President Kaczynski undergoes urgent examination Yesterday, the Kaczynski brothers, who had finally formalized their family contract to govern Poland, were again in the spotlight. While Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who had been appointed Prime Minister the day before, was engaged in personnel shake-ups in the government, the presidential palace gave a report on the health of the head of state.

The Moscow region club is ready to revise the table of ranks of the capital region This week all Super League clubs returned from vacation. As if not wanting to interfere with the World Cup, immediately after it ended, the CSKA players were the last to get down to business. However, the start of pre-season training so late by Russian standards does not at all guarantee that the best club in the capital region based on the results of the last season will lead in the next season. Why?

An “investigative” audit has been appointed in the Southern District The new Deputy Prosecutor General for the Southern Federal District (SFD), Ivan Sydoruk, who took up his duties this week, yesterday announced to his subordinates the urgent move of the representative office of the Prosecutor General's Office from Essentuki to Rostov-on-Don.

FIFA will look into what Materazzi told Zidane The International Football Federation (FIFA) has announced the start of an investigation into the incident that occurred between France and Italy players Zinedine Zidane and Marco Materazzi in the final match of the World Cup. In the 110th minute of the match, the Italian defender said something to the captain of the French team, in response he hit him with his head in the chest and was then sent off from the field.

Premiere at the Roman Viktyuk Theater To mark the tenth anniversary of his theater, Roman Viktyuk produced a play based on the play by Israeli playwright Hanoch Levin “The Incomprehensible Woman Living in Us.” It’s been a long time since I’ve seen the huge, three-tiered hall of the Mossovet Theater be so packed. Not just “under the lid”, but the audience sat on top of each other on the floor in the aisles, stood against the walls. Few directors can boast of such loyal and constant fans.

Seven explosions rocked India Unknown criminals yesterday staged a massive terrorist attack in the commercial capital of India, Mumbai (Bombay). During the evening rush hour, when hundreds of thousands of citizens were traveling home from work, seven explosive devices went off on the railway trains connecting various areas of the city of nine million. By evening, 147 people were known to have died, and the number of wounded exceeded 400 people.

Volgograd utility workers decided to receive conditional punishment The Voroshilovsky District Court of Volgograd yesterday handed down a verdict in the case of the leaders of Volgograd Utility Systems OJSC (VgKS), accused of tax evasion and theft of more than 51 million rubles.

Kaliningrad deputies are unhappy with the regional Public Chamber It is possible that in the westernmost Russian region the Public Chamber may undergo significant changes. At the last meeting of the regional Duma before the summer holidays, it suddenly became clear that the majority of deputies were dissatisfied with the work of the “civil sector”. Moreover, the problem surfaced quite unexpectedly.

By decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin, 60-year-old Vyacheslav Kovalenko, who until recently headed the second department of the CIS at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was appointed as the new Russian ambassador to Georgia. He will replace 58-year-old Vladimir Chkhikvishvili, who is moving “to another job.” Mr Chkhikvishvili has headed the Russian embassy in Tbilisi since November 2002.

The management of the GAZ group, part of Oleg Deripaska’s Basic Element, is hiring another foreigner. Yesterday the company announced the appointment of David Lawrence Eggers, formerly deputy chief financial officer of Ford Asia Pacific & Africa, as deputy chairman of the group's finance and economics group. Mr.

Chronicle of sporting events The Russian men's water polo team performed disastrously in the fifth edition of the World League, failing to secure a ticket to the semi-final stage. In the preliminary round, Alexander Kabanov’s team suffered five defeats in six matches and took last place in their group “C”. The Russians lost to Serbia and Montenegro, still playing as a single team - 8:12 and 7:11, Croatia - 8:13 and 10:11, sharing points with Spain - 8:12 and 9:5.

The holidays of the leading masters allowed us to remember Kournikova For most of the world's leading tennis players, a period of relative calm has begun. After two consecutive Grand Slam tournaments - Roland Garros and the British Open - there are traditionally no major competitions on the international calendar in the height of summer. Among the fair sex, the elite will continue to sort things out at a high level only at the very end of July.

The crash of an Airbus A310 belonging to Siberia Airlines on Sunday in Irkutsk, which claimed more than 120 lives, fueled the discussion about the need to close the airport located within the city. True, so far only regional authorities are categorically in favor of the construction of a new airport. The federal center, through the mouth of Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov, made it clear yesterday that Irkutsk residents may have to limit themselves to modernizing the existing air harbor.

Today there will be a meeting of the board of directors of the Russian Trading System (RTS) group, at which a decision will be made on the restructuring of all its companies. It is expected that all the group's assets will be transferred to RTS OJSC. As RTS representative Anna Cheremushkina told Vremya Novostey, the business restructuring is of a technical nature and is associated with the desire to create a transparent management system.

Yuri Luzhkov is going to fine traffic police officers for traffic jams Moscow authorities have finally found those responsible for all the transport problems of the capital's metropolis. To our great surprise, this time it was not motorists who were recognized as extreme, but traffic police officers.