Roscosmos is preparing a new program for millionaire tourists No sooner had the celebrations over the triumphant return of the American shuttle to Earth died down than the leaders of the Russian space industry hastened to declare that they, too, were not fools. Yesterday, the head of Roscosmos, Anatoly Perminov, put Baron Munchausen to shame, noting that Russia is ready to offer space tourists a voyage around the Moon. “We can do this project,” said Mr.

A state of emergency has been introduced in Kaliningrad due to the storm. A powerful downpour with gale-force winds hit the Kaliningrad region on August 9 and continues to this day. Wind speed in gusts reaches 25 m/sec. Over the past two days, a month's worth of precipitation has fallen in Kaliningrad and its environs. A state of emergency has been introduced in the region by order of Governor Vladimir Egorov. Hundreds of trees have been knocked down throughout the city and region.

The Central Election Commission joined the battle for Moscow The Central Election Commission of Russia recommended in writing that the Moscow City Duma make a number of changes to the Moscow Electoral Code before calling the next elections. The likelihood that Moscow legislators will heed the recommendations is low. Elections to the Moscow City Duma, scheduled for December 4, 2005, will most likely be held according to the already adopted Moscow Electoral Code.

Russian artists illustrate Andersen In Hans Christian Andersen's late fairy tale "The Most Incredible" there is such an amazing image - a wonderful clock, the chiming of which brings to life magical pictures. One blow - Moses on the mountain draws the first commandment on the tablet. The second is Adam and Eve drowning in bliss: “They had nothing - not even a wardrobe; well, they didn’t need it.” The third blow - the Magi come with gifts to bow to Jesus.

The competition for the revival of the lost shrine of Yaroslavl ends Tomorrow, August 12, there will be a discussion of projects for recreating the Assumption Cathedral of Yaroslavl, which was blown up in 1937. On August 15, the jury of the project competition must make a decision on which proposal will be accepted for implementation. The competition to recreate the Assumption Cathedral is especially important now that Yaroslavl is officially included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The head of the Altai police was fired after the death of Mikhail Evdokimov Yesterday, Governor Mikhail Evdokimov, who died on August 7 in a car accident, was buried in the Altai Territory. Yesterday, Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the dismissal of the head of the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the Altai Territory, Major General of Police Vladimir Valkov, on whose instructions the escort was removed from the governor’s car.

Far Eastern presidential envoy wants to make Kamchatka Chukotka Yesterday, the Council of People's Deputies of the Kamchatka Region set the date for the referendum on the unification of the region and the Koryak Autonomous Okrug for October 23. Previously, the Duma of Koryakia scheduled a referendum in the autonomy for the same date.

The last few years of musical mass culture can, without sinning against the truth, be called “the years of Finland.” The land of a thousand lakes, which had previously not been featured on the world rock and pop scene, suddenly began producing international stars one after another. In the field of dance music, Bomfunk Mc's appeared, the trio of cellists Apocalyptica proposed a kind of alternative “crossover”, and HIM became the pioneers of the whole movement of love metal. Why?

The bloodiest Moscow "brotherhood" was found guilty by the jury of dozens of crimes The jury found 11 members of the Orekhovsk-Medvedkovskaya group guilty of banditry, over a dozen murders, attempted murders, beatings and kidnappings. Among the crimes was the murder of Alexander Solonik, who was considered “killer No. 1” in Russia.

The coach and the president will fight for the post of head of the federation The President of the Russian Boxing Federation is against the head coach of the national team. Who will be stronger in the conflict between the parties who quarreled after the Olympics in Athens? We will probably get the answer to this question next Saturday after the end of the reporting and election conference of the Russian Boxing Federation.

Chilean judge Sergio Muñoz yesterday issued an arrest warrant for Lucia Pinochet Iriart, the wife of former dictator General Augusto Pinochet, as well as his youngest son, Marco Antonio Pinochet. The investigation suspects them of tax fraud related to secret accounts placed by the family in more than a hundred foreign, mostly American, banks. We are talking about deposits totaling from 13 to 17 million dollars.

Russians consider the most lucrative professions unprestigious Not all profitable professions in Russia are prestigious, and not all prestigious ones are profitable. This was shown by the results of a survey conducted recently by Levada Center specialists.

Iraqis searched the office of the Russian news agency "Novosti" Yesterday in Baghdad, authorities searched the office of the Russian news agency Novosti. Moreover, the Russian agency may have suffered for almost the same thing for which the Russian Foreign Ministry recently deprived the American television channel ABC of accreditation. For an interview with a militant.

Next week, the new Russian Ambassador to China, 52-year-old Sergei RAZOV, is leaving Moscow for Beijing. In this regard, he was received by President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday evening. On the eve of his departure, the diplomat answered questions from Vremya Novostei columnist Alexander LOMANOV. — The beginning of your work as Russian Ambassador to China coincides with the completion of the border demarcation between our countries this year. Will this make your mission easier?

The Central Bank is fighting inflation and introducing a 5,000 ruble banknote into circulation. Suppressing inflation will be the main goal of the Bank of Russia's monetary policy in 2006, First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Alexei Ulyukaev said yesterday. “We will focus on suppressing inflation. This is our main goal - of course, while maintaining the dynamics of the real effective exchange rate of the ruble that is acceptable for the Russian economy,” the official said.