Russian defense industry workers united outside Russia Four years later, at the 48th salon in Le Bourget, the products of the United Russian Aircraft Manufacturing Company will be exhibited in the Russian pavilion. This was promised yesterday by the head of the Federal Agency for Industry, Boris Aleshin. “By this time,” he said, “all organizational problems will be overcome, cooperation in the technological and financial fields will be established.” Mr.

A city near Moscow was almost flooded with gasoline The Moscow region city of Noginsk was virtually on the verge of complete incineration yesterday. On Wednesday night, after a powerful explosion, the Neftoservis oil depot, located just 300 meters from residential buildings, caught fire. Gasoline spilled from pipelines formed a real lake of fire. As a result, there was a real threat of a powerful explosion and a spill of thousands of tons of gasoline from the tanks.

The report of the evaluation commission of the International Olympic Committee is, in fact, the last official stage in the election race. Now all that remains is to wait until the next IOC session on July 6 will announce the city that will be entrusted with the right to host the 2012 Olympics. Vremya Novostei correspondent Olga ERMOLINA spoke with the sports director of the Moscow 2012 bid committee, Dmitry SVATKOVSKY.

Volga-Dnepr and Atlant-Soyuz are ready to lease cargo aircraft The Volga-Dnepr Group of Companies signed an agreement yesterday in Paris with the leasing company Ilyushin-Finance Co. (IFK) for the purchase of two Il-96-400T cargo aircraft. As IFC General Director Alexander Rubtsov told Vremya Novostey, the document provides for the transfer of aircraft to Volga-Dnepr on a financial lease for 15 years. The aircraft are produced by the Voronezh Aviation Plant (VASO), of which IFC is a shareholder.

Vladimir Yakunin appointed President of Russian Railways Russian railways yesterday found a new president - Vladimir Yakunin, who until now held the post of first vice-president of Russian Railways. Former leader Gennady Fadeev became an assistant to Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov. The issue of such a reshuffle has been discussed since the transformation of the Ministry of Railways into Russian Railways in 2003, but then it was decided to leave Mr. Fadeev.

Gary Tatintsian Gallery hosts an Alexis Rockman exhibition The future is Alexis Rockman's only goal. He rushed there straight from the prehistoric past, about which he knows, if not everything, then a lot. Fossil enthusiast and modern animation specialist specializes in wild futuristic fantasies with an emphasis on evolution.

According to the prosecutor's office, the bus that fell from the bridge was driven by a disabled person. The Khabarovsk Territory prosecutor's office yesterday brought charges against Vitaly Zhitkov, the driver of a passenger bus who fell a month ago from a bridge in the city center. He is charged with Art. 264-3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violation of traffic rules and operation of vehicles, resulting in the death of two or more people).

The budget and the constitution have shaken up the European Union Today the next two-day EU summit begins in Brussels. “This is a key summit for the future of the EU,” EU diplomats accredited in Moscow, interviewed by a Vremya Novostei correspondent, did not hide their concern yesterday. It will examine the ratification of the European Constitution and the structure of the EU budget for 2007-2013.

Belarusian bureaucrats are restricted from traveling abroad President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko yesterday signed a decree regulating foreign business trips of civil servants. Traveling abroad on business is now only possible with the personal consent of the president, and the duration of a business trip abroad should not exceed two days.

The Moscow City Duma allowed schools to provide paid services Following the instructions of Yuri Luzhkov, who demanded to stop extortion in the capital's schools, the head of the Moscow Department of Education, Lyubov Kezina, seems to have found a way not to leave her students at a loss. Yesterday, deputies of the Moscow City Duma adopted her proposed amendments to the city law “On the Development of Education,” allowing schools to provide additional services on a paid basis.

By September, SIBUR will turn into AKS Holding The meeting of SIBUR shareholders yesterday approved the creation of a new company, AKS-Holding, as well as the introduction of shares of 20 petrochemical enterprises worth 16.99 billion rubles into its authorized capital. As a result, SIBUR's share in this company will be 42%.

Legislators of the Jewish Autonomous Region protected the fauna of the region Deputies of the Birobidzhan City Duma banned citizens from cloning animals. The corresponding document was adopted yesterday along with new rules for keeping pets.

The former mayor of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky received four years probation Yesterday, the city court of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky found the former mayor of the city, Yuri Golenishchev, guilty of exceeding official powers under Art. 285 part 2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which led to the disruption of the 2003 heating season. The court sentenced Mr. Golenishchev to four years of suspended imprisonment and banned him from holding leadership positions for three years.

Deputies criticized Andrei Fursenko's program Education reform, carried out by the team of Minister Andrei Fursenko, became the subject of heated debate yesterday between the legislative and executive powers. The minister came to the deputies to tell them during government hour about planned innovations in secondary and higher schools. But before he could finish reading his report, he was accused of intending to destroy free higher education and trying to “plant a bomb under Russia.” Mr.

Adviser to the President of Russia on military-technical policy and development of the military-industrial complex Alexander BURUTIN answered questions from Vremya Novostey columnist Nikolai POROSKOV. — In February of this year, the Presidium of the State Council identified the tasks for creating a united aircraft manufacturing company. What's the next step? -- The main provisions for creating a holding company, a feasibility study will be determined in the upcoming presidential decree.