The future was predicted for the person accused of stealing money from Moscow City Another scandal erupted in the Presnensky District Court of Moscow, where yesterday the hearing continued in the case of the general director of Spetsstroyservis-2000 LLC, Evgeniy Yankovsky, accused of embezzling 1 billion rubles allocated for the construction of the Moscow City international business center.

Watch from October 7 on Moscow screens “Mars” (Russia, 2004, Anna Melikyan). A boxer (Gosha Kutsenko), who has lost himself on the unknown paths of a midlife crisis, leaves the capital aimlessly and ends up in the seaside city of Mars (that is, Marx without one letter falling out of the sign), which really looks more like another planet than an ordinary regional center..

Domodedovo rises to the third level Domodedovo International Airport announced yesterday the conclusion of a contract with Honeywell Airport Systems Gmbx for the equipment of the runway according to ICAO category three standards. Until now, there is only one airport in Russia whose equipment corresponds to this category. Domodedovo expects to become the second such facility by the end of 2004, when Honeywell Airport Systems completes its work.

The revival of CSKA took place only on paper The starting calendar matches of the Russian Championship coincided with the WNBA playoffs. Therefore, our leading clubs were forced to enter the national championship without several foreign players still involved in the overseas league. However, this is not a problem for the leaders - both the current champion VBM-SSAU (Samara) and the capital's Dynamo, which had noticeably strengthened in the summer, debuted with confident victories.

PACE wants to talk about Russia and the Caucasus These days, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will receive its 46th member - the Principality of Monaco will join the organization. The appreciative speech by Crown Prince Albert of Monaco adds a certain gloss to the five-day session in Strasbourg, but does not reflect the essence of the event. The leitmotif of the meeting was set on Monday by PACE Chairman Peter Schieder.

Yuri Luzhkov is disturbed by garbage in a famous metropolitan park Having staged another scolding of his subordinates at yesterday's meeting of the capital's government, Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, it seems, decided to prove that he understands the environmental problems of the metropolis much better than the specialists.

Russia steps up fight against terrorist financing Changes are coming again on the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing front. Yesterday, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said that the possibility of tightening the relevant legislation is being considered.

Mosenergo shares almost tripled in price over the week Trading in Mosenergo shares yesterday broke all stock market records: within an hour, the energy company's shares rose in price by as much as 70% compared to the closing price of the previous day. And from September 28, quotes increased from 3.61 to 9.95 rubles. per piece, or by 275%. Experts believe that such a rapid rise in share prices is due to their purchase, which is most likely carried out by Gazprom structures.

Yesterday in the first half of the day, joyful forebodings reigned at the election headquarters of the opposition presidential candidate of Abkhazia. Sergei BAGAPSH himself had no doubt about his victory following the results of the elections held in the unrecognized republic last Sunday, as he told Vremya Novostey’s correspondent in Georgia, Mikhail VIGNANSKY. — What percentage of the votes, according to your data, were you able to get? -- Fifty one. This is the final number.

The problems of terrorism were discussed in Berlin Yesterday in Berlin, famous political and public figures from Belgium, Germany, Israel, Latvia, Russia, and France met at the Russia House. The meeting was also attended by the German Jürgen Mayer, representing the entire European Union. According to those gathered, “the number one enemy of civilized humanity” is terrorism, and one must know this enemy by sight.

The organizers of the kidnapping of Sergei Kukura have been charged The prosecutor's office of the Smolensk region has put an end to the investigation of one of the most scandalous crimes of recent times - the kidnapping of the first vice-president of LUKOIL Sergei Kukura. As a Vremya Novostey correspondent learned, recently official charges of attack on an oil worker were brought against Smolensk authorities Igor Ryabokon, nicknamed Harris, and Yuri Statsenko (Stets).

The presidential campaign is in full swing in Ukraine, which will end with voting on October 31. Of the 24 presidential candidates, the protégé of the party in power, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, and opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko have the greatest chances of winning. Raisa BOGATYREVA, Mr. Yanukovych’s right-hand man and the leader of the prime minister’s “Regions of Ukraine” faction in the Rada, tells Vremya Novostey about her vision of the pre-election situation.

How they provided assistance to the relatives of those killed in America For the first and so far the last time, American society was faced with the need to pay massive compensation to the victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

The communists want to hold an anti-Putin referendum. But they won't succeed The communists are determined to hold a referendum, which the Kremlin took a lot of effort to block. However, now, to the questions about land and subsoil that the Communist Party of the Russian Federation planned to ask the population two years ago, new topics have been added - the latest initiatives of the authorities: monetization of benefits and the actual abolition of gubernatorial elections.

The head of the Pentagon forgot why he started the war in Iraq Saddam Hussein did not maintain relations with al-Qaeda terrorists. This statement was made in New York, speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations, by US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. It turns out that the Pentagon chief “never saw any hard and reliable evidence” of a connection between the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein and the international terrorist group al-Qaeda.