Torpedo cannot win the 11th match in a row CSKA football players, having beaten Torpedo in the postponed match of the 6th round with a score of 2:0, turned three virtual points into real ones. The army team now only has one match left to play to finally fit into the Russian Championship calendar. In the meantime, CSKA is only minimally behind Lokomotiv in terms of lost points. In turn, Torpedo has nothing to be proud of.

Pervez Musharraf takes up arms against London bombers' accomplices Today, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will tell the nation about measures to eliminate the terrorist underground in the country. According to Pakistani Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao, the president gave clear instructions to show “zero tolerance” towards Islamic radicals.

CLUBS Gary Lucas. Guitar virtuoso, member of the legendary ensemble Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band, who worked with such musical legends as Leonard Bernstein, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Bryan Ferry, Iggy Pop, Future Sound of London, and recently played punk rock at the festival " Turkeys Revival” will present a completely different project today. Lucas will perform the score for Paul Wegener and Karl Boes' famous film The Golem (1920), which he co-wrote with Walter Horn.

Biography of the main Russian authority Ivankov Vyacheslav Kirillovich, nickname Yaponchik, born in 1940, thief in law, one of the most successful, authoritative and popular criminals in the criminal environment. Since childhood, he has been distinguished by his strong-willed and independent character; he comes from a dysfunctional family (his father was partial to alcohol). In his youth he was engaged in wrestling and studied at a circus school.

Russian singers win international competitions Oleg Romashin won the Montserrat Caballe competition in Andorra, and Vasily Ladyuk took gold at the famous Operalia held in Madrid, founded by Placido Domingo. The Caballe Competition cannot yet boast a long biography and a solid list of winners. It is attractive primarily because of the great name of its owner. But the tournament, held under the auspices of Domingo, already has a glorious history.

Bad weather prevented Dobroskok from winning a medal The motto of the 11th FINA World Championships is: “Ride the emotion.” I really want to take a plunge, and not into a virtual wave. The heat in Montreal is 30 degrees, and one can only marvel at the patience of the fans who experience natural surprises. Many championship competitions are held outdoors, and there are no canopies or awnings over the spectator stands.

A low-profile lawyer has been found for the US Supreme Court Yesterday, President George W. Bush nominated 50-year-old John Roberts (pictured ) to the post of US Supreme Court member. This nomination must be confirmed by the Senate, hearings will begin at the end of August. The Supreme Court, the highest judicial body in the United States, consists of nine members appointed for life. The last time a chief justice was appointed was 11 years ago.

“Golden Apricot” claims a place in the system of international film forums A Russian film won at the festival in Yerevan The main award of the festival, “Golden Apricot,” was taken to St. Petersburg to be given to Alexander Sokurov, the author of the film “The Sun” (the director himself was unable to come to the festival due to eye disease).

On Tuesday at 15.00 Moscow time, 30-year-old Czech cyclist Ondrej Sosenka took to the Olympic cycling track in Krylatskoye for the start of one of the most prestigious and difficult disciplines - the hour race. An hour later, having covered 49,700 meters, the exhausted rider, with the help of a coach and his closest relatives who had flown to Moscow to support him, climbed out of the saddle.

Georgia interferes with the preparation of Russian equipment for withdrawal The Chief of Staff of the Group of Russian Forces in Transcaucasia, Major General Andrei Popov, will today discuss with representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense of Georgia the issues that have arisen around the withdrawal from the country of armored vehicles of the 12th Russian base stationed in Adjara.

The Chechen special services promised to name the participants in the terrorist attack in Znamenskoye by the end of the week. In the Chechen village of Nadterechnoye yesterday a funeral was held for 14 victims of the terrorist attack committed on the afternoon of July 19 in the village of Znamenskoye, the administrative center of the Nadterechnoye region. As a result of a car bomb explosion, almost the entire leadership of the local regional police department was killed there.

After the merger with UWC, Rosbank needs to increase capital Interros plans unprecedented injections into the capital of Rosbank in the amount of up to 7.5 billion rubles. Analysts do not remember such issues of shares from private banks and are wondering in what form and from whom Rosbank will receive these funds.

Unocal is being sold to Chevron The struggle between two oil giants, the American Chevron Corp., lasted several months. and Chinese CNOOC Ltd. -- for the purchase of the American oil corporation Unocal seems to have been completed. Chevron won, although CNOOC was going to pay $1.4 billion more. Late Wednesday night, a special meeting of Unocal's board of directors discussed Chevron's latest bid to raise the bid to $17.1 billion.

Yesterday evening a noisy special operation was carried out in Tbilisi to detain a suspect in the assassination attempt on US President George W. Bush. A few days ago, local law enforcement agencies distributed photographs and a sketch of an attacker who, on May 10 of this year, threw a hand grenade towards the podium where the US President and Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili were.

The government is launching a large-scale fight against drug addiction and drug trafficking Russia needs to be removed not only from the “oil needle”. The Federal Drug Control Service expects to reduce the level of illegal drug consumption in Russia by 16-20% by 2010. This is precisely the goal set in the draft federal target program “Comprehensive measures to combat drug abuse and illicit trafficking for 2005-2009,” which the government will discuss today.