Wire thieves paralyzed railway traffic between Moscow and St. Petersburg for five hours The central railway terminal of St. Petersburg - Moskovsky Station - all day yesterday resembled a huge overcrowded camp and was overcrowded with people greeting and wishing to board the train with a purchased ticket.

The Tour de France was led by the little-known Cyril Desseille At the Tour de France cycling stage race, another change in the leader of the overall classification took place. Moreover, the yellow jersey of the Ukrainian Sergei Gonchar from the German team “T-Mobile” was taken away by a little-known participant of the “Big Loop” - a teammate of our Alexander Bocharov from “Prevoyance” Cyril Dessel.

And oil prices don't react to anything A new round of destabilization in the Middle East and explosions in India caused investors to panic. On world markets yesterday the price of gold rose quite sharply - from 630 to 655 dollars per ounce on the London Metal Exchange. Gold prices have reached their highest level in the last five weeks, Bloomberg reports.

Mikhail Kasyanov defined the status of the “Other Russia” The main event of the “Other Russia” conference that ended yesterday in Moscow, in which Russian politicians and human rights activists opposed to the Kremlin took part, was the speech of the leader of the People’s Democratic Union, Mikhail Kasyanov.

The President of Israel prefers slim and young people Israeli government legal adviser Menachem Mazouz has ordered a police investigation into accusations of sexual harassment against the country's President Moshe Katsav (pictured) . The scandalous rumors, which are called “the affair of the president and his secretaries,” received official confirmation yesterday.

"Pirates of the Caribbean" is back on Moscow screens The first film about the adventures of Jack Sparrow bravely and brilliantly broke the curse that had hung over the pirate film for many years.

Dick Advocaat's Zenit does not score or concede for the second match in a row Rubin Kazan missed the chance to get ahead of CSKA and lead the championship standings. Kurban Berdyev's team was unable to cope with yesterday's torpedo backups, and, having drawn 1:1, remained in second place. And while in Kazan “Torpedo” was desperately getting the desired draw, “Moscow” got acquainted with the head coach of St.

The referendum is scheduled for September On September 17, a national referendum will be held in Transnistria on the issue of relations between the unrecognized Transnistrian Moldavian Republic (PMR) and Russia and Moldova. This decision was made yesterday by the Pridnestrovian Supreme Council.

The traditions of the estate theater came to life thanks to radical artists The story of the triple alliance of the collector Maxim Boxer, who recently opened his private theater at his dacha in Golitsyn, and the artists Georgy Ostretsov and Georgy Litichevsky, whose performances and performances opened the theater, is suitable for a short novel.

Chronicle of sporting events Next weekend, the final tournament of the European Rugby 7s Championship will take place at the capital's Moskvich stadium, where admission will be free for spectators. The main prize of the competition will be competed by 12 teams. In addition to the hosts, these are France, Romania, Portugal, Lithuania, Italy, Spain, Moldova, Georgia, Andorra, Croatia and Ukraine.

More than three months have passed since Alexander Babakov replaced Dmitry Rogozin as chairman of the Rodina party.

Yuri Chaika found himself another deputy Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika yesterday presented to the Federation Council (FC) another candidate for the position of his deputy - 49-year-old Yevgeny Zabarchuk. Until recently, he served as Deputy Minister of Justice. Speaking before members of the Senate Committee on Legal and Judicial Affairs, the Prosecutor General noted that “his entire career took place in the state security agencies and the Ministry of Justice system.” Mr.

German Gref creates a parallel government At first glance, the new structure of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade differs slightly from the old one. The total number of employees, which is 2049 people, has not changed. The number of departments has increased - from 17 to 19.

Alexander Veshnyakov hopes for the best In the fall, on October 8, elections of deputies to legislative assemblies will be held in nine regions of Russia. This will be the second experience of using a single voting day. These elections will be held according to the old rules - the innovations adopted by the State Duma have not yet entered into force.

Those accused of murdering the Magadan governor were found in Spain Spanish authorities yesterday announced the detention in the resort town of Marbella of Russian citizens Alexander Zakharov and Martin Babakasyan, whom the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation considers participants in the attempt on the life of the Governor of the Magadan Region, Valentin Tsvetkov. It is expected that in the coming days the Russian side will send a package of documents for their extradition.