The Gagarinsky District Court of Moscow rendered a verdict in the case of the general director of the capital's Zheldortorgsnab enterprise, Ivan Maksimov, finding him guilty of embezzlement and abuse of power. Zheldortorgsnab supplies railway transport structures with related products.

UK elections could take place in October Gordon Brown still does not agree to be a “lame” prime minister, who received the residence on Downing Street not as a result of the elections, but at the behest of the resigned Tony Blair. The head of the British government gave a secret order to his comrades in the ruling Labor Party to begin raising funds to prepare for early parliamentary elections.

The vice-mayor of Sochi was allowed to leave at his own request In the administration of the city of Sochi, which, for obvious reasons, is now receiving increased attention, there was the first resignation after the “Olympic” victory. The penultimate Sochi resident in the administration, Deputy Mayor for Housing and Communal Services Yuri Palamarchuk, left his post. It is noteworthy that the official received the same resignation twice.

The UN and the African Union will work together to tackle Darfur A four-day meeting of representatives of the UN and the African Union (AU) will open today in the Tanzanian city of Arusha. They will clarify the framework of the grandiose peacekeeping operation, which is due to begin at the end of the year in the Sudanese province of Darfur, engulfed in a humanitarian catastrophe.

Potter fans correct the writer's mistakes Two days ago, Joan Rowling answered questions from readers from all over the world on the Bloombury publishing website. Most of all, people asked about what happened to the heroes of the seventh book between its ending and the epilogue.

The government is trying to raise neglected regions with the help of federal targeted programs Today, at its meeting, the Russian government will consider the draft of a new edition of the federal target program (FTP) for the socio-economic development of the Far East and Transbaikalia until 2013.

The bewilderment, sadness and anger of Harry Potter fans is not only understandable, but also completely predictable.

Not all housing that is ready to be sold with a mortgage can be purchased on credit The growing demand for mortgage loans and the political status of mortgages are forcing participants in this business to heat up the market more. Now that the capital's real estate market is in a state of anticipation amid the traditional summer lull, sellers no longer view mortgage buyers as a necessary evil.

The Ministry of Education and Science will withdraw money from the national project from regions that are delaying the start of education modernization Not all regions that competed for this money at the beginning of this year manage to spend the coveted millions of the priority national project “Education” on time.

The State Duma elections will be monitored from inside and outside Chairman of the Russian Central Election Commission Vladimir Churov and Minister of Internal Affairs Rashid Nurgaliev agreed yesterday on the interaction of their departments during the elections of the new State Duma, scheduled for December this year. The Ministry of Internal Affairs, which has always been the most diversified ministry in Russia, promised to vigilantly monitor the inviolability of citizens' voting rights.

The Ministry of Agriculture was responsible for the defeat in the elections Yesterday, Japanese Agriculture Minister Norihiko Akagi (pictured) submitted his resignation, which was accepted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Reports of a corruption scandal surrounding the head of the Ministry of Agriculture in Japan are considered one of the reasons for the defeat of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the elections to the upper house of parliament last Sunday.

Transaero Airlines announced yesterday that its financial performance has improved significantly in the first half of this year. In January-June 2007, Transaero's revenue increased by 51% compared to the same period last year and amounted to 8.79 billion rubles. The consolidated revenue of the group of companies, which, along with the airline itself, includes its 100% subsidiary Transaero-Finance LLC, reached 9.279 billion rubles in the first half of 2007.

Two key managers left MDM Bank MDM Bank lost two heads of its main areas at once. Yesterday it became known about the resignation of Deputy Chairman of the Board, Head of the Corporate Block Timur Avdeenko and Head of the Investment Block Igor Smolkin.

The emerging new surge of activity in Russian cinema with the promise to shoot two hundred films (or even more) a year threatens to overwhelm the film distribution industry, which cannot cope with the large flow of films. Overproduction and underproduction are equally detrimental to the film industry.

Sergei Mironov spoke out against “sovereign democracy” and varnished history The leader of A Just Russia, Speaker of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov is increasingly leading his election campaign , speaking as an opponent of the executive branch. At the same time, a third person in the state hierarchy opposes a very specific official in the presidential administration, on whom the fate of Mr. Mironov’s party in the upcoming elections largely depends.