The governor of the Ulyanovsk region awarded the families of babies born on June 12 Last weekend in the Ulyanovsk region they summed up the results of a marathon that lasted almost nine months, but it was almost impossible to predict the outcome in advance. The regional administration established the “Birth of a Patriot on Russia Day” campaign. These competitions of national demographic significance, which were held in the region for the third time, were announced in advance.

The head of the Russian Olympic Committee will become a senator The Federation Council will soon be replenished with another former athlete playing on the United Russia political team. On June 28, at the next meeting of the legislative assembly of the Rostov region, the candidacy for the Senate of the President of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) Leonid Tyagachev, a personal friend and alpine skiing coach of President Vladimir Putin, should be approved. Mr.

Construction company Enka is threatened with deprivation of foreign labor The construction company Enka, whose 444 workers were recently hospitalized with signs of poisoning, may be deprived of the right to hire foreign labor. ITAR-TASS reports this with reference to the department of the Federal Migration Service for the Moscow Region. According to the agency’s interlocutor, “taking into account the fact that they (Enka. - Ed.

Vladimir Putin formulated the energy strategy of the Black Sea region Yesterday morning, Vladimir Putin arrived from Zagreb in Istanbul to participate in the anniversary summit of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC), which this year celebrates its 15th anniversary. Formed here in 1992, where the Istanbul Declaration was signed, the BSEC initially became the brainchild of Russia, Turkey and Ukraine.

Sergei Bogdanchikov negotiates the purchase of Yukos assets that went to unknown companies Rosneft, it seems, will be the sole owner of all Yukos assets , with the exception of gas.

Visa is restructuring its business ahead of its IPO The largest international payment system, Visa International, has officially announced the restructuring of its business as part of an IPO, which will take place in early 2008. Experts expect Visa's public offering to be no less successful than MasterCard's IPO a year ago. Late last week, Visa filed a formal application with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to re-register as a public company.

After the Ponosov case, the Ural governors decided to switch to electronic document management and licensed software The trial of school director Alexander Ponosov , who installed counterfeit software on computers, nevertheless became indicative. The necessary conclusions from it were drawn in the neighboring Kurgan region, and the authorities of the Perm region, where Mr. Ponosov works, even agreed to conclude an agreement with Microsoft.

Alexander Medvedev spoke about Gazprom's export successes “Having returned from distant travels, it is especially pleasant to meet with the press, especially since, like a year ago, there is something good to talk about,” said Gazprom Deputy Chairman Alexander Medvedev yesterday, opening a press conference on the results of the concern’s export activities . He said that the concern firmly holds first place in the world in natural gas exports.

It was proposed to make a lunar telescope mirror from liquid salt Someday in the future, perhaps not so distant, people will build a base on the Moon - manned or automatic. Even the Japanese, whose space program is still moving in very leisurely steps, have similar plans, not to mention the Americans and Chinese. And if a lunar base is created, then an optical telescope will probably be built there - one cannot miss such a unique opportunity.

Russian paintings in the MIFF competition Well, there is no way for the Moscow festival to be truly international. Even the special introductory program of Russian premieres, held at the House of Cinema with a full house, is crowded mainly by Russian viewers, as if these films will not appear in theaters soon. So the unexpected refusal of the producer of the film “Vise” Leonid Yarmolnik to show his film as part of this program caused a disproportionately loud scandal.

Caucasians and skinheads with rebar and bottles fought almost near the walls of the Kremlin . The police knew about the impending fight, but intervened only after it was over. A day before the fight, according to eyewitnesses, Caucasians were dancing Lezginka on Manezhnaya Square and accosted a passerby who had a Russian flag on his shoulders. Moscow is not Russia, but this fight, alas, is very similar to the model of the future Russia.

Rostransnadzor anticipated the European ban on the flight of Russian aircraft Yesterday, a ban on flights of four Russian airlines to Europe, introduced by a joint order of Rostransnadzor and Rosaviatsia, came into force.

The authorities of the Indian capital are preparing to begin the massive purchase of frogs from surrounding peasants. These amphibians are called upon to save Delhi from annoying mosquitoes, reports a correspondent for the British The Times. Otherwise, it will not be possible to protect a city of millions from epidemics. The city administration is particularly concerned about dengue fever, which is carried by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.

Chronicle of sporting events Russian Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva will miss the European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships starting on June 29 in Baku. The reason for this was the exacerbation of an old injury associated with damage to the knee ligaments.

Script problems became the theme of several films shown at the Moscow International Film Festival The MIFF's non-competition program "Eight and a Half Films", which over the years of its existence has become something of a showcase of advanced cinematic ideas, opened this year with the film "The Waiter" by the Dutch director Alex Van Warmerdam.