The Ministry of Defense announced the list of selected universities Most of the Russian students said goodbye to guaranteed reservation from the army. The Ministry of Defense published yesterday a list of civilian institutes, academies and universities that will retain military departments after 2008.

The Russian team again played a thriller with a happy ending It’s a strange thing: the more victories the Russian national team gets at the European Volleyball Championship, the stronger the feeling of some kind of understatement grows. Another success in the match with Portugal, of course, pleased me, especially since it officially opened the doors to the semi-finals. But at the same time, there is a place for disturbing thoughts to come from.

Forecast for the coming days In the central regions of European Russia, Indian summer continues, a wonderful time when golden autumn plays with all its colors in the September sun. The warm anticyclone that gave us this miracle of nature came from Western Europe and will stay a little longer in central Russia. But atmospheric fronts are already approaching from the north-west of the European territory of Russia.

Moscow demands through court rent for government offices The Moscow authorities, outraged by the federal claims to the capital's most attractive real estate, decided to set an example of civilized conflict resolution and went to court.

The global auto giant fell into Russia's tax debts The global auto giant fell into tax debt in Russia. For the first time in the entire period of its work in Russia, Ford Motor Company CJSC filed claims against it. However, the company itself claims that its relationship with tax authorities is quite cloudless.

Ford and Toyota recall five million cars Two leading manufacturers in the global automotive industry are the Japanese Toyota Motor Co. and the American Ford Motor Co. -- became part of one of the largest vehicle recall campaigns in history. Last Tuesday, both giants simultaneously announced their readiness to return a total of about 5 million cars for revision. Most of the breakdowns occur at Ford - the company is going to repair 3.8 million of its cars.

The battle for the harvest in Russia is not without casualties The battle for the harvest in the Sverdlovsk region claimed two lives in one day: first, 18-year-old student Dmitry Kazantsev died in the field, and a few hours later it became known about a murder in the village of Reftinsky, where local resident Lyudmila Nizamutdinova defended her property with a shovel in her hands.

Mubarak understands Egyptians better than his rivals Tomorrow, Egypt's Central Election Commission will sum up the results of Wednesday's presidential election. However, it is clear that over the next six years, the country of 72 million will be governed by 77-year-old Hosni Mubarak, who has been in power for 24 years. According to preliminary data, at least 70% of voters voted for him. According to other sources, Mubarak's support may be close to 90%.

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Market participants are worried that their income is growing slower than their expenses. The Russian insurance market is close to saturation, and the insurance business is becoming unprofitable. The price of business - the cost of companies to promote their services in the market and maintain its share - is growing faster than premiums collected. The president of the Rosgosstrakh group of companies, Danil Khachaturov, shared these conclusions with reporters yesterday.

Statisticians approach the agricultural census fully armed The Federal State Statistics Service yesterday presented a new system of distance training for personnel, which it intends to use in preparation for the agricultural census. All-Russian count of cows, pigs, other domestic animals, land resources, sales volume of agricultural products, etc. will take place in July next year.

Sergei Bogdanchikov and Igor Sechin took billions of dollars from bankers Rosneft and its only state shareholder, Rosneftegaz, finally took out a $7.5 billion loan yesterday from ABN Amro Bank, Drezdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley. This deal, necessary for the state to pay Gazprom for 10.7% of its shares, was timed to coincide with Vladimir Putin’s visit to Germany and was signed a few hours before his arrival.

The State Duma is looking for a new guardian for Russian orphans The heated discussions of recent months regarding international adoption logically ended with the consideration of this painful issue in the State Duma. As State Duma Deputy Speaker Vladimir Katrenko said yesterday, deputies intend to approach the issue as decisively as the Prosecutor General's Office and will draw up an appeal to Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov.

NASA may delay shuttle launch due to Hurricane Katrina Still, someone clearly jinxed the American shuttles. Because it is difficult to explain such a series of misfortunes that befell the US space program by tragic accidents alone. NASA, through the heroic efforts of engineers and astronauts, had just managed to resume the flights of its shuttles, interrupted after the Columbia shuttle disaster in February 2003, when Hurricane Katrina crippled the US space program.

Experts did not like the package of laws on tax administration The bill to improve tax administration was presented in full for public discussion yesterday for the first time. True, the participants in the parliamentary hearings discussing the administration reform package were able to cover only a small part of it - concerning the streamlining of tax audits. As Deputy Minister of Finance Sergei Shatalov reminded the hearing participants, all types of tax audits were subject to elaboration.