The President of Russia decided to get involved in petrochemicals Vladimir Putin yesterday held another meeting dedicated to the development of the oil and gas industry, which is key for the Russian economy and for political alignments. “Today the share of the oil sector in the Russian economy is almost 50%, while petrochemicals is only one and a half,” the head of state said in his opening remarks.

Thanks to the anticyclone from Scandinavia, which put to flight the cyclone that in early August brought more than a quarter of the monthly precipitation to the central regions and the Black Earth Region, dry and warm weather will be established in most of the European territory of Russia in the coming week. In the northwestern regions the weather is rainless; during the day the air will warm up to +23...+29оС.

In just over a month, shortly after the third anniversary of one of the most monstrous terrorist attacks - the taking of more than a thousand hostages at school No. 1 in the North Ossetian city of Beslan, it will be three years since the refusal of popular elections of governors in Russia. It was this terrorist attack that became the reason for the transition to the actual appointment of governors.

A new law has been prepared on the seizure of land from citizens in favor of the state In 2008, new rules for the alienation of land plots in favor of the state may come into force. According to the Ministry of Economic Development, the state will buy land from citizens and enterprises at the market price. The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade has prepared appropriate amendments to the law and agreed on them with all ministries.

The dollar again fell in price against the ruble by 10 kopecks After a brief increase in dollar quotes last week, the American currency continued to move down again on Monday. Yesterday, the dollar lost more than 10 kopecks against the ruble due to the fall in world markets. This was facilitated by negative statistics from the US labor market, however, as experts note, the main economic factor is now the ongoing crisis in the American mortgage market.

Belarusian authorities will pay their debts Belarus will fully pay off Gazprom by the end of this week, the head of the country’s National Bank, Pyotr Prokopovich, promised yesterday at a meeting with President Alexander Lukashenko. Prokopovich reported on the growth of gold and foreign exchange reserves to almost $3.1 billion and said that debt repayment would not have a negative impact on the Belarusian economy.

CLUBS German Osipov and Zombee. The son of Garik Osipov, better known as “Count Khortitsa,” with his project Zombie Children performs classic rock of the 60s in original instrumental arrangements for balalaika, two guitars and saxophone. Bilingua , 21.00. "Raven Kutha". The style of the group can be defined as folk rock or ethno-rock. Continuing the traditions started by the Kalinov Most group, the leader of Vorona Kutha Mulygin crosses Slavic poetic motifs with a harsh modern sound.

The Federal Financial Markets Service obliges all pension managers to disclose their owners The Federal Service for Financial Markets (FSFM) has obligated management companies to disclose information about their shareholders on their websites. The corresponding provision has already been registered by the Ministry of Justice and published in legal databases. The requirement applies to those companies that have received savings funds of future retirees for management from non-state pension funds.

Milan and Real helped Lokomotiv in the fight for survival The grandees of world football came to visit Lokomotiv for the 170th anniversary of the Russian Railways without gifts. The team of Anatoly Byshovets, without any discounts, was beaten first by Real and then by Milan and took last place in the Russian Railways Cup. And the winner of the tournament was the Dutch PSV - the team that took the competition in Moscow most seriously. The Lokomotiv fiasco was not fatal for the new tournament.

Writing off the debt to Afghanistan removes the question of compensation for the Soviet intervention in this country The restructuring of the multibillion-dollar Afghan debt to Russia is an event in Russian-Afghan relations, if not of historical proportions, then, of course, extremely important. And to a greater extent for Russia than for Afghanistan.

IAEA delegation arrived in Iran Yesterday, a delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived in Iran on a four-day visit. It is headed by Michiro Hosoya, who is responsible for the Iranian direction at the IAEA. Iran is represented in the negotiations by the deputy head of the national Atomic Energy Organization, Mohammad Saidi.

The mentor of the 2006 world champions beat his fellow countryman The Russian women's team completed its performance in the first round of the preliminary stage of the World Grand Prix with two victories in three meetings. The current world champions in the Polish city of Rzeszow prevailed over China in the opening match - 3:1 (27:25, 21:25, 25:16, 25:15), then lost to the Americans - 0:3 (23:25, 22:25, 13:25) and beat the hosts of the competition - 3:0 (25:17, 25:16, 25:21).

Russian missile defense began to be prepared for the Games in Sochi It is possible that the latest Russian air and missile defense system, the S-400 Triumph, can be used as part of a European non-strategic missile defense system. This was announced yesterday by the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force, Colonel General Alexander Zelin, during the ceremonial entry into combat duty of the first division of new complexes near Elektrostal, Moscow Region.

One hundred and fifty years ago, Apollon Grigoriev published “The Gypsy Hungarian” Everyone heard it. In luxurious concert, blatantly obscene, ironic playful and God knows what other versions. Often with distorted words, omissions or additions. It seems she has always been there. Two guitars, ringing, / whined pitifully... / A memorable tune from childhood, / My old friend - is that you? // How can I not recognize you? Now - of course! Regardless of whether the poet's name is remembered.

Cheap Ukrainian pipes may be purchased for Russian reclamation systems Russian Minister of Agriculture Aleksey Gordeev reported that in the first half of 2007 bread prices increased by 4.7%. One of the reasons for this was the abnormally dry weather, which caused significant damage to grain crops in many farms in the southern regions of Russia, in particular in the Rostov and Volgograd regions.