In the past year, two opposing trends were clearly visible: on the one hand, the vector of consumer preferences has shifted towards organized cottage villages with a high level of infrastructure, on the other hand, a shortage of economy-class villages has emerged. The suburban real estate market in 2005 pleased developers and realtors with stable demand, and clients with an increasing variety of offers.

Germany discusses legal aspects of ex-chancellor's new job In Germany, passions continue to simmer around the appointment of ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, announced last Friday, to the post of head of the shareholder committee of the Russian-German company for the construction of the North European Gas Pipeline Company (NEGPC). Schroeder himself is still silent.

Dmitry Dorofeev successfully tested the Olympic oval Last weekend pleased the Russians with gold and silver medals in bobsleigh, luge, speed skating and biathlon. The first victory in the history of Russian sports for a two-man crew in bobsleigh and the long-awaited success of speed skater Dmitry Dorofeev are especially pleasant.

RAO UES and Siemens are waiting at Power Machines The management of Power Machines shared with journalists their vision of the company's development in connection with the arrival of a new blocking shareholder - RAO UES of Russia. The power engineering company is confident that Anatoly Chubais will keep his word and will build a portfolio of orders for many years to come.

"Russneft" will grow with "Saratovneftegaz" RussNeft will soon become the new owner of Saratovneftegaz, owned by TNK-BP. As a source involved in the preparation of documents for the transaction told Vremya Novostei, an agreement between Mr. Gutseriev’s company and the Anglo-Russian holding has already been reached and all necessary formalities will be completed by the end of the year.

CLUBS Concert "Test". Participating are Esthetic Education (Ukraine - Belgium), 2HCompany, Miss is Big, Elka, "Boombox", "Ranetki", "Chekhov" . Infiniti , 19.00. Linda. Presentation of the new album. "Point" , 20.00. "Olchey" (Tuva - Moscow). The group performs traditional Central Asian melodies, arranged in modern styles: techno, ambient, etc. “OGI Project” , 22.00. Andrey Krasulin. Opening of an exhibition of graphic works. "Apshu" , 20.00.

Levon Aronian quietly entered the elite After the fourth round of the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, the participants split into two eights. The winners completed the maximum program - they received the right to participate in the candidates cycle of the next world championship and continued to fight for the World Cup, and the losers play for the two remaining candidates' spots in an additional “knockout”. In the fifth round, the participants in the semi-finals were determined.

People of Middle Eastern nationality are being beaten in Australia Yesterday, Australian Prime Minister John Howard called on the country's residents for ethnic and religious tolerance. He called “attacks on people based on racial and ethnic hatred” unacceptable. The Prime Minister's statements were a response to the riots that engulfed Sydney on Sunday. It all started with an attack on two lifeguards on Sydney's Cronalla Beach, allegedly committed by people from the Middle East.

Forecast for the coming days In European territory, precipitation and gusty winds are expected almost everywhere due to cyclones and atmospheric fronts. In the northwestern region on Tuesday, due to the Atlantic cyclone, there will be occasional light snow, sleet, and strong gusty winds of up to 20 m/s at night. After a warm night, the day in the rear of the cyclone will get a little colder - up to 0...-5°C.

Last week, the world premiere of the film adaptation of the famous book by Clive Lewis “The Chronicles of Narnia” - “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” (directed by Andrew Adamson, co-author of the popular “Shreks”) took place in England.

Karimov obliged the Bundeswehr to help Termez The German Bundeswehr no longer has to worry about the fate of its more than two thousand military contingent stationed in Afghanistan. The leadership of Uzbekistan has decided to extend the lease of the German air force base in Uzbek Termez, separated by the Amu Darya River from the northern Afghan port of Hairatan.

Societe Generale creates a new bank One of the top managers of the French financial group Societe Generale, Antoine Vannet, has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Samara Promek Bank. Yesterday his candidacy was approved by the Bank of Russia. Mr. Vanne, who previously developed consumer lending in the Italian division of Societe Generale, will be involved in the merger of the Samara bank and the Rusfinance company (both structures belong to Societe Generale).

United Russia and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation won the elections to the parliaments of the Khabarovsk Territory and the Novosibirsk Region Yesterday the results of the elections to the Novosibirsk Regional Council of Deputies and the Khabarovsk Regional Duma, held last Sunday, became known. The elections passed without surprises.

In six months, the European Space Agency will decide the fate of the Russian Clipper Europe is still quite skeptical about the Russian attempt to return to big space. Last week, news agencies reported that the European Space Agency council, meeting in Berlin, did not support Roscosmos’ project to create a reusable Clipper spacecraft.

The democratic opposition confessed to itself On the day of the 12th anniversary of the adoption of the Russian Constitution, the 2nd All-Russian Civil Congress “Russia for democracy, against dictatorship” was held in Moscow. The liberal and human rights community scolded the regime, while simultaneously trying to determine the degree of their own readiness for unification and political combat capability.