The West is looking for an alternative OSCE chairman Kazakh Foreign Minister Kasymzhomart Tokayev, having returned from the United States, where he visited last week, brought home two news - good and not so good. In an interview with Voice of America after a meeting with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Mr.

The growth of the Russian economy stimulates the development of the domestic stock market. In 2005, it broke all records: the RTS index almost doubled - by more than 83%. Today the situation is not so optimistic, but more and more Russian companies are declaring their desire to enter the stock market. The president of the VIKA investment group, Vladislav LUKYANOV, talks about the situation on the Russian stock market and the peculiarities of investing in shares of the second and third echelons.

Our clubs can break the record for representation in the Final Four At least three Russian clubs have secured participation in the Final Four of European tournaments. This is Odintsovo's Iskra in the men's CEV Cup and the girls from Dynamo Moscow in the Top Teams Cup. Today they will be joined by the winner of the Balakovo NPP - Zarechye pair. A week ago, the match between these opponents in Odintsovo ended with a score of 3:2 and a goal ratio of plus two in favor of the “atomic girls”.

Russian planes work until the end Yesterday, on the day of mourning for those killed in Sunday's plane crash in Irkutsk, Russian aviation continued to have a bad streak of flight accidents. Fortunately, there were no deaths that day, although in at least one case the risk of permanent loss was very high.

Leading European politicians traditionally note the reliability of Russian natural gas supplies. The experience of more than three decades of fruitful cooperation between Russian gas producers and its importers in Germany and other EU countries is also not in doubt. At the same time, Europeans also firmly adhere to the principle of diversifying sources of procurement of energy raw materials.

The government wants to share responsibility for budget expenditures with United Russia A very representative delegation from the White House arrived yesterday at a meeting of the bureau of the Supreme Council of the United Russia party.

"Three Graves" by Tommy Lee Jones on Moscow screens Two hunters traveling somewhere near the Mexican border decided to shoot a coyote. And when they got closer, they saw that the coyote was hanging around for a reason - he was attracted by a human corpse. Before becoming the prey of a four-legged vulture, the dead man's name was Melquiades Estrada (Julio Cesar Zedillo), he came as an illegal immigrant from Mexico and herded goats.

Murat Zyazikov is going to lead Ingushetia until 2010 The representation of Ingushetia under the President of Russia hosted a presentation of a large socio-economic conference scheduled for the second half of July. Prominent federal politicians are invited to an event dedicated to the prospects for economic growth and social development of one of the poorest regions of Russia.

Chronicle of sporting events Zinedine Zidane's sending off in the final match of the tournament and the team's failure in the penalty shootout could not overshadow the Frenchman's excellent performances throughout the championship for FIFA experts. Zidane is recognized as the best football player of the World Cup and takes home the Golden Ball. Three days before the battle for gold, FIFA announced the official list of ten candidates for this honorary title.

The company wants to build a refinery and develop a network of gas stations in Turkey LUKOIL continues to actively look for options to expand oil refining capacities abroad. The company's managers have repeatedly stated that they are considering the possibility of acquiring assets in Europe and Asia. As the Turkish press reported yesterday, the Russian company intends to build a refinery in this country with a capacity of 8-10 million tons per year and a cost of 2-3 billion dollars.

Unexpected visit to Dushanbe by Pentagon chief Yesterday evening, US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (pictured) arrived in Dushanbe on a two-day working visit. Immediately upon arrival, the Pentagon chief was received by the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmonov. The visit program includes negotiations with his Tajik colleague Sherali Khairulloev and a visit to one of the units of the republic’s armed forces.

In one day, Russian aviation experienced four emergency situations Russian aviation has experienced one of the most tragic moments in its modern history over the past two days. Just on Sunday morning at the Irkutsk airport, a passenger airliner A310 of S7 Airlines (formerly Siberia Airlines) crashed and burned down during landing.

CLUBS Timur Mangol (guitar, vocals). A remarkable Moscow man who is either a bard, or a mocker, or an experimenter with all kinds of musical forms. Most recently, Mangol presented a new, very high-quality program. Art Garbage , 21.00. "Naphthalene". Party of DJs Karina and Yelma at the Kuker House. The program includes the good old “vinyl” stage. 21.00. CONCERTS "Seasons" .

Over the past month, the former captain of the Russian national team Alexander MOSTOVOY, as well as the coach of the Russian youth national team Andrei TALALAYEV, helped to understand the intricacies of the World Football Championship that ended in Germany, which brought the Italian national team the fourth championship title in history. Vremya Novostei correspondent Alexander NETSENKO asked both columnists to sum up the results of the tournament.

PricewaterhouseCoopers predicts “true globalization” of the global metallurgical market The main driving force behind the consolidation of the global steel industry last year, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers review, was the desire of leading producers to gain control over rising prices for raw materials by purchasing a supplier company. The report repeatedly emphasizes the main global trend - the consolidation of the industry as a whole.