Dozens of former Yukos employees are moving to Rosneft The ranks of Rosneft managers have been replenished with another ex-YUKOS employee. Yesterday, the state-owned company officially announced that the former vice president for transport and logistics of YUKOS RM (the division responsible for refining and marketing of products), Alexander Sapronov, will take a similar position at Rosneft - vice president for logistics, refining and sales.

Militants detonate five bombs in Baghdad The less time remains before the parliamentary elections in Iraq scheduled for January 30, the more daring the militants' antics become. Yesterday, Baghdad was overwhelmed by a wave of terrorist attacks - five car bomb explosions occurred in the capital. At least 30 people died on the spot and died from their wounds. They are all Iraqis, most of them law enforcement officers.

What does the inauguration of the US President look like from a diplomat's point of view? Yuli VORONTSOV, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United States in 1994-1998, a participant in meetings and negotiations between Presidents Boris Yeltsin and Bill Clinton, shared his memories with Vremya Novostei. - The main event of the inauguration is the taking of the oath. The Russian Ambassador is invited to it along with the entire diplomatic corps.

Policemen answer for rampant terrorism in Dagestan The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan, Adilgerey Magomedtagirov, yesterday fired almost the entire leadership of the Makhachkala police. It paid for the fact that, according to the minister, it “could not give an adequate response” to the terrorists who have been continuously attacking local authorities for the last six months.

CLUBS DJ Aki Nawaz , aka Propa-Gandhi (UK). Dub party from the patriarch of the Asian underground style, producer Asian Dub Foundation. Suzy Wong Bar , 22.00. "Marimba Plus" A mixture of academic, jazz and ethnic music performed by graduates of the Conservatory. Jazz Town , 21.00. Simba Vibration. A new project by the former vocalist of the Markscheider Kunst group Seraphim Selenge-Makangila. Cheerful summer music. Bilingua , 22.00.

The SCO is looking for new methods to combat terrorism It is difficult to get rid of the feeling that there is some kind of “cultural” intrigue hidden in the program of the 10th anniversary summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which opens today in the capital of Kazakhstan.

In a week, Kyrgyzstan will receive a president There are six days left before the early presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan, and few doubt that the current acting head of state will be elected as the new head of state in the first round on July 10. President, Prime Minister Kurmanbek Bakiyev. Confidence in the outcome of the elections arose after the conclusion of an agreement in May between Bakiyev and the second main contender for the presidency, Felix Kulov.

The next stage of the Russian Beach Volleyball Championship - the Sport TV Channel Cup - was won in Belgorod by the country's strongest men's pair, Roman Arkaev (Norilsk) - Dmitry Barsuk (Krasnodar). This team recently performed well at the World Championships in Berlin, where they were classified in ninth place. In order to participate in the Belgorod tournament, Arkaev and Barsuk deliberately missed the World Series stage in Stavanger, Norway.

Press Secretary of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry Andrei Savinykh commented on the statement of the candidate for the post of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who called Belarus one of the “strongholds of tyranny.” This statement was made during the consideration of her candidacy for the US Senate. According to Mr. Savinykh, which he outlined to Vremya Novostey, Ms.

Boeing and Airbus have new leaders In the largest aircraft manufacturing corporations - Boeing and Airbus - the period of “interregnum” has ended. On July 1, the Boeing board of directors elected James McNerney to the positions of chairman of the board of directors, president and chief executive officer of the corporation, and on June 25, Gustav Humbert took the helm of Airbus. Mr. McNerney's path to the heights of corporate power was actually opened by an unknown woman. And Mr.

At the current G8 summit, Russia should officially assume the powers of chairman of this organization for the coming year. The situation causes a lot of contradictory comments.

It is still impossible to evaluate good rock poets in Russian translation There are very few translations of rock poetry (more precisely, I would talk about Western song poetry in order to outline the potential consumer). There are even fewer published in a non-amateur way. And I’m afraid there are no good translations at all. The second book in Nick Cave's collection of works, King Ink, was recently published. The first part appeared last year and contained mainly prose texts.

The two-day 5th Assembly of the African Union (AU) ends today in the Libyan city of Sirte. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is hosting leaders of 40 of the 53 AU member countries in his hometown. On the eve of the G8 summit in Scotland, they are trying to develop a common position on the fight against poverty and the introduction of an additional quota for African countries in the UN Security Council.

The summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which includes Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, opens in Astana today. The special representative of the Russian President for SCO affairs, Ambassador of the Russian Foreign Ministry for Special Assignments Vitaly VOROBYEV told Vremya Novostei about the prospects of this international organization. -- The decision to create the SCO was made in 2001; it is a young international organization.

Two years ago, on July 5, on the approaches to Tushinsky Field, where the Wings rock festival was taking place, 14 people were killed as a result of an explosion by two female suicide bombers. After those tragic events, the “Invasion” festival, traditionally held in August, was completely canceled in 2003, and in 2004, after much effort, it was transferred to the village of Emmaus near Tver.