Iranian diary of a Soviet intelligence officer May 9 marks the 60th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Northern Iran. The legendary Soviet intelligence officer, 82-year-old Gevork Vartanyan, was the leader of a group of illegal immigrants in this country in the 1940s. Born in Rostov-on-Don into the family of an Iranian citizen, in 1930 he and his family left for this country for permanent residence.

The Duma will forgive old sins and help develop new deposits Between the holidays, the government introduced a package of tax bills to the State Duma, including widely discussed draft laws on a tax amnesty and tax holidays for the development of oil fields. The president gave the government instructions to develop a tax amnesty bill almost a year ago.

The Russian military will be monitored from Aomori Official messages from Tokyo these days are replete with victorious reports: “The Japanese-American alliance has undergone qualitative changes!”, “Strategic relations have reached a new level!” After three and a half years of negotiations, Japanese and U.S. defense and foreign policy leaders reached an agreement in Washington this week to redeploy U.S.

Knockout games have started in the Russian Championship The playoffs of the Russian Championship among men's teams in Division A of the Super League have begun. The first round of the knockout tournament, the quarterfinals, like all other stages, takes place according to the “2-2-1” scheme, that is, up to three victories, with the clubs that took higher places in the regular season having an advantage on their site. Yesterday the hosts celebrated success in all matches.

The capital's military commissar is being tried for extorting a bribe The military commissar of the Savyolovsky district of Moscow appeared in court yesterday for extorting a bribe from a reserve officer. 46-year-old Colonel Nikolai Gibaev is accused of forcing an institute graduate to pay him 70 thousand rubles, threatening to “send him to distant borders.” The colonel himself did not admit his guilt and believes that the case against him was fabricated in order to remove him from his post.

Airbus A-320 did not reach Sochi The main Russian resort city of Sochi all day yesterday, in emergency mode, received rescuers, investigators and experts in the investigation of plane crashes, raised on alarm in connection with the death on Wednesday night in the Black Sea of ​​the passenger airliner A-320 of the Armenian Airlines airline, flying from Yerevan .

The largest air crashes of Airbus passenger airliners June 7, 1988 -- During a demonstration flight at an air show in France, an Airbus A-320 crashed and crashed to the ground, with 136 people on board. Three were killed and 98 people were seriously injured. The reason is insufficient preparedness of the crew. July 3, 1988 - An Iranian Airbus A-300 was shot down over the Persian Gulf by an American missile. All 290 people on board the plane were killed.

Berlin does not want to be bankrupt, but wants to get into the constitution These days, the German Federal Constitutional Court is holding a trial in Berlin's lawsuit, with the help of which the city is trying to claim additional financial resources from the federal government. The German capital has the status of an independent federal state and is a full-fledged subject of the federation.

There is a growing dispute around Nagorno-Karabakh (NK): whether this complex conflict can be resolved peacefully, or whether Azerbaijanis and Armenians are doomed to new bloody torture of each other and themselves. On the anniversary of the truce, opponents will once again fire propaganda salvos. The ceasefire, brokered by Russia on May 12, 1994, remains the only real achievement of the peace process taken over by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

According to the official version of Soviet historiographers, Stalin decided to send troops into the territory of Iranian Azerbaijan (another name for the northern part of the country) immediately after the start of the Great Patriotic War in order to prevent an attack on the USSR from the south. This was how the plans of Nazi Germany were thwarted and railway and sea connections were ensured between our country and its allies - Great Britain and the USA.

Hockey. NHL. Stanley Cup. First round. “Montreal” – “Carolina” – 1:2 (OT) (series score 2-4), “Philadelphia” – “Buffalo” – 1:7 (2-4) - - Afinogenov “B” ( 1+0). Montreal and Philadelphia failed to create a sensation and make it to the conference semi-finals. The Canadiens lost to Carolina three times at home. In the last match, everything was decided by Stillman's shot in the second minute of overtime, which Montreal goalkeeper Huet could not cope with.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke about Russia at a meeting with the editors-in-chief of American newspapers in Washington.

Vneshtorgbank will issue bonds for the population Vneshtorgbank will issue corporate bonds for the population, said Russian Finance Minister and head of the VTB Supervisory Board Alexey Kudrin. According to him, this will help increase the “financial literacy” of citizens. According to banking analysts interviewed by the newspaper, the idea of ​​withdrawing money from the population using bonds is in fact just another tool to combat inflation.

The A-320 is a twin-engine narrow-body aircraft designed to carry 150 passengers in a standard two-class configuration. The first aircraft of this type entered service in March 1988. As of the end of April 2006, the total number of A-320 family aircraft delivered to customers is about 2,750 units, and they are operated by 175 airlines around the world. The A-320 family includes, in addition to the model of the same name, also the A-318, A-319 and A-321 aircraft.

The British Treasury considers letters from work to friends to be “benefits received in kind” The “white collar” workers of Foggy Albion were seriously frightened by British fiscals. The UK Treasury intends to make a paid Internet window to the big world, which all clerks receive along with their office computer.