Chronicle of sporting events Former world chess champions Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov shared first place at the international blitz tournament organized in Zurich in honor of the 150th anniversary of one of the local banks. Hungarian Judit Polgar and Viktor Korchnoi also took part in the competition. Kasparov, who has not played in any tournaments since last spring, and Karpov each won three victories, and both games ended in a draw.

The Bologna Declaration on the European Higher Education Area was signed in Italy in 1999 by the ministers of education of 29 European countries. Russia joined the Bologna Declaration in September 2003.

The Russians defeated the countrymen of their coach Zoran Gajic The first match of the final stage of the World League in Moscow ended successfully for the hosts. Zoran Gajic's team prevailed over the team of his compatriots. The Serbia and Montenegro team was defeated with a score of 3:0 (25:20, 26:24, 25:18). The tournament started with a sensation. In the opening match, the Bulgarians unexpectedly beat the winner of all the last major tournaments, Brazil - 3:0 (25:17, 25:23, 25:20).

The island is again facing gas shortages and high prices The freest gas market in Europe - Great Britain - again faces difficulties with gas supplies. As UK Energy Minister Malcolm Weekes told an international conference in the Norwegian city of Stavanger, despite the “billions of pounds” that energy companies have recently invested in various projects, the winter months could see market pressure on natural gas supplies.

Speaker Mironov's party accused Speaker Gryzlov's party of being removed from the Sverdlovsk elections The Russian Party of Life dropped out of the election campaign, in which they could really count on a good result. The Sverdlovsk Election Commission refused to register the list of candidates for the elections to the regional Duma, which will take place on October 8, to the regional branch of the Russian Orthodox Church.

The Luxembourg prince renounced his crown because of his army sergeant Crowns and titles seem to have lost a lot of value these days. Yesterday, the press service of the court of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg officially announced the renunciation of yet another European heir, Prince Louis of Luxembourg, from his rights to the throne due to his marriage to a commoner. The Duke's third son, 20-year-old Louis, chose Tessie Adams, who is a year older than him, instead of the crown.

Nationalist students, investigators believe, were preparing a series of terrorist attacks in Moscow The Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow yesterday morning issued a warrant for the arrest of capital students Oleg Kostyrev and Ilya Tikhomirov, accused of committing an explosion at the Cherkizovsky market last Monday, which killed ten people. And by the evening the capital's prosecutor's office filed charges under Art.

Spartak made it to the Champions League The head coach of Spartak Moscow Vladimir Fedotov will not have to change the ringtone on his mobile phone. The Champions League anthem as a ringtone will be relevant at least until winter: the “red-whites”, having beaten the Czech “Slovan” 2:1 in the return match of the third qualifying round, reached the group stage of the main club tournament of the continent. Spartak dreamed about this for four years.

The Japanese Secretary General is bringing a territorial dispute to Russia Today, the Secretary General of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan, Tsutomu Takebe and his family will fly to Moscow. He will stay in Russia for six days. This is an unusually long period of time for a visit, the official purpose of which is the stated intention to decide the fate of poachers detained last week by Russian border guards in the South Kuril Islands.

The Parliament of the Yamalo-Nenets District elected a Moscow billionaire as its senator There will soon be one more billionaire in the Federation Council. Yesterday, the State Duma of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug elected Dmitry Ananyev, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Promsvyazbank, as its representative in the upper house of the Russian parliament. To do this, the deputies urgently interrupted their vacations.

Festival of Contemporary Art as a resource for regional development Have you ever heard about the Ukrainian city of Shargorod? Neither did I until recently. Residents of nearby “serious” cities like Vinnitsa or Zhmerinka (nothing funny - it turns out, the largest junction station!) heard, but did not set out to get here. And now we’ve arrived, and not only from Zhmerinka. Guests arrived in Shargorod from Kyiv, and from Moscow, and from Kaliningrad, and from Prague, Berlin, Munich, Bruges, etc.

In Russia, under the brand of sovereign democracy, monarchical consciousness is being revived The question of the optimal form and best content of Russian statehood will remain relevant for a long time. Today, as part of an intensive political project, a special, national form of democracy is being sought, about which adherents of classical Western democracy have already expressed their politically correct displeasure.

Doctors again stood up for Andrei Sychev At the ongoing hearings in the Chelyabinsk Garrison Court in the case of the crippled private Andrei Sychev, a new unexpected turn occurred. For several days in a row, the only sounds heard in the hall were refutations of the prosecutor’s version, accusations against the investigators of falsifying the case, and reproaches against the injured private himself for lack of personal hygiene.

The Central Bank increased the requirements for the financial reserve From October 1, the Bank of Russia will increase the standard for contributions to the Mandatory Reserve Fund from 2 to 3.5% for the obligations of credit institutions to non-resident banks. The Central Bank explains this innovation by the need to reduce the amount of liquid funds in the economy in order to fight inflation.

The Moscow City Court gave Nicholas II and his family a new chance for rehabilitation The Moscow City Court recently notified the head of the Imperial House of Romanov about the reasons for canceling the decision of the Tver District Court of the capital to refuse to recognize the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II and members of his family as victims of political repression.