Tbilisi accuses Russian pilots of “blatant aggression” A new serious crisis has arisen in relations between Tbilisi and Moscow. Georgia accused Russia of violating airspace and bombing its territory just 65 km west of the capital.

The government was unable to instruct Gazprom to provide gas to the Kaliningrad region The Germans built their roads. Trees for them are “soldiers of the Wehrmacht.” And Russia is a country in which, unlike the European Union, they have never been. More precisely, this is exactly the case, if not for everyone, but for the majority - 60% of the residents of the Kaliningrad region.

MDM Bank announced a number of changes in management. The head of the Moscow network development department, Alexey Drobot, who has been working at the bank for six years, has been appointed head of the corporate block. He will replace Timur Avdeenko in this post, who, as is known, is leaving the bank. Mr. Drobot will become a member of the bank's board.

CLUBS Nick Rock'n'Roll's Birthday: Ahnenerbe, Kangaroo. The concert is dedicated to the birthday of one of the founding fathers of the Soviet underground movement - Nick Rock and Roll (Nikolai Frantsevich Kuntsevich). “OGI Project” , 23.00. Rock`n`Roll Radio: DJ Spirin. Rock-n-Roll Radio Disco is the full name of the rock disco from the lead singer of the group "Cockroaches" Sid, aka DJ Spirin.

In the Stavropol Territory there is still no one to hold elections The scandal surrounding the election of the chairman of the regional election commission of Stavropol - the last of the Russian regions where this position is still vacant - continues. The other day, members of the Stavropol Electoral Commission, with eight votes, the minimum required for a quorum, elected a chairman, who became the vice-president of the region’s chamber of lawyers, Vladimir Shaturin.

Our aviation market trends differ from the world ones The American aircraft manufacturer Boeing yesterday published a forecast for the development of the global civil aircraft market until 2025. According to the calculations of its specialists, in the next 19 years the fleet of commercial passenger and cargo aircraft in the world will double. The largest regional markets will be the Asia-Pacific region and North America. Russia is not included as a separate line item in Boeing's forecasts.

Bernanke warns of global problems for the US economy Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke called for an immediate reduction in US budget spending, otherwise, the banker predicts, the American economy may face global problems in just a few years. By persuading the Senate yesterday to urgently reform the budgetary sector, Mr. Bernanke may be trying to reduce the high risks of weakening the US currency in the world . “Unfortunately, economic growth alone cannot solve the looming budget problems,” Mr.

Moscow officials are ready to give up a third of industrial sites for landscaping The head of the capital's construction complex, Vladimir Resin, proposed that the city budget partially compensate for the damage to Moscow's environment caused by the industry under his jurisdiction in recent years. Yesterday, at a meeting of the city government, where the general scheme for greening the capital until 2020 was discussed, Mr.

Mirax Group, owned by Sergei Polonsky, has signed an agreement with Italian architect David Fisher to build two skyscrapers in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The designs are original: it is assumed that each floor will rotate around the center of the building independently of the other floors. The floors will be of different sizes, which will allow the building to constantly change its shape.

Chinese economists are blackmailing the American economy US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's mission to China last week appears to have failed. Paulson spoke with Chinese leaders ahead of the next round of the Sino-US strategic dialogue on economic issues, and as usual, the yuan exchange rate was at the center of the talks.

American visas were issued using fake UN invitations Yesterday, the UN Secretariat translator, 45-year-old Russian Vyacheslav Manokhin, appeared before the Federal District Court in Manhattan, accused of visa fraud. If found guilty, he faces up to five years in prison.

Bankruptcy will not allow Yukos to pay off creditors YUKOS bankruptcy trustee Eduard Rebgun yesterday in the Moscow Arbitration Court summed up the preliminary results of the first year of the oil company's bankruptcy. He said that he did not meet the allotted deadline and asked to extend the bankruptcy proceedings for six months. The court agreed to extend it only for three months. In addition, according to Mr.

Sergei Mitin headed the Novgorod region “I respect Mikhail Prusak,” the now former Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, Sergei Mitin, said yesterday when approving his candidacy in the regional Duma about his predecessor as governor of the Novgorod region. Deputies unanimously approved Mr. Mitin as governor. In 2005, he already applied for the post of head of his native Nizhny Novgorod region, but then President Vladimir Putin preferred Moscow Deputy Mayor Valery Shantsev.

In a week, the Russian track and field team will fly to Vladivostok, where they will hold their final training camp before the World Championships starting on August 25 in Osaka. Among those leaving will be Olympic champion in the 800 m race Yuri Borzakovsky, who, by the way, has never managed to win a world championship. On the eve of the important start, Vremya Novostei correspondent Olga ERMOLINA talked with Yuri BORZAKOVSKY.

The bank officially refused to finance the project The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development announced its final withdrawal from the list of potential creditors of the Sakhalin-2 project. “By mutual agreement with Gazprom and other shareholders of the investment company Sakhalin Energy (project operator - Ed. ), it was decided that the EBRD will not resume negotiations on financing this project,” the bank said after informal consultations.