The head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Transport (Rostransnadzor), Alexander Neradko, admits that the powers of his service, the regulations of which were approved by the government two weeks ago, may expand over time. The regulations on the service provide that, as part of measures to ensure transport safety, it has the right, in particular, to conduct the necessary investigations, except for road and aviation accidents.

The Ministry of Economy and the Central Bank compete in optimism At today's meeting, the government will take as a basis the third and final version of the country's macroeconomic development for 2005, proposed by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade. It was calculated just the other day based on the average annual oil price of $28 per barrel. The third scenario, White House officials say, is the most optimistic one implemented by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade.

The opposition considers Hugo Chavez's victory a fraud The Venezuelan Election Commission has decided to re-check the results of Sunday's referendum, which left the country's current President Hugo Chavez in office until January 2007. According to official data, which were confirmed by international observers, 58% of Venezuelans who voted were in favor of continuing the powers of Hugo Chavez. 41% were against.

The Russian President found the cause of the crisis in South Ossetia The escalating conflict between Tbilisi and Tskhinvali received an emotional assessment yesterday from the lips of the top Russian leadership.

And he will strengthen his military bases there The list of countries to which, according to the plan of US President George W. Bush, part of the American military contingent may be redeployed from Europe in the coming years, has been replenished with one more state. This is Uzbekistan. According to the Associated Press, this was recently reported by three Pentagon officials on condition of anonymity.

The Federal Space Agency is trying to circumvent consumer rights law Unlike Western space tourists, the Federal Space Agency does not seem to respect St. Petersburg businessmen and is not going to welcome them into orbit with open arms. As it became known yesterday, the flight to the ISS of Russian businessman Sergei Polonsky is in jeopardy, since the parties cannot agree on a number of essential terms of the contract.

President Signed the federal law “On Amendments to Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation and some other acts of legislation of the Russian Federation.” Federal law establishes a zero value added tax rate for the export of oil and natural gas to the territory of member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Restorers were given new premises thanks to believers The parishioners of the Church of the Resurrection in Kadashi still managed to expel the restorers from the temple. Moreover, in such a way that both previously warring parties were equally satisfied with the outcome of the long-term litigation. As the communication service of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate reported yesterday, restorers from the All-Russian Scientific and Cultural Center named after.

BADMINTON. Men. Singles. Quarterfinals. Hidayat (Indonesia) -- Gade (Denmark) -- 15:12, 15:12, Sean Sun Mo (South Korea) -- Chen Hong (China) -- 10:15, 15:4, 15:10, Pongsana ( Thailand) - Susilo (Singapore) - 15:10, 15:1, Kunchoro (Indonesia) - Park Ta San (South Korea) - 15:13, 15:4. BASKETBALL. Preliminary stage. Men. 2nd round. Group "A". Spain - Argentina - 87:76, China - New Zealand - 69:62, Serbia and Montenegro - Italy - 74:72.

Serbia has changed its state symbols The Serbian Parliament unanimously approved the new state symbols of the republic. True, Tuesday’s vote was boycotted by deputies of the Socialist Party of Serbia, which supports ex-President Slobodan Milosevic.

CLUBS Sergey Golovnya . Time for jazz. Cool Train , 21.00. Greyhound blues . Blues. "Oracle of the Divine Bottle" , 22.00. Yotam Silberstein (Israel, guitar). Presentation of the solo CD The Arrival. Rising star of the Israeli jazz scene Yotam Silberstein plays quirky jazz that combines Israeli and Brazilian themes. Despite his youth, he has already won the title of best jazz musician in Israel several times. Many famous Israeli musicians and performers collaborate with him.

The concern again lost a tender in Europe The privatization campaign in the European gas industry is turning out extremely unsuccessfully for Gazprom. Yesterday, the Russian concern lost another tender - this time in Romania, which it recently announced as the main springboard for expanded expansion into the European gas end-use market.

Doctors reported that schools are not ready for the new school year The department, which has recently been called the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare, traditionally reported on the deplorable state of Russian schools on the eve of September 1. As the head of the service, Gennady Onishchenko, said at a press conference yesterday, many educational institutions have not gotten rid of the shortcomings noticed by the commissions last year.

Ekimov is tired of being a highway laborer The results of individual time trial races at the Olympics were somewhat unexpected for us, but in the end very pleasant. The main hopes were associated with the performance of the women, and in particular Zulfiya Zabirova, but she finished only eighth. But in the afternoon, the unfading champion of Sydney 2000, Vyacheslav Ekimov, won silver.

Injured Taov climbed to the pedestal One of the most medal-winning sports in Russia at this Olympics is judo. Russian wrestlers have already won three awards. After Vitaly Makarov’s silver and Dmitry Nosov’s bronze, Khusambi Taov won another bronze medal in the up to 90 kg category. The first two only lost to future champions. Taov was no exception. Already in the 1/8 finals, the lot brought him together with the undisputed favorite of the competition, Zurab Zviadauri from Georgia.