Yushchenko approved multinational exercises Viktor Yushchenko, despite seven days of anti-NATO protests in Crimea, gave the go-ahead for the international exercises “Sea Breeze 2006” and “Tight Knot 2006” with the participation of 40 countries to be held in Ukraine. In a decree dated June 3, the president refers to the fact that the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) confirmed the need for maneuvers.

The meeting of the presidents of Russia and Georgia will take place on June 13 in St. Petersburg. Last Saturday, Mikheil Saakashvili called Vladimir Putin, and the heads of state agreed on a summit.

On Saturday, Russian boxer Nikolai VALUEV, defending the World Boxing Association (WBA) world champion title in the heavyweight category in Hannover, knocked out Owen Beck, a challenger from Jamaica, in the third round. The morning after the fight, the editor-in-chief of the sports information agency “All Sport” Evgeniy SLYUSARENKO spoke with Nikolai Valuev especially for Vremya Novostey. - You woke up very early. Looks like you didn't work too hard in the ring this evening?

The re-election of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov as President of the International Chess Federation showed how the interests of poor countries do not coincide with the interests of rich ones. Moreover, this significant global political (and not at all sports) split manifested itself in one of the most elite sports. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has headed the world chess kingdom for the eleventh year. Mr.

Nine Russians who were detained by Minsk police last week for spraying graffiti in the center of the Belarusian capital were released on Monday evening. This information was confirmed to Vremya Novostei by the press secretary of the Russian Embassy, ​​Alexander Frolov. According to him, no charges were brought against Russian citizens. “On Monday, a meeting was held between a representative of the consular department and the detainees.

“Eurosceptics” have gained the upper hand in the Czech Republic The two-day election campaign ended in the Czech Republic on Saturday. The victory was won by the Civil Democratic Party (CDP, 35.4% of the votes). In second place is the Czech Social Democratic Party (CSDP, 32.3%), which has ruled for the last eight years, and in third place is the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (CHRM, 12.8%).

Mortgage development is constrained by explosive growth in housing prices and currency risks The Russian ruble is strengthening - this is the main trend of recent months. The change in the policy of the Central Bank, which no longer restrained the strengthening of the national currency, put Russians in an unusual situation. The dollar, which for the last decade and a half seemed to be the most reliable means of savings, has become less stable than the Russian ruble.

Why Putin fired Ustinov The Vremya Novostei newspaper decided to find out from politicians and political scientists why Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov was dismissed and what this will lead to.

Vladimir Iorikh's team leaves Mechel Vladimir Iorikh left the post of general director of the Mechel management company. As the company's press service reported, his successor was Vladimir Polin, Senior Vice President for Production. Mr. Iorikh, as previously announced, is leaving the management of the company in accordance with an agreement reached in early 2006 to sell shares to his Mechel partner Igor Zyuzin. At the same time, Mr.

The Russian embassy in Baghdad suffers losses What the relatives and colleagues of Russian diplomats working in Baghdad were so afraid of, unfortunately, happened. One employee of the Russian diplomatic mission was killed in the Iraqi capital on Saturday, and four of his colleagues were kidnapped. Last night it became clear that the morning reports from Arab television stations and Western agencies about the release of the hostages by Iraqi and American special forces were too optimistic.

Sergei Lavrov spoke about strengthening the international position Yesterday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held a press conference on the results of Russian diplomacy in 2005. Anticipating the answers to questions, the minister stated that “the foreign policy results of the year are positive for Russia,” while the strengthening of our country’s international position took place “regardless of the political situation.” According to Mr.

Vladimir Putin: There will be no unilateral concessions on the energy market Javier Solana's report was prepared in an atmosphere of complete mutual understanding with Moscow. This, in any case, follows from Vladimir Putin’s comments made on Friday at a meeting with the heads of the largest news agencies of the G8 countries.

The President of the All-Russian Figure Skating Federation Valentin Piseev was again re-elected to this post at the end of last week. At the reporting and election conference, 68 delegates supported his candidacy. Immediately after the elections, Vremya Novostei correspondent Olga ERMOLINA spoke with Valentin Piseev. — At the conference you proposed your program for the development of figure skating in the country. What key points would you highlight?

The President found a replacement for the disgraced Nenets governor On June 2, Russian President Vladimir Putin, by decree, temporarily suspended Alexey Barinov from the post of head of the administration of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug in connection with the representation of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation and the initiation of a criminal case against the Nenets governor.

Tehran failed to split the UN Security Council Iranian leaders yesterday for the first time threatened to use oil weapons if the US "takes the wrong step towards Iran." “You are not able to ensure the security of energy flows in this region,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said, addressing the Americans.