Ukraine becomes a Russian offshore The data on investments into and from Russia published recently by Rosstat did not bring any sensations. As before, the main flow of investment abroad is associated with the export of capital, and the main “foreign” investors are the Russians themselves. True, the directions of cash flows from Russia are slightly adjusted. Both flows decreased compared to the same period last year.

The Ministry of Education continues to experiment with the Unified State Exam One of the key elements of Russian educational reform will undergo changes again. Minister of Education and Science Andrei Fursenko said the other day in Yaroslavl, at a meeting of the region’s pedagogical council, that the methods of conducting the unified state exam need to be revised. “We are in no way abandoning the idea of ​​a unified state exam.

The President opened a tunnel on the most dangerous section of the road from Sochi to Krasnaya Polyana Last Friday, the longest automobile tunnel in the country was opened in Sochi - the latest construction of the now completely reconstructed highway connecting the coast with the high-mountain village of Krasnaya Polyana. Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in the opening ceremony of the tunnel.

Attacks on money carriers have become a real scourge for Moscow Last Friday, another attack on collectors was carried out in Moscow. This happened near the Perekrestok store on Krasnoprudnaya Street. The criminal snatched a bag containing 150 thousand rubles. straight from the hands of the money carrier, then disappeared in a green Zhiguli. The “Interception” plan announced by the police did not bring any results.

Nursultan Nazarbayev personally inspected the first Russian-Kazakh truck Russia's largest manufacturer of heavy-duty equipment, KamAZ, whose main production is located in Naberezhnye Chelny, organized assembly in Kazakhstan. On Friday in Kokchetav, where the new plant is located, within the framework of the joint Russian-Kazakh enterprise KamAZ-Engineering (KamAZ owns 76% of the shares, the Kazakhstan-Engineering enterprise - 24%) began serial production of trucks and buses.

The automobile concern DaimlerChrysler AG has found someone to entrust its Mercedes Car Group division to. At the end of last week it became known that the successor to Eckhard Cordes, who unexpectedly left the corporation, would be the current head of the Chrysler Group, Dieter Zitsche. And his place at Chrysler will be taken by the company's operating director, Thomas Lasord. This change in leadership came as a complete surprise to everyone. No one expected that Mr.

The tires struggled to withstand the Turkish heat Kimi Raikkonen from the McLaren team entered his name into the history of the Turkish Grand Prix as the first winner of the new stage of the Formula 1 World Championship. Having won the fifth race of the season, the Finn reduced the gap in the individual standings to Fernando Alonso, who finished second, by two points.

Another trouble has befallen football fans. Recently, the First Channel of Russian television has become seriously interested in football. And now, with a delay of fifteen minutes or even in the recording, spectators are forced to watch not only the matches of the Russian national team, but also the games of our clubs in European cups. It is unlikely that anyone will argue that Channel One has the greatest opportunities for organizing broadcasts of football matches.

The oldest resident of Belarus regained her sight at 117 years old In Belarus, a unique operation was performed to restore the vision of the oldest resident of the republic, 117-year-old Anna Borisevich. Now two cherished dreams of the centenarian can come true - to go to the church and see her great-great-grandchildren. After all, for the last few years she has seen practically nothing. “I asked God to take me away as soon as possible, but now we can wait,” she said after the operation.

In addition to Niva, GM-AvtoVAZ intends to assemble Opel or Daewoo The GM-AvtoVAZ joint venture plans to begin production of one of the Opel or GM Daewoo Automotive Technology models (GM owns these brands), Chris Lacy, executive director of General Motors for Central and Eastern Europe, said in an interview with Prime-TASS on Friday. However, he clarified, General Motors has not yet made a concrete decision to expand the joint venture’s model range.

CLUBS Rock festival " Rock of the new wave". Participants: “Roads of Autumn”, “Van Gogh”, Liz Claborne. "B2" , 20.00. Oksana Mikhailovskaya (vocals). "M-bar" 22.00. Big band of Igor Butman. "Le Club" , 20.30. Eduard Gubaidullin . "Oracle of the Divine Bottle" , 22.00. CONCERTS "National Show of Russia". A performance performed by the Kostroma Folk Dance Theater of dance, music, theater, special effects, animation and video art. Every day in the concert hall of the Cosmos Hotel , 19.30.

A Vremya Novostey correspondent took part in the evacuation of the settlement The withdrawal of Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip is proceeding faster than planned, and therefore, instead of the initial breakdown of the disengagement plan into four stages, the authorities limited themselves to three. Yesterday, the Israeli government approved the implementation of the third and final stage of disengagement with the Palestinians.

More than a hundred terrorist attacks have been committed this year against law enforcement officers in Dagestan. Separatists in Dagestan launched another terrorist attack against law enforcement officers over the weekend. On Saturday afternoon in Makhachkala, a powerful explosion occurred on the busiest avenue in the city, as a result of which three policemen were killed and another was admitted to intensive care. Five townspeople were also injured.

The Sverdlovsk governor unexpectedly made peace with the mayor of Yekaterinburg Residents of the Sverdlovsk region received an unexpected gift for the 282nd anniversary of Yekaterinburg - three days before the celebration, the regional and city authorities concluded a kind of amicable agreement. More precisely, their top officials are the governor of the Sverdlovsk region, Eduard Rossel, and the mayor of Yekaterinburg, Arkady Chernetsky.

Ukraine is looking for a way out of the SES The statement by Ukrainian Economy Minister Sergei Terekhin on August 19 about his country’s intention to leave the Common Economic Space (CES), formed by Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan, looks sensational. But this is only at first glance.