12 people were killed in Russia's southernmost republic over the weekend Last weekend in Dagestan turned out to be extremely turbulent: 12 people died on Saturday and Sunday, of whom three were police officers and one was a qadi (spiritual judge) of a mosque in the village of Gubden.

The Russians did not make it to the Euro 2007 final and are waiting for a wild card for the World Cup The Russian women's team was unable to qualify for the World Cup based on the results of the European Championship that ended yesterday in Luxembourg, being content with third place.

The Prime Minister allowed Alexei Kudrin to protect the stabilization fund Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov seems to have decided to entrust the conduct of direct dialogue with business to his closest subordinates from the macroeconomic bloc. Until now, extremely decisive and harsh in his public speeches, Mr. Zubkov actually went into the shadow of representatives of the macroeconomic bloc of the government at the Council on Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship held on Friday.

Reconstruction of the first of the Leningradka tunnels will be completed in the summer of 2008 During the pre-election period, the Moscow authorities seem to have decided to speed up one of their large-scale projects, the implementation of which has so far only drawn criticism from the motorized electorate.

The defendants in the “chemists’ case” initiate a criminal case against the drug police In the capital’s Perovsky District Court, a new scandal broke out during a high-profile trial in the so-called “chemists’ case.” Last Friday, during interrogation, an expert from the Federal Drug Control Service in Moscow was forced to admit that he was unable to conduct a full examination of the substance “ethyl ether”, which, according to the persistent conviction of the drug police, was illegally traded in

"United Russia" promises to implement Putin's plan even after he leaves the presidency The main contender for victory in the December Duma elections, United Russia, will hold its pre-election congress, the last of all major parties, on October 1 and 2. More than 500 delegates and over 2,500 guests will take part in the congress, including members of the Federation Council and State Duma deputies, representatives of federal authorities, heads of Russian regions and prominent public figures.

There was no demand for OGK-2 securities on the London Stock Exchange The first placement of securities of Russian energy generating companies on the London Stock Exchange began with failure. It turned out that the placement of OGK-2 securities would not be able to bring this company the amount necessary to implement the investment program until 2010 - 42 billion rubles. ($1.66 billion), for which, in fact, the placement was conceived. The maximum that OGK-2 can count on is $1.46 billion.

RAO UES is patching up holes in the investment attractiveness of its subsidiaries The Board of Directors of RAO UES of Russia, against the backdrop of the crisis in the stock market on Friday, diligently increased the capitalization of energy companies, whose shares will soon be sold to private investors.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn will try to save the IMF French politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn was officially announced Friday as the new managing director of the International Monetary Fund. In three weeks, when the annual meeting of shareholders of the IMF and the World Bank ends in Washington, Strauss-Kahn will replace the Spaniard Rodrigo de Rato, who retired ahead of schedule.

Nikolai Valuev returned to the ring without shine Former world champion Nikolai Valuev fought his first fight after losing the title. The return of the “Beast from the East” to the ring did not turn out to be stunning - the little-known Canadian Jean-Francois Bergeron was never knocked out. But the fight ended in a completely predictable victory for the Russian on points, which did not answer the question of whether Valuev was ready to start a new campaign for the title.

The Ministry of Defense takes personal registration of fellows from the Vladimir Potanin Foundation The Ministry of Defense has taken 700 cadets from military universities under special control - they are destined to become the personnel reserve of the reviving Russian army. This was stated by Deputy Minister of Defense, State Secretary Nikolai Pankov while honoring future officers, who today clearly stand out among their classmates for their organizational skills and academic success.

FOOTBALL. Champions League. October 2--3. Group stage. 2nd round . October 4. UEFA Cup. 1st round, return matches . Russian Championship. Premier League. 26th round. October 6. "Kuban" - "Wings of the Soviets", "Khimki" - "Amkar", "Moscow" - "Rostov", "Saturn" - "Dynamo". October 7. "Rubin" - "Tom", CSKA - "Luch-Energia", "Lokomotiv" - "Zenit", Spartak" Nch - "Spartak" M.

Throughout European Russia, a vast anticyclone prolongs the period of golden autumn. The weather is calm, dry and moderately warm. At the beginning of October, a fine anticyclone will maintain its influence in most areas of European Russia, providing mostly dry and unseasonably warm weather with average daily air temperatures three to six degrees above normal.

The irreconcilable opposition is going to participate in the Duma election campaign contrary to the law Yesterday in Moscow there was a federal congress of the opposition coalition “The Other Russia”, at which the Other Russias were supposed to sum up the results of their regional primaries and determine a single presidential candidate from the democratic opposition .

In January 2008, Russia may again face a shortage of drugs under the DLO program Mikhail Zurabov is no longer at the head of the Ministry of Health and Social Development, he was replaced by Tatyana Golikova . But in January 2008 , Russian beneficiaries may again face a shortage in pharmacies of many drugs that are legally due to them free of charge.