Fusion in Russia requires fire safety First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov mastered the prime minister's science. Yesterday, at a government meeting, he for the first time replaced the head of the cabinet, Mikhail Fradkov, who is on vacation in Sochi (another first deputy, Dmitry Medvedev, is also on vacation). Mr.

Venezuelan President enjoys re-election Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez submitted a draft constitutional reform to the National Assembly. Its main point is to give the president the right to be re-elected to the highest government post an unlimited number of times. At the same time, the presidential term will increase from six to seven years. If the parliament's verdict is positive, the reform project will be put to a referendum.

Monday, August 20 Channel One 5 . 00, 9.00, 12.00, 15.00, 18.00 News 5 . 05 Good morning 9 . 20 Malakhov + 10 . 30 Fashionable verdict 11 . 30 Test purchase 12 . 20 "NATIONAL SECURITY AGENT". Series 13 . 20 Detectives 14 . 00 Other news 14 . 30 Hacienda 15 . 20 Without complexes 16 . 20 Understand. Forgive 17 . 00 Federal Judge 18 . 20 "DEATHING FORCE". TV series (S) 19 . 10 Wait for me 20 . 00 "TATYANA'S DAY". TV series (S) 21 . 00 Time 21 . 30 "CLOSED PEOPLE". Series 22 . 30 "GENTLE OFFICERS".

CLUBS "Auction". "B2" August 17, 23.00; Ikra , August 18, 21.00. "Strawberry meadow" Ethno-fusion. A musical mix of flute, oriental drums, accordion, bouzouki, synthesizers, jazz-funk guitar and the unique voice of a soloist who speaks three types of female throat singing: khoomei, sygyt and dag kargyraa. "Union of Composers" , August 17, 20.00. Pep-See.

Closing a casino in Russia turned out to be not so easy Gambling establishments began mass migration across the country. From regions where gambling is completely prohibited, they are transported to places where the ban comes into force at a later date. By mid-August, slot machines were eliminated in the Kemerovo, Ryazan, Belgorod regions, Yakutia, Adygea and 16 other regions.

Bush appoints special assistant for Russia President Bush has appointed 25-year career diplomat Mary Behrs Warlick as special assistant for Russia and senior director for Russia at the National Security Council, a position she still needs to be confirmed by the Senate. For the last ten years, Ms. Warlick has been focused on Russian issues.

Zenit warmed up in the match with the winner of the Slovak Cup The start of Zenit's European campaign was successful. In the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup, Dick Advocaat's team beat the Slovakian Zlate Moravce 2:0 in a game training session. In two weeks, Zenit will have a second meeting in St. Petersburg, in which the Russian team must formally qualify for the main tournament.

Chronicle of sporting events Football. English Championship. 2nd round. Birmingham - Sunderland - 2:2, Fulham - Bolton - 2:1, Manchester City - Derby County - 1:0, Portsmouth - " Manchester United - 1:1, Reading - Chelsea - 1:2, Wigan - Middlesbrough - 1:0, Tottenham - Everton - 1:3 . Leading: Everton, Manchester City, Chelsea - 6 points each.

Dynamo Kiev, Shakhtar and BATE have not lost their chance to qualify Clubs in the post-Soviet space may well be satisfied with the results of the first matches of the third qualifying round of the Champions League. Neither the Russian Spartak, nor the Ukrainian Dynamo and Shakhtar, nor even the Belarusian BATE lost a real chance of making it to the group tournament. Of the four, only Shakhtar lost. The Pitmen did not take the Austrian champion Salzburg too seriously, and they paid for it.

Russia decided to use the SCO to solve the problems of Afghanistan The summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, held yesterday in Bishkek, was clearly a success. In the sense that there were no questions for him. And there was no press conference. There were only statements made by each of the six presidents of the SCO member states - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

The army and navy are promised new control and communication systems The curator of the Russian military-industrial complex, First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, having built a system of holdings in the aviation and shipbuilding industries, began to work on control and communications systems for the armed forces.

Refusal of agreements between banks and insurers is becoming widespread Not only insurers, but also banks went to the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) to admit to the existence of agreements limiting competition. As you know, last week Rosgosstrakh announced the existence of agreements with branches of three banks in the Voronezh region, as well as the termination of these agreements. Yesterday, a statement about the existence of agreements with insurance companies was received from the bank.

Gazprom Neft agreed with SIBUR on the utilization of associated gas in the Tyumen region Gazprom Neft and SIBUR have finally decided to jointly build a gas processing plant to utilize associated gas from the Yuzhno-Priobskoye field.

Three-quarters of Russians are confident that it is impossible to live without the constant care of the state Data from a July Levada Center survey show that three-quarters of Russian residents, more than 15 years after the collapse of the USSR, still rely on government help to solve their life problems.

Russian missile may have fallen into Georgia by mistake After some delay, Russia yesterday actively became involved in the investigation into the circumstances of the fall of a Raduga anti-radar guided missile on August 6 in the village of Tsitelubani, Gori region. A group of Russian experts arrived in Georgia.