Chronicle of sporting events President of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) Leonid Tyagachev said that at the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, which will be held next year, Russian athletes are capable of winning 35 gold medals. According to Tyagachev, a year before the Olympics it is difficult to give an accurate medal forecast, but this figure is based on the results shown by domestic athletes at international competitions last season.

How are the aesthetic tastes of an ordinary Russian citizen formed? Almost every family, if it is not at the very bottom of the social ladder, has a desire to send their child to “music” or “drawing.” Even when adults themselves are not interested in art, do not need theater, music, painting, they want their child to draw, sing or play the violin. These skills are part of the set of benefits that a parent must provide to their child.

Austrian voyage of Georgy Litichevsky and Georgy Ostretsov Few people today remember that many of the symphonies of Haydn and Mozart were created to complement the gastronomic pleasures of a secular society that knew how to live and have fun with taste. And life in the estate was generally subject to the special regulations of great hedonism.

Mariupol rescuers for three months cannot return the escaped reptile to the circus The meter crocodile ruined the vacation to the employees of the Mariupol branch of the Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine. Rescuers are not signed by statements, since they can not cope with the very non-trivial task set by the leadership-to catch the one and a half-year-old Nile crocodile Godzilla, who escaped from the Circus-Sharpito touring in the Donetsk region.

Tax officials called on citizens to expose dishonest developers The tax authorities decided to make their contribution to the process of forming the Russian affordable housing market. They launched an unprecedented attack on real estate market participants.

The new governor of Sakhalin has taken office, and the previous one will receive a reward “for voluntary resignation” Yesterday, deputies of the Sakhalin Regional Duma, urgently called back from vacation, by 20 votes out of 22 approved the 48-year-old mayor of the city of Okha (the Sakhalin headquarters of the state company Rosneft), a member of United Russia, Alexander Khoroshavin, as the new governor of the region. Two communists abstained from voting.

Olga Pyleva (biathlon). During the Winter Olympics, the prohibited substance carphedon was discovered in the body of the 2002 Games champion Dust, which the athlete took on the recommendation of her personal doctor. Pyleva was disqualified for two years. Dmitry Berestov (weightlifting). The Olympic champion of Athens in the weight category up to 105 kg used a drug from the group of anabolic steroids.

The only candidate for the post of head of the IMF visited Ilyinka Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin yesterday, after a meeting with a contender for the post of Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn (pictured) , admitted: there is no alternative to the Frenchman and is not expected. Answering a question from Vremya Novostey, Mr.

Nikolai Durmanov resigned from Rossport Exactly one year before the start of the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, the Russian anti-doping service was beheaded. Professor Nikolai Durmanov, who headed the anti-doping committee of the Federal Agency for Physical Education and Sports of the Russian Federation (Rossport), was dismissed from his position at his own request.

Pharmacists counted the number of identified counterfeits The Russian pharmaceutical market is trying to get rid of its criminal image. For the second year now, according to health officials, the number of detected counterfeit drugs remains at 0.1% of the total number of batches in circulation.

In 2009, America may catch up with Russia in housing loan rates The head of AHML, Alexander Semenyaka, predicts that in 2009, mortgage rates in Russia will be equal to European and American ones. True, Russian borrowers should hardly expect that loan rates will drop noticeably. According to Mr. Semenyaka, the convergence of the cost of loans in developed countries and in Russia will occur largely because rates will rise in Europe and the United States.

That’s why they won’t wait for him in Kazakhstan The decision of the Austrian court to refuse the request of the Kazakh authorities to extradite the former son-in-law of President Nazarbayev, Rakhat Aliyev, voiced by the official representative of the Austrian prosecutor's office Gerhard Jarosch, caused “bewilderment” of his Kazakh colleague.

Former Interior Minister complains about surveillance Open civil strife has begun within the ruling Polish Law and Justice (PiS) party. Following the rebellion of Self-Defense, which recently decided to leave the government coalition, the blow fell on the most trusted and devoted associates of the Kaczynski brothers. On Wednesday, Interior Minister Janusz Kaczmarek was dismissed from his post.

German Gref was personally convinced of the underdevelopment of the transport infrastructure of the Far East Since last Thursday, August 2, when at a government meeting a federal target program for the development of the Far East was adopted, second in scale only to the Olympic Sochi Federal Target Program, the Far Eastern region has been the focus of increased attention from the federal center.

Clubs "Night snipers." Having parted in 2002 with Surganova, Diana Arbenina turned into a real femme Fatale, but neither melodic talent nor scenic charm. In the program of the new album of 2007, Bonnie and Clyde, recorded in London. Ikra , August 10, 20.00. “Electroshik. Kazantip. Pre-Party ”: DJS Christmas tree, shooter, Deep blu. A whole landing of the heroes of domestic electronics is sent to the coming festival "Cazantip" directly from the "caviar".