The Russian Navy wants to become economically profitable Yesterday, military sailors not only celebrated their professional holiday, but also clarified their plans and decided on the concept for the development of this type of armed forces. The Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Vladimir Masorin, essentially defined a new task for his subordinates: the Navy must bring the state not only political and military-political dividends, but also economic ones.

Ramzan Kadyrov met with youth Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov on Friday visited the camp of the Nashi youth movement on Lake Seliger. Initially, “Nashi” announced a lecture by Mr. Kadyrov on preserving Russia’s state sovereignty, but then settled on a less pretentious format: the Chechen prime minister toured the camp, attended a paramilitary show, and then took part in a seminar on the stated topic. Communication took place mainly in question and answer mode.

Don Ataman established the Chechen Cossack district The head of the international union of public associations “The Great Don Army” Nikolai Kozitsyn issued a decree on the formation of the Chechen Cossack district as part of his organization. And he even appointed an ataman there - Chechen businessman Ruslan Dunaev. At the same time, Mr.

A criminal case has been initiated against the magazine "Molotok" Russian law enforcement officers, it seems, have volunteered to be the main censors of the youth press and are ready to protect children and teenagers from the “pernicious influence” of gloss to the fullest extent of the law.

Politicians and political scientists do not approve of the idea of ​​a long-term presidency The Vremya Novostey newspaper decided to find out from politicians and political scientists who and what is behind the initiative of the Chechen parliament and the North Ossetian public movement “Concord and Stability” to amend the Constitution for the sake of Vladimir Putin’s third term. And how justified is this idea?

June 28 -- July 28, 2006 “Vremya Novostey” and the “Medialogy” company offer you ratings of political figures who are most actively discussed in the Russian media. Political ratings are published on Mondays: over the course of a month, you can sequentially familiarize yourself with the ratings of deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, governors of the Russian Federation, ministers of the Russian Federation and foreign politicians.

German Gref declared war on fly-by-night companies The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade intends to contribute to the fight against tax evasion through shell companies. Without a significant reduction in their number, the introduction of an automatic refund of export VAT is impossible. The state recognizes that honest companies suffer because of scammers, but does not yet see a way out of this situation.

The Germans were allowed to absorb Endesa only if 19 conditions were met The German energy concern E.ON on Friday overcame a difficult barrier to the takeover of the Spanish company Endesa for 29.1 billion euros. The commission of the Spanish National Energy Supervisory Authority (CNE) unanimously spoke in favor of the plans of the German concern, but put forward 19 conditions and restrictions. First of all, it is necessary to sell almost a fifth of Endesa's energy generating capacity.

The concert of the great British guitarist in Moscow has been canceled One of the most advertised and anticipated concerts of the summer by music lovers was canceled at the last minute, Interfax reported this with reference to Eric Clapton’s website. Agencies and news sites announced the sad news on Sunday, but on Friday it became clear: there would be no concert.

Contemporary dance festival has ended The small “Personal Affair” festival brought together chamber works that would have been guaranteed to be lost on the large theater stage of the annual winter festival “Tsekh”. And here is a modest (ten rows) boardwalk amphitheater for the public, the artists work right under their noses.

Today the UN Security Council will begin consideration of a draft resolution on the Iranian nuclear program. It was distributed by France, which currently chairs the UN Security Council, and worked on the project together with Germany and the UK. They call on Iran to suspend all uranium enrichment work until the end of August and for a long period under the threat of international sanctions.

An atmospheric front will pass through the northwestern and central regions on Monday, and on Tuesday the influence of the anticyclone centered over the Barents Sea will intensify. In this part of the anticyclone, the northern quarter winds blow, so you cannot count on great warmth. In the central region, with the approach of an atmospheric front from the west, there will be short-term rains in places, temperatures at night will be +8...+13оС, during the day +17...+22оС.

CLUBS Animation and music festival "Trash/Flash". The program includes the best Russian cartoons in the genres of gothic, urban and neo-psychedelic. The highlight of the program is the presentation of the cult American animated series “Green Stumps” (directed by David Firth), adapted for the Russian audience by the creators of the KOMS.ru project. The bands TT-34 and SHVAKH are responsible for the musical part of the evening. Ikra , 21.00.

The agricultural census revealed the craving of Russians for exotic activities on the land The concept of “peasant” has changed radically! This conclusion was made by the head of Rosstat, Vladimir Sokolin, on Friday at a press conference dedicated to the results of the All-Russian Agricultural Census (ARC). “Today, a rural resident uses such expressions as credit history, bank interest, etc.,” notes Mr. Sokolin.

A bribe-taker has been added to the defrauded shareholders The scandalous epic involving the investigation of defrauded co-investors in housing construction is acquiring more and more juicy details. As Vremya Novostei learned, the Moscow prosecutor’s office recently sent materials to the court regarding the chief state tax inspector of interdistrict inspection No. 45 of the Federal Tax Service (FTS) in Moscow, Vsevolod Chuvin.