The President discussed with the leadership of the Federation Council the tightening of migration legislation Vladimir Putin met with the leadership of the Federation Council on Friday. The word “Georgia” was not used at this meeting. But, according to all participants in the closed part of the event, the president paid special attention to amendments tightening immigration legislation.

Gazprom abandoned the comprehensive program for the development of Yamal The overambitious and expensive program for the comprehensive development of gas fields on the Yamal Peninsula has never matured. Gazprom has been developing this document, which provided tax incentives for the development of a new gas province until 2030, for many years.

Russia and Georgia are experiencing an unprecedented crisis in their bilateral relations. How do they assess the situation in Tbilisi? What is the way out? Georgian Foreign Minister Gela BEZHUASHVILI answered Vremya Novostei's questions. — Your Russian colleague Sergei Lavrov said that to overcome the crisis, Georgia must abandon its anti-Russian policy. -- There are resources for normalization between Moscow and Tbilisi. But we will not return to the dominant that was in our relationship.

Russian special services continued searching for “Georgian criminals” in markets and schools Over the weekend, Russian special services continued their offensive at an accelerated pace against representatives of the “Georgian criminals” who, as it turned out last week, are parasites in various spheres of Russian life. Initially, as you know, the crime bosses from this country and the gambling establishments they controlled came under attack.

Scientists are not shy about receiving awards for the most useless discoveries The Ignobel Prize, conceived as the antithesis of the prestigious scientific awards of the Royal Swedish Academy, confirmed its democratic status.

Thailand Film Festival at the 35 MM Cinema “The whole world knows what they think about Thailand! - sacramentally says the mafia boss in the well-known film by the Siamese Pen-Ek Ratanaruang (yes, that’s right) called “6sty nine9” (and there is no mistake here!). “All our women, of course, are prostitutes, and the men sell drugs.” In fact, of course, the achievements of the Kingdom of Thailand are by no means this untidy crime.

The State Duma ratified agreements on Russian military bases in Georgia On Friday, State Duma deputies decided that it was not yet worthwhile to include Transnistria into Russia, and that it was no longer worthwhile to maintain Russian military bases in Georgia. The foreign policy activity of the State Duma usually does not attract much attention - the lower house of parliament does not have the authority to make decisions that have any impact on the country's foreign policy.

Muscovites gathered around Pushkin... Yesterday's picket on Pushkin Square, where human rights activists intended to express their attitude towards anti-Georgian sentiments in society, turned into a rally in memory of Anna Politkovskaya.

Aviators criticized Sergei Mironov's idea to change the aircraft procurement scheme Speaker of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov proposed solving the problem of flight safety in Russia by obliging airlines to buy two domestically produced aircraft for every foreign one. This idea was immediately and unanimously criticized by both manufacturers and operators of domestic aircraft, as well as the Ministry of Transport.

The Red Baron's engine failed The retirement of Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher at the penultimate stage of the Formula 1 World Championship practically ensured victory in the individual competition for Renault's Fernando Alonso, who won the Japanese Grand Prix. The second driver of the Scuderia, Felipe Massa, took second place, and another Renault driver, Giancarlo Fisichella, finished the race third.

Nikolai Valuev began the conquest of America Nikolai Valuev began his performances in America with a victory. The grand show starring the Russian boxer, conceived by Don King, kicked off in Chicago, where WBA world champion Valuev defended his title by defeating Monte Barrett by technical knockout in the 11th round. Monte Barrett, nicknamed “Two Smoking Barrels,” was destined for this fight to play the role of the guy whom Valuev was supposed to knock out, and as early as possible.

Russia again forgot about its place in the FIFA rankings Guus Hiddink cannot win against the Russian national team for the second official match in a row. Moreover, having missed the first goal under the leadership of the Dutch specialist, our team played a draw with Israel - 1:1 and lost two “sure” points in the qualifying round of the European Championship.

Gazprom sponsors Gerhard Schröder's favorite team Tomorrow, as part of the official visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Germany, another major investment of Russian capital in European football will be presented. As German media reported over the weekend, the Gazprom group will become the title sponsor of the German football club Schalke 04 from Gelsenkirchen for the next five years. The Russian monopolist's logo will appear on the team's jerseys.

The head coach of the French national team blamed the defeat on ball-fighting Not only the Russian team lost the planned points on Saturday evening. A number of other unexpected results were also recorded in the qualifying round. And the defeat of the French team by the Scots with a score of 0:1 became a sensation.

Horse grooming No matter how the unification match for the title of world chess champion ends, it has, in fact, already failed. In any case, the way in which the champion will be identified does not contribute to the creation of a clear, universally recognized hierarchy in the world of chess, and also does not soften the frankly barbaric morals in this formally most intellectual and sophisticated sport. That is, it does not solve the two main problems for which, in fact, it was started.