To solve the problem of improving the nation's health, according to the head of Rossport, Vyacheslav Fetisov, it is necessary to review and qualitatively change the entire infrastructure of children's and school sports. We are talking not only about equipping school gyms with modern equipment and inventory, not only about building additional sports facilities, but also about increasing the status of teachers and coaches, and most importantly, about a different approach to physical education.

Marat Safin lost 10 thousand dollars after failing to attend a press conference Matches on the fourth day of the French Open in Paris were repeatedly interrupted due to rain. Maria Sharapova, who met with the Czech Iveta Beneshova, suffered greatly from the bad weather. There were two unplanned pauses in this fight. However, this did not in any way affect the Russian woman’s fighting mood.

Total's President for Upstream and Refining, Christophe de MARGERIE, is confident that the situation with the development of the Kharyaga oil field will not affect his company's chances of winning the tender for the development of the Shtokman gas field. He stated this while answering questions from Russian journalists.

One of the most pressing issues today is art for children. Because if you don’t cultivate the taste and need for art from early childhood, you won’t have to try for adults in the near future - new generations won’t want to read books, listen to music, or watch plays.

German sports journalists proudly call this football player “a Ukrainian product with German quality,” without seeing a single bit of irony in this. At the same time, the Germans hope that Andrei Voronin’s development as a master took place precisely in Germany, which at one time accepted a 16-year-old boy from Odessa into its arms. In Germany, for some reason, they really like to compare Voronin with Shevchenko, despite the fundamental differences in career development scenarios.

European oil and gas workers talk about fuel nationalism Europe, on the eve of the G8 summit, at which the main topic will be energy security, continues to insist on increasing oil and gas supplies from Russia. Yesterday, at the oil and gas summit in Paris, French Trade Minister Francois Loos called for the development of the Shtokman gas field to begin as soon as possible in order to increase the supply of hydrocarbons on the market and thereby at least slightly reduce their prices.

The ban on the flight of American and Canadian aircraft over the territory of Belarus will be selective, a source in the Foreign Ministry told reporters yesterday. “This, of course, will not apply to civil aviation aircraft,” he said.

A law on the rights of Muscovites from demolished houses has been adopted The city authorities reassured the residents of five-story panel buildings and other buildings included in the demolition and reconstruction program, assuring them that the new Housing Code does not cancel the city hall’s earlier promises to provide apartments of at least equal area and in the same area.

Cold-blooded killing of Iraqis undermines US efforts A scandal is breaking out in the United States that could overshadow the story of the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American guards in the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad. Four to eight US Marines were among the suspects in the killing of 15 to 24 civilians in the Iraqi town of Haditha in the Sunni Anbar province.

Sergei Ivanov is tired of building a Russian-Ukrainian plane The heads of the defense departments of Russia and Ukraine, who arrived in Baku for a meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the CIS countries, actually buried the largest military-technical project that still connected the two states.

Exhibition by Valery Koshlyakov in the Proekt_Fabrika hall Valery Koshlyakov is an unnoticed classic. He is present on the art scene, but at the same time he is not there, because he does not go to parties, does not appear on TV. This invisibility has both external reasons - Koshlyakov spent his last years in Germany, and internal ones - those related to his very character.

The First Deputy Prime Minister warned against the redistribution of the land market The first presidential inspection of work on national projects will take place in the Kremlin early next week. Then, at a meeting with the president, the first interim results of the implementation of national projects will be summed up. Preparations began yesterday - at a meeting of the Presidium of the Council on National Projects chaired by First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

US offers Iran economic cooperation Today in Vienna the heads of foreign policy departments of five countries - permanent members of the UN Security Council (Russia, USA, Great Britain, France and China) and Germany, a member of the Euro-three, are meeting. On the agenda is a discussion of further steps regarding the Iranian nuclear program.

The Duma is preparing to ban protest voting in federal elections In the near future, the Duma will most likely ban the “against all” column in federal and regional elections. This initiative was submitted to parliament by the Tver Regional Duma at the end of last week. Next Monday, June 5, the presidium of the United Russia faction, which has a majority in the Duma, will decide whether to support the idea of ​​the Tver deputies.

The Russian government has come up with a new business for itself By the end of the year, Russia will have a full-fledged mechanism for financing innovative technologies. The government decided to create OJSC Russian Venture Company (RVC). The state, together with private investors, must ensure a breakthrough for Russian high-tech.