implementation of the agreement to combine their assets after Japan's third-largest bank, Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., intervened in the matter. Ltd.

CLUBS Almas del fuego. Concert of one of the best Russian flamenco groups. The dancers studied flamenco choreography in Spain, including at the famous Seville school Manolo Marin. In addition, Larisa Petrova , the only flamenco flute performer in Russia, plays in the group. Summer veranda of the Chinese pilot Zhao Da club (entrance through the Cooker House) , 21.00. Patsy Grant (USA).

BP head Lord Browne refused to buy Yukos assets There is one less potential contender for the purchase of YUKOS assets. As the head of BP, Lord John Brown, said yesterday, his company does not intend to acquire the property of the disgraced company. At the same time, Mr. Brown is not afraid that TNK-BP will find itself in a situation similar to the one that developed around YUKOS.

Vagit Alekperov bought a polypropylene production plant from Yuri Luzhkov LUKOIL-Neftekhim yesterday acquired almost 90% of Stavropolpolymerproduct from the Moscow government and is going to create on the basis of this company an enterprise that will produce up to 100 thousand polypropylene per year. The transaction amount was $32 million, and LUKOIL President Vagit Alekperov promised to invest up to another $150 million in Stavropolpolymerproduct.

Moldova wants other negotiations Chisinau is deciding what to do next with the Transnistrian settlement. The Minister of Reintegration of Moldova, Vasily Sova, said that the President of the Republic of Moldova, Vladimir Voronin, convened a meeting on this matter yesterday. But no decisions have been announced yet.

Forecast for the coming days In the coming days, a low-moving anticyclone remains over the north of European Russia. It is prevented from moving south by cyclones, one after another coming from the territory of foreign Europe. The center of one of them will be over the Baltic states and will shift to the northwestern region in the afternoon. But the anticyclone also firmly holds its position.

On Monday, the leader of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity arrived in Moscow. According to the plenipotentiary envoy of the president of the unrecognized republic in Russia, Dmitry Medoev, “among the issues that Mr. Kokoity is discussing in Moscow is attracting investment to South Ossetia.” During the visit, “various consultations may take place,” the plenipotentiary noted. Official Russian representatives do not say anything about the purpose of the South Ossetian leader's visit.

Destination -- Gotland The Swedes are stubborn people. If they were preparing for a summer vacation, then they will spend it like a summer vacation. Therefore, on the streets of Visby, the medieval Hanseatic city, the capital of the island of Gotland, in this cold summer of 2004 it is very easy to distinguish locals from visitors. Blondes and blondes in quilted jackets and sometimes sheepskin coats are local. Blondes and blondes in cleavage and shorts - vacationers from mainland Sweden.

US and UK insist they will not send troops to Sudan The UN Security Council this week will discuss the American draft resolution on the introduction of international sanctions against Sudan. Let us remember that the situation with Iraq developed in a similar way: first sanctions were imposed against it, and then the war began. The Europeans also threaten Khartoum, which is accused of genocide in Darfur province in the west of the country, with sanctions.

Car warehouses were taken away from the Russian military in Georgia The misadventures of the Russian military in Georgia continue.

President Signed the federal law on Russia's accession to the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation in Southeast Asia. Russia received an official invitation to join the treaty last fall. The State Duma adopted the corresponding law on July 2, the Federation Council approved it on July 15.

Military crime is on the rise, but lags behind civilian crime Yesterday, the chief military prosecutor, Colonel General of Justice Alexander Savenkov, published figures characterizing the state of crime in the Russian armed forces. In the first half of the year, military prosecutors registered more than 10 thousand crimes, 7.3 thousand military personnel were convicted, of which about 800 were officers. The crime rate in military units increased by 9%.