Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov promised concrete assistance to the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) in equipping its security service, training personnel and establishing social and educational infrastructure. He announced this after yesterday's negotiations in Moscow with his Palestinian counterpart Nasser Qudwa.

Oil prices approached $70 per barrel Oil contracts remain a favorite investment vehicle for speculators, with oil prices hitting a new all-time high of $68 per barrel. As experts note, investment funds are actively purchasing futures contracts “just in case,” fearing storms in oil-producing regions and a possible reduction in raw material production.

Departments The Federal Atomic Energy Agency (Rosatom) expects to submit to the government by the end of September a draft technical specification for the development of a law on the transformation of FSUE Rosenergoatom into an OJSC and the concept of corporatizing the nuclear concern. Currently, the concept of corporatization of the concern and the draft terms of reference for the development of the relevant law are being coordinated with all interested departments, Rosatom noted.

A light and sound show will be shown on Sparrow Hills City Day this year will really be one day - Moscow will celebrate its next birthday only on Sunday, September 4th. Usually the celebrations began on Saturday, but September 3 is the day of remembrance for the victims of Beslan, and nothing entertaining will happen on this day. But the Sunday program includes three thousand festive events and, in addition to traditional halls, 140 open areas will be used.

The head of the government of Ingushetia was ambushed by terrorists after lunch In Nazran yesterday afternoon an attempt was made on the life of the Chairman of the Government of Ingushetia, 44-year-old Ibragim Malsagov. Two explosions occurred in the very center of the city, near the railway station, at the moment when an official’s motorcade was passing nearby. The prime minister and his driver were wounded, and one of the security guards was killed.

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Capital schoolchildren will be spared evening classes In the capital's schools, soon only the first shift will remain. The authorities' intention to spare schoolchildren from evening classes was confirmed yesterday at a meeting of the city pedagogical council by the first deputy mayor of the capital, Lyudmila Shvetsova. “Not so long ago, Yuri Luzhkov ordered the development of measures to completely abandon evening education and the so-called second shift in secondary schools,” she explained.

France to publish blacklist of airlines France next Monday will publish a list of airlines whose aircraft are prohibited from entering the country's airspace due to non-compliance with flight safety standards. The blacklist will appear on the website of the French Ministry of Transport. This was announced yesterday by the head of the department, Dominique Perben.

In the village of Borozdinovskaya, Shelkovsky district of Chechnya, yesterday it was again restless. At about three o'clock in the morning, unknown bandits fired at the local territorial police department (TOM). Two public security police officers from the Shelkovsky District Department of Internal Affairs were wounded.

The airliner demanded closer attention from aviation authorities Russian aviation authorities were unable to formulate a program for returning the Il-96-300 airliner to service. As expected, yesterday the Federal Agency for Industry (Rosprom) was supposed to announce the date for the resumption of flights of this type of aircraft. However, the important decision was once again postponed - now to next Monday.

The election outcome will not change Japan's policy towards Russia In two weeks, on September 11, early parliamentary elections will be held in Japan. The decision to hold them was made by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. This is how he responded to the “revolt” in the ranks of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Let us recall that on August 8, the upper house of the Japanese Diet rejected a package of six bills to privatize the Japanese postal service system.

The new Altai governor will play the role of an inconspicuous master On Thursday, deputies of the legislative assembly of the Altai Territory unanimously voted for the candidacy of the new governor, Alexander Karlin. The appointment of the former head of the Presidential Department for Civil Service Affairs to the post of head of the region, according to analysts, should reassure the local elite.

Forecast for the coming days In most of the European territory of Russia, thanks to the anticyclone, summer continues - during the day the temperature remains mostly around +20°C, in the south up to +30°C. Only in the northeast with little cloudiness it is cooler. In the next three days, most of the European territory of Russia will remain under the influence of a sedentary anticyclone, the center of which is located above the west of the Volga-Vyatka region.

Oleg Deripaska told Vladimir Putin what he does Vladimir Putin yesterday received the head of Basic Element, Oleg Deripaska, at the Bocharov Ruchey residence in Sochi. The meeting took place in the so-called guest house, located near the sea, on the second floor in the hall located next to Vladimir Putin’s office. First, the president entered the room with very modest decoration from his office. He was followed by his favorite black Labrador, Koni.

The Kremlin continues to strengthen the regions with Moscow personnel The federal center continues to send the team of Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov to various Russian regions. In early August, Valery Shantsev, whom many observers had previously considered one of the most likely successors to the Moscow mayor, became the governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region. Now, apparently, it is the turn of another influential representative of the Luzhkov team - Georgy Boos.