Rostvertol is preparing to assemble Ukrainian buses Next year, the Rostov Helicopter Plant will begin assembling Ukrainian buses on its premises along with Mi combat helicopters, Consul General of Ukraine in the Southern Federal District Petr Andrienko told Vremya Novostei. Rostvertol's partner will be the Boryspil Automobile Plant in the Kyiv region. “The signed agreement is already on the way,” says the diplomat.

Dmitry Ayatskov decided to prove his loyalty to the president with deeds Saratov Governor Dmitry Ayatskov is making desperate efforts to remain in his post. Yesterday he explained to Saratov journalists the resignation of the regional government and did not rule out the possibility that he would run for governor for a third term.

The bailiffs received only the debt “body” from the company Tomorrow the deadline given by the bailiffs to YUKOS for final settlements with the budget expires. By the end of August, the holding was supposed to pay $3.4 billion to the treasury, but a week ago it announced that it was able to repay only half of this amount.

CLUBS Umka and "Armored Car". Umka (aka Anya Gerasimova) is one of the few representatives of Moscow “apartment rock” currently giving concerts. Together with the Bronevichok group, Umka, as she herself says, continues the traditions of American and British guitar rock of the 60s and 80s. "B2" , 21.00. Sunlight. Jazz performed by young, but already in demand musicians in famous groups - Nikolai Moiseenko, Pyotr Ivshin and others. Bilingua , 21.00.

Germany is clearing itself of the consequences of military confrontation Over the course of half a century on German soil, a group of Russian troops has created a solid infrastructure. Russian military historian Mikhail Boltunov in the mid-90s summed up the “creative side” of the West Group’s stay in Germany.

AvtoVAZ is trying out the Far Eastern market AvtoVAZ is not abandoning plans to build a plant in the Primorsky Territory and displace the used Japanese foreign cars that dominate the Far East.

Libyan Colonel Gaddafi breaks record for staying in power The Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is considered by some to be a genius and the savior of the nation, while others consider him a crazy dictator. But tomorrow he will break all records of being in power among modern politicians. 35 years ago, on September 1, 1969, as a result of a military coup in Libya, a group of young officers led by 27-year-old Captain Gaddafi came to power.

Dynamo slipped into the relegation zone Zenit took advantage of the opportunity to once again lead the race for the Russian champion title. Meeting Dynamo in Petrovsky Park, Vlastimil Petrzhela’s team achieved the desired result in the first minutes. Russian national team forward Alexander Kerzhakov scored twice. And Muscovites, in turn, are forced to seriously think about their future.

When German authorities talk about the “last” Russian soldier who left German territory ten years ago, they do not take into account defectors who, for one reason or another, did not want to go home as part of their unit. Contrary to gloomy forecasts in this regard from local sociological experts, there were about 200 Russian soldiers, which is not so many against the backdrop of a 500,000-strong detachment of soldiers and members of their families who went home in a disciplined manner.

There was a political split in the investigation into the causes of the death of passenger airliners. In the story of the investigation into the causes of the death of the Tu-134 and Tu-154 passenger airliners, which took off from the capital's Domodedovo airport and almost simultaneously broke up on the evening of August 24 in the air over the Tula and Rostov regions, an obvious internal conflict emerged yesterday.

Yesterday the US Republican Party convention opened in New York. Four days later, he will approve 58-year-old George W. Bush as his candidate for a second term as US President. (Democrats held their convention in Boston a month ago, formally nominating 60-year-old John Kerry.) Republicans are holding their convention in New York for the first time in their century-and-a-half history.

French authorities turned down journalist kidnappers Yesterday the world watched with bated breath the fate of two French hostages in Iraq. These are journalists - 37-year-old Christian Chesneau from Radio France Internationale and 41-year-old Georges Malbrunot from the Le Figaro newspaper. They disappeared on August 20 in southern Iraq, where they were planning to interview Shiite imam Muqtada al-Sadr. But they did not reach the imam.

Weapon smuggling Remnants of Guns N'Roses and Stone Temple Pilots are involved in a strange but viable project. Just ten years ago it seemed absurd for stadium rockers and members of a cult grunge band to unite. And so that this project is not just viable, but 100% successful. The instigators of this cause (trend?) were Velvet Revolver.

Newcomers to the Spanish Championship justify the clubs' investments Last off-season, the leading clubs in Spain once again skimmed a good portion of the transfer cream, replenishing their ranks with players who were in the public eye during last season. And some of these players “shot” already in the first round of the national championship, confirming their already high reputation. At the same time, their teams were not as convincing as one might expect.

The price of raw materials failed to reach the $50 mark The price of oil in America has not overcome the barrier of $50 per barrel of raw materials, although experts were confident that this should have happened last week. On the contrary, over the course of several days, quotes have been steadily creeping down. True, the drop is still not so significant as to satisfy oil consumers - the cost of raw materials still exceeds $40. Yesterday in New York, a barrel fell in price to $41.9.