September 5 -- October 5, 2007 “Politicians Through the Eyes of the Media,” a joint project of Vremya Novostei and the Medialogia company, are ratings of the political figures most actively discussed in the Russian media.

Kudrin and Gref finally agreed on the Budget Code Less than a year has passed since the start of the apparatus battles, and the Ministry of Finance managed to agree on amendments to the Budget Code with the Ministry of Economic Development. True, the departments, headed by ambitious ministers Alexei Kudrin and German Gref, could not come to an agreement on their own. Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov had to intervene in the process. Yesterday, at a regular government meeting chaired by Mr.

Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Southern Federal District appointed After two weeks of agonizing wait, the Southern Federal District received a new presidential envoy on Saturday. It unexpectedly became the former Secretary General of the Euro-Asian Economic Community, Grigory Rapota.

Army Club is the undisputed favorite of the Super League tournament Last weekend, the majority of Super League clubs entered the fight for medals in the Russian Championship among men's teams. While the Surgut “University”, the Kazan UNICS, the Moscow region “Khimki” and the capital’s “Dynamo” have yet to play their first matches in the tournament this week, then the gold medal winner CSKA already has three victories to its credit. The Red and Blues made a long eastern journey.

If we analyze the official biographies of the heads of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, it turns out that Mikhail Fradkov is the first head of the SVR who is not a professional intelligence officer or analyst, but the only one who has many years of experience in the foreign trade sector. Analyst and journalist Evgeny Primakov - Director of the SVR from December 1991 to January 1996. Born on October 29, 1929 in Kyiv.

Why Nicolas Sarkozy went to Moscow before Washington “The concept of “impossible” does not exist for the French,” said General Charles de Gaulle. Whether Nicolas Sarkozy, who convinces everyone and everyone that he is a follower of de Gaulle, holds the same opinion is unknown. But the current president of France will have to prove this one way or another during his two-day visit to Moscow, which begins tomorrow - his first business visit as president.

The RTS index updated its historical maximum for the second time in a week The Russian stock market managed to end the past week on a positive note. At closing on Friday, the RTS index set a historical high, consolidating above 2110 points. One of the main growth factors was positive statistics from the US employment market, which turned out to be significantly better than forecasts.

Sergei Vysotsky faces execution in Lebanon In Lebanon, for the first time, a Russian is facing the death penalty. A young man from Russia is accused of terrorist activities on the territory of this Middle Eastern country and is suspected of having connections with armed extremists. Lebanese law provides for capital punishment for such charges. As Vremya Novostei learned, the details of this unprecedented story are still little known even to the authorities and special services of Russia.

If you are a great football player or boxer, you have a better chance of becoming a world legend than if you are involved in, for example, discus throwing. But in the recent history of the Olympic Games, dating back to 1896, there is hardly a person who deserves a greater right to become a hero of myth for millennia, like the Olympian gods, than the American discus thrower Al Orter. His earthly journey ended the other day. He died of cardiac arrest, with which he had problems almost from birth.

The leader of the Ukrainian Party of Regions, current Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych is flying to Moscow tomorrow. According to the official version, to prepare for the meeting of the interstate commission Yushchenko - Putin. However, it is obvious that the Kremlin will also talk about the difficulties of forming a ruling coalition in Ukraine.

Greenpeace Russia was not invited to participate in the examination of Olympic projects The leaders of the Russian branch of the international environmental organization Greenpeace were very surprised to learn that they were included in the expert commission of the organizing committee of the Sochi Olympics and that, perhaps, their name would be used to cover up active construction activities in specially protected natural areas.

Muslim fasting contributed to record-breaking fruitful negotiations between CIS presidents The few days that the CIS presidents spent in the capital of Tajikistan at the end of last week will undoubtedly turn out to be a memorable milestone in the history of the Commonwealth.

Alexey Mordashov: The degree of consolidation in metallurgy is already high Consolidation of the Russian steel market is possible, but there are no serious economic prerequisites for it yet, - this opinion was expressed at a meeting with journalists by the head and main shareholder of Severstal, Alexey Mordashov. He said that his company is ready for mergers, but only if it increases its value for shareholders. Mr.

Sergei Ivanov offered India the Vankor field to Rosneft Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said yesterday during his visit to India: “We are interested in the participation of Indian capital in the implementation of the Sakhalin-3 project and in the development of the Vankor field in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.” The official’s words are alarming: while the participation of the Indian state-owned company ONGC in the Sakhalin-3 project was discussed several times, and

"Territory" opened with a performance by Romeo Castellucci The “Territory” festival, which declared one of its main goals to be the presentation of art existing in adjacent territories, began its program with the play Tragedia Endogonidia BR.#04 Brussel couldn't have imagined anything better.