The Russian tennis star was photographed topless not for the press Our tennis star Anastasia Myskina continues to break records. Most recently, she was the first Russian tennis player to win the Grand Slam tournament - the French Open, and now she intends to achieve the largest compensation for moral damages in the history of Russian sports.

Vladimir Putin interviewed Alexey Miller President Vladimir Putin on Friday spent 40 minutes at his residence in Zavidovo with the head of Gazprom, Alexei Miller, demonstrating deep knowledge of the profitability of the monopoly concern. The President reminded Mr. Miller that more work needs to be done to “increase Gazprom’s transparency, improve management, and improve the company’s structure.” In these areas, according to Vladimir Putin, the management of the concern has many unused reserves.

Guta Bank, whose collapse on July 6 became the apotheosis of the summer banking crisis, recently received permission from the Central Bank to resume all operations, including attracting private deposits. A month has passed since it declared insolvency due to “cash outflows during June” and was sold to state-owned Vneshtorgbank (VTB).

Spy scandals between Russia and Lithuania Moscow expelled the military attaché of the Lithuanian Embassy, ​​Colonel Sigitas Butkas. He was declared persona non grata "for activities detrimental to the interests of Russia." He was given two days to get ready. But the scandal did not end there. Now Russia refuses to accredit Colonel Romas Žibas as the new military attaché. He is the head of one of the departments of the Ministry of Regional Protection.

There will be no traditional reduction in rates on Sberbank deposits in August Sberbank, which will soon enter the deposit insurance system on common terms with other banks, is not yet going to change interest rates for the population. Deputy Chairman of the Board of Sberbank Evgeny Korolev said on Friday that this “is unlikely to happen before the end of the year.” “Assets on the market are still holding their value.

Western stock exchanges have had their worst week yet The main American stock indicators - the Dow Jones and NASDAQ indices - reached their lowest levels since the beginning of the year last week, falling by 3 and 6%, respectively. European stock indicators followed suit. Overall, last week was the worst for financial markets in developed countries in 2004. The signal for the fall that began on Thursday was given by another increase in oil prices.

Monaco, PSG and Marseille are ready to take the championship from Lyon The success of French clubs in Europe, especially the participation of Monaco and Marseille in the finals, sharply fueled interest in the French championship. Because the championship is exciting, unpredictable and combative. And each new championship reveals new names, and also makes seemingly extinct stars sparkle anew. I won’t go far for examples; I’ll just mention Didier Drogba and Fernando Morientes.

For the first time in Russia, the date of elections to the regional parliament was set by the election commission Instead of deputies, the election commission set the next date for elections to the legislative assembly of the Irkutsk region. Although this is a legal measure, it was applied forcedly. Parliamentarians were unable to assemble a quorum on time - resulting in the disruption of two sessions in a row and complete uncertainty about the date of the elections.

Relations between Moscow and Tbilisi in recent days, due to differences in interpretation of events around South Ossetia and Abkhazia, have again slipped into a “cold war”. This weekend, for the second time in recent days, the Georgian Foreign Ministry accused Russia of violating Georgian airspace - an “unidentified military aircraft” allegedly taking off from Russian territory flew over South Ossetia.

Last Friday, a change in leadership was announced at the Internal Affairs Directorate on the Moscow Metro, following a series of crimes in which employees of this department of internal affairs are accused. So, last week, a police sergeant was charged with attempted murder, who, while checking documents at the Sokolniki metro station, seriously wounded a native of Tajikistan.

A trip to Pyongyang takes you back a quarter of a century Three years have passed since North Korean leader Kim Jong Il made a long train journey from Pyongyang to Moscow and St. Petersburg and back in July-August 2001. The meeting of the “great commander” with President Vladimir Putin and the signing of the bilateral Moscow Declaration became a symbolic milestone for Russian politics, which persistently tried to regain the friends lost in the 90s.

If soon an article appears in the Russian Constitution about the leading and guiding role of the United Russia party, do not be surprised.

Alexey Miller: --...The government decided to increase tariffs in 2005 to a level that would allow us to break even on sales on the domestic market. But, unfortunately, the dynamics of metal prices that have now developed in our country are such that, apparently, Gazprom will not be able to overcome the level of zero profitability this year, and maybe even next year .

Sverdlovsk law enforcement officers leave the authorities for fear of losing benefits The campaign to abolish benefits is already beginning to bring unexpected results. The leadership of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Sverdlovsk Region, for example, announced a shortage of department employees.

The Prosecutor General's Office does not want to stop the Zarubezhneft case The situation around the criminal case of fraud with Zarubezhneft funds is taking on increasingly comical forms. Initially, it was suspected that the oil company, as a result of a series of dubious transactions, lost a large package of domestic government foreign currency loan bonds (OVGVZ) and shares of Severnaya Neft.