Chemists found an unconstitutional article in the Criminal Code Yesterday, on the third attempt, the Perovsky Court of Moscow began to consider the scandalous “chemists’ case” - against the leaders of the capital’s Sofex company, Yana Yakovleva and Alexei Protsky. They are accused by employees of the Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN) of illegal sale of potent substances.

Former RNU leader Alexander Barkashov sentenced Yesterday, the Ozersky District Court of the Moscow Region sentenced the former leader of Russian National Unity, Alexander Barkashov (although some associates consider him not a former, but the current leader of the RNU), to two years of imprisonment, accused of beating a police officer . Three of his alleged accomplices were also released - they were also found guilty, but had already served their time in prison. Mr.

Iraqi Oil Minister promised LUKOIL competition The visit of Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahrastani to Moscow began yesterday with his loud statement to RIA Novosti. He said that Russian oil companies will not receive preferences when working in Iraq: “Preferences will not be given to any country or company. Russian LUKOIL (which controls the giant West Qurna-2 field. - Ed.

Kazakhstan again threatened Eni with deprivation of operator status at Kashagan The Kazakh authorities do not hide their dissatisfaction with the work of the Italian company Eni at the largest Kashagan field. Yesterday, Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov said that the government could deprive Eni of its operator status for this project.

Alexey Korovin from Impexbank will become the President of Investsberbank Investmentsberbank, owned by the Hungarian OTP group, spent a long time selecting a presidential candidate and finally found a successful option. From August 13, this position will be taken by Alexey Korovin. Before that, he worked for almost 15 years in the banks of the Unicor group - Russian Credit and Impexbank, which at the end of 2005 was sold to the Austrian Raiffeisen group.

The traffic police management promises not to take advantage of drivers’ ignorance On Saturday, August 11, the ten-day period expires from the moment the president signed the law amending the “automobile” chapter of the Code of Administrative Offenses . As you know, new articles of the Code of Administrative Offenses, which tighten the liability of car owners for violating traffic rules, come into force in three stages.

The case of trade in automotive “special products” has been put to rest The capital's Basmanny Court on Tuesday handed down a verdict in the scandalous case of trafficking in counterfeit orders - special documents prohibiting the inspection of a car and the people in it. The decision turned out to be completely unexpected - those who were considered the main accused received leniency.

Panties have become an element of youth policy The political struggle in Russia sometimes takes surprising and unpredictable forms, but the current “casus belli” between the youth pro-presidential movement “Nashi” and the youth union of the Democratic Party of Russia “Successors” is capable of arousing interest even among the most non-politicized ordinary people. Fashionable women's panties seem to be becoming one of the most important elements of youth policy in modern Russia.

Chronicle of sporting events At the Super Grand Prix track and field competition in Stockholm, Croatian high jumper Blanka Vlasic showed her best result in the last 19 years. The winner of the tournament in the Swedish capital cleared the bar at a height of 2 m 07 cm. Only the world record holder, Bulgarian Stefka Kostadinova (2 m 09 cm), jumped higher, and her compatriot Lyudmila Andonova once managed to conquer 2 m 07 cm.

The film “Russian Triangle” is preparing for release “Russian Triangle” is a cosmopolitan film: produced and directed by Georgians, filmed in the Ukrainian capital, the main roles are given to Russian actors. The Russian triangle is three young men, tightly tied by the Chechen war: Victor, Denis, Nikolai. Two of them are about forty, the war hit them like a hot roller.

Only federal ministers believe in fulfilling the annual inflation plan Nobody believes that inflation in Russia this year will be kept within the annual forecast of 8%. True, only non-governmental economists are talking about this so far.

Rosneft acquired YUKOS tanks Rosneft yesterday won the auction for Yukos' transport assets, paying 18.57 billion rubles for them. with a starting price of 18.48 billion. This was the shortest auction in the history of the sale of YUKOS property - the lot was sold at the first step.

The largest Russian antivirus company managed to avoid a revolutionary change of power. Following the results of the meeting of Kaspersky Lab shareholders held yesterday, it was announced “the modernization of the corporate governance structure and the creation of a board of directors - the highest management body authorized to determine the general development strategy and resolve key personnel issues.” Natalya Kasperskaya was elected to the post of Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Nursultan Nazarbayev and Ilham Aliyev share interests Both capitals of Kazakhstan - Almaty and Astana - these days have become centers for preparing and making important decisions on the implementation of new transport projects in the East-West corridor.

Orthodox churches became the center of commemoration of the victims of 1937 The Russian political elite decided to honor the memory of the victims of political repression in 1937 with silence. Already drawn out to the point of indecency. And it only emphasizes the reluctance of the authorities to remember that the history of the state does not begin in 2000 or 1991 and includes not just dark, but also bloody pages.