Zenit, Rubin and CSKA were hampered by the weather It is difficult for Zenit to climb to the top of the standings. Large and convincing victories alternate with offensive misfires where, in theory, there should be no losses. Dick Advocaat brought the main team to Vladivostok, led by the most expensive player in Russia, Andrei Arshavin, and its most expensive foreign player, Anatoly Timoshchuk.

Abu Dhabi competes with Dubai to buy planes At the Farnborough 2008 international air show, Arab airlines confirmed their reputation as the most generous and wealthy buyers on the civil aviation market. Only one company, Etihad from the emirate of Abu Dhabi, ordered a total of almost $21 billion worth of aircraft from two of the world's leading aircraft manufacturers - European Airbus and American Boeing.

The Supreme Court confirmed the results of the State Duma elections The Supreme Court yesterday refused to satisfy the claim of Russian communists who tried to challenge the results of the parliamentary elections on December 2, 2007. No one doubted this outcome of the process, and yet the Reds had already announced their intention to protest the decision in various instances.

Asthma Protection The causative agent of stomach ulcers tormented the Indians of pre-Columbian America. Stomach ulcers have plagued humanity for thousands of years. The Indians who inhabited the American continent before the arrival of Europeans also failed to protect themselves from this disease. Scientists from the National Autonomous University of Mexico found that more than 3 thousand years ago, local aborigines suffered from ulcers and gastritis.

The trial of the murder of Andrei Kozlov was on the verge of collapse A criminal case for attempted bribery of jurors was opened yesterday by the Investigative Committee against one of the people's assessors who participated in the trial ongoing in the Moscow City Court for the murder of the first deputy chairman of the Central Bank, Andrei Kozlov .

Anya Harteros at the Munich Opera Festival The opera festival is in full swing in Munich, where the Bavarian Staatsoper shines with all the premieres of the outgoing season, releases new productions that end the season and attracts with everything that is best in its repertoire. As always, the live broadcast from the stage to the big screen on the square in front of the theater is impressive - this time this honor goes to Eugene Onegin in the controversial production of Krzysztof Warlikowski.

The head of the Federal Arbitration Court of the Moscow District remains in office for now The Chairman of the Federal Arbitration Court of the Moscow District, Lyudmila Maykova, remains in her position. At least for now.

The Investigative Committee identified the children of Nicholas II Another intermediate point has been set in the long history of the investigation into the murder of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II and members of his family, shot by the Bolsheviks on July 17, 1918 in Yekaterinburg.

CLUBS "Arsenal" by Alexey Kozlov. The ensemble of the founder of Russian jazz-rock performs at the Forte club, 21.00. Natalya Skvortsova (vocals). "Apshu" , 22.00. Tecora Rogers (vocals, Chicago), Evgeniy Borets (piano) and Jazz Town Band . The brilliant jazz vocalist from Chicago performs in Moscow for the first time. Jazz Town , 21.00. Venger Collective. Jazz. "B2" , 21.00. “Jazz-bass theater” by Alex Rostotsky.

They are looking for speculators in America The economic situation in the United States is worsening due to the problems of the largest mortgage companies . Financial authorities are demonstrating a desire to strengthen oversight and limit market volatility by regulating transactions in the shares of major companies.

The first experiment was staged in the new exhibition space Laboratoria Scientists gained power over the very foundations of life and discovered the secrets of the existence of matter. They looked into the Sorcerer’s treasured book and read out the necessary spells in it, like the student from Goethe’s ballad: The old medicine man has gone away! Rejoicing at his departure, I decided to test the power Over obedient nature.

Dushanbe accuses Uzbek intelligence services Yesterday, the Chairman of the Supreme Court of Tajikistan, Nusratullo Abdulloev, accused the special services of neighboring Uzbekistan of involvement in last year's explosion near the walls of his department . Abdulloev, at a press conference in Dushanbe, as reported by the Tajik news agency Asia-Plus, yesterday spoke picturesquely about how simply and inexpensively this crime, committed on June 16, 2007, was organized.

Rosneft, TNK-BP and Transneft distributed oil flows TNK-BP will actually redirect half of the oil from the Samotlor field to the east - to fill the Eastern Siberia - Pacific Ocean (ESPO) oil pipeline under construction. At the same time, Rosneft will not send oil from the Vankor field (Krasnoyarsk Territory) to ESPO. These companies yesterday entered into an agreement to carry out exchange operations and agreed on it with Transneft.

After the 6th international exhibition of weapons, military equipment and ammunition Russian Expo Arms-2008 and the 5th international exhibition “Defense and Protection-2008”, which recently ended in Nizhny Tagil, Vremya Novostei military observer Nikolai POROSKOV asked to evaluate their results and prospects Russian arms trade, Deputy Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FS MTC) Konstantin BIRYULIN.

How the standardization system works in Russia Russian President Dmitry Medvedev recently approved the technical regulations on milk and dairy products adopted by the State Duma. The process of discussion of the law by parliamentarians was accompanied by an unprecedented public outcry. There was talk almost of a revolutionary revolution in the standardization of products in the Russian dairy industry.