Valery Draganov is ready to further tighten control on the alcohol market The process of regulating alcohol products initiated by parliament and the government, which provoked a serious shortage of alcohol in the consumer market, does not seem to have ended.

A representative of the investment bank did not join the board of directors of the exchange The general meeting of the non-profit partnership "Russian Trading System" yesterday elected a board of directors of 17 people. Oleg Safonov, who began working at the RTS Stock Exchange in 2003 as the head of the financial department of NP RTS, was again confirmed as the President of the exchange, and in September 2004 was elected to the post of President.

A steady increase in crime and corruption has been detected again in St. Petersburg Since 2003, when the government in St. Petersburg changed, city authorities have not heard criticism from visiting high Moscow officials about the criminal situation in St. Petersburg. If in the late 90s St. Petersburg was labeled as a criminal capital, then in the early 2000s it was already the “hometown of the president,” which cannot be the capital of something bad.

The exhibition “Events and Images of the Crimean War” opened in the Hall of Federal Archives Historiographers have long and hopelessly debated at what point modernity turns into history. Is it necessary to introduce a moving formal boundary (for example, “fifty years ago”), or is it worth counting from a fixed point of the event: October 1917, August 1914, or even August 1991? There is no generally accepted opinion, and each country has its own starting points.

Deceived co-investors, victims of the actions of unscrupulous or outright fraudulent construction companies, have become an integral part of the capital’s “street life” over the past year. In terms of their activity, they even seriously competed with many political movements and parties - their rallies and pickets attracted much more attention from both the authorities and ordinary citizens.

Ural prosecutors have launched a new campaign against corrupt officials The Sverdlovsk and Tyumen regional prosecutor's offices decided to declare another war on corruption. This is how the supervisory authorities reacted to the speech of their new leader, Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika.

Lebanon awaits peace, and Iran threatens Israel The adoption of the UN Security Council resolution on Lebanon, as predicted by the Vremya Novostei newspaper, is postponed. This was announced yesterday by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow and US Deputy Secretary of State Nicholas Burns.

Chronicle of sporting events The Control and Disciplinary Committee of the Russian Football Union yesterday decided to disqualify Dynamo Moscow goalkeeper Sergei Ovchinnikov for five matches and conditionally until the end of the season. On July 25, in the match “Moscow” - “Dynamo”, Ovchinnikov, dissatisfied with the award of a corner kick, began to sharply challenge the decision of referee Igor Zakharov.

Russian athletes added to their medal tally Russian athletes won two medals at the 28th European Aquatics Championships in Budapest. Nikolay Skvortsov became a bronze medalist in the 200m butterfly. The Russian pair won silver in the men's synchronized diving on the three-meter springboard. Alexander Dobroskok’s initiative was once supported by his synchronized partner, two-time Olympic champion Dmitry Sautin. This time Sautin performed in tandem with a new companion - 16-year-old Yuri Kunakov.

The state defense order in Russia exceeded revenues from arms sales A year ago, on January 21, the Regulations on the Federal Service for State Defense Orders were approved by presidential decree. This structure has existed for almost three years - since March 11, 2003. Its main function is to control the activities of 37 Russian government customers (the main one is the Ministry of Defense) and organizations executing state defense orders.

The President of Chechnya wants Vladimir Putin to become Franklin Roosevelt Chechen President Alu Alkhanov yesterday very thoroughly explained to Moscow journalists the meaning of the official legislative initiative of Chechen parliamentarians regarding an amendment to the federal Constitution, which would make a third term for Vladimir Putin possible.

Yesterday, the head of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Rene van der Linden, harshly condemned the proposal of Polish President Lech Kaczynski to restore the death penalty in the European Union, since this “would be a serious step back in the creation of a pan-European space of respect for democracy, human rights and the rule of law.” As PACE officials told Vremya Novostei, the de facto abolition of the death penalty by 46 member countries of the Council of Europe is

CLUBS Metal Kartoon (France). August 4 in “Chinese pilot Zhao Da” , 23.00. Nick Rock'n'Roll's birthday . Also on stage are “Warm Route”, “Miracle Yudo”, “Naive”, “Kangaroo”, “John Gluck”, “Torch”, “PBOYUL”, “Trash”, Alexander Cosmos and “Hurricanes”, Vladimir Burdin, “ Ahnenerbe", Gaaz . August 6 at “B2” , 19.00. OPEN AIR Richard Bona and "Huun-Huur-Tu". Bona is one of the best jazz bassists of the younger generation.

White House confirms schedule for judges' pay increases The government has fulfilled and exceeded the president's promise to fill the wallets of judges and regularly increase their salaries. Yesterday, German Gref announced upcoming increases in judges' salaries, saying that next year the average salary of judges will exceed 80 thousand rubles.

Oleg Mitvol calls for a ban on the construction of the oil pipeline under the Sakhalin-2 project The Ministry of Natural Resources, as promised, has seriously and for a long time taken up the Sakhalin-2 project, in which Gazprom intends to receive a share.