One hundred and seventy-five years ago Vasily Kurochkin was born And who exactly is he, this Kurochkin? Oh, how our years fly by. I suppose they didn’t ask twenty-five years ago.

Young United Russia members are ready to fight for seats in regional parliaments The youth organization of the United Russia party "Young Guard" yesterday shared with the public the results of the "Political Plant" competition, which was recently held in nine regions of the country - Primorsky Krai, Astrakhan, Lipetsk, Novgorod, Sverdlovsk regions, Karelia, Tuva, Chuvashia and the Jewish Autonomous areas.

Archives workers may be involved in the theft of the heritage of architect Yakov Chernikhov Domestic museums and archives are not always able to protect their funds from their own staff. Following the theft of jewelry and icons from the State Hermitage, in which, as it turned out, the custodian of the collection and her relatives were involved, another scandal erupted.

The Federal Tariff Service has established a range for the cost of electricity The Federal Tariff Service yesterday published its order on minimum and maximum electricity tariffs for the next year.

Hereditary runner Andrei Epishin won silver at Euro 2006 in the sprint During the first two days of the European Championships in Sweden, Russian track and field athletes made a significant contribution to the team’s treasury. On the starting day of the tournament, Inga Abitova won a sensational victory in the 10,000 m race; bronze went to Lidia Grigorieva. Yesterday, the national team consolidated its success. Valery Borchin took second place in the 20 km walk.

The prosecutor of Buinaksk was killed, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic was shell-shocked Yesterday, in the village of Ichichali, Khasavyurt district of Dagestan, colleagues and villagers said goodbye to the 53-year-old prosecutor of Buinaksk, Bitar Bitarov. Police officers swore at his grave to find his killers, alive or dead.

In the American city of Reilly, North Carolina, the closed trial of David Passaro began. The 40-year-old former doctor, who worked under contract for the CIA in Afghanistan, is the first civilian accused of "mistreatment" of prisoners during recent US wars in the Middle East.

Moroccan police arrested 44 people yesterday suspected of plotting terrorist attacks. The arrests were made in Casablanca, Tetouan and a number of other cities, as well as in the suburbs of the capital, Rabat. Police seized explosives, modern communications equipment and Islamist propaganda literature. According to authorities, those arrested belong to a previously unknown radical Muslim organization, the Al-Mahdi Supporters Group.

Bashkir physicist received a suspended sentence for collaborating with Koreans The Supreme Court of Bashkortostan yesterday convicted the former director of the Institute for Problems of Superplasticity of Metals, Oscar Kaibyshev. The 67-year-old physicist was found guilty of illegally transferring dual-use technologies to a Korean company, as well as misappropriation and embezzlement of government money, abuse of office and theft of funds on an especially large scale using forged documents.

The marathon of US interest rate hikes has been interrupted The Open Market Committee, which sets the policy of the US Federal Reserve System (FRS), yesterday interrupted a multi-month marathon of interest rate hikes. Following the meeting, the rate was left unchanged at 5.25% per annum. Since former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan launched a policy of rising interest rates two years ago, the rate has been raised 17 times.

VASO will make two aircraft models Serial production of the Il-96-300 passenger airliner (on which, by the way, the President of Russia flies) in Voronezh will be stopped, and the local aircraft plant will begin assembling another modification of the same long-haul aircraft - the Il-96-400. This was stated yesterday by the General Director of the Aviation Complex named after. Ilyushin Viktor Livanov, speaking on the territory of the Voronezh Joint-Stock Aircraft Manufacturing Company (VASO).

The priority of Belarus' foreign policy remains the alliance with Russia, the country's President Alexander Lukashenko said yesterday at a meeting with Belarusian representatives in integration structures. “Our main priority was and remains the creation of a full-fledged union state. No matter how various would-be politicians speculate on this topic, Belarus will not lose its sovereignty,” the president said.

On City Day, Moscow will mobilize 15 thousand police officers, 200 dogs and 200 horses In full accordance with the traditions of recent years, preparations for the holidays in the Russian capital begin with strengthening the security regime. Yesterday at a meeting of the Moscow government, it was announced about precautionary measures that will be taken by the capital's police department during the celebration of City Day, on the first weekend of September.

Russian athletes won two medals on the first day of the 19th European Championships in Gothenburg. At a distance of 10,000 m, 24-year-old Inga Abitova won, and 32-year-old Lidiya GRIGORYEVA became the bronze medalist. Immediately after the finish, the athletes shared their impressions with a special correspondent for Vremya Novostei. — Inga, were you expecting such a result? - No, I thought I would become third. I am a realist and understood how strong the rivals were.

PR technologists have taken advantage of Russians' passion for voyeurism In the new millennium, the consumer of the media product was offered an alternative to series - reality shows, giving the opportunity to spy on the intimate details of the lives of “neighbors” in real time. Russians were glued to their televisions, following the developments in “Houses” and other windows, and the ratings for such programs began to climb.