The UN Security Council turned out to be a routine event A closed meeting of the UN Security Council, convened on July 21 at the initiative of Georgia to discuss the situation related to the violation of Georgian airspace by Russian military aircraft, ended without results.

Obama was warned against repeating the mistakes of the USSR On August 16, US presidential contenders John McCain and Barack Obama will speak together for the first time at a Christian forum in Lake Forest, California. The organizer of the meeting, preacher Rick Warren, called the politicians, who had never appeared together in public, and they accepted his invitation.

The signing of an agreement between the United States and the Czech Republic on the deployment of a US missile defense system radar in this country and negotiations on this with Poland gave rise to discussions about what retaliatory measures Moscow will take. Experts do not even rule out the placement of nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus. But Russian officials speak cautiously on this matter, because the Belarusian constitution enshrines the country’s nuclear-free status.

CLUBS Peekaboo. The vocal ensemble of the famous Moscow arranger Vladimir Sidorkovich performs jazz classics. Performers: Marina Vinogradova (vocals), Victoria Tereshina (vocals), Marina Mizelkova (vocals), Darina Dulkacheva (vocals), Elena Osaulenko (vocals), Radmila Markedonova (vocals), Alexey Fedorov (piano), Anton Kozmin (bass), Alexander Penkin (drums), Vladimir Sidorkovich (vocals). "Union of Composers" , 20.00. Manic Street Preachers (UK). "B1 Maximum" , 20.00.

Tax officials are too keen on administrative methods of fighting against “gray” wages The “forceful” fight against “gray” and “black” wages seems to be approaching a certain logical limit. Administrative methods of extracting “white” salaries are not welcomed by the Ministry of Finance. And the courts in claims by tax authorities against enterprises paying wages below the subsistence level are no longer unconditionally siding with the tax authorities.

In the fall, a microprojector from 3M will appear on the world (and at the same time on the Russian) market. The device can either be built into a mobile phone or PDA, or work independently. General Director of 3M Russia Svetlana Balanova believes that the microprojector, which has no analogues until now, will find an ideal application in the business community: this device will help during off-site presentations and round tables.

Ministers were not allowed to speak in Singapore The head of Russian diplomacy Sergei Lavrov arrived in Singapore to participate in events of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). At the Russia-ASEAN meeting, joint actions for the coming years will be discussed. And at a session of the ASEAN regional security forum, the Russian minister will discuss with colleagues, including at a separate meeting with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the nuclear problems of Korea and Iran.

Serbia will hand over Karadzic to international tribunal for crimes dating back 13 years The arrest of the Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who was on the run for 13 years, although called a “historic moment” by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and aroused unanimous approval in Western countries, does not look so clear if you pay attention to Russia’s cautious reaction and frank expression solidarity with the arrested person on the part of Russian and Serbian nationalists.

Corruption in southern Russia is decreasing only according to statistics Officials of the Southern Federal District responded to the words of the head of the Investigative Committee under the Russian Prosecutor's Office, Alexander Bastrykin, about the difficulties of fighting the legendary corruption in this region of the country. Mr. Bastrykin said these words at a meeting in Volgograd.

Russian military railway workers will leave Abkhazia in August The Georgian authorities are celebrating, as they put it, a diplomatic victory - a battalion of Russian railway troops consisting of 400 servicemen who were repairing the track on the Sukhumi-Ochamchira section will soon leave the territory of Abkhazia . Restoration work is scheduled to be completed on August 6.

Celebrations of the 1020th anniversary of the baptism of Rus' in Kyiv may begin with a scandal Celebrations dedicated to the 1020th anniversary of the baptism of Russia have moved from the Russian capital to the “mother of Russian cities”: three weeks after the completion of the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow , dedicated to the memorable date, the highest Orthodox hierarchs will gather in Kiev.

Shaolin monks and French artists danced at the Avignon festival The two performances of the current Avignon program, which I am about to talk about, have little in common, except perhaps the high level of audience expectations and the fact that both are in the inter-genre space, which modern theater especially loves.

Why Russia is failing to fight corruption Shortly after taking office as president, Dmitry Medvedev said that widespread corruption in the country threatens the security of the state , and signed a decree on anti-corruption measures. I am sure that fellow citizens perceived this alarming warning in different ways .

Konstantin Romodanovsky was born on October 31, 1956 in Moscow, into a family of doctors. In 1980 he graduated from the 1st Medical Institute and worked for two years at the Research Institute of Forensic Medicine. In 1983 he graduated from the Higher Courses of the KGB of the USSR in Minsk. Worked in the Fifth Directorate of the KGB of the USSR. Since 1992 - in the internal security department of the FSB of the Russian Federation, in 2000 he was appointed first deputy head of this department.

The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation has developed new rules of conduct for international election observers The Russian side calls for reforming the institution of international election observation through the OSCE.