The elections of Mikhail Khodorkovsky to the State Duma have begun The election campaign for the State Duma officially kicked off in Moscow on Monday. Former head of the YUKOS company Mikhail Khodorkovsky is running for one of the two vacant seats - in the 201st University District. The initiative group for his nomination spoke at a press conference yesterday about how they would help the prisoner participate in elections from behind bars. The initiator of the idea of ​​nominating Mr.

The Russian fleet abandons the World Ocean Admiral Vladimir Masorin, who was appointed commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy on Sunday, yesterday outlined his own program for the development of the branch of the armed forces entrusted to him. The program is determined primarily by the parting words given to the new commander-in-chief by the president. “I was given the task of making sure that the fleet does not shake up public opinion,” the appointee said yesterday.

Alexander Sokolov and Mikhail Shvydkoy made peace On Monday, a joint statement appeared on the website of the Ministry of Culture and Mass Communications, signed by Minister Alexander Sokolov and the head of the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography, Mikhail Shvydkiy, which stated that the conflict between them had been resolved: “Minister of Culture and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation A.S.

Vladimir Putin approved the rural gasification program Gazprom, which by the end of the year will receive $7.1 billion from the state for a stake of its own shares, could not remain aloof from solving the large-scale government task of improving the quality of life of the population in the next two years.

In fact, Japan abandoned the Kuril ridge The issue of the so-called “northern territories” and the associated territorial claims against Russia are largely far-fetched.

Last weekend, many professional fights took place in different cities around the world, of which the most significant fight in general and the most interesting meeting for the Russians took place at the International Congress Center in Berlin. The boxing evening here began with the second fight of the Athens Olympic heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin in his professional career. He defeated Serrano Fox by technical knockout in the final, fourth round.

Georgian authorities promise not to allow Vagit Alekperov to enter the Abkhaz shelf of the Black Sea LUKOIL has become another bone of contention between Georgia and the unrecognized Republic of Abkhazia. As Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh recently stated, LUKOIL, “which has serious plans related to the oil field” in the republic, approached the regional authorities, and the company has already presented a specific work project.

Sakhalin miners were promised to fully repay their wage debts In the city of Shakhtersk on the island of Sakhalin, miners yesterday ended an eight-day hunger strike that took place in the mine at a depth of 142 m. Currently, 16 miners continue to be in the mine, who stated that they will not leave it until the entire staff of the Shakhterskoye mine management is paid their debts in terms of salary - about 34 million rubles.

The Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RUIE) is going through difficult times. The changed relationship between business and government, internal contradictions, and the unclear position of the union’s leadership have brought the organization to the brink of a systemic crisis. However, behind internal squabbles, big business misses another significant point.

Yesterday the 4th International Youth Festival of Circus Arts ended in Moscow With the epithet “international”, the festival organizers greatly exaggerated. Of the 26 groups, only acrobats and break dancers from Budapest, a gymnast from London and a tightrope walker from Germany with the Slavic surname Zhuravel were truly “foreign”.

Forecast for the coming days The extensive anticyclone, which has occupied the entire Central and Eastern Europe, will determine quite warm and comfortable weather in the central zone of the European territory of Russia over the next few days. On Tuesday, the central regions of European Russia will still be on the eastern, not very warm edge of this anticyclone under northwestern winds. That’s why the nights are cold, only +4...+9оС.

60 years since the end of the Second World War September 3 has now become “the day of Beslan” for a long time, and last year’s events in the first school of this city will now, in terms of tragedy and significance for Russia, overshadow everything that ever happened on this day. And until 2004, on this day we celebrated - if, of course, we remembered - the half-forgotten “second Victory”.

The President's ideas for curbing tariffs are only suitable for non-monopoly sectors of the economy Vladimir Putin yesterday, at a meeting with members of the government, announced the need to stop the “orgy” when setting tariffs for transport, housing and communal services and communications.

Departments The reorganization process of Goznak may take six months, said Arkady Trachuk, general director of the Goznak association . According to him, the government is currently preparing relevant documents, most likely in the form of a government resolution. After the resolution is issued, legal procedures for liquidating old enterprises and registering new ones will begin.

Russneft subsidiary suspected of tax evasion Russneft has problems in connection with its acquisition of the Cypriot company Benodet Investments Ltd, which owns licenses to develop seven fields in the Tomsk region. As Interfax was told by the local police department, last week a case was opened into tax evasion on a particularly large scale by persons responsible for organizing and maintaining accounting records at Benodet Investments Ltd.