The Union of Right Forces party seems to be getting more than others in this Duma campaign. And at the end of last week, the Union of Right Forces found itself on the verge of being withdrawn from the elections. The Democratic Party of Russia filed a complaint with the Central Election Commission, accusing the Union of Right Forces of illegal campaigning. The CEC did not satisfy the complaint, but the DPR still has the opportunity to appeal the same demand to the Supreme Court.

The Russian team defeated the European champions The Russian team finished its next match at the Volleyball World Cup in Japan with a brilliant victory over the Spanish team - 3:0 (25:21, 25:13, 25:15). Defeat is an unpleasant memory, but at the same time it is almost an ideal basis for subsequent analysis and work on mistakes. One can only imagine how many times our coaching staff replayed the failed European Championship final with the Spaniards in their minds and in reality.

Alexey Kudrin asks to release Sergei Storchak from custody under his own guarantees Last Friday, the Investigative Committee of the Prosecutor's Office (SKP) of Russia formally charged Deputy Minister of Finance Sergei Storchak with attempting to steal more than $43 million from the budget. This event was not prevented by the intercession of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin, who on Wednesday ruled out the possibility that that Mr. Storchak is guilty of embezzlement.

A verdict was handed down to a false entrepreneur who “earned money” from VAT refunds on children’s goods The other day, a guilty verdict in the case of another major tax fraud came into force. The Tagansky District Court of Moscow found Vyacheslav Mresov, the former general director of the capital's Tikara LLC, guilty of embezzling 10 million rubles from the state budget. and attempted theft of more than 30 million, sentencing him to six years of suspended imprisonment.

Europeans expected an increase in prices for Russian gas Germany, the largest consumer of Russian gas, accepted the announcement of Gazprom head Alexei Miller about increasing gas prices from $250 to $354 per thousand cubic meters, as they say, “with understanding.” Chairman of the Board of E.ON Ruhrgas Burkhard Bergmann said at the weekend that one should not expect a sharp rise in prices for the population, which are already at a fairly high level.

The second performance by director Joël Pomre at the NET festival is “This Child,” which he staged with Russian actors at the Praktika theater. The French version of This Child was made for a social commission (the Calvados Family Benefit Fund), and the text of the play was written based on interviews with women from the poor Norman suburbs. The result is a semi-documentary study of family conflicts and relationships between fathers and children.

Norman Foster showed the architectural future of the Museum of Fine Arts At the end of last week, a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the A.S. Museum of Fine Arts Foundation took place. Pushkin, at which the idea of ​​​​creating a single museum space on the basis of the Pushkin Museum was approved, involving the construction of the “Museum Town” complex. At the project level, the idea was presented by the famous British architect Norman Foster.

Yesterday, the summit (38th meeting of heads of government) of the countries of the British Commonwealth, the oldest interstate association of the modern world, ended in the capital of Uganda, Kampala. Empire Shards The Commonwealth, or, as it is usually called, the British Commonwealth, is an association uniting states that were once part of the British Empire. The population of all states included in this association is about two billion people.

Perhaps the wisest assessment of the failure of the England football team in the qualifying campaign for Euro 2008 was given by former Manchester United captain Roy Keane, now head of Sunderland. He spoke in the spirit that players now prefer club football, and the national team is no longer a priority for them. The conflict between club football and national team tournaments (including the World Cup) is becoming almost decisive for the future fate of big-time football.

Tourist liner Explorer sank after hitting an iceberg The shipwreck of a small Canadian cruise ship is already being compared to the drama of the Titanic that sank in 1912. True, the journey had a happy ending, at least for all passengers on the ship. On Friday, after a collision with an ice mass, the Explorer liner with a displacement of 2.4 thousand tons sank near King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. All the thrill-seekers who went on a voyage to Antarctica managed to escape.

Terrorists who blew up a passenger bus are being sought in the North Caucasus In North Ossetia yesterday they said goodbye to those killed during a terrible explosion on the Pyatigorsk-Vladikavkaz regular bus, which took the lives of five passengers last Thursday. Among them is nine-year-old Svetlana Plieva, who was thrown outside by the blast wave.

Yesterday, former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returned to his homeland. He flew on a special flight from Medina (Saudi Arabia) to Lahore. “We want democracy and nothing else,” Sharif said upon arrival, vowing to rid the country of dictatorship. To begin with, he called for the lifting of the state of emergency imposed by the authorities on November 3.

Oleg Deripaska officially announced his readiness to buy the main asset of the Onexim group Aluminum tycoon Oleg Deripaska appears to be eager to get in on Russia's biggest deal. The United Company RUSAL last Friday officially announced its intention to buy a blocking stake in Norilsk Nickel from Mikhail Prokhorov's Onexim group .

Labor won in Australia The opposition Labor Party, led by 50-year-old Kevin Rudd, won Saturday's parliamentary elections in Australia. It will have more than half the seats in the 150-seat lower house of parliament and will form the government. The ruling coalition of the Liberal and Agrarian parties, led by 68-year-old Prime Minister John Howard, has only 58 seats. Howard leaves after 11 years of continuous reign. Kevin Rudd is a former diplomat who speaks Chinese.

The Grand Prix stage ended in Moscow At the home stage of the Grand Prix, Russian skaters distinguished themselves in three types of figure skating, with the exception of women's. Russian dancers Oksana Domnina - Maxim Shabalin added “gold” from the Moscow stage to the “silver” of the Chinese stage, gaining 205.24 points in the sum of three programs. Andrey Gryazev became the bronze medalist of the tournament with 206.13 points.