Ukraine won the case regarding the plane detained in Canada The Federal Court of Canada on Wednesday ordered the release of the Ukrainian Ruslan aircraft, which had been under arrest at Guzbey airfield for more than a year. The Antonov Airlines company, which owns this plane, is now trying to rescue another exactly the same aircraft, seized in Belgium. Actually, neither the Canadian nor the Belgian justice has any complaints against Antonov Airlines.

Gazprom may gain control over strategic energy facilities in Georgia Working meetings between representatives of the Georgian government and the Gazprom delegation ended in Tbilisi. Representatives of the Russian concern, as Georgian media report, were invited by the Minister of Economic Development Kakha Bendukidze, and they are ready to offer $300 million for control of the Georgian main gas pipeline for the transit of gas to Europe from Iran.

Konstantin Zvezdochetov gave us an exhibition on his birthday Above the threshold of Gallery XL there is a sign like a road sign: in a red triangle there is the number “46” and the caption: “At a construction site.” For 46 years, from the moment of his birth to this day, Konstantin Zvezdochetov, the guru of Moscow conceptualism, the founder of various avant-garde associations and groups with good-natured names like “KLAVA” and “Mukhomor”, has been working hard in the field of art, an amazing

General Yudhoyono became president 55-year-old retired general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono won Monday's presidential election in Indonesia. Of the 122 million voters who voted, over 60% preferred him. This was the first direct election of the head of state since the country gained independence in 1945 - previously the president was appointed by the highest legislative body, the People's Consultative Congress.

The Kremlin may have to pay for the appointment of governors by electing senators The implementation of Vladimir Putin's initiative to elect regional heads on the proposal of the president may entail further changes in the structure of state power. One of the consequences of this reform is that the existence of the Federation Council in its current form becomes absolutely meaningless.

The list of prohibited tax schemes is formed without the participation of officials Without waiting for the authorities to legislatively define the criteria separating legal tax minimization from illegal ones (the Ministry of Finance promises to present a report on this next week), businesses are independently trying to find out the legality of their “scheme formation”.

The suspect in the terrorist attack has not been officially identified The identity of the man who was driving a car with explosives in Moscow, discovered on September 18 in Spiridonyevsky Lane, has not yet been identified. The intelligence services announced that the attacker was a former military submariner from St. Petersburg, Alexander Pumane, who died after interrogation.

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The state is trying to restore the trust of air passengers in the security services Russians seem to have perceived the authorities’ calls on society to show consciousness and make all possible contributions to the fight against terrorism as an admission by the state of the powerlessness of the special services. And they drew the appropriate conclusions, and not at all those that were expected from them.

Prizes were distributed at the Open Festival of the CIS and Baltic countries The Kinoshock festival is over. This time, by all accounts, it was very successful: the program was rich and interesting, the atmosphere was energetic and friendly, and even the capricious weather did not let us down - the bright sun shone all days, and the sea was warm and gentle. The mood did not worsen after the presentation of prizes.

YUKOS shares yesterday showed the most significant growth on the RTS, rising by 1.39% to $4. Investors reacted to the news that Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Bank had completed its assessment of Yuganskneftegaz. According to some media reports, the bank valued the company at $15-17 billion, which, according to experts, is a fair price. True, the head of the Russian branch of Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Bob Foresman, believes that the assessment is still not completed.

When discussions about the democratization of Russian society began in 1987, no one could imagine what it would be like twenty years later. By the time it came of age, democracy in Russia had successfully survived the difficult problems of growth and character development. Eighteen years is a short time both for human life and for a political system. We have a very young model, which nevertheless carries within itself all the fundamental principles of democracy.

Russia has put the former Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine on the international wanted list Former Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko has been put on the international wanted list. This decision was made yesterday by the Main Military Prosecutor's Office of Russia (GVP) due to the fact that she did not appear for questioning on Tuesday.

The RSPP will cease to be a “trade union of oligarchs” In its current form, the bureau of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), which unites the entire elite of Russian big business, will last a little more than a month and a half. As Igor Yurgens, executive secretary of the RSPP, told reporters yesterday, at the congress scheduled for November 16, the bureau and board will be re-elected. In the composition of the bureau, according to Mr.

Prime Minister Erdogan fights for Ankara's EU membership Yesterday in Brussels, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan achieved a decisive turning point in the wary and skeptical attitude of the European bureaucracy towards his country's membership in the EU. First, a decisive conversation took place with the European Commissioner for EU Enlargement, Gunther Verheugen, then Erdogan met with the Chairman of the European Commission, Romano Prodi.