Experts are at a loss about the real consequences of the election campaign Russian political scientists are still trying to predict both the course of the campaign for elections to the State Duma and its results.

The French president's dream came true in Moscow “Waking up and seeing Red Square means a lot to me, I think you will understand,” French President Nicolas Sarkozy began negotiations with its owner yesterday in the Kremlin Representative Office in such a slightly intimate tone. Vladimir Putin responded to these confessions with a barely noticeable smile, expressing both approval and distrust.

Tursunov’s offender could not beat Davydenko The second week of play at the Australian Open began with the two top-rated Russian tennis players reaching the quarterfinals of the singles tournament. Maria Sharapova defeated her compatriot Vera Zvonareva, Nikolay Davydenko beat our offender Dmitry Tursunov in the previous round match, Czech Tomas Berdych - 5:7, 6:4, 6:1, 7:6 (7:5).

What hinders Russian-Iranian cooperation? Important negotiations on Iran's nuclear program are taking place these days in Tehran. Representatives of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in particular the deputy director general of this organization, Olli Heinonen, who arrived in this country, agree to obtain information about Iranian gas centrifuges used to enrich uranium.

Roszdravnadzor has compiled a list of dangerous maternity hospitals First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev confirmed yesterday that the Russian government has decided to build 23 high-tech perinatal centers throughout the country. These modern maternity hospitals and pregnancy support rooms, according to officials and medical experts, will help significantly increase the number of surviving newborns .

Evander Holyfield came to Moscow for the title Former absolute world champion Evander Holyfield arrived in Russia to take the World Boxing Organization (WBO) heavyweight championship belt from Sultan Ibragimov. On the eve of the fight, which will take place on October 13 at Khodynskoe Field, 44-year-old Holyfield demonstrated that his ear, bitten off by Tyson, is in place, spoke about his reluctance to retire and his belief in victory over Ibragimov.

Guus Hiddink has agreed to extend his contract Guus Hiddink remains at the head of the Russian national football team for another two years . Yesterday, the President of the Russian Football Union Vitaly Mutko and the Dutch coach officially announced an agreement to extend the contract until 2010. The agreement itself will be signed later, after consultation with lawyers. Its financial parameters are also unknown.

Alice Hoffman. Practical magic. Translation from English M. Kann. - M.: ID Fluid - Free Fly, 2007. Following the “French” and “Spanish”, the Free Fly publishing house appeared an “English” line, whose outlines are still distinguished by noble conservatism. The project is opened by models already favored by the public: Iris Murdoch with the novel “Of the Pleasant and the Righteous” and Ali Smith with the dizzying “Hotel World”.

Cold Arctic air is approaching the European territory of Russia. In the next 24 hours, the onset of cold weather in the European territory of Russia will continue. The colder weather will be accompanied by precipitation and gusty winds. It will become even colder in the central region of Russia - the temperature during the day will drop to +1...+7оС, at night in some places to -2оС.

After 89 years, a German again received a prize in chemistry for the synthesis of ammonia. The natural science part of the 2007 Nobel Prizes can be called European . Of the six laureates in the fields of physics, chemistry and physiology/medicine, four represent different countries of the Old World. Only two of the recipients are from America, and even then one of them, Mario Capecchi, was Italian by birth, and later moved overseas.

Standard & Poor's assessed the transparency of Russian banks The average transparency indicator of the Russian banking sector increased this year compared to last year by 4% and reached 52%. This is stated in the annual study of the Standard & Poor's corporate governance rating service. As before, the incentive to increase transparency is the need to raise capital on world markets. The absence of this motive immediately reduces the amount of information in the reports of credit institutions.

Vladimir Lukin will deal with police officers who ignore traffic rules In the near future, the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights and the Ministry of Internal Affairs should begin a joint inspection of road accidents caused by police officers. As Russian Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin said on Wednesday, he could not help but listen to the many complaints that come from citizens who are faced with law enforcement officers who ignore traffic rules.

October Theses What is “21st Century Socialism” version 3.0? How is it different from Soviet socialism? What are its advantages compared to liberal ideas? The shortest answer is that we are building socialism for man and in the name of man. The communists built a person for communism and in the name of an abstract bright future. “Socialism of the 21st century” opposes the division of society into classes and the declaration of dictatorship of one class over others.

The Central Bank issued a loan to VTB in the amount of 6.9 billion rubles VTB Bank turned out to be the first Russian bank to ask for and receive a loan from the Bank of Russia secured by a loan portfolio. According to the first deputy chairman of the Central Bank, Alexei Ulyukaev, another large, but non-state bank will also receive funds from the regulator in the near future.

Deputies want to extend tax breaks for agricultural enterprises until 2011 The start of the new government of Viktor Zubkov coincided with a sharp rise in prices for basic food products and a discussion of the problem of food security. The authorities are trying to resolve the situation using different methods. Among the proposals are the introduction of export duties and grain interventions. To stop the rapid rise in food prices, State Duma deputies are also proposing tax incentive measures.