Russian bankers will be allowed not to comply with the recommendations of the Central Bank Russian bankers will finally be able to independently decide whether to follow the recommendations of the Central Bank or not , without fear of sanctions from the regulator. The Central Bank is currently preparing appropriate clarifications on this topic together with the Association of Russian Banks (ARB).

The Prime Minister of Abkhazia was saved by an armored jeep Abkhazian Prime Minister Alexander Ankvab cannot be killed by a bullet, a land mine, or a grenade. Yesterday, a new attempt was made on the 54-year-old head of government of the unrecognized republic - the fourth since his appointment to this post in February 2005. A shell fired from a grenade launcher at a service jeep on the Gudauta-Sukhumi highway at 8.15 a.m. hit the trunk of the car.

Shamil Tarpishchev cannot fly to the USA The captain of the Russian tennis team, Shamil Tarpishchev, cannot fly to the USA, where the semi-final match of the Fed Cup with the participation of the US and Russian national teams will take place on June 14-15. The reason was that the American embassy in Moscow refused to issue Tarpishchev a visa in a timely manner.

Ramzan Kadyrov ended the war in Chechnya President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov addressed yesterday a message to the parliament and the people of the republic, opening a week of events dedicated to 100 days from the moment of his assumption of office with a keynote speech. This date will be celebrated on July 14th.

The Federal Drug Control Service noted an increase in the participation of the fairer sex in drug trafficking “Every sixth drug dealer in Russia is a woman,” Vladimir Zubrin, deputy director of the Federal Drug Control Service, told Vremya Novostey yesterday. The State Drug Control Service, summing up the latest results of its activities, singled out women as an independent subject of all drug-related crimes.

Exhibition of Alexander Ivanov at the Tretyakov Gallery The first impression of the exhibition of the artist , whose 200th anniversary was celebrated in 2006, was joyful. Finally, the great artist, still misunderstood by many amateurs and professionals, was presented fully, abundantly and generously: paintings, numerous sketches, graphics, watercolors, archival documents from the collection of the Russian State Library.

Gazprom has not abandoned the idea of ​​gaining control over Zagorsk pumped storage power plants The head of RAO UES of Russia, Anatoly Chubais, will today lay the stone for the construction of Russia's third pumped storage power plant - Zagorskaya PSPP-2. Although formally this station will be a separate legal entity, until now this project has been referred to as the second stage of the existing Zagorsk pumped storage power plant.

The Church is asked to help rehabilitate entrepreneurship in the eyes of society Attempts to sum up the results of the first three years of the so-called “moral code of the builder of capitalism” were made yesterday by representatives of the Moscow Patriarchate and the association of small and medium-sized businesses “Support of Russia” .

The bill for apartment owners caught not paying taxes runs into millions Renting out an apartment as a way to make money , it seems, may not be a “job” for the faint of heart. Tax officials have identified 2.5 million Russians who had an obligation to pay income tax for renting out real estate last year, but did not file a declaration. As fiscal officials remind, even those who have filed a declaration should not relax.

To the bicentenary of one great poem Exactly two centuries ago, in the summer of 1807, the recognized luminary of the then Russian poets Gavrila Derzhavin wrote a message “to Eugene. Zvanskaya’s life.” The former leader of great state affairs, senator and minister, a faithful but obstinate servant of three sovereigns, sent into honorable retirement for too zealous service (according to the word of Emperor Alexander, who said goodbye to Derzhavin), found peace in the Novgorod estate.

During the preparation and holding of the Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia will have to change its foreign policy course. Or at least pretend to be.

The Karlovy Vary Festival, the largest film event in Eastern Europe, has ended The fact that Karlovy Vary has finally secured its central place in the film life of Eastern Europe became clear last Saturday, when the prizes of the 42nd festival were awarded. And although the Crystal Globe for the best film (and with it 20 thousand dollars) went to the Icelander Baltasar Karmakur, the most generous award was given to Alexei Popogrebsky's Simple Things.

The first flight to the dwarf planet will begin in September NASA was forced to postpone the launch of one of the most promising interplanetary stations, Dawn, to September. The device was going to be sent into space this weekend, but competition for a place at the Cape Canaveral Space Center was too high. Now Dawn will launch only in the fall, when it will not interfere with either the Endeavor shuttle or the new Mars mission.

Federer won Wimbledon for the fifth time In the final match of Wimbledon, which lasted 3 hours. 45 min. and became one of the longest Grand Slam tournaments in history, Swiss Roger Federer beat Spaniard Rafael Nadal - 7:6 (7), 4:6, 7:6 (3), 2:6, 6:2. In terms of the number of championship titles won on the Wimbledon grass, Federer equaled the legendary Swede Bjorn Borg, who was present at the final match and congratulated the Swiss.

The Shinshushinmachi Fossil Museum, located in Japan's Nagano Prefecture, houses the skull of the oldest true whale. This is what local scientists think: according to their data, the owner of the skull, split into pieces, lying under the glass of the museum, lived in the Pacific Ocean 5-6 million years ago. This skeleton broke the record for real whales, which previously belonged to a skeleton found in Italy. This European whale lived approximately 4 million years ago.