Yesterday the Russian swimming championship ended in the capital's Olympic swimming pool. Based on the results of the Russian championship, a team will be formed that will go to Canada for the World Aquatics Championships in July.

They waited for compensation from the regulator The Central Bank announced yesterday that it will begin paying depositors of Dialog-Optim Bank on August 1, that is, a year after its license was revoked. According to the law, investors will be able to receive up to 100 thousand rubles. (minus preliminary payments) through bank branches - an agent of the Central Bank, which, following the results of the tender, became Rosbank.

Exhibition of graphics by Mikhail Vrubel and Viktor Borisov-Musatov The exhibition opening today in the main building of the Tretyakov Gallery amazes with its finest arabesque pattern of themes, ideas and meanings. The theme of “lost opportunities” suddenly became poignant and very authentic to the Silver Age. Alexander Benois spoke of Vrubel like this: “All are just sketches, hints... scraps, shreds... his true enormity...

Gas deficit in Ukraine has reached 18 billion cubic meters Gazprom continues to take a hard line in relations with Ukraine. The head of Naftogaz, Alexey Ivchenko, who arrived in Moscow yesterday for negotiations, was confronted with a fact: the head of Gazprom, Alexey Miller, informed him of a unilateral decision taken on the fate of 7.8 billion cubic meters of Gazprom gas “stuck” in Ukrainian underground storage facilities.

The political and financial intrigue surrounding the sale of the American oil company Unocal is flaring up with renewed vigor. Although a few days ago the US Federal Trade Commission approved the merger of Chevron Corp. and Unocal worth $16.4 billion, the second contender is the Chinese CNOOC Ltd. -- does not give up its claims to the American asset. Yesterday the management of CNOOC Ltd. backed its $18.5 billion offer with compelling financing details for a potential deal.

Vagit Alekperov does not promise to fill the Northern Pipeline The LUKOIL company does not yet intend to provide guarantees for pumping oil through the Northern Oil Pipeline, although Transneft has been asking for this for several months. As the head of LUKOIL, Vagit Alekperov, said yesterday, he will resolve this issue when the owner of the largest field in the Timan-Pechora oil and gas province, named after him, becomes known.

In mid-June, Russian and Chinese experts visited eastern Russia to prepare the demarcation of two sections of the border with China. We are talking about Bolshoi Island in the upper reaches of the Argun in the Chita region and the islands of Tarabarov and Bolshoy Ussuriysky at the confluence of the Amur and Ussuri near Khabarovsk. Moscow and Beijing have been arguing about the location of the border in these areas for four decades.

The Antimonopoly Agency has questions for aviators The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) is checking the validity of tariffs of airlines that are members of the Air Bridge alliance. The order for the inspection was signed by Deputy Head of the FAS Andrey Tsyganov, and the FAS department for the Krasnoyarsk Territory was entrusted with carrying it out. The largest of the Air Bridge member companies, Krasnoyarsk Airlines (Krasair), is based in Krasnoyarsk.

The prosecutor's office intends to bring new charges in the Transvaal Park case Another alleged culprit in the collapse of Transvaal Park in Yasenevo was found by the Moscow prosecutor's office. Today, the head of the Moscow State Non-Departmental Expertise, Anatoly Voronin, is scheduled to arrive at the prosecutor's office and will be formally charged with negligence leading to the death of two or more people.

Novel Prize Candidates Named The beginning of the new premium cycle “Booker - Open Russia” risks being remembered more than its upcoming finale. The jury, headed by Vasily Aksenov (critics Alla Marchenko and Evgeny Ermolin, Yaroslavl, writer Nikolai Kononov, St. Petersburg, director of the Moscow Virtuosi orchestra Vladimir Spivakov), got down to business dashingly.

Together with him in Power Machines will be Potanin, Siemens, General Electric and the state The federal authorities, who did not allow Vladimir Potanin (Interros) to sell the Power Machines company to the German concern Siemens, yesterday named the buyer they liked. As expected, it was the structure of Oleg Deripaska’s “Basic Element”.

The meeting of Sibneft shareholders scheduled for yesterday did not take place. Owners of only 9% of shares registered to participate in it - approximately the same package is accounted for by minority shareholders. The largest owners - YUKOS and Roman Abramovich's asset manager Millhouse Capital - simply did not show up for the meeting. But if YUKOS's behavior was quite predictable, the reluctance of Mr.

The beatification of John Paul II will take place in violation of church regulations The Roman Catholic Church is eager to beatify Pope John Paul II. Almost immediately after the death of Karol Wojtyla, the new Pope Benedict XVI, contrary to traditions requiring at least two years of “exposure,” announced his beatification, and yesterday the Vatican, represented by a special commission, began studying evidence of miracles performed by the former pontiff.

Dynamo's insatiable appetites coincided with the sale of Wings of the Soviets The current period of additional applications in the Russian Premier League, opening on July 1, promises to be louder and more memorable than ever. Already in the next 14th round, which will take place on Saturday and Sunday, the composition of elite domestic teams may undergo significant changes.

Foreign investors believe Russia's GDP will double by 2010 The week of active communication between the Russian authorities and foreign investors, which began with Vladimir Putin’s St. Petersburg meetings with representatives of large American and German businesses last weekend, continued yesterday in Moscow. On the Russian side, Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov picked up the baton.