50 dollars per barrel is almost a reality Perhaps today the price of oil will overcome the psychological mark of $50 per barrel. On Friday, the cost of a barrel of WTI oil in America under futures contracts for September reached $49.4.

The pension reform schedule is being disrupted again The authorities continue to adjust the pension reform “on the fly.” Last week, the head of the Russian Pension Fund, Gennady Batanov, said that the State Duma is considering a bill to postpone by three months the deadline for submitting information to the Pension Fund on the selection of a management company to manage the funded part of the pension and non-state pension fund.

The Federal Financial Markets Service does not want to understand the scandal on the Gazprom share market The scandal that erupted on August 18 on the Gazprom stock market gradually received the expected continuation.

A new Moscow metro station may appear on the site of a hotel sentenced to demolition One of the options for the transport support scheme for new hotels that will appear on the site of the Rossiya Hotel involves the construction of a new metro station. The chief architect of Moscow, Alexander Kuzmin, announced this the other day.

Our fans were almost sent to prison Two Russian fans attempted to enter the Olympic Village. Sports fans used a truck for this purpose. However, vigilant security guards intercepted the impromptu capture team and arrested the fans. "The Russians said they just wanted to spend the night," said a spokesman for the Olympic Village's paramilitary security. Soon the Russian fans appeared before a Greek court, which sentenced them to two months in prison.

The return of Henin-Hardenne dashed the Russians' hopes The Olympic tennis tournament ended unsuccessfully for the Russian team. In four types of the program, our athletes were unable to win a single medal. Despite the incredible efforts of Anastasia Myskina, she failed to defeat the Belgian Justine Henin-Hardenne in the semifinals. And the bronze medal match, by and large, no longer mattered to her. There is no other place for Nastya except the first one.

The company was accused of destroying sand and melting ice At the peak of the popularity of Japanese cars and their sales in the most attractive markets in the world, representatives of the Western scientific community spoke out against Toyota SUVs (and they make up more than a third of the company’s overall sales structure).

Registering ships in our country is still unprofitable The Russian flag, whose day was celebrated in our country yesterday, is seen less and less every year in the World Ocean. Statistics from the Ministry of Transport show that in the last decade the number of Russian ships that prefer to sail under so-called “flags of convenience” has only been increasing. The Russian flag cannot compete with “convenient” ones due to the strict tax regime existing in our country.

RAO UES wants to build power plants in Kyrgyzstan RAO UES of Russia continues to implement its strategy to conquer the energy sector of neighboring countries.

A new grain capital has appeared in Russia How long have you seen crowds of happy, smiling pensioners? And chicken eggs cost 9 rubles. for a dozen, potatoes for 4 rubles. per kg? Those who travel not in foreign cars, but in public transport and go to the market to buy food themselves, will understand how exotic these social and food phenomena are in modern times. Nevertheless, last week there was an abundance of both: Rostov celebrated a record grain harvest for all post-Soviet times.

Igor Yusufov again replaced Viktor Kalyuzhny Igor Yusufov, who served as Minister of Energy from June 2001 to March 2004, became Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry, overseeing the Caspian direction and energy issues. Unlike his predecessor, the special representative of the Russian President for the settlement of the status of the Caspian Sea, Viktor Kalyuzhny, Mr. Yusufov was not included in the number of deputy ministers of foreign affairs.

Romanian opposition fears Ceausescu's rehabilitation Today Romania will solemnly celebrate the 60th anniversary of the break with Nazi Germany and joining the anti-Hitler coalition. It is expected that the 83-year-old ex-king of Romania Mihai I, who has been living in Bucharest for several years, will take part in the celebrations.

Trial of terrorists resumed in Tashkent In the Supreme Court of Uzbekistan, the first trial in the case of a series of terrorist attacks committed at the end of March - beginning of April this year in Tashkent and the Bukhara region is coming to an end. According to official data, 47 people were killed then, 33 of whom were militants and suicide bombers. Uzbek policemen and several civilians became victims of the terrorists.

The Central Election Commission of Chechnya reported on preparations for the presidential elections At a meeting of the Central Election Commission on Friday, the chairman of the Chechen election commission, Abdul-Kerim Arsakhanov, made a report on the progress of preparations for the early presidential elections of the republic, which will take place next Sunday. Mr.

Ruslan of Antonov Airlines arrested in Belgium The An-124-100 Ruslan heavy transport aircraft, chartered in Ukraine to transport NATO military cargo from Belgium to Afghanistan, did not reach its destination. Trouble awaited him right at Brussels Melsbroek Airport. There, on July 18, the Ruslan of the Ukrainian airline Antonov Airlines was arrested following a claim by the Cypriot company TMR Energy Limited against the Ukrainian government.