Vladimir Barsukov was escorted from St. Petersburg to Moscow The Petrogradsky District Court of St. Petersburg on Friday granted the request of the Prosecutor General's Office to arrest one of the most influential businessmen in the city and simply an authoritative person, Vladimir Barsukov (he previously bore the last name Kumarin). As it turned out during the meeting, he was suspected of committing a number of crimes, including an attempt on the life of the owner of the St.

In the Kaliningrad region, criminal cases are being initiated against unpopular heads of municipalities At the end of last week, a criminal case was opened against the head of the Baltic urban district of the Kaliningrad region, Fedor Yaroshevich, under Part 2 of Article 285 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Abuse of official powers.” The case was initiated personally by the regional prosecutor Alexey Samsonov.

The military-industrial company will maintain the state register of the country's defense enterprises At the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2007, which ended yesterday in Zhukovsky near Moscow, a new powerful structure of the Russian military-industrial complex - ZAO Military-Industrial Company - loudly announced itself. The organizing committee of the salon awarded her a diploma for the best exhibition design.

Lithuania does not rule out a sharp increase in prices for Russian gas due to violation of agreements with Gazprom Gas unrest began in the Lithuanian government. At the end of last week, Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas recalled Foreign Minister Petras Vaitiekūnas from vacation and authorized him to begin negotiations with Russia on the price of natural gas, the press service of the government of the republic reported.

Deficit budgets remained in only 11 Russian regions The growth of the economy and wages of Russians contributes to a rapid increase in regional budget revenues. According to the Ministry of Finance, in the first half of the year they grew by more than 35% compared to the same period last year. The own incomes of the subjects of the federation (excluding financial assistance from the federal center) increased by approximately the same amount.

FOOTBALL. Russian Championship. Premier League. 23rd round. August 31st. "Moscow" - "Spartak" NC, "Dynamo" - "Tom". September 1st. “Saturn” - “Khimki”, “Amkar” - “Rubin”, “Luch-Energia” - “Wings of the Soviets”. September 2. "Rostov" - "Lokomotiv", "Spartak" - CSKA, "Zenit" - "Kuban". Champions League. August 28-29. Third qualifying round. Return matches . UEFA Cup. September 30. Second qualifying round. Return matches .

Indian authorities have strengthened security measures in the capital Delhi and several other major cities of the country after two terrorist attacks in the city of Hyderabad in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, which killed more than 40 people, including two children, on Saturday. The first explosion occurred in the evening at the amusement park. At the time of the terrorist attack, there were about 600 people there who came to watch the laser show. The explosion killed 12 visitors.

Fitch Ratings believes that the liquidity crisis will affect banks differently “ The turmoil in the United States has had an impact on Russia’s financial condition,” admitted the first deputy chairman of the Central Bank, Gennady Melikyan, last week. The possible consequences of the crisis for our banks were also analyzed by the international agency Fitch Ratings.

The trial of Lisa Novak has begun At the end of last week, the trial of perhaps the most famous female astronaut at the moment, Lisa Novak, began. True, it was not her merits in space exploration that brought her fame, but her eccentric act: a jealous woman traveled 1,600 kilometers in a car in order to “sort out” NASA engineer Colleen Shipman, her rival in the fight for the heart of another astronaut, Bill Oefelein.

Experts refused the Bunin Prize Among the numerous literary prizes, recently, since 2005, another one has appeared - the Bunin Prize, with a very serious amount of bonuses (20 thousand euros), which, of course, attracted additional attention to it.

Tyson Guy became world champion in the 100m for the first time The 11th World Athletics Championships kicked off in the Japanese city of Osaka on Saturday. As the head of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), Lamine Diack, said at a press conference preceding the opening of the world athletics championship, over 6.5 billion viewers from 190 countries will watch what is happening in the Osaka sports arenas on television.

The career of football players in conditions where the cost of transfers is growing at a nuclear pace, increasingly depends not only on the personal qualities of the players, but also on those who sell this “live commodity”.

Only one car made it to the Turkish Grand Prix The past Turkish Grand Prix has significantly intensified the fight in the championship. The victory of Felipe Massa from Ferrari and the second place of his teammate Kimi Raikkonen allowed the Italian stable to reduce the gap in the team standings from McLaren to nine points. In the individual championship, Fernando Alonso, who took third place in Istanbul, continues to pursue Lewis Hamilton.

Six parties may be liquidated in Belarus Six Belarusian parties received a warning from the Justice Ministry on Friday about possible liquidation due to an insufficient number of regional structures. By law, each party is required to have a city organization in Minsk and at least four regional organizations.

Western European engravings of the 17th-18th centuries are shown in Moscow In the halls of the Academy of Arts on Prechistenka there is an exhibition of old European engravings from the collection of the Scientific Library and Research Museum of the Academy of Arts of St. Petersburg. The St. Petersburg repositories brought part of their funds to Moscow on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the academy. For the anniversary exhibition, the subject with graphic funds was not chosen by chance.