Leonid Melamed headed the Nanotech state corporation Russian businessman Leonid Melamed, known for his liberal economic views, who worked for several years at RAO UES of Russia together with Anatoly Chubais, was appointed general director of the newly created state Russian Nanotechnology Corporation (Nanotech) by decree of the country's president last Friday. Mr. Chubais himself became a member of the corporation's supervisory board.

Police arrest Russian-speaking Hitler fans Yesterday it became known that the Israeli police recently arrested eight immigrants from the countries of the former USSR on suspicion of attacks on homosexuals, religious Jews and foreign workers. All detainees, aged from 16 to 21, belong to a neo-Nazi group committed to Hitler's racial theory. The story shook the Israeli public, overshadowing even the Arab-Israeli peace talks.

Two hundred years and the financial five-year plan Five years ago, in September 2002, eight Russian ministries decided to celebrate their 200th anniversary. Officially, these anniversaries were timed to coincide with the release of the manifesto of Emperor Alexander I “On the Establishment of Ministries” dated September 8, 1802, when eight ministries were created in Russia: military ground forces, naval forces, foreign affairs, justice, internal affairs, finance, commerce and public education.

Australia surprised Vladimir Putin Most participants in the 15th Asia-Pacific Cooperation (APEC) summit , which ended in Sydney, will apparently consider it a success. Firstly, because this city in the south of Australia is too nice: amazingly clean, amazingly beautiful, unusually hospitable and calm.

Another way to avoid roaming charges A special service for subscribers of mobile communication companies allows you to reduce the cost of calls when traveling around Russia several times. The service cannot be called new (it has been in effect since spring), but most of us are not even aware of it, preferring to pay our operator for long-distance communication much more than it really costs.

Ukrainians need to defeat the world champions On the next game day of the European Championship qualifying cycle, a lot was decided in the last minutes. At the end of their meeting with the Georgians, the Ukrainians lost any significant chance of qualifying from the group, in stoppage time the Slovaks spoiled the mood of the Irish, and in the final segment of the meeting with Iceland the Spaniards escaped defeat. The Polish team also scored in the last minutes.

Chronicle of sporting events The Russian men's water polo team failed to gain the right to participate in the decisive match of the continental qualifying tournament in Bratislava (Slovakia), where one Olympic ticket was at stake. Having performed successfully in the group stage, the Russians were defeated by Montenegro in the semifinals - 5:12.

US wants to add Eritrea to list of sponsors of terrorism US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Fraser said on Saturday that Eritrea was destabilizing other countries in the Horn of Africa and providing safe haven for terrorists. For this reason, Eritrea, having lost US assistance, may be included in the list of states sponsoring international terrorism (currently it includes Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Syria and Sudan). In support of the accusations, Ms.

The Prosecutor General's Office transfers cases The new structure of law enforcement agencies - the Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office (ICP) of the Russian Federation will begin its work this morning. Officially, SKP employees were supposed to take up their duties last Friday, since it was on September 7 that the corresponding amendments to the legislation regulating its activities came into force.

At the end of last week, financial markets experienced another thunderstorm that came from the United States. On Friday, employment data was released showing that the number of jobs fell for the first time in four years, although economists had predicted growth. Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan (pictured) compared the current situation to the collapse of world markets in 1987 and 1998. Stock markets in America and Europe reacted to this news with a decline.

Viktor Khristenko signed a program for developing fields in Eastern Siberia and the Far East The head of the Ministry of Industry and Energy, Viktor Khristenko, approved the Far Eastern gas program developed by Gazprom since 2003 . True, it is more of a framework character.

The conflict between residents of the Moscow region and Governor Gromov reached the European Court Residents of Barvikha near Moscow turned to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for help.

The results of the elections to the lower house of the Moroccan parliament, announced yesterday, were unexpected. Instead of the Islamists, the pro-government Istiqlal party celebrated the victory. On Friday, Moroccans elected parliament for the second time since the July 1999 enthronement of King Mohammed VI. 6,700 candidates competed for parliamentary seats, including representatives of 33 parties and independent politicians. Voter turnout was a record low of just 37%.

In Ingushetia, civilians are dissatisfied with the actions of federal forces Last weekend in Ingushetia was marked by further attacks by separatists . The militants, in response to the counter-terrorism operation carried out by security forces on Thursday in Karabulak, were marked by three attacks on military personnel and police officers (one was killed, four were wounded) and the murder of a Russian woman - the head doctor of a blood transfusion station in Nazran.

“Vicious Affair” won in Venice The main prize of the Venice Film Festival , which closed on Saturday, the Golden Lion for best film, was awarded to director Ang Lee, who two years ago received the same award for the film about gay cowboys Brokeback Mountain.