And with his rival - about politics Former US President Bill Clinton visited Almaty on Tuesday. He made his first visit to Kazakhstan as chairman of the foundation in his name, which is involved in the prevention and treatment of AIDS around the world. Forty countries have already cooperated with it, which gives them the opportunity to purchase antiviral drugs at 50-90% lower than their cost.

Until this day, the servants of the Russian Themis themselves preferred to remain silent and not react to numerous accusations against them. But now they finally decided to speak out about their professional activities in a conversation with Vremya Novostei correspondent Ekaterina BUTORINA.

Apparently, the Indian Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) intends to soon become a major player in the Russian oil market. It turned out that Delhi’s plans are not limited to joint participation with Rosneft in the auction for the right to use one of the blocks of the Sakhalin-3 field. In addition, according to Indian Oil Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar, the Russian side invited ONGC to participate in the development of the Vankor field, as well as in projects in the Caspian Sea.

Russian boxer Kostya Tszyu, who has lived in Australia since 1992, spent almost two weeks in Russia. During this time, the ex-world boxing champion not only rested, held master classes, but was also busy looking for business partners. Having started the tour in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Tszyu, after a short stay in Moscow, flew to Khanty-Mansiysk. On September 10, a match is being held in this city with the participation of Tszyu’s ward Anton Solopov.

Irkutskenergo changes its director and tries to prevent unfriendly privatization Irkutskenergo, the largest Russian energy company that is not part of RAO UES of Russia, will most likely change its general director next week.

The new Ukrainian authorities intend to re-sell Krivorozhstal The new leadership of Ukraine has launched the process of redistribution of property. President Viktor Yushchenko has already prepared a draft decree “On urgent measures to ensure the return of lost savings of citizens,” which states his intention to check the results of privatization in 2004.

Departments The volume of funds in the Russian Stabilization Fund as of August 23 amounted to 832 billion rubles. In August, 111.1 billion rubles were credited to the Federal Treasury account for accounting for the fund’s funds. Human rights activists intend to submit to the State Duma a draft of a new amnesty for Russian prisoners by the end of September. “We are raising the question that the amnesty should apply to 20-30 thousand people convicted of non-violent crimes.

Alexey Miller joined the Juche ideals Gazprom’s desire to enter the American natural gas market, as it turned out, does not prevent the concern from starting a business dialogue with a country that the US State Department officially classifies as a “rogue country.” At the end of last week, a Gazprom delegation led by Chairman of the Board Alexey Miller spent 24 hours in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. The concern's press service spoke only about the fact of the trip.

Shooting on the threshold of Palestinian independence The threat of anarchy and even civil war in Palestine appears very real after Musa Arafat, the 65-year-old cousin of the late Yasser Arafat, was shot dead in his home in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday. For about a year, General Musa Arafat served as a nominal military adviser to Mahmoud Abbas, the current leader of the Palestinian Authority.

Kemerovo governor is dissatisfied with Sibneft's pricing policy The governor of the Kemerovo region, Aman Tuleyev, went to war against Sibneft. According to the head of the region, the Omsk Refinery, owned by Roman Abramovich’s company, intends to raise prices for its products by 3 rubles in September. per liter Mr.

Mikhail Zurabov calls not to wait for a quick improvement in the healthcare system The unprecedented increase in expenditure items in the 2006 budget for health care is a kind of loan from the state, and the authorities expect that citizens, realizing this, will also invest money in taking care of their own health.

Russian companies accused of bribing Saddam The UN needs urgent and radical reforms to ensure that “illegal, unethical and corrupt” practices are not repeated in the future. Such as were allowed during the implementation of the Oil for Food program. This conclusion is contained in the final report of the Volcker Commission, released yesterday in New York, investigating the implementation of the largest humanitarian program in world history.

The New Drama festival begins in Moscow The “New Drama,” which will begin in two weeks in Moscow and which the organizers spoke about at a press conference held yesterday at the Meyerhold Center, is a hybrid of a theater festival, a club party and a scientific conference.

"Manderlay" by Lars von Trier on Moscow screens If we were to meticulously follow Lars von Trier's creative principles, then a review of Manderley, the second part of his "American trilogy", would need to be divided into eight chapters and each given a subtitle.

A Buryat from Yakutia has been appointed to replace Tymoshenko On Thursday, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko dismissed the government of Yulia Tymoshenko by decree. The Novosti-Ukraine agency was informed about this by the presidential press service. Yuri Yekhanurov, who previously held the post of governor of the Dnepropetrovsk region, was appointed acting head of government.