The Prosecutor General's Office continued visits to cellular retailers The Prosecutor General's Office on Friday continued massive searches of the largest cell phone sellers. This time, investigators seized financial documentation in the offices of three companies - Tsifrograd, Betalink and Dixis. These events, as noted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, are being carried out as part of an investigation into a scandalous criminal case dating back two years regarding telephone smuggling.

Lokomotiv interrupted its looming winless streak, and, having defeated Spartak-Nalchik, slightly improved its tournament position. But even with the victory, Byshovets’ team looked worse than in the lost matches of the Russian Railways Cup a week ago against Real and Milan. However, among the “railroad workers”, a Nigerian of Russian origin, Osaze ODEMVINGIE, stood out, who is gradually finding a common language with his partners.

Gas Lobby Reassures Government The approaching autumn will not cause an increase in gasoline prices, experts and participants in the Russian retail fuel market assure. Executive Director of the Russian Fuel Union Grigory Sergienko recently spoke about the upcoming stabilization of fuel prices, and last Friday the President of the Union of Oil and Gas Industrialists of Russia Gennady Shmal expressed a similar opinion.

Troops sent to Ingushetia were concentrated near hospitals, schools and kindergartens On Friday, the second phase of the special comprehensive preventive operation (SCO) began in Ingushetia, for which another 2.5 thousand military personnel from the North Caucasus District of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation were transferred to the republic in addition to the existing forces. However, so far this measure has not brought any significant results.

Books about music from the publishing house "Classics XXI" Norman Lebrecht. Maestro Myth. Great conductors in a battle for power. The music publishing house "Classics XXI" again asks to love and favor Norman Lebrecht - musicologist, critic, newspaper columnist (Daily Telegraph), author of the acclaimed study "Who Killed Classical Music." Another of his books has just been published: “Maestro Myth.

The Bush family estate in Kennebunkport, Maine, has become a veritable center of international politics this summer. A month ago, Vladimir Putin stayed there, and on Saturday Nicolas Sarkozy became the guest of the most influential American family. Moreover, unlike Putin, the French president demonstratively chose the area around Kennebunkport as the location for his family vacation. Although he appeared at the Walker's Point estate alone - Cecilia Sarkozy, as it was announced, was unwell.

Experts from the United States who arrived in Georgia will have the last word in the investigation of the incident involving the fall of a Raduga anti-radar guided missile in the Gori region on August 6. The head of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ivane Merabishvili, said that “80% of the work has already been completed,” and the final report will be published in a few days. Georgia insists that the shot was fired from a Su-24 bomber that flew in from Russia.

Since the beginning of the armed conflict in 1992, volunteers from Russia have also fought on the side of Abkhazia. Yuri ROMANOV, a participant in the hostilities in Abkhazia, told Vremya Novostei correspondent Viktor VOLODIN about the events of those days. —Where did the war find you in Abkhazia? - I am a former officer of the internal troops. After graduating from college, he served in Tbilisi, then in Sukhumi. In 1988, I retired from military service and went home to Kazan.

The Minister of Agriculture hopes to do without grain interventions There will be no grain interventions in Russia in the near future. As Agriculture Minister Alexei Gordeev said in Krasnodar on Friday, interventions are now pointless due to the excess grain on the market. According to him, now in Russia “40 million tons of grain have been threshed, which is 8 million more than last year.” And grain prices, after continuous growth in recent months, went down in July.

Yulia Tymoshenko found “thimbles” in the Ukrainian Central Election Commission Last weekend, hundreds of supporters of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT), under the supervision of so far a few police officers, picketed the building of the Central Election Commission in Kyiv. The fact is that the opposition BYuT encountered an unexpected hitch on its way to the Verkhovna Rada, early elections to which will be held on September 30 .

FAS still allowed parties to advertise themselves before the elections A month before the official start of the State Duma election campaign, the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) finally recognized the possibility of placing political advertising not only during the election campaign, but also during the break between elections. In early July, the Central Election Commission asked the FAS for clarification on this issue and within a month received several contradictory answers.

Anniversary of the National Center for Contemporary Art The NCCA is fifteen years old. Adolescence. But thanks to wise parents Leonid Bazhanov and Mikhail Mindlin, the boy is developed beyond his years. You can chat with him on many topics - from music to cinema. With enviable regularity, the center hosts lectures, seminars, and educational programs on contemporary art in its various forms. Friends of the center Tatyana Grindenko and Vladimir Martynov often give concerts.

The national team was headed by Valentin Maslakov 62-year-old specialist Valentin Maslakov became the acting head coach of the Russian athletics team. This became known at the end of last week, after the President of the All-Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) Valentin Balakhnichev signed the corresponding order.

Canada will respond to the installation of Russia's ice flag by creating military camps in the Arctic While the “political instructor” of the Arctic-2007 expedition, Artur Chilingarov, is accepting congratulations on Russia’s successful exploration of the ocean floor in the North Pole region , his fellow polar explorers are continuing scientific research in this promising region.

TENNIS. August 13--19. ATP tournament (men). Masters series competitions in the USA. WTA tournament (women) in Toronto. This week, the traditional men's tournament with a prize fund of $2.45 million, which is being held for the 109th time, starts in the American city of Cincinnati.