Europe discovered many players of the Russian national team, whose names were previously unfamiliar to ordinary fans. The name Bilyaletdinov was especially difficult for journalists from other countries, although the 15th number of the national Russian team was immediately noticed on the field.

Today, the Central Election Commission of Mongolia will announce the preliminary results of Sunday's elections to the State Great Khural (parliament). “The vote counting system in Mongolia is so complex that if you count the votes ten times, you will get different results ten times,” said Sumati Luvsandendev, head of the Mongolian public foundation Sant Maral. Yesterday, one and a half million Mongols over the age of 18 elected 76 parliamentarians from 356 candidates.

Vladimir Putin wants to use United Russia for contacts with the public Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is trying to find a useful use for the United Russia party, which he headed immediately after leaving the presidency. Yesterday Vladimir Putin met with deputies of the Duma faction “United Russia”. Perhaps the main outcome of the meeting can be considered the Prime Minister’s stated intention to make his direct lines with the population permanent.

The 30th MIFF ended with a film by Emir Kusturica about Diego Maradona In fact, this film did not need to come up with a more tricky title: “Maradona through the eyes of Kusturica” - short and clear, and in fact it is. For almost two years, director Emir Kusturica met with the legend of world football at every opportunity, recorded these meetings on film, reflected and analyzed.

Almost half of Russians are ready to forgive stinginess Despite the fact that in Russian society there is still a strong attitude towards condemning such a shortcoming as greed, our compatriots are becoming more tolerant of manifestations of stinginess in modern economic conditions.

1 -- 27 June 2008 “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.

Yesterday, one of the largest bankers in Russia in the recent past, Vladimir Vinogradov, died in a Moscow hospital at the age of 53. His colleagues note that Inkombank - the largest Russian non-state retail bank of the 90s - was, if not the only, then the main brainchild of Vinogradov. They say that until the end of his life, the banker suffered from the collapse of Inkombank during the financial crisis of 1998, after which he was unable to recover from this loss, either morally or physically.

Vladimir Putin and Yulia Tymoshenko pretended to agree When she comes to Vladimir Putin in Moscow, everything somehow mysteriously changes: plus to minus, minus to plus. Metamorphosis, transformation. No, she, Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko, a woman - a political legend, a “gas princess” who has gained fame as an “iron lady”, does not become plasticine, does not deviate from her priorities of moving only to the West.

After the liquidation of RAO UES, prices on the Russian electric field begin to rise seriously It’s hard to believe, but tomorrow there will be no more RAO UES of Russia. And Anatoly Chubais can no longer be called the country’s main energy leader. Instead of RAO, many companies - large and small - will operate. And it will not be the market that will be responsible for the work of the industry as a whole, as Mr. Chubais would like, but the government .

CLUBS Anna Koroleva (vocals, saxophone) and Jump . Forte , 21.00. Evgeny Borets (piano) and Jazz Town Band. Jazz Town , 21.00 Big band of Igor Butman . Igor Butman Club , 20.00. CONCERTS Symphony Orchestra of the State Academic Bolshoi Theater of Russia . S. Prokofiev - "Waltzes" - symphonic suite; L. van Beethoven - Concerto for violin and orchestra; S. Rachmaninov - "The Miserly Knight" - an opera in concert performance. Soloists. F.P. Zimmerman (violin, Germany), V. Grivnov (tenor), M.

The tournament paths of Kramnik and Leko converged again in Dortmund The 36th representative tournament with the participation of eight grandmasters, which, according to established tradition, is considered the third in rank in the international calendar after competitions in the Spanish Linares and the Dutch Wijk aan Zee, started on Saturday in Dortmund, Germany.

Russia and the European Union begin negotiations on a new partnership agreement The flavor of the Russian North, tea from a samovar fanned by a boot, and the semi-final of the European Football Championship led to the main, although quite expected, result. At the Russia-European Union summit held in Khanty-Mansiysk on Friday, the parties agreed to begin negotiations on a new basic agreement. The first round starts in Brussels next Friday, July 4th.

Eight Russians continue to compete in Wimbledon singles Sunday was a legal day off for the third Grand Slam tournament of the season. This short break provided an opportunity to sum up the results of the first week of competition. Although only eight of the 32 Russians originally in the singles draw - two men and six women - will continue to compete, Russia retains the largest representation at Wimbledon.

The “punishment crisis” and its consequences Punishment, along with prevention, is one of the elements of social control over crime. Criminal legal and criminological problems of punishment were actively discussed during the years of Soviet power. The modern Russian system of punishment is described in all textbooks of criminal law and numerous works.

And promotes Astana to the capitals of the Eurasian Union Early parliamentary elections are due to take place again in Kazakhstan in the near future. The current parliament, elected last August also during early elections, will be dissolved.