The Accounts Chamber will check the technical condition of energy networks Yesterday, it was rare for any official to ignore the topic of electric shock in Moscow and its surrounding areas. The head of the Accounts Chamber, Sergei Stepashin, reporting to the Duma budget committee on the work of his department in 2004, said that the chamber would for the first time check the true technical state of the country's energy sector in connection with massive power outages.

Forecast for the coming days May was generous with the unprecedented heat. On May 25, a third consecutive temperature record was set in Moscow - the air warmed up to +31.5°C, and in the south-east of the Moscow region it was almost +33°C. Following the atmospheric front, cool air arrived from the northwest, the weather returned to normal, which will remain until the end of the week.

Lord Browne builds ties with officials The head of BP, Lord Brown, often visits Moscow. Just a month ago he came to meet with Vladimir Putin, and yesterday, as Vremya Novostei learned, he flew to Russia again. Although in April the Russian president said that he does not regret that he agreed to the creation of TNK-BP two years ago, and is pleased with its work in Russia, the company’s problems have not diminished.

State Duma deputies have prepared a response to anti-Russian attacks from foreign countries Today the State Duma will consider a draft statement from the chamber in response to the anti-Russian moves of a number of parliaments of foreign countries. According to deputies, demands for Russia to apologize to this or that country for its occupation by the Soviet Union, and even with the payment of colossal compensation for the damage caused, are becoming too intrusive.

Liverpool won an amazing Champions League final The 2005 Champions League final will go down in history. Now, when a team loses 0:3 during a match, we will always remember how Liverpool, in the decisive match of the main European club tournament against the formidable Milan, managed to equalize the score, and later, in a penalty shootout, and win the Champions Cup. Fifth in the history of the Liverpool club. Now everyone knows: the Champions League can be won and lost in six minutes.

President I sent greetings to the participants and guests of the economic forum “Dagestan: New Regional Opportunities” taking place in Makhachkala. The greeting, in particular, says: “Your forum, which brought together representatives of government bodies, public organizations, and the business community, is designed to analyze the current state of the economy of Dagestan and propose constructive measures to solve the accumulated problems.

Ukraine plans to replace Russian oil with Iraqi and Libyan oil The May gasoline crisis in Ukraine, which caused a jump in prices and high-profile political scandals, forced the Ukrainian authorities to think about their oil policy. It was decided to squeeze out the Russians, who control gasoline prices and 90% of the Ukrainian oil refining market.

The Pentagon is ending its search in North Korea for the remains of American soldiers killed in the 1950-1953 Korean War. This was announced by senior US military spokesman Lawrence Di Rita, citing orders from US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. The Americans explained the suspension of search work by the severity of the restrictions imposed by Pyongyang: the North Koreans completely control the movements of search groups, prohibiting them from communicating with each other.

An attempt was made on the life of the top manager of Yuganskneftegaz in Nefteyugansk. One of the few top managers of Yuganskneftegaz who remained in his post after the sale of the company to Rosneft, Deputy General Director for Personnel Policy Sergei Burov yesterday almost lost his position and his very life. On Thursday morning, an attempt was made on Mr. Burov's life. At about 8 am, in the fifth microdistrict of Nefteyugansk, unknown persons opened fire on the manager of Yuganskneftegaz.

The Russian side considers the visit to Lithuania of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Transport Minister Igor Levitin very productive. Yesterday, in particular, it was possible to put an end to the protracted disputes surrounding the implementation of the 2K project concerning the regulation of cargo flows at the Klaipeda and Kaliningrad ports. The idea, proposed back in 2000 by Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus and Vladimir Putin, stalled due to unfriendly actions of the parties.

The premiere of the film “Zhmurki” took place in Moscow During the initial accumulation of new Russian capital, which has not yet faded from memory, but has already become a subject of study for high school students, several unpleasant and bloody misunderstandings happened in Nizhny Novgorod. Two young lawbreakers (Dmitry Dyuzhev and Alexey Panin) urgently need to return a suitcase of heroin to local authority Mikhalych (Nikita Mikhalkov).

After losing to Liverpool in the Champions League final, Milan players hastily left the Istanbul Olympic Stadium with their heads down, refusing interviews to all the numerous journalists. And only the Ukrainian striker of the “red-blacks” Andrei SHEVCHENKO, having heard the Russian speech, overcame the resistance of the guards, approached Vremya Novostey correspondent Arthur PETROSIAN and answered several questions. - Andrey, your Milan led with a score of 3:0 and missed the victory.

The Mariinsky Ballet's tour in Moscow has ended Over the past ten years, the Mariinsky Theater has appeared in Moscow in various ways - leisurely unfolding, majestically presenting a full collection of stars in the classical repertoire (seven years ago), arriving for a couple of days with a small cardboard baggage (brief visits to the Golden Mask), only quickly saying hello and immediately running off to catch the train (various concert and entertainment projects with the participation of

The qualifying format has been changed again in the Royal Races “Changing of the guard” is how Eddie Irvine, who drove for Ferrari for four seasons, described the situation in Formula 1. The Irishman, who closely monitors what is happening in the World Championship, believes that the time has finally come for young drivers - Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen will fight for the title not only this year, but for many years to come.

CLUBS Jason Webley (USA). Yesterday Webley performed a romantic program of “slow guys”. Today, viewers are in for a real storm: the program is called “Tomato Mayhem”! It will be a hurricane of sounds of an accordion being torn to pieces, wild screams mixed with guttural roars a la Tom Waits/Tibetan monks, and above all this - tomatoes, balloons and other toys flying into the hall.