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.

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.

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 Russian national team failed to win a single match in the final part of the European Championship among youth teams (under 19 years old). In the last match in the group, Ravil Sabitov’s team tied (0:0), again missing several good chances. In this game, the French could afford to lose with a minimal score, and therefore gave several players of the main squad a rest. For the first time in the tournament, the Russians managed not to concede a single goal.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Türkiye backs competing pipeline projects Turkey continues to actively search for gas for subsequent sale in Europe . In the near future, Ankara plans to complete negotiations with Azerbaijan on the terms of resale of gas from the Shah Deniz field to Greece.

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.

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.

In the Irkutsk region, police officers detained eight suspects in an attack on an environmentalists’ camp in the vicinity of the city of Angarsk. One person was killed and seven more were injured there on Saturday night. The environmentalists themselves believe that they have become a victim of one of the extremist groups, possibly skinheads. The regional police department is confident that it was hooliganism or an attempted robbery.

Conceptual vacuum The past twenty years have brought fundamental changes to the international agenda. Humanity is faced with unprecedented global challenges: the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), terrorism, climate change. But there are also beneficial changes. With the end of the Cold War, the threat of conflict between the great powers, which remained relevant for four decades, disappeared.