Nursultan Nazarbayev and Romano Prodi transferred the solution to the Kashagan problem to the corporate level The meeting of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev with Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, which took place yesterday in Astana, did not add clarity to the prospects for the Kashagan oil field development project .

Russia and the United States need new approaches in negotiations on Korea In future history textbooks, October 2007 may be called a turning point both in resolving the DPRK nuclear problem and in national reconciliation between the North and the South . However, how winding will the road be around this bend? The second summit of South and North Korea is, of course, an extraordinary event.

Jovan MARJANOVIC is a prominent figure in the modern IT world. Worked in many companies and countries. He received his first assignment to Russia in 1993. In March of this year, he became Managing Director of SAP CIS (the German company SAP AG is the world leader in the market of integrated company management systems). This is Mr. Marjanovic's first interview in his new position.

Militants ambushed police officers sent to capture them In the Vedeno district of Chechnya, targeted checks of houses and massive combing of the area continued all day yesterday. Military and police officers were looking for militants who attacked a convoy of federal forces on Sunday morning, killing four and injuring ten law enforcement officers. None of the separatists were injured. Where they went remained unclear yesterday.

Nikolai Tokarev is tipped for president of Transneft The President of Transneft, it seems, will be appointed in the very near future. As you know, a month ago Vladimir Putin appointed the former head of the state pipeline monopoly Semyon Vainshtok to the post of head of the state corporation that will build facilities for the Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014.

Chronicle of sporting events Football. English Championship. 9th round. Manchester United - Wigan - 4:0, Aston Villa - West Ham - 1:0, Arsenal - Sunderland - 3:2, Reading - Derby County - 1:0, Liverpool - Tottenham - 2:2, Bolton - Chelsea - 0:1, Newcastle - Everton - 3: 2, Manchester City - Middlesbrough - 3:1, Blackburn - Birmingham - 2:1, Fulham - Portsmouth - 0:2. Leading : Arsenal - 22 points (8 matches), Manchester United - 20 (9), MS - 19 (9).

England and France stood up for the honor of Europe at the World Cup Without exception, all the matches of the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup, the main host of which is France, turned out to be spectacular and extremely interesting, were full of amazingly dramatic plot twists in the course of the game and gave fans of the oval ball a lot of aesthetic pleasure. The first two quarterfinals saw the favorites being toppled.

Implementation of unrealistic projects is the way of human existence It would seem that there is nothing more distant from the everyday life of our lives, nothing more “botanical,” as modern youth put it, than the theme of utopia. This topic was of concern to many philosophers, not only in the classical period. In the last century, one of the most famous writers, George Orwell, said the following thing: the 20th century showed that utopia came true more often than anything else.

Finnish modern dance was shown at the Territory festival Finnish dancer and choreographer Tero Saarinen brought two solo performances to Moscow - “The Man in the Room” and “The Hunt”. The first is a composition by Caroline Carlson, the legendary civil engineer of French modern dance, art matriarch (music - Apocalyptica, Gavin Bryers). The second is Saarinen's own production, his version of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.

Berdymukhammedov fights nepotism and bribery President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov yesterday suddenly dismissed the heads of the country's two main intelligence services - Ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and National Security Khojamurad Annakurbanov and Geldymuhammed Ashirmuhammedov . The head of state announced this during an emergency meeting held at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic. Turkmen officialdom abundantly quotes Mr.

Following the men's team, our girls also won the European Championship The Russian women's team has regained the title of the strongest team in the Old World, lost two years ago. In the final match of the European Championship at the Sports Palace in the Italian city of Chieti, Igor Grudin's team defeated Spain - 74:68. Forward Olga Arteshina and center Maria Stepanova were included in the symbolic five of the tournament.

The Central Election Commission has certified all party lists of candidates for the future State Duma The first stage of the election race can be considered successfully completed: the Central Election Commission has completed the certification of the electoral lists of political parties and is moving on to their registration. This was stated yesterday by the chairman of the commission, Vladimir Churov (pictured) . From this moment on, parties can no longer make changes to their lists.

No one is responsible for dirty mobile content Over the past two weeks, Moscow has been overwhelmed by a stream of electronic spam offering to view a collection of pornography of the kind that is prohibited by law in any civilized country (violent scenes). A link to the films is attached to the letter. A warning in the style of “Don’t follow this link, kids, the movie here is not for you!” looks like outright mockery!

Alexey Miller and Yuriy Boyko agreed on the chain of payments for gas Today Gazprom, RosUkrEnergo, Ukrgazenergo and Naftogaz of Ukraine will sign a package of documents approving a scheme for repaying the billion-dollar debt for gas supplied to the Ukrainian market. Fundamental issues were agreed yesterday during hours-long negotiations by the chairman of the board of the Russian concern, Alexey Miller, and the Minister of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine, Yuriy Boyko.

Stolen software is dangerous for system administrators and IT directors of companies According to the BSA (Business Software Alliance - an international organization for the protection of the rights of software manufacturers), the level of software piracy in Russia was 80%, with an average value of 67% for the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The downward trend is more or less clearly visible. In 2005 it was 83%, and in 2004 and 2003 - 87%.