Tony Blair will fight terrorist instigators The UK Labor government yesterday began consultations with the parliamentary opposition. Their goal is to jointly develop new legislative steps to prevent the terrorist threat. Interior Minister Charles Clarke began negotiations with his “shadow” opposition colleagues - Conservative David Davis and Liberal Democrat Mark Outen.

At all the Olympics, from Munich in 1972 to the last one in Athens, Cuban boxers were not inferior to anyone. Their frequent victories gave rise to a lack of self-confidence among their rivals, which over the years grew into a disease called the “Cuban syndrome.” There was only one cure for this disease - victory. Everyone understood this well, but for the time being they could not do anything.

And “held” parliamentary elections in Afghanistan On Sunday, the elected President of Kyrgyzstan, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, in an interview with the Rossiya TV channel, confirmed that his country intends to raise the question of the timing of the withdrawal of American military bases from Central Asia. As is known, such an appeal was made by the heads of state members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) at a meeting in Astana on July 5.

Moscow will see Matthew Bourne's play for the first time Tonight on the stage of the Mossovet Theater the English company New Adventures (previously Matthew Bourne's troupe was called more frankly - Adventures in motion pictures; the name was changed after parting with the previous producer) will show the play "A Play Without Words" for the first time and then repeat it five times. The Chekhov Festival, which consistently presents world celebrities working in drama, has finally reached ballet.

Viktor Yushchenko decided to disperse the Ukrainian traffic police President Viktor Yushchenko made a sensational demand yesterday at an extended meeting of the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

One of the best novels of the past book season was somehow quietly published by the publishing house AST-Press in the nondescript series “West-East Divan.” Eighty-year-old Siegfried Lenz is well known in his homeland: he began publishing back in the 50s, and after the fall of the Berlin Wall he was elevated to the rank of a living classic and included in the compulsory school curriculum.

The Moscow metro is preparing cameras for terrorists Video surveillance systems that monitor almost the entire territory of the London underground did not protect the British capital from terrorist attacks, but became a model for copying by Russian intelligence services.

The French are recalling cars in Scandinavia, Poland and Russia The French group PSA Peugeot Citroen announced a recall of the Peugeot 307 in a number of European countries, including Russia. The reason is a fire hazard.

Wortmann is preparing a springboard for Scolari at Dynamo The Premier League has a new foreign coach. Yesterday the long-awaited appointment of Brazilian Ivo Adais Wortmann to the post of head coach of the capital's Dynamo took place. The contract with Wortmann was signed for a year. According to Brazilian media, the salary of the Brazilian coach at Dynamo will be about a million dollars.

Exposed lawyer Parshutkin will be searched for in Ukraine The Moscow prosecutor's office has prepared documents for arresting in absentia and putting on the wanted list the capital's lawyer Viktor Parshutkin. He is accused of illegally - outside the scope of the trial - convincing the Moscow City Court jurors to acquit his clients at the beginning of this year, which led to the adoption of a “deliberately unjust verdict.” Mr. Parshutkin is charged with Art.

Russians perceive elections as a trip to the store Last week, lawmakers put an end to election reform. It will take more than one election cycle for ordinary citizens to realize this fact. So far, according to a sociological study conducted by the Public Opinion Foundation, Russians’ distrust of the current electoral system is high. More than half of Russians (55%) believe that the election results do not reflect the opinions of the people.

Vitebsk “bazaar” with pleasure “Slavic Bazaar” in Vitebsk will soon surpass “Midem”, and Rammstein and Madonna will perform there. This is, of course, a joke. But not unfounded. If you listen to the organizers, then the current, fifteenth festival was a success in all respects: there is enough money, and the city of Vitebsk is becoming prettier due to the infusion, and the audience is pouring in, and the artists are happy...

Germany sold 7.3% shares of Deutsche Post and Deutsche Telekom to the state bank Germany privatized 7.3% of the shares of Europe's largest postal and telecommunications companies - Deutsche Post AG (DP) and Deutsche Telekom AG (DT). Yesterday, the German state bank Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau (KfW) acquired both stakes, according to Reuters, for 5 billion euros. As a result, KfW will become the owner of 44.7% of the shares of DP and 22.1% of DT.

Pros and cons of the Bolshoi Theater reconstruction project The Bolshoi Theater has been closed since July until 2008. The resuscitation of his worn-out body will take place according to a reconstruction and restoration project developed by Elena Stepanova, director of the Restavrator-M scientific and restoration center, and Nikita Shangin, an architect working at Kurortproekt.

Spiritual intrigues and material values It’s better not to start a conversation about the problems of Russian cultural tourism at all - no matter what area you take, it’s the same everywhere: our country is rich in history, culture, and natural landscapes, and the people are such that you can write a novel about everyone, but don’t This material somehow fails to be accessible to general curiosity. No resources, no skills, no desire. There is not enough money either.