The Kirov regional administration is persecuting young United Russia members for fighting corruption A too literal understanding of the topic of the fight against corruption backfired on the Kirov regional branch of the Young Guard of United Russia. Pro-Kremlin youth, having heard the calls of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, decided to actively get involved in the fight against this painful problem of modern Russia and conducted a series of sociological studies.

A representative of the General Staff spoke about military operations in South Ossetia After the deployment of a group of Russian troops to strengthen the Joint Peacekeeping Forces in the area of ​​the Georgian-Ossetian conflict, Georgian armed formations in the Tskhinvali region went on the defensive. However, on the afternoon of August 9, active hostilities resumed. Up to three Georgian battalions, supported by ten tanks, attempted to return to the city.

The company's board of directors elected the former head of Rostourism as the new CEO, despite the objections of RUSAL The situation around MMC Norilsk Nickel is becoming more tense every day. The main shareholders - Vladimir Potanin's Interros (according to official data, controls approximately 30% of the shares) and Oleg Deripaska's RUSAL (25% plus two shares) - have not yet been able to come to an agreement on any issue.

Antimonopoly officers will check suppliers and sellers of medicines The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has undertaken to identify all the “dark” places in the Russian pharmaceutical business by September 1. That is, those where there are large profits and virtually no state presence.

Russia sends doctors and humanitarian aid to South Ossetia At least 10 billion rubles. Russia will allocate funds to provide humanitarian assistance to the residents of South Ossetia. Yesterday, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin reported this to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

After the Euro 2008 short program, the best Russian is only in sixth place At the European Figure Skating Championships , which takes place in Zagreb, Croatia, yesterday, following the dancers and pairs, men also joined the fight for medals. Russia is represented at this championship by two skaters - Sergei Voronov and Andrey Lutai. If the current European Championship is Voronov’s debut, then Lutai already participated in the continental tournament last year, where he came fifth.

The international community fails to achieve unity in trying to stop the war The international community is trying to stop the war in South Ossetia, but these efforts have had no immediate effect. Just yesterday, the Foreign Ministers of Finland and France, Alexander Stubb and Bernard Kouchner, arrived in Tbilisi. These countries currently chair the OSCE and the European Union, respectively.

Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus, together with colleagues from other Baltic countries, as well as Poland, calls on the international community to take the side of Georgia fighting in South Ossetia. This statement by the leaders of a number of neighboring countries, in which there is not even a word of compassion for the residents of South Ossetia, caused outrage in Russia.

FAS will insist on maximum fines for Evraz and Raspadsky Ugol, but is ready to mitigate the punishment for Mechel The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) will insist on maximum fines for Evrazholding and Raspadsky Coal, against which cases were initiated on grounds of abuse of a dominant position in the coking coal market , FAS head Igor Artemyev told Interfax on Friday. At the same time, Mr.

CLUBS Viva Cuba. Salsa, merengue, cha-cha-cha, mamba, rumba. Caribbean dance evenings at the Union of Composers club, 20.00. Alexander Dovgopoly (saxophone, flute). Jazz Town , 21.00. DJ Sky 77. Electronic music from progressive house to tribal. Courvoisier Cafe , 21.00. MOVIE "Handsome" (Germany, 2007). Directed by Til Schweiger.

Events in South Ossetia have revealed shortcomings in the training of the armed forces of both Georgia and Russia, says Alexander KHRAMCHIKHIN, head of the analytical department of the Institute of Political and Military Analysis. - Tbilisi is now trying in every possible way to portray Russia as the aggressor. Saakashvili wants to show himself as a victim of an attack and achieve the country's admission to NATO. The battles showed a good degree of armament and training of the Georgian army.

The 23-year-old American started the Olympics with another world record Michael Phelps from the USA, in his third Olympics, won his seventh medal of the highest standard. At a distance of 400 m in medley swimming, Phelps won with a world record of 4 minutes. 03.84 seconds, dropping almost two seconds from the previous achievement, which belonged to him and was established less than two months ago. In total, two world achievements fell on the first day of the swimming finals.

Day one August 9, Saturday (seven sets of awards up for grabs) CYCLE HIGHWAY. Men. Group race. 245 km. 1. Samuel Sanchez (Spain) - 6 hours 23 minutes. 49 sec. 2. David Rebellin (Italy). 3. Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland). 4. Alexander Kolobnev (Russia) - everyone has the same time. JUDO. Men. Weight category up to 60 kg. 1. Choi Min Ho (Korea). 2. Ludwig Peischer (Austria). 3. Rishod Sobirov (Uzbekistan), Ruben Hawkes (Holland)... 9--12. Ruslan Kishmakhov (Russia). Women. Up to 48 kg. 1.

The party in power in the Urals has decided on candidates for mayor and for relegation One of the veterans of the Russian gubernatorial workshop, the head of the Sverdlovsk region and, of course, a member of the United Russia party, Eduard Rossel, does not leave personnel work to chance. A number of Ural mayors will obviously have to leave their homes after October 12, when elections for the heads of 24 municipalities will take place.

The solar system may turn out to be a unique object in the Universe The first people to fly into space were amazed at what an incredible miracle of miracles the Earth appears from orbit. These are, of course, emotions, but it turned out that even from the point of view of astrophysics, our planet is seen, if not a unique phenomenon, then at least very rare. Its favorable location in the solar system allowed a full-fledged biosphere to appear on the planet in a few billion years.