Anyone can become a leader in the Russian Championship The leaders in the Russian championship change in each round. A couple of weeks ago, Moscow topped the standings, then Zenit and Torpedo joined it, and yesterday Spartak climbed to the very top. Such frequent changes of leaders are quite natural. There is no team in Russia now that can be called unconditionally the best. Two successful games and you're at the top. One wrong move - and again only in a large group of pursuers.

The man arrested on suspicion of committing terrorist attacks was charged Maxim Panaryin, who was detained in Voronezh in the case of explosions at the Moscow metro stations Avtozavodskaya and Rizhskaya, as well as at bus stops in Voronezh, was officially charged with terrorism and premeditated murder.

Gazprom completes the return of lost assets Tomorrow, the board of directors of Gazprom should put an end to the long-term project, which the concern's management called the return of lost assets. The management of the monopoly plans to approve a deal to restore the share in the authorized capital of Northgas OJSC. True, for this, the representatives of the concern and the shareholders of Northgas, represented by Senator Farhad Akhmedov, will have to finally come to an agreement.

Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon officially confirmed that the disengagement with the Palestinian Gaza Strip will not begin on July 20, as planned, but not earlier than August 15. Israeli troops and all Jewish settlers will leave the Gaza Strip, which is about eight thousand people from 21 settlements. The withdrawal is opposed both by the settlers themselves and by Israel's far-right movements.

The searches were related to money laundering of three companies The Investigative Committee (IC) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported last Saturday that the search carried out last week at the Moscow Uniastrum Bank is connected with the case of a native of Chechnya, one of the managers of Oil-Gas-Supply LLC Mukhait Aidamirov, accused of fraud.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky is being sentenced again The Meshchansky District Court of the capital today should once again try to begin announcing the verdict in the case of the ex-head of YUKOS Mikhail Khodorkovsky and the former head of the Menatep MFO Platon Lebedev. The previous attempt to put an end to this high-profile case before the May holidays for unknown reasons failed.

“Pocket” parliaments will be needed to appoint governors In April, the Altai Legislative Assembly was one of the first to express no confidence in the popularly elected governor Mikhail Evdokimov. So far the president has not taken punitive measures against the governor. But the example of the Altai parliament has already inspired dissatisfied parliamentarians from other regions to write similar complaints.

The Little World Theater presented the project “Opera is Possible All Around” The Little World Theater has so far produced only two opera productions: “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat” by Michael Nyman and “The Magic Flute, or The Wonderful Duda” based on Mozart. Both made a lot of noise in Moscow, were musically and scenically unique, and the Little World Theater earned a reputation as a serious supplier of alternative opera production.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Chechnya claims that the ex-vice president of Ichkeria was killed in Grozny The leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Chechnya announced yesterday the destruction of one of the separatist leaders - the former vice-president of the self-proclaimed republic of Ichkeria Vakha Arsanov.

General Motors and Toyota are going to jointly develop hybrid cars The leaders of two of the world's leading automakers - General Motors Corp. and Toyota Motors Corp. -- last Saturday signed an agreement to strengthen cooperation in the development of so-called hybrid cars that can simultaneously run on gasoline and environmentally friendly hydrogen fuel. The companies signed the main agreement on cooperation in this area for a period of five years back in 1999.

Fifty-six years old. Shchukin School, graduated in the seventy-first year (course of Yuri Katin-Yartsev), more than thirty years of service at the Mayakovsky Theater. Six dozen roles in film and television. And enormous nationwide love - this is how they love not stars, not unattainable divas, but loved ones, kind and understandable.

RAO UES disseminated false information about the closure of the register of shareholders RAO UES of Russia demonstrated that technical errors can occur on its corporate website. On Saturday, the company reported that the closing date of the register of shareholders entitled to participate in the annual meeting on June 29 was not postponed by one day due to holidays, as was announced on the holding’s website on May 4.

Our hockey players won third place at the World Championships The Russian team won world championship awards for the first time in the last three seasons. Yesterday in the match for third place, head coach Vladimir Krikunov's team defeated the Swedes - 6:3. Our hockey players scored goals for every taste. This was done by Maxim Afinogenov (twice), Alexey Kovalev, Alexey Yashin, Alexander Ovechkin and Alexander Semin.

Barcelona won the Spanish championship Catalonia rejoices. The blue garnet fans have been waiting for this day, the day when Barcelona will become champions again, for six years. All these years, Barça could not win a single trophy at all - neither in Spain nor in Europe. And here is the long-awaited victory in the national championship. Seventeenth in the history of the club.

Public statements by Russian diplomats on the tragic events in Uzbekistan indicate a lack of understanding by our authorities not only of the situation in the post-Soviet space, but also of the very criteria for the stability of political regimes. The apotheosis of this, to put it mildly, misunderstanding was yesterday's statement by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who called the tragedy in Andijan a provocative action of criminal groups like the Taliban.