For the first time in the history of India, a woman became the president of the country - 72-year-old ex-governor of the state of Rajasthan Pratibha Patil (pictured) . In the presidential elections held on July 19, she scored 638.1 thousand conditional points. Her opponent, Vice President of India 83-year-old Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, scored only 331.3 thousand points. These figures are the result of a complex recount of electoral votes from various Indian states.

The mayor of Moscow came up with a new form of preserving the old team Yuri Luzhkov is forming a new government in Moscow, relying on his old team. Despite the fact that the mayor announces a “massive cleaning and renewal of the apparatus,” it is obvious that the experience of the old-timers of the mayor’s office will continue to be in demand.

Academics refuse to recognize theology as science The missionary activity of the Russian Orthodox Church in the highest circles of power seems to have overflowed the patience of the oldest academicians. Ten full members of the Russian Academy of Sciences immediately addressed a letter to the head of state, thus expressing their concern about the clericalization of society.

The Federal Tax Service withdrew one of eight claims against Russneft RussNeft and its head Mikhail Gutseriev may have some hope of improving relations with the authorities . On Friday it became known that the Federal Tax Service abandoned one of eight claims filed against Russneft for illegal transactions in the purchase and sale of its shares.

CLUBS Anatoly Gerasimov (saxophone) and DJ Yazykov. A duet of saxophonist, flutist and composer Gerasimov and master of scratching and dashing rap, Vanya Yazykov. " Chinese pilot Zhao Da" , 20.00 Jazz Piano. Jazz, blues. " B2", 21.00 MOVIE “Betrayal” (USA, 2007) Directed by Billy Ray. Starring Bruce Davison, Gary Kohl, Caroline Devernay, Chris Cooper, Laura Linney, Ryan Filippi.

The Chekhov Festival has ended The girl selflessly gives herself to her friend in the hairdresser's chair that belongs to her dad, a Quebec barber. Dad catches them and beats the guy; he does not remain in debt.

Resolution on Kosovo removed from UN Security Council agenda By sending six draft resolutions of the UN Security Council on granting independence to the Serbian region of Kosovo to the basket in four months, Russia demonstrated that a quick solution to the problem (while ignoring Belgrade’s position), which Western countries insisted on, turned out to be an illusion.

The company's shareholders needed an extraordinary meeting to approve the purchase of the A350 and Dreamliner Aeroflot's board of directors on Friday approved transactions to acquire promising long-haul aircraft produced by both aviation industry leaders - Airbus and Boeing. To approve these transactions, the total volume of which exceeds 50% of the value of Aeroflot's assets, an extraordinary meeting of the airline's shareholders was convened in accordance with current legislation.

The director of the menagerie sold the meat of his pets Wildlife lovers, as well as many of its defenders in Germany, are in shock. Recently it became known that the director of the East German Erfurt Zoo, Norbert Neuschultz, was too free with certain contingents of animals entrusted to him. Some of them, mainly those that turned out to be in abundance in his hectic household, he shot and sold the meat.

On Moscow screens the film “The Lives of Others” The film “The Lives of Others,” directed by a debutant director from Germany, received an Oscar in the “Best Foreign Picture” category, collected major European awards (beating, by the way, Almodovar’s “The Return”) and, of course, almost all national awards.

Spartak took the lead from Zenit The next round of the Russian Championship was supposed to reveal the main favorite in the race for gold and, possibly, remove one of the teams from the list of contenders. Lokomotiv turned out to be a loser, suffering their sixth defeat in the championship. And the table was topped by Spartak in a head-to-head match, reminding Zenit of its capital complex. In football St.

After splitting, Sberbank shares rose by 2% Shares of the largest Russian bank are again traded on the Russian market. On Friday, RTS and MICEX announced the resumption of operations with Sberbank securities in connection with the completion of their split. According to the results of trading, in relation to the previous closing, taking into account the split, they rose in price by 2.05%, the closing price was 109.2 rubles.

June 20 - July 20 “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.

The ministries agreed on the documents on which the Development Bank will work The Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Finance agreed on documents relating to the operational activities of the Development Bank and Foreign Economic Affairs (VEB) and submitted them to the government. Alexey Savatyugin, director of the financial policy department of the Ministry of Finance, announced this on Friday. The documents define the numerous powers of the Development Bank.

Russian Denis Menshov's teammate in the Dutch cycling group "Rabobank" Mikael Rasmussen strengthened his leadership in the general classification of the Tour de France stage race following the results of the 14th stage, which opened the Pyrenean part of the race. The Dane finished second on Sunday, losing to Spaniard Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel), but increased his advantage over his closest pursuer in the overall standings from one minute to 2 minutes. 23 sec.