Lithuanians did not believe the ethics and diploma of the Russian minister Today, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas will accept the resignation of Minister of Economy Viktor Uspaskich. The head of the Labor Party, which is part of the government coalition, voluntarily leaves the cabinet and at the same time renounces his deputy mandate. Last Friday, Mr. Uspaskich sent relevant petitions to the head of government and the speaker of the Seimas.

Ukrainian “autocitizen” came into force Ukrainian car owners are starting to live by the same rules as Russians. Avtograzhdanka, which has been operating in Russia for almost two years, has fully come into its own in Ukraine.

Vacuum Cleaner Days took place at the Le Bourget Air Show At the aerospace show in Le Bourget, the “public day” coincides with the weekend. This means that the business part of the exhibition is over, the negotiations are completed, the VIPs have scattered to their countries, giving way to the curious public. At the entrance to the exhibition there are many kilometers of traffic jams, which are not quite usual even for Paris, which is constantly clogged with cars.

Another refereeing scandal is growing in football Russia. The event itself is ordinary. Not a single Russian championship has ever been without scandals involving accusations of football referees of all mortal sins. This time everything is different: the referee himself blames. The essence of the conflict is simple. During the Premier League match “Moscow” - “Krylya Sovetov”, referee Igor Egorov did not count the goal scored by “Moscow” striker Bracamonte against the Samara team.

The Prime Minister presented the country's new chief railway worker The last of the three main natural monopolies in Russia was headed by a man from St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg residents Anatoly Chubais (RAO UES of Russia) and Alexey Miller (Gazprom) were joined by Vladimir Yakunin. Last Friday, his presentation as president of the company took place at the office of Russian Railways. Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov came specially for this ceremony. He briefly recommended Mr.

Russian figure skater Alexey Yagudin is an infrequent visitor to his homeland. After winning the Olympics in Salt Lake City, Yagudin ended his amateur career and began performing in the prestigious ice show Star's On Ice. In connection with his new job, the figure skater actually moved overseas, so meeting a St. Petersburger in Moscow, and even with journalist accreditation in the press center of the European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, was surprising.

Expensive raw materials could become a serious problem for Russia OPEC's decision to raise oil production quotas did not help bring down prices. Last Friday, on the New York Stock Exchange, quotes soared to $58.6 per barrel. This figure is 22 cents higher than the absolute record recorded in early April. A similar situation developed on the London Stock Exchange - a new record was set there at $57.97 per barrel.

A State Duma deputy drowned in the Don. Attempt ruled out Today will be the funeral of State Duma deputy from United Russia Vladimir Litvinov, who died while fishing near his dacha near the Alitup farm, Aksai district, Rostov region. After the investigative measures, the local prosecutor's office decided not to initiate a criminal case, since it has no doubt that the death of the deputy was an accident.

Telecominvest is trying itself as a magazine operator The distribution of unprofitable but eminent Russian publications with a long history among corporations loyal to the current government continues. At the end of last week, the St. Petersburg telecommunications holding Telecominvest acquired a non-core asset when it purchased the Ogonyok magazine from the OVA-Press publishing house.

Government House was stormed again in Bishkek Former Speaker of the Kyrgyz Parliament Mukar Cholponbaev was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of organizing unrest in Bishkek. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he “was part of the leadership of the headquarters of the Meken movement, whose supporters seized the government house.” Let us clarify that we are not talking about the March unrest that cost Askar Akaev the presidency, but about the Friday riots in the Kyrgyz capital.

The novel by Mikhail Shishkin was chosen as a national bestseller The honorary chairman of the small jury of the National Bestseller award opens his lips only if the votes of the six ordinary judges are strictly equal (three times three, or three times two, or - who the hell is not joking - each of the six jury members notes “only his” novelist; there were six opuses on the current shortlist).

Civilians are fleeing from Chechnya to Dagestan again A year after the militants attacked Ingushetia, the problem of Chechnya again spilled over the Chechen borders - this time into Dagestan. For the fifth day, tension continues on the Chechen-Dagestan administrative border between the Dagestan city of Kizlyar and the Chechen village of Borozdinovskaya.

Rice agreed to destroy Israeli homes US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Israel on Saturday morning. The main goal of her eight-day tour of the Middle East is a peaceful settlement. The US Foreign Minister will also visit the Palestinian Authority, Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. In Israel, Condoleezza Rice was supposed to give the go-ahead for the implementation of the Palestinian-Israeli disengagement plan, which is due to begin on August 15.

The company lost a lawsuit for almost half a billion dollars. YUKOS's creditor banks are not giving up attempts to collect the debt. Last Friday, a London court satisfied the demands of global banks led by Societe Generale and recognized that Yukos must pay them $482 million for a $1 billion loan issued in 2003.

Premier League snipers can only dream of the Golden Boot A significant event took place in the next round of the Russian Championship. The goal was scored by Dmitry Sychev. The success of the main striker of the Russian team was rejoiced by the entire stadium. Of course, the goal scored by Sychev against Alania was his second in the 13 matches that Lokomotiv played in the current championship. Let's hope not the last.