Putin's visit to Ukraine is back on the agenda Vladimir Putin called his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yushchenko yesterday and congratulated him on the successful resolution of the political crisis. Then the Russian leader, in a telephone conversation, congratulated Yanukovych on his appointment as prime minister.

Sharapova and Davydenko won tournaments on opposite sides of the Atlantic After the fantastic result of the Russians at the home Kremlin Cup 2004, when they won in all four categories in the men's and women's tournaments, in more than a year and a half there has not been a more successful week of play for our tennis players than the last one.

CLUBS "Naphthalene". Party of DJs Karina and Yelma at the Kuker House. The program includes the good old “vinyl” stage. 21.00. DJ Max Lyubimov. Latino. "Duma" , 21.00. DJ Komotsky. Downtempo, lounge. "Cult" , 21.00. SHOW "National Show of Russia" . A performance performed by the Kostroma Folk Dance Theater of dance, music, theater, special effects, animation and video art. Concert hall of the Cosmos Hotel , 19.30. MOVIE "Return" (Spain, 2006). Directed by Pedro Almodóvar.

Madonna will finish her European tour in Moscow Madonna's concert in our country is an event that became such even before it actually took place. The level of interest in the concert of the American superstar, a symbol of pop music in the 80s, 90s, and even the 2000s, is extremely high for a number of reasons. Almost since winter, “reliable rumors” began to circulate that a concert was coming.

The government is pushing regions to earn more Work on the 2007 budget has entered a decisive stage. On the eve of the “zero reading” of the budget in the State Duma, the government, during the tripartite commission on interbudgetary relations, decided to work on one of the most difficult areas, namely to formulate what the principles of providing assistance to the regions would be. As a result, it was decided to create more incentives for them to increase their own income.

Deputy Chairman of Gazprom called on the West to comply with market principles Gazprom executives remain frequent and, apparently, welcome guests in Germany. At the end of last week, on the eve of Chancellor Merkel's visit to Moscow, the head of the company, Alexei Miller, visited here. And yesterday, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Gazprom Alexander Medvedev was in Berlin.

The loss of two safes from the federal criminal investigation department may cost its boss his job A scandal broke out in the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. Two huge safes with “secret documents of an operational nature” disappeared from the ministry building on Zhitnaya Street in Moscow.

In Chechnya, the former director of Grozneftekhimprom was arrested on charges of theft. In Chechnya, the chairman of the presidential commission for the restoration of the oil-extracting complex of the republic, Umar Abuev, was arrested. He was charged with theft of someone else's property by misappropriation.

Illegal from Mossad talks about work in Lebanon, Iraq and Iran Another war in the Middle East has demonstrated how far the region is from peace and how great the hatred is between Israelis and their neighbors. However, even during the years of sharp aggravation of relations, Israel never stopped secret work to establish ties with Muslim countries.

The Kaliningrad region cannot achieve tariff understanding from Lithuania Cargo carriers in the Kaliningrad region froze in anxious anticipation. One of these days, the long-discussed issue of reducing Lithuanian transit rates for cargo traveling in the Kaliningrad direction should be resolved.

The head of Rosoboronexport does not believe in the effectiveness of US discriminatory measures The story of the US State Department imposing sanctions against two leading Russian companies - FSUE Rosoboronexport and Sukhoi Holding Company - continued yesterday. General Director of Rosoboronexport Sergei Chemezov expressed confidence that the State Department will most likely reconsider its own decision.

Vladimir Putin gave an interview on reforming the railways Vladimir Putin gave his first interview during his second presidential term to a Russian print publication. Answers to five questions under the heading “Railways are a symbol of the unity of Russia” (last Sunday was Railway Worker’s Day) were published yesterday in the Gudok newspaper, the official press organ of Russian Railways. The railway company, as you know, is headed by a friend of the country's president, Vladimir Yakunin.

The Cologne prosecutor's office is satisfied with its defendants from E.ON Ruhrgas On Wednesday evening it became known in Cologne that local prosecutors had searched the premises of the gas company E.ON Ruhrgas in Essen. As employees of the prosecutor's office told the local press, more than a hundred municipal officials of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, as well as five employees of the company itself, are under suspicion.

Onions, gasoline and the influx of capital prevent the presidential order from being fulfilled Inflation has begun to accelerate again. After 0.5% in May and 0.3% in June, consumer price growth in July amounted to 0.7%. These are the official data of Rosstat. The results of the month turned out to be higher than both the official forecasts of the Ministry of Economic Development and expert estimates.

The Nenets have found a new leader Deputies of the legislative assembly of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO) yesterday at an extraordinary session approved Valery Potapenko as governor of the northern region. His candidacy, proposed by Vladimir Putin, was supported by all 16 deputies present at the session.