People waiting in line for housing will find themselves in commercially unfavorable conditions Buying a home, despite the government’s attempts to reduce the cost and simplify the mortgage mechanism, will be too expensive for most Russians for a long time. And many still hope to fall into the category of beneficiaries eligible to receive free subsidies. However, the amounts of these loans are increasingly falling behind reality every year.

Dmitry Kozak appointed to fight poverty, terrorism and corruption Last Friday, the head of the presidential administration, Dmitry Medvedev, officially introduced the new plenipotentiary representative in the Southern Federal District, Dmitry Kozak, in Rostov-on-Don. The press was not allowed to attend the meeting with the heads of district departments. Nevertheless, Mr. Kozak later spoke to reporters and named his two main tasks in his new position.

Ukrainian presidential candidate claims he was poisoned The presidential campaign in Ukraine a month and a half before the vote is increasingly reminiscent of the plots of the Italian Renaissance, with their passions about poisons, etc. An attempt was allegedly made to poison 54-year-old Viktor Yushchenko, a Western-backed opposition leader and rival of the ruling party candidate. This was stated on September 17 by the head of Yushchenko's election headquarters, Alexander Zinchenko.

Rabbis change the name of the military operation Israeli rabbis have achieved a change in the name of the military operation to evacuate Jewish settlements from the Palestinian Gaza Strip. The code name, which is not usually given much importance by the military because it is chosen by a computer, caused a storm of protest in religious circles. The fact is that the phrase “Radiance of Heaven” is used in Judaism in a prayer read when commemorating the dead.

Participants of the deposit insurance system will be named tomorrow Tomorrow in Russia, a deposit insurance system will begin to operate, the creation of which the authorities announced at the beginning of Vladimir Putin’s first presidential term. The Central Bank and the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) will take a long-awaited step - they will name the names of the first banks to enter the system. According to a Vremya Novostey source close to the Bank of Russia, there will be about 30 of them.

This has never happened in the history of Russian tennis. Four of our players reached the decisive matches at the ATP and WTA tournaments in one week, making a kind of “poker”. Moreover, one of the finals turned out to be purely Russian. We have already become accustomed to the fact that our girls began to play the title among themselves more and more often. However, this time men followed suit.

Review of new products on the mobile phone market The mobile phone market has become so crowded that manufacturing companies have to look for all sorts of ways to convince potential buyers of the benefits of their devices. For example, their built-in camera is better because it rotates 180 degrees or has maximum resolution, is extremely compact, etc.

A new factor has emerged in the presidential race, which is scheduled to end in the US elections on November 2. It is small, but significant. His name is Ralph Nader. The 70-year-old firebrand consumer advocate was cleared Friday by the Florida Supreme Court to run for president on the Reform Party ticket. The news must have dampened the mood of Democratic candidate John Kerry.

Shamil Basayev published a price list of jihad On Friday, a virtual victory was won over the Chechen militants: the Lithuanian authorities decided to close the Caucasus Center website of the Chechen separatists, the server of which was located in the territory of this country. This decision has yet to be confirmed by the court, but access to the Caucasus was stopped promptly - already in the middle of the day on Friday. Now the correct ad appears on the empty home page.

Hopkins knocks out De La Hoya with a blow to the liver One of the most anticipated boxing matches of this year took place in Las Vegas - the fight for the title of absolute world middleweight champion. In the ninth round, American Bernard Hopkins knocked out his compatriot Oscar de la Hoya with a powerful left blow to the body. They have been wanting to see these fighters in the same ring for a very long time.

The FSB and the Ministry of Justice have prepared a law according to which the president will not fight terrorism At the first meeting after the parliamentary recess next Wednesday, the Duma will discuss a package of anti-terrorism laws. Key among them is the bill “On Countering Terrorism”, prepared by the FSB and the Russian Ministry of Justice.

“Dynamo” and “Amkar” decided which of them was superfluous There is one more private club in the Russian Premier League. The controlling stake in Dynamo (51%) passed to businessman Alexey Fedorychev. The same Fedorychev who owns the Fedcominvest company and sponsors the Monaco club. Now it is not known for certain how the remaining Dynamo shares are distributed.

The Theater Center on Strastnoy opened the season with the "Festival of Young Wine" New wine was indeed poured out to those who wished, but, of course, this was not just a theatrical party, but a declaration of intent. New building (second working season), new director - Stepan Grigorenko, a lot of new plans announced at the press conference. Last season, the center mainly rented out its stage to homeless theaters. Now he will have his own production - two or three premieres a year.

President At the initiative of the Georgian side, I had a telephone conversation with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. During the conversation, various aspects of bilateral cooperation were touched upon, as well as issues of the fight against terrorism. Held a meeting with members of the Security Council, at the meeting issues of domestic and foreign policy of the Russian state were discussed.

One hundred and fifty years ago Arthur Rimbaud was born The fate of Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) has everything that is needed for a legend.