Dynamo are not in the mood for the capital derby In Soviet times, matches between the capital's hockey teams CSKA and Dynamo were always the highlight of the championship. When multiple world champions and legendary hockey players, each of whom was a real personality with a capital P, came face to face on the ice rinks, the fans were guaranteed a magnificent spectacle.

The “Pumane Case” is becoming increasingly surrounded by new mysteries and scandals The mysterious story of the discovery of a car with explosives in Spiridonyevsky Lane in Moscow on September 18 is acquiring more and more scandalous details.

The “YUKOS case” has gone to the provinces Yesterday it became known that the Oktyabrsky District Court of Samara on Wednesday issued a resolution to arrest the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kuibyshev Oil Refinery OJSC (KNPZ) Rafail Zainullin. This was done at the request of the Investigation Department of the Main Internal Affairs Directorate of the Samara Region, which, as it turned out, was investigating a criminal case of tax evasion by an enterprise.

The Central Election Commission and parties discussed new rules of the game On Friday, the Central Election Commission held a meeting with representatives of political parties on the topic “Problems and prospects for elections of legislative bodies of the constituent entities of the federation using the proportional system.” The top officials of the main parties did not make it to the Central Election Commission.

Alu Alkhanov takes office as President of Chechnya Exactly a year after the election of its first post-war president, Chechnya is preparing for the inauguration of its second: tomorrow in Grozny, Alu Alkhanov, elected on August 29, will be inaugurated. It was promised not to hold a particularly loud celebration - this is somehow inappropriate against the backdrop of the ongoing forty-day mourning for the victims of Beslan in North Ossetia.

French hostages disappeared on their way to freedom A mysterious intrigue is developing around two French hostages in Iraq - journalists Christian Chenault and Georges Malbrunot. Separately engaged in their release, French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier and French parliament member Didier Julia exchange barbs, but cannot say where their charges are, who were supposed to arrive from Iraq to Syria on Friday.

Abkhazia is offended by Russian agitators Yesterday presidential elections took place in Abkhazia. The main contenders for the highest post in the unrecognized republic were the current Prime Minister Raul Khadzhimba, the official successor to the current President Vladislav Ardzinba, who has been seriously ill for the last two years, and the head of Chernomorenergo, who united the opposition, and former Prime Minister Sergei Bagapsh.

The highest governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church will approve a course towards rapprochement with abroad One of the most important tasks of the Russian Orthodox Church in the coming years will be the restoration of the unity of Orthodoxy, divided by the revolution and civil war. This is exactly how Patriarch Alexy II defined the main priorities of the Russian Orthodox Church at the Council of Bishops that opened yesterday in Moscow.

Next year we can expect an increase in deposit rates The launch of a deposit insurance system, which has already accepted 48 Russian banks with a total deposit volume of 36 billion rubles, will mean not only a reduction in risks for depositors, but also a change in deposit rates. Paradoxically, the profitability of private deposits in insured credit institutions is likely to go up.

Israel accuses UN of aiding terrorism The largest operation of the Israel Defense Forces in the last two years has unfolded in the Gaza Strip. Operation Days of Repentance involves more than 2 thousand soldiers, several hundred tanks and armored personnel carriers, as well as military aircraft. The main goal of the Israeli strike is to destroy workshops for the production of Qassam missiles, weapons depots and explosives.

Madrid managed to deal a serious blow to the Basque terrorist organization ETA (“Euskadi Ta Askatasuna” - “Basque Homeland and Freedom”). Spanish Interior Minister José Antonio Alonso announced yesterday that the main leader of ETA, Mikel Albizu Iriarte, his nickname Mikel Antsa, has been arrested in the south of France.

Ruspromavto is going to completely buy out the car plant in Chelyabinsk The Ruspromavto holding, controlled by Basic Element, is ready to become the sole owner of the Ural automobile plant, specializing in the assembly of all-wheel drive off-road trucks.

FBI is looking for Gazprom's millions Member of the Russian Federation Council Andrei Vavilov was subjected to more than 4 hours of interrogation by FBI investigators in the United States. This became known only yesterday, although the interrogation took place on January 5 at the airport in the American city of Palm Beach, where the personal plane of the former deputy minister of finance, and now a Russian senator, was forced to land. Mr.

Recently, a group of 115 prominent American and Western intellectuals and political figures published an open letter calling on the leaders of the European Union and NATO countries to recognize the failure of their policies towards the Kremlin and “unequivocally side with the democratic forces of Russia.” This letter appeared surprisingly timely - exactly one day before the first televised debate between candidates for the presidency of the United States.

Ignobel Prizes 2004 awarded On the eve of the presentation of the most honorable awards in the field of science - the Nobel Prizes - Harvard hosted its 14th annual ceremony honoring the authors of the most dubious scientific achievements. The Ig Noble prize was established by the Annals of Improbable Research magazine back in 1991. The award ceremony, which has already become a good tradition, is carried out by real Nobel Prize laureates, albeit dressed in wigs and clown glasses with big noses.