The concern announced which models it will produce in Russia Nissan became the second Japanese automaker to begin construction of its plant in Russia. The company signed an agreement on the industrial assembly of cars in the Kamenka industrial zone of St. Petersburg a year ago and all this time it has been developing the project and determining its strategy in the Russian market. On Sunday, Nissan laid the foundation stone for its St.

June 6 -- July 6, 2007 “Politicians Through the Eyes of the Media,” a joint project of Vremya Novostei and the Medialogia company, are ratings of the political figures most actively discussed in the Russian media. “Politicians through the Eyes of the Media” are published weekly on Mondays: during the month you can get acquainted with the ratings of governors, deputies, ministers of Russia and heads of foreign states. The ratings are also published on the publication's website - www.vremya.ru.

Russian-speaking riders are considered the main favorites of the Tour de France The peloton of the world's most prestigious cycling race, the Tour de France, after a two-day stay in Albion, where the Great Loop started on Saturday with a prologue through the streets of London, will today travel 169 km along the roads of Belgium between the cities of Dunkirk and Ghent.

The British did not wait for the victory of their new idol The third victory of the season, won by Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen at the Silverstone track, allowed the Finnish driver to take third place in the individual standings of the Formula 1 world racing championship. McLaren drivers Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton shared second and third places. The scandalous story involving two leading Formula 1 teams could not but affect the race at Silverstone.

The Russians took home ten medals from the European Championships The Russian team took first place in the team competition for medals at the European Championships that ended in Ghent (Belgium). Based on the results of competitions in a dozen disciplines, Russian fencers have three golds, four silvers and three bronzes.

Wladimir Klitschko settled with Brewster, but remained dissatisfied Revenge has taken place. Wladimir Klitschko settled with Lamon Brewster for a strange defeat three years ago and defended his IBF world heavyweight title. But the Ukrainian did not receive complete satisfaction - Brewster was not knocked out. By interrupting the fight after the sixth round and refusing to fight further, the American deprived Klitschko of his main pleasure - seeing his principal opponent on the floor of the ring.

Before leaving for the holidays, the State Duma decided to punish negligent employers and alimony workers On Friday, State Duma deputies said goodbye to each other and to voters until the fall. At the last plenary meeting, the deputies finally adopted a three-year budget, limited the ability of non-payers of fines and alimony to travel abroad, tightened the liability of employers for delayed salaries, and also summed up the results of the spring session.

Condoleezza Rice responded to Russian initiatives Russia and the United States are unlikely to resolve the contradictions surrounding the deployment in Europe of elements of the American missile defense system (ABM) before the fall. But there is little hope that compromises will be found by September-October.

On Friday, the State Duma, in the third reading , adopted amendments to Chapter 12 of the Code of Administrative Offences . The changes affect penalties for violating traffic rules. According to the innovations, the amount of fines will now be calculated in rubles, and not in the minimum wage, as it was before. And the size of most fines is increasing - some violations have become several times more expensive. In addition to material sanctions, new penalties have been introduced.

CLUBS David Brown (USA) and Bi-2 . "O2TV" , 22.15. MOVIE "Transformers" (USA, 2007). Directed by Michael Bay. Starring Shia La Beouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Rachel Taylor, Tyrese Gibson, Jon Voight, Anthony Anderson, John Turturro, Michael O'Neill, Dane Cook and others. Two alien civilizations, Autobots and Decepticons, have been fighting each other for hegemony throughout the Universe for centuries. Suddenly, the battlefield turns out to be Earth.

Ballet premiere at the Stars of the White Nights festival A new product called “Interrupted Aria” came off the assembly line of the gigantic factory for the production of spectator and listening impressions, which is the Mariinsky Theater, especially during the festival period. This is a one-act ballet to the music of Stravinsky's Symphony in C, which is now being celebrated in various ways on the occasion of its 125th anniversary, including in this way.

"The Other Russia" will try to become a party and decide on a presidential candidate Despite the conflicts that are literally tearing apart the opposition coalition “Other Russia” and threatening the very possibility of its existence, a conference of Other Russias was held in Moscow last weekend with the participation of 350 delegates.

The head of the Constitutional Court Valery Zorkin proposed introducing new rules for appealing to the European Court The Chairman of the Constitutional Court, Valery Zorkin, proposed making changes to Russian legislation that would reduce the number of complaints filed by our citizens to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Mr.

Boeing assembled the first new generation airliner Boeing yesterday demonstrated to the world the first copy of the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner commercial aircraft. With a gathering of 15 thousand guests from all over the world, the liner rolled out of the hangar at the plant in the town of Everett (Washington State). The previous rollout of a new aircraft model took place in Everett more than a decade ago, in 1995, when Boeing introduced the Boeing 777 to the world.

FOOTBALL. Russian Championship. Premier League . 16th round. July 14. "Amkar" - "Spartak", "Luch-Energia" - "Saturn", "Kuban" - "Khimki", CSKA - "Dynamo". July 15. “Zenit” - “Rostov”, “Tom” - “Moscow”, “Wings of the Soviets” - “Spartak” Low. First division. 22nd round. July 10 . Intertoto Cup. July 14--15. Second round. Return matches . World Championship among youth teams (under 20 years old). July 11--12. Quarterfinals. July 14--15. Semi-finals. Canada. South American Open (Copa America).