The first Iran-Iraq summit in recent history ended in Baghdad yesterday. Before leaving, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that in two days he had held 20 meetings with the Iraqi leadership. “We signed seven agreements regarding the development of cooperation in the fields of insurance, customs regulation, industry, education and transport,” the guest said.

NATO Secretary General, Dutchman Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, expressed concern yesterday that showing a film attacking Islam could harm the alliance's forces in Afghanistan: "If because of it the troops find themselves under fire, then I am alarmed." The 15-minute film “Fitna” (translated from Arabic as “Troubles”) was made under the direction of the Dutchman Geert Wilders, a parliamentarian and leader of the far-right Freedom Party, which has nine seats in the 150-seat lower house of the Dutch

Expobank was sold at a high price to the British bank Barclays The British bank Barclays is buying the Russian Expobank for $745 million. Since the beginning of the year, this is the second major transaction in the Russian financial market with the participation of a foreign strategic investor ( at the beginning of February, the sale of a third of Rosbank to the French Societe Generale was completed ).

Any elections in Russia are won by the authorities The preliminary results of the presidential elections were announced yesterday morning by the head of the Central Election Commission, Vladimir Churov, after 99.73% of the protocols of the election commissions were entered into the GAS “Elections” system. The final figures differed somewhat from the first data for Siberia and the Far East, announced on the post-election night.

The dolphin defeated the bear, but the elections were declared invalid Last Sunday, not only the third president was elected in Russia. For example, in the Ivanovo region the composition of the local Duma was renewed ahead of schedule, in Moscow they voted for regional deputies, and the resort and Olympic capital of Sochi chose the mascot of the XXII Winter Games in 2014 .

Investigators introduced journalist Lurie to reading The Investigative Committee (IC) under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as Vremya Novostei learned, has completed its investigation into the case against the famous journalist, 44-year-old Oleg Lurie . The other day he began studying the investigation materials, after which they will be submitted to the court. Mr.

Those who disagreed with the election results marched in St. Petersburg and tried in Moscow The day after the presidential elections, The Other Russia held several “Dissent Marches.” Protesting against their results, coalition activists, as always, burned fires and shouted slogans, and the police, as always, detained the oppositionists.

What's happening with HDTV in Russia Digital television broadcasting in our country is needed not only and not even so much in order to improve the quality of the “picture”. More important is the opportunity to significantly diversify the content of television programs. So far, 63% of Russians can watch only four terrestrial television programs, and in some areas there is no television broadcasting at all. However, in Moscow and St.

Colombia's neighbors are preparing for war The successful operation of the Colombian military against the camp of the ultra-left organization Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on the territory of Ecuador led to a diplomatic scandal and aggravation of relations between Colombia and two neighboring countries - Ecuador and Venezuela.

St. Petersburg will issue driver's licenses to drive horse-drawn vehicles On January 15, at a meeting of the government of St. Petersburg, a draft resolution on additional requirements for the movement of horse-drawn carts and sleighs along the streets of the northern capital was approved. According to this document, cab drivers will have to pass exams on knowledge of traffic rules and driving skills, as well as obtain a driver's license.

Russia condemns the substitution of UN powers in Kosovo Yesterday, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Mikhail Kamynin, said that the creation of the International Steering Group for Kosovo (ISG) “runs counter” to UN Security Council Resolution 1244 of June 10, 1999 and to the “agreed principles of the Kosovo settlement.” The IWG was created on February 28 in Vienna by 15 states that recognized the unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo or are planning to do so.

Politicians, political scientists and economists on the main tasks of the third president of Russia Vremya Novostey correspondents decided to find out from politicians, political scientists and economists what main tasks the third president of Russia will have to solve and what obstacles he will face.

President Putin distributed instructions to President Medvedev The traditional Monday meeting between President Vladimir Putin and members of the Cabinet of Ministers turned out to be special and festive this time. It took place the day after the confident victory of the Putin-Medvedev combination in the presidential elections. Therefore, Vladimir Putin began with congratulations.

Dmitry Medvedev must understand that so far the Russians have not elected him personally as president, but simply the one whom Vladimir Putin pointed out . For the first time, if ever, Russians will vote directly for Mr. Medvedev in the next presidential election. Moreover, in order to get a chance to become a full-fledged president of the country, Dmitry Medvedev must inevitably defeat Vladimir Putin, and not at all the spoiler candidates Zhirinovsky-Zyuganov-Bogdanov.

Three opera evenings in Berlin The three big opera houses in Berlin offered three evenings in February, in which the opera was sung mainly in Italian and the music sounded old - the 18th and 19th centuries, but everything else belonged strictly to the 21st century.