Extra levers found on Hamilton's car Lewis Hamilton's two victories in a row simultaneously summed up the first half of the season and opened the second part. Despite the fact that the English and German races turned out to be completely different either in plot or in the conditions in which they took place, the confidence with which Lewis dealt with his opponents along the way gives the right to combine these two stages into one.

The court declared the decision of the board of directors of TNK-BP invalid After the head of BP Tony Hayward (pictured) recently issued a decisive rebuke to the actions of Russian partners in TNK-BP, one of the beneficiaries of the AAR consortium and chairman of the board of directors of the Russian-British company, Mikhail Fridman, urgently flew to London to continue the dialogue.

The President approved the national anti-corruption plan The National Anti-Corruption Plan , which President Dmitry Medvedev approved yesterday, fits on fourteen pages. In terms of the scale of this phenomenon itself, which today permeates the state system from top to bottom, it is quite small.

The well-known master of spatial traps with inorganic life oozing from them, Ilya TRUSHEVSKY, after the super hits “Metro”, “Wagon”, “Sweet”, tried to support his colleagues in combined exhibitions on new, still unexamined topics: “Art and Science” and “Gop Art”. The result is rather intermittent. As, indeed, with most of the excellent artists who jointly developed the Biennale terra incognita.

Deutsche Bank wrote off 2.3 billion euros, but remained with a profit Germany's largest bank, Deutsche Bank, published data for the second quarter yesterday. The results turned out to be better than expected - net profit amounted to 649 million euros. Analysts expected this figure at 491 million euros. This level of profit can be explained by the bank's stable business in the field of servicing private clients.

Elizabeth II lost her only Russian footman An illegal Russian immigrant was found in Buckingham Palace. For more than a year and a half, 32-year-old Igor Golovanov was near members of the royal family almost every day and even personally served Her Majesty Elizabeth II a cup of tea several times. However, it was not for this act, which, due to known circumstances, today can be regarded by the British intelligence services even as a terrorist act, that Mr.

Turkey's ruling party escapes ban The Constitutional Court of Turkey dealt with the claim of the Prosecutor General's Office, which demanded the dissolution of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), earlier than predicted by local politicians, who believed that the verdict would be rendered in August.

The opposition supports the referendum in Latvia Tomorrow a referendum will be held in Latvia on the issue of amending the constitution to give the people the right to initiate the early dissolution of the Seimas (parliament). Now only the president of the country has the right to demand the dissolution of the Sejm - he can make such a proposal, but the final decision to disperse the deputies is made in a referendum.

Diana MACHULINA is the author of the most mysterious opus of the biennale, a puzzle painting on the theme of the decline of the Soviet empire (shown at the exhibition “Invisible Difference”). Recognized for her impressive creative energy, supported by a powerful intellect, the artist talks about her understanding of the specifics of young art. — Initially, I was struck by the list of several hundred, mostly unfamiliar names.

Data on election coverage in the media is carefully hidden Serious passions flared up at yesterday's meeting of the Central Election Commission over the issue of changing the charter of the Russian Center for Training in Electoral Technologies (RCET) under the CEC. The provisions regarding monitoring of the media during the election campaign turned out to be controversial.

Human rights activists decided to support independent trade unions One of the oldest human rights organizations in Russia, the Moscow Helsinki Group, volunteered to help the “alternative” trade union movement.

Gaddafi repaid his debt to Putin The generosity of the ex-president and now prime minister of Russia Vladimir Putin returned to him a hundredfold. A year ago, during his visit to Tripoli, the then head of the Russian state forgave the Libyans a debt of $4.5 billion. The leader of the Libyan revolution, Muammar Gaddafi, did not forget this. And he made a return gift.

Lech Walesa defends General Jaruzelski In the Warsaw district court, during a high-profile trial about the tragic events of December 1970 on the Baltic coast of Poland, a surprise happened. The instigator of the then anti-government protests, Lech Walesa, who was called as a witness, recently supported the main accused in the suppression of workers' protests, Wojciech Jaruzelski.

Recently a round table was held in Moscow on the topic “Kazakhstan and Russia as global energy powers.” Almost all experts said that the emphasis on the “energy” of our countries was placed incorrectly. Yes, they have very large reserves of oil, gas, coal, and uranium, which objectively makes them energy donors for other countries.

The authorities of St. Petersburg agreed that the Decembrists did not rebel against the Tsar on Decembrist Square The square, bounded on the east by the side façade of the Admiralty, and on the west by the buildings now occupied by the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, has regained its historical name. From now on it will be called not Decembrists Square, but Senate Square. As before, during the empire. The corresponding decree was signed by the Governor of St.