An amendment on the Kremlin website reassured the Israelis A slip of the tongue by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the annual press conference almost caused a serious international scandal. In Israel, it became the reason for new discussions about Zionism. Answering a question from a Voice of Ukraine correspondent about his attitude towards presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko, the Russian head of state said: “The only thing we are counting on is that in Mr.

Volkswagen and Toyota are recalling large quantities of cars Two leaders of the global automotive industry, the German concern Volkswagen AG and the Japanese Toyota Motor Co. forced to begin a large-scale recall of their cars. According to Reuters, this action was initiated by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Department specialists considered that some car models produced by these companies contain defects that do not meet safety requirements.

The ISS received parcels and food from Earth The “Nativity fast” in low-Earth orbit is over. After a month of living on a reduced diet, the crew of the International Space Station had a chance to celebrate the New Year at a real festive table. Yesterday, at 2.58 Moscow time, the Russian Progress M51 cargo ship with water, food, fuel and scientific equipment successfully docked to the ISS.

Russia will sign a long-awaited agreement with Iran Supplies of Russian nuclear fuel to the Iranian Bushehr nuclear power plant may begin in 2005. In January, an agreement on the return of spent nuclear fuel to Russia will be ready and signed. “The likelihood of this is very high,” Rosatom head Alexander Rumyantsev emphasized at a meeting with Russian journalists on Friday.

The mayor of Moscow exchanged gifts with Santa Claus Moscow has begun the countdown to the New Year. For those who, for some reason, have not yet noticed the approach of the most democratic and popular holiday in Russia, the capital's mayor Yuri Luzhkov, who replaced his famous cap for the academic cap of the Keeper of Time for the occasion, turned on a special clock on Tverskaya Square yesterday. The theatrical performance at the city hall, in which Mr.

The work of the Israeli diplomatic mission is resuming in Belarus. Last Friday, Ambassador Zeev Ben-Arye presented his credentials to President Lukashenko. The Israeli embassy in Minsk closed last year for financial reasons. "Israel was forced to decide to close the embassy in Belarus, like other missions, due to severe budget constraints. The reasons for the budgetary difficulties are the continuous and exhausting war on terrorism," Zeev Ben-Aryeh told reporters.

New works by Andrey Filippov and Anatoly Osmolovsky The other day, the patriotic artist Andrei Filippov showed the project “The Catcher in the Rye” at the E.K. Artburo gallery. As usual, about the long-suffering homeland. This time the landscape (as always with Filippov - winter) turned out to be a snow-covered and almost three times enlarged black and white copy of Shishkin’s textbook painting “Rye”.

CLUBS "Mill". Ethnic, mainly Celtic and Slavic music, performed by academic musicians on violin, flute, cello, two acoustic guitars and percussion. The group recently presented a new concert program. "Vermel" , 21.00. "Earring". "B2" , 22.00. Bakhyt Kenzheev. Creative evening and presentation of a new collection of poems called “Invisible”. Bilingua , 19.00.

The computer games market reached maturity in 2004 Discs containing programs that simulate virtual worlds, simulating airplane flights or car racing are a strange commodity. It brings utilitarian benefit only to those who sell it. Those who purchase it exchange their time and money for primitive pleasure, the risk of falling into psychodependence and injuring the nervous system due to an overdose. But let's not deny the obvious: electronic games are hardly more harmful than tobacco.

Lieutenant Gref in the service of the Fatherland “Meet reserve lieutenant German Gref,” Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov told reporters at the Plesetsk cosmodrome. “Today he is called up for one-day military training,” added Minister Ivanov. Minister Gref could hardly be recognized in a camouflage uniform without insignia and an astrakhan general’s hat. However, given the frosty and very windy day, the military uniform came in handy for Minister Gref.

Prime Minister Fradkov is afraid of waking up in the dark Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov is afraid that the risks in carrying out reforms in the electric power industry have not been sufficiently calculated and can lead to disastrous consequences in the final stages of the reform. And not only economic, but also (which is apparently more important for the prime minister) political.

The Board of Directors of Magnitogorsk did not implement the recommendation of the Accounts Chamber The management of the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK), privatized last week, decided to share dividends with the state. Last Friday, MMK's board of directors recommended that the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders on December 30 make a decision on the payment of dividends based on the results of work for nine months for a total amount of 1.5 billion rubles.

The plaintiff and the defendant in the “network libraries case” met at a round table At the round table meeting “Copyright in the electronic space. Electronic Libraries”, organized by the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation, met the creator of the electronic library Lib.ru Maxim Moshkov and the general director of the KM Online company, Vyacheslav Rudnikov, who is pursuing him in court.

Super League leaders are set to conquer Europe Before the New Year, there are only a few calendar matches left to be played in the Super League. However, the teams that occupy the first two places in the Russian championship will only play in the domestic championship in January.

The head of Kalmneft is paying for the wrong attitude towards the President of Kalmykia On Friday, the judicial panel for criminal cases of the Supreme Court of Kalmykia upheld the decision of the Elista City Court to arrest the president of Kalmneft OJSC Vladimir Boldyrev. In December last year, the Kalmykia prosecutor's office opened a criminal case against him under Article 160-3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (misappropriation or embezzlement).