Daimler is facing hostile takeover The German automaker Daimler is in a fever these days. As the German press writes, citing “informed sources,” a cloud of “locusts” is approaching the enterprise. So, with the light hand of local Social Democratic politician Franz Müntefering, foreign hedge funds began to be called in Germany.

Moscow claims to be the country's main maternity hospital Unlike government statisticians, who are in no hurry to call the slight increase in the number of newborns in the first five months of 2008 a baby boom, Moscow officials boldly declare the city's demographic successes.

Oil workers can't keep up with FAS The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) continues to try to prove to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin the effectiveness of its work.

About the novel by Vsevolod Benigsen By publishing Vsevolod Benigsen's debut novel in the July issue, the editors of Znamya took care of the honor of their proofreaders. The title is typed in such a way that it is impossible to even suspect a typo - “GenAcid”. A strange (evoking dark associations) word is deciphered quickly. GENACIDE is the State Unified National Idea, which, according to the decree of the President of the Russian Federation No.

July inflation failed to eat up deposits in dollars and rubles Ruble and dollar deposits began to generate real income in July due to inflation slowing to 0.5%. This is evidenced by a study by the Center for Macroeconomic Research of the BDO Unicon company. Investments in Moscow real estate remain the most profitable, and for the first time in a long time, deposits in euros turned out to be outsiders. Amid the ongoing stock market correction, mutual funds are also showing negative returns.

The Chechen authorities have put the commander of the Vostok battalion, Sulim Yamadayev, on the wanted list. The commander of the Vostok battalion, Hero of Russia Sulim Yamadayev has been put on the federal wanted list. This was reported yesterday by the press service of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov following his working meeting with the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic Ruslan Alkhanov.

Peacekeepers in South Ossetia are unable to prevent fire contact between the parties On Wednesday, the aggravation of the situation in the zone of the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict, which is usually considered frozen, reached another peak. It is now difficult to disagree with the assessment of the authorities of the self-proclaimed South Ossetia, made after the shelling last weekend, that the crisis is comparable in scale to the summer aggravation of 2004.

The Russian army has begun the transition to a new uniform Tarpaulin boots, which became a symbol of the Soviet and then Russian army, are being cancelled. As well as their faithful companions - footcloths, who trace their ancestry from peasant onuchs, who later passed into the Red Army windings. True, both will remain only as an element of a special uniform.

“Apartment mafia” of police officers, lawyers and notaries discovered in Moscow The Perovsky District Court of Moscow recently issued a guilty verdict in one of the criminal cases initiated as part of a large-scale investigation into scams in the capital's real estate market. This investigation, as it turned out, is now being conducted by law enforcement agencies.

Sights of the British capital are becoming more expensive before our eyes The global financial crisis and political turmoil in the UK naturally influenced the preferences of traditionally conservative Britons when it comes to holidays. Many, of course, still prefer to relax in warmer climes away from Foggy Albion. However, after a sharp increase in jet fuel prices, traveling abroad has become very expensive. Therefore, this summer the preferences of holidaymakers in London are divided.

Alexander Solzhenitsyn was buried next to Vasily Klyuchevsky. Two people who dedicated their lives to the titanic task of preserving in Russians the historical memory that is constantly forcibly interrupted are now able to help their country, which they sincerely loved, only with their spirit. But is Russia ready to meet the standard of attitude towards it that these people have set?

The Ministry of Energy received the right to veto decisions of the Electricity Market Council Vladimir Putin decided to no longer interfere with the work of the Electricity Market Council (a non-profit partnership that brings together energy workers, consumers and officials) and signed a decree on the mechanisms of its work.

A festival of contemporary art collections opened in Moscow Apparently, there will be no low season for art life this summer. Informational occasions stretch like a folded news feed. No sooner had we said goodbye to the big festival of young art than “hello, please” - welcome to the new festival. This time collections of contemporary art. The festival will last two months (until September 27). Prepared by the Ministry of Culture and the State Center for Contemporary Art (NCCA).

The Housing Construction Assistance Fund will be headed by an experienced specialist in other people’s property The Housing Construction Assistance Fund, which should be operational in Russia by the end of this year, will be headed by Alexander Braverman, currently the head of the commission for the development of the affordable housing market under the Presidential Council for National Projects.

Missing Pakistani woman found in US prison Next week, American lawyers will try to release 36-year-old Pakistani citizen Aafia Siddiqui (pictured) on bail. She was charged in Manhattan federal court on August 5 with attempting to kill American military personnel and FBI agents in Afghanistan. The story begins on March 26, 2003, when Siddiqui and her three children left their parents' home in Karachi and disappeared.