Mayor of London suspended for a month The mayor of London, 60-year-old Ken Livingstone (pictured), paid for insulting a journalist. By decision of the English Local Government Disciplinary Committee, he was suspended from work for four weeks, starting on the first of March. “Red Ken,” known for his leftist views, will keep his salary. But he may be forced to pay legal costs of around £80,000. Livingston receives almost 134 thousand pounds a year (about 234 thousand dollars a year - Ed. ).

The Russian team again did not overcome the semi-final barrier Just like four years ago in Salt Lake City, the Russian team was destined to fight for bronze medals. Late yesterday evening, Vladimir Krikunov’s team met with the Czech national team in the match for third place. In addition to the opponent's defensive formations, we had to overcome the shock that our team experienced in the semifinals with the Finnish national team - 0:4.

St. Petersburg's Zenit, having won the return match of the 1/16 UEFA Cup against the Norwegian Rosenborg - 2:1, not only secured a place in the next round of the tournament, but also raised Russia to 9th place in the UEFA rankings. Currently, Russian clubs have 30,583 points in the odds table. The Belgians following behind have 30.25. However, Belgium no longer has representatives in European tournaments, and therefore, the pursuers will no longer be able to catch up with Russia.

The president's eldest son-in-law is called the chief "surgeon" The Kazakh opposition declared today the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Political Terror in the country.

Airbus invites Russia's emerging United Aircraft Corporation to build and buy aircraft Vice President for Strategic Planning of the European aircraft manufacturing concern Airbus Axel Krein supported the formation of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) in Russia. He also said that Airbus is already offering the Russian aviation industry participation in its promising programs as a single strategic partner. According to Mr.

The Hague Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia denied former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic temporary release for treatment in Moscow at the Bakulev Center for Cardiovascular Surgery. In this regard, the Russian Foreign Ministry yesterday expressed “regret,” especially noting that “the tribunal essentially ignored” Russia’s official guarantees. Back in January, Moscow guaranteed compliance with the conditions for Mr. Milosevic's temporary release, and he himself made personal commitments.

Slalom skier Giorgio Rocca disappointed the whole of Italy Yesterday at 15.01, all residents of the country who are more or less interested in sports - the hosts of the XX Winter Olympic Games - experienced a terrible shock. In the first attempt of the slalom competition, the main contender for gold, one of the most popular athletes in Italy, Giorgio Rocca, was unable to complete the distance.

The President of Adygea fired the Minister of Economy for embellishing reality The authorities of Adygea once again found themselves in a delicate situation: the president of the republic, Khazret Sovmen, fired the Minister of Economic Development Aslan Tamov.

The Ministry of Education cannot receive applications for specialists from businesses One of the obstacles to higher education reform continues to be the lack of clear forecasts for the domestic labor market. The Minister of Education and Science Andrei Fursenko admitted this the other day in Petrozavodsk at a meeting of the State Council working group. According to him, it is impossible to correctly implement state policy on personnel training without the participation of employers.

Probably, it is no longer so important on whose conscience what is happening in the Tskhinvali region. I deliberately chose a neutral definition of territory. Ossetians still call this Georgian autonomy South Ossetia. For Georgians this is already Samachablo. Of course, in the early 1990s, against the backdrop of the collapse of the Soviet Union, someone from the Ossetian leadership made a mistake by deciding overnight to proclaim the South Ossetian Autonomous Region a republic.

Applicants for the Spanish company Endesa were asked to increase the amount of the transaction The German E.ON has not yet managed to become the world's largest energy concern. The Spanish state-owned electricity company Endesa, for which he offered 29.1 billion euros last Tuesday, did not agree to the takeover because it was not satisfied with the price. “This amount does not correspond to the actual cost of Endesa,” emphasized a representative of the company’s administrative council.

The Swedes bought a bank in St. Petersburg Western financial groups continue to expand into the banking market of Russia and Ukraine. Last Wednesday it became known that the second largest Swedish bank, SEB AG, intends to acquire the small St. Petersburg Petroenergobank. Although the details of the transaction have not yet been disclosed, SEB representatives do not hide the fact that they are buying “an entrance ticket to the Russian market.

Rosneft has ambitious plans for Kazakhstan. As the head of the state-owned company Sergei Bogdanchikov said last Thursday in Astana, “in the second half of the year the holding will be ready to announce its interest in two or three additional blocks” in Kazakhstan, RIA Novosti reports. “The planned rate of development of the company is at least 7% per year, this requires increasing the raw material base,” Mr. Bogdanchikov explained his interest in Kazakhstan.

CLUBS Sparks (USA). For almost thirty years now, this group has never tired of laughing at the canons and cliches of pop culture. On the one hand, Sparks' music is the apotheosis of pop music: light, fun, bright, provocative. On the other hand, it is difficult to find a group that plays light electronic music so interestingly and professionally. Moreover, Sparks, despite periods of complete oblivion among the public, manage not to grow old. They are still ahead of everyone.

Iran may respond to Russia on the day of the IAEA meeting Yesterday in Tehran there was a meeting between the co-chairs of the Russian-Iranian intergovernmental commission - the head of Rosatom Sergei Kiriyenko and the Iranian Minister of Finance and Economy Davud Daneshjafari. The discussion of plans for bilateral cooperation took place against the backdrop of escalating tensions around the Iranian nuclear program. The West increasingly suspects Tehran of seeking to create an atomic bomb.