Tursunov played in the final of an ATP competition for the first time Dmitry Tursunov failed to win the final of the ATP tournament with a prize fund of $500 thousand on the Los Angeles hard court. In the decisive match of the competition, the Russian lost to the German Tommy Haas - 6:4, 5:7, 3:6. During the entire match, the silver medalist of the Sydney Olympics made only two tiebreakers, and both turned out to be key.

CLUBS Summer Le-festival. Opening of the annual jazz festival "Le Club". Today the Daniil Kramer Trio and the Cigar Hall Ensemble will perform. 20.30. Syntek Party . Jeremy P. Caulfield (Canada-Germany), Meshkov, Chayanov are playing. Minimal, tech house. "Propaganda" , 22.00. MOVIE "Return" (Spain, 2006). Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Penelope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Duenas, Blanco Portillo, Pilar Castro.

GAZ bought the British LDV plant The management of the GAZ group announced yesterday the acquisition of the British light commercial vehicle plant LDV Holdings, located in Birmingham, England. The plant was purchased from the American investment fund Sun Capital, which acquired the plant after bankruptcy proceedings last year. “Sun Capital assessed its capabilities and decided to resell the asset, realizing that it did not have enough of its own strength to develop it.

The Far Eastern Plenipotentiary Envoy of the President of Russia visited the Indian Country On July 28, in the capital of the famous Indian country of Peru, the city of Lima, a ceremony took place to transfer power from the current president of the country, Alejandro Toledo, to the newly elected head of state, Alan Garcia Perez. On behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Russian delegation at the ceremony was headed by...

Khabarovsk neighbors may not like the new 5,000 ruble bill A new banknote will appear in the wallets of Russians. The Bank of Russia announced yesterday the release into circulation of a 1997 banknote with a face value of 5,000 rubles. From July 31, it becomes a full-fledged means of payment and is subject to mandatory acceptance throughout Russia.

The International Trade Club keeps Russia on its doorstep Russia will not join the World Trade Organization (WTO) this year. This may not happen in 2007 either. This was stated yesterday by the main Russian negotiator with this organization, Maxim Medvedkov. “We do not have a directive to complete negotiations by a certain date. Therefore, it is impossible to say that we will definitely become members of the WTO in mid-2007,” he said at a conference in Tyumen.

The debutants tested their strength in matches with the European champions In the third round of the preliminary stage of the World League, the Russian men's team twice defeated the reigning European champions, the Italians, on the road. In Genoa, head coach Zoran Gajic's charges did not give up a single game to the "Squadra Azzurra" - 3:0 (25:21, 25:21, 25:18), two days later in the capital of the 2006 Winter Games Turin, the guests again celebrated success - - 3:1 (25:16, 25:19, 23:25, 25:23).

Military judges fear that they will not be able to protect the “man in uniform” “A man in uniform” may soon lose his only protection - military courts. This was stated yesterday by the Chairman of the Moscow District Military Court (MOVS) Alexander Beznasyuk. Already in January of next year, it is planned to begin reforming military justice, which boils down to removing shoulder straps from judge officers and appointing them according to the same rules as civilian judges.

The UN Security Council gave Tehran a month to think about it Yesterday, the UN Security Council for the first time put the demands of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Iran in the form of a binding resolution numbered 1696. Now Tehran has a month to resolve disputes with the IAEA.

Chronicle of sporting events Lyon once again proved that they are the strongest football team in France. The national champions won the Super Cup for the fifth time in a row, defeating Paris Saint-Germain in a penalty shootout. The French Super Cup precedes the start of the national championship. And according to the established tradition of the last five years, both of these tournaments have only one winner - Lyon.

The annexation of South Ossetia is disadvantageous for Russia The president of the unrecognized republic of South Ossetia, Eduard Kokoity, yesterday in Moscow again declared his readiness to seek the inclusion of this territory into Russia through the Russian Constitutional Court.

The military could have entered the Kodori Gorge under the guise of police. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov yesterday proposed holding a “full and total” international inspection in the Kodori Gorge. According to him, regular units of the Georgian armed forces were introduced into the gorge from the very beginning of the operation to suppress the rebellion of Emzar Kvitsiani.

Senators are ready to take calls from repentant militants Russian parliamentarians have come to grips with the issue of amnesty for Chechen militants. Deputy Chairman of the Duma Security Committee Mikhail Grishankov confirmed yesterday that at one of the first meetings of the autumn session, deputies may declare an amnesty for members of illegal armed groups. According to Mr.

Most Russians are not ready to become participants in the stock market About a third of Russians are not averse to becoming participants in the stock market, but they still do not have sufficient financial resources and special knowledge, according to a study by the Public Opinion Foundation. The survey “Financial behavior of Russians: attitude towards stocks and securities” was conducted in 100 settlements in 44 regions, territories and republics of Russia.

Forecast for the coming days July is behind us. This year in the center of Russia, in terms of average air temperature, it turned out to be quite an ordinary month. But there was clearly not enough rain in July. After all, showers were often local in nature - thick in some places, empty in others. Thus, in the capital itself, only about 30 mm of precipitation fell in a month - about a third of the norm. The warmest day in July also turned out to be unsurprisingly gloomy and cool.