Vladimir Putin has reduced the number of deputy heads of Rosprirodnadzor Prime Minister Vladimir Putin yesterday supported the personnel initiative of the head of Rosprirodnadzor Vladimir Kirillov. The government press service reported that the prime minister signed a decree reducing the number of deputy heads of the environmental department from four to three. As Rosprirodnadzor told Vremya Novostei, the decision on who will be laid off will be made after a qualification exam.

About the first Russian biography of Jim Morrison No, this is not a typo - for the first time in Russia, a biography of Jim Morrison, frontman of the legendary group The Doors, written by a Russian author has been published. Aleksey Polikovsky, a journalist who once worked for that same “Rovesnik” magazine, a cult magazine for all music lovers born in the 70s, shouldered this difficult, thankless work on his shoulders.

The Ministry of Economic Development has determined the criteria for the future of the Russian MFC The Ministry of Economic Development has determined the criteria for creating an international financial center (IFC) in Russia. This is stated in the document “Basic provisions for the creation of the MFC” prepared by the ministry, which was sent for approval to the departments.

Russian arms exports break records In 2008, Russia should sell weapons worth a record $8.5 billion. This was stated yesterday by the director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) Mikhail Dmitriev. This information appeared on the eve of the opening of the third international salon of arms and military equipment MVSV-2008, which will be held from August 21 to 24 at the Exhibition Center on Krasnaya Presnya in Moscow.

Watch from August 7 on Moscow screens “The Mutant Chronicles” (USA, 2007, Simon Hunter). An extremely cheeky and primitively ferocious variation on the theme of the board game of the same name. In 2707 (this is not a typo), a team of daredevils led by the mercenary Hunter (Thomas Jane - “Dreamcatcher”, “The Punisher”, “The Mist”) goes to the rear of the underground mutants who have captured the planet.

The Belarusian opposition has a chance to get into parliament The Belarusian opposition may gain seats in parliament for the first time in many years. The next general elections are scheduled for September 28. Minsk hopes to improve relations with the West, and representatives of the European Union and the United States have repeatedly stated that the prospects for relations will depend on the democracy of the electoral process.

A new domestic quality standard has been developed for drug manufacturers The transition of the entire domestic pharmaceutical industry to the international quality standard GMP (good manufactured practice) and the legislative consolidation of this set of rules seems to be a matter of an increasingly distant future. Significantly more distant than 2010, which is officially considered the date of transition to the new standard.

Yuri Luzhkov will create his own system for monitoring the work of industry departments In a fit of unprecedented self-criticism, the Moscow authorities admitted that the bureaucratic apparatus, with a sufficiently secure city treasury, is literally stalling under piles of volumes of city sectoral programs, the effectiveness of which is difficult to assess.

In Ingushetia, despite enhanced security measures taken last week due to a series of bandit attacks, attacks on law enforcement officers have not stopped. According to the republican prosecutor's office, on Monday at about 21.20 in Nazran, on Umarov Street, unknown persons fired at the VAZ-21114 car of the inspector of the pension service center under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, Lieutenant Islam Ozdoev.

A new stage has begun in the life of the United Russia party. The presidential and parliamentary elections passed, then the old dream of United Russia came true - they found a new leader in the person of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. After these events, there was talk of significant internal party reforms. At the next, X congress, which will be held on November 20, United Russia is going to amend its charter.

Tomorrow, Deputy Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Olli Heinonen will arrive in Tehran. During the year he visited Iran more than once, but this visit will take place against an unfavorable background. The Iranians have not given the world community an answer to the proposal to provide economic assistance to Tehran in response to its suspension of uranium enrichment work.

Russia will make it easier for foreign specialists to enter It appears that the side effects of an overly centralized foreign labor quota system are leading federal officials, if not to reform it entirely, to abolish the quota in some cases. Inadequate assessment of the needs of regional labor markets for foreign specialists has already led to a shortage of senior managers.

On the eve of the Summer Olympics in Beijing, the sports world continues to be rocked by new doping scandals. Yesterday, two more members of the Russian Olympic team - world record holder in race walking Vladimir Kanaykin and his colleague Viktor Buraev were caught using banned erythropoietin (EPO) . The third offender is another walker - Alexey Voevodin, but he did not pass the pre-Olympic selection.

A stormy Atlantic cyclone is leaving the European territory of Russia, giving way to a ridge of high pressure. However, the northern winds of the rear part of the cyclone contribute to the influx of cold Arctic air, so you should not count on warming. In the northwestern regions it is only +13...+18оС, on Thursday the air will warm up to +16...+21оС, however, small short-term rains are still possible in places.

The educational process on anti-terrorism misfired An unusual “gift” was presented yesterday by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Prosecutor General’s Office of Kyrgyzstan to a delegation of American senators headed by the leader of the democratic majority, Senator Harry Reid, who arrived in Bishkek the day before.