Russia evacuates its citizens from Palestine and Lebanon Never before has Russia carried out such a large-scale evacuation of its citizens from an armed conflict zone abroad. Among those rescued or those who have not yet been helped, there will be their dissatisfied people. (For example, it was impossible to reach the Russian embassy in Lebanon on the numbers that were announced to citizens for emergency communications all these days).

Yesterday, 26 Russian citizens (19 of them children), seven Ukrainians and three Moldovans arrived in Moscow by plane from the Ministry of Emergency Situations from the Palestinian Gaza Strip. Their evacuation is caused by the deteriorating situation in the Palestinian Authority, and especially in the Gaza Strip, where the Israelis are conducting a large-scale military operation.

Watch from July 20 on Moscow screens “2001 Maniacs” (USA, 2005, Tim Sullivan). A remake of the 1964 super-cult horror film “2000 Maniacs,” directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis, a man of high culture, as well as the creator and king of the bloody gore subgenre. The plot has remained virtually unchanged - a group of young idiots, while moving from point A to point B, find themselves in a charming-looking southern town, where a traditional festival with dancing, games and food is taking place.

Rosoboronexport intends to immediately gain control of VSPMO-Avisma The state-owned Rosoboronexport will receive not a blocking stake in the titanium corporation VSPMO-Avisma, as previously planned, but a controlling stake. The head of the state-owned company, Sergei Chemezov, told reporters yesterday: “Negotiations with the main owners of the corporation have almost been completed (these are Vyacheslav Bresht and Vladislav Tetyukhin - Ed.

Russia sent its mediator to the Middle East A week after the outbreak of hostilities on the Lebanese-Israeli border, the first delegation of international mediators visited Israel. The “troika” of UN special representatives (this is Advisor to the UN Secretary General Mr. Anana Vijaya Nambiar, UN Representative in the Middle East Alvaro de Soto and his predecessor Terje Red-Larsen) tried to persuade the Israeli leadership to return the conflict to a diplomatic channel.

Chronicle of sporting events Russian Nikolai Padius will defend the colors of Dynamo Moscow Region next season. Last season, the basketball player became one of the leaders of the finalist of the ULEB Cup of the Greek “Aris”. Padius' average statistics in the 2005/06 ULEB Cup were 12.9 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.4 steals in an average of 27 minutes of playing time.

The Iraqi government is dissatisfied with the words of the Russian President about his reluctance to borrow the Iraqi model of democracy. The office of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said that with his “sarcastic remark, Vladimir Putin downplayed the importance of Iraq’s democratic experience.” “The Iraqi government is shocked by this remark. It ignores the daily sacrifice and extraordinary courage of Iraqis who turned out in large numbers to exercise their right to vote.

The countdown of the accused at ISbank began with the boss As Vremya Novostei learned, the Main Investigation Department (GID) of the Moscow City Internal Affairs Directorate recently filed a charge in absentia of “illegal banking activities as part of an organized group” against the Chairman of the Board of Directors of CJSC CB Industrial Savings Bank, 38-year-old Artem Bogdanov. This happened as part of an investigation that began in March of this year after a series of searches in ISbank.

G8 participants signed up to the Russian concept of education development The leaders of the G8 countries listened to Russia’s proposals on the concept of the development of education throughout the world. This is the main result of the negotiations on access to education that took place within the framework of the G8 summit that ended in St. Petersburg.

Tehran invites Delhi to forget about cheap gas Two weeks before the next meeting of the trilateral working group of Iran, Pakistan and India on the implementation of the gas pipeline project, Tehran publicly refused the price at which it wanted to buy gas from Delhi.

The new government will be pragmatic Yesterday, the Lithuanian Seimas approved a center-left minority government led by Social Democrat Gediminas Kirkilas. The prime minister and 13 members of his cabinet took the oath of office in parliament and began performing their duties. The government crisis, which lasted more than two months, ended thanks to the new prime minister’s compromises and concessions to the opposition.

The Russians want the 2014 Winter Olympics to go to Sochi Russians are well aware that Sochi has nominated itself to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, support this decision and rate the chances of the main Russian resort to win the Olympic race quite highly. Such conclusions can be drawn from a study by the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion. Moreover, the main Olympic optimists live in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

CLUBS "Talkers" The traditional talk show of the club “Chinese pilot Zhao Da” , in which viewers discuss various topical issues with the invited guest, is hosting a country party today. Guests are expected to wear Panama hats, sundresses, shorts and other country outfits.

Yuri Chaika formed the leadership team of the Prosecutor General's Office Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika completed the personnel purge of the department's management, which he began on his first working day, June 27. Then he asked to write reports asking for the resignation of all 13 deputy prosecutors general, who were “inherited” from the former prosecutor general Vladimir Ustinov. On Monday, July 17, as Vremya Novostey learned, Mr. Chaika signed order No.

Samara deputies agreed to popular elections of the city mayor Today the Samara City Duma will set a date for the election of the city mayor. Most likely, the elections will take place on the autumn all-Russian single voting day on October 8. City Duma deputies determined new rules by which residents will elect a mayor only on July 10.