The President of Ukraine called for strengthening security Yesterday, about 40 thousand people watched the military parade in Kyiv in honor of the 17th anniversary of Ukraine's independence. The country's authorities used Independence Day to demonstrate military might. The parade on Khreshchatyk was hosted by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, President Viktor Yushchenko.

The main troubles in Monday a cyclone from the southwest will bring to the European territory of Russia. It will bring rain, sometimes heavy, with thunderstorms to the north-west of the European territory of Russia, to the Black Earth Region and the central regions. The cyclone will also bring an increase in temperature by four to six degrees. In the central regions there will be short-term thunderstorms, in the Oryol and Tula regions there will be heavy rain in places, and hail is possible.

Russia will be among the top ten consumers of medicines in the world By the end of this year, Russia will be among the top ten countries in the world in terms of drug market volume. This forecast was made by the research company DSM Group, based on the parameters of the domestic pharmaceutical market for the first half of 2008.

Tatyana Lebedeva was just a little short of gold in the long jump Olympic champion of Athens in the long jump Tatyana Lebedeva won silver in this discipline at the Beijing Olympics, showing her best result of the 2008 season in her last attempt - 7.03. The athlete from Volgograd lost just one centimeter to the Brazilian Maurren Higa Maggi, who succeeded in her first jump. The bronze medalist was Blessig Okagbare from Nigeria - 6.91.

The shortage of precision weapons reduces the combat effectiveness of the Russian army One of the main factors determining the combat effectiveness of the Russian army is its provision with modern ammunition. No matter how good combat aircraft, tanks, ships, and artillery installations are in themselves, they are worthless without missiles and shells.

The regulator's policy leads to a slowdown in bank business growth First Deputy Chairman of the Bank of Russia Gennady Melikyan said last Friday that further tightening of monetary policy will lead to a slowdown in the growth rate of the Russian banking system. As you know, the Bank of Russia, as part of the fight against inflation, has already increased the requirements for contributions to the mandatory reserve fund several times this year, and also increased money market rates.

Russia and Georgia will never end the war Yesterday morning, the first US Navy ship, the destroyer USS McFaul, entered the waters of the Georgian port of Batumi. He delivered humanitarian aid worth $13 million - beds and food for Georgian refugees, according to the Russian side. In the coming days, two more US Navy ships with humanitarian cargo are expected in Georgia.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky was denied parole due to his unwillingness to become a seamstress-machine operator The Ingodinsky court of Chita on Friday refused to satisfy the petition of Mikhail Khodorkovsky's lawyers for his parole . Defenders of the ex-head of Yukos called this decision “nothing to do with law and justice,” but quite expected. However, it is also difficult to call it another victory for the prosecutor’s office and the state machine in general in the confrontation with Khodorkovsky.

The Higher School of Economics has been upgraded in status The State University - the Higher School of Economics - was ordered to conduct an experiment on itself. The university, whose professors actively participated in the development of the reform law for the budgetary sphere on autonomous institutions, will be the first in Russia to change its status. True, the transition to the autonomy of the State University-Higher School of Economics will be accompanied by a number of other innovations.

Georgia receives American aid Yesterday, the United States showed Georgia not only political patronage, but also naval power . The American destroyer McFaul arrived at the port of Batumi with a cargo of humanitarian aid worth $13 million. The ship had to anchor in a roadstead awaiting unloading of non-food goods, since the capabilities of the port of the capital of Adjara do not allow accepting such a large ship.

Prosecutors raided Alstom and arrested one manager A corruption scandal is brewing in Switzerland and France, the scale of which may well be comparable to the financial revelations of recent years in the German Siemens. We are talking about a direct competitor of the German engineering concern - the French industrial group Alstom and its branch in the Alpine republic.

Architectural critics are concerned about preserving historical heritage The Vremya Novostey newspaper and the P-Arch agency present the second issue of the Architectural Criticism Club, in which famous observers evaluate the positive and negative aspects of Russian architectural life over the past three months. In terms of positivity, the First Moscow Biennale of Architecture is the leader.

The crisis in Georgia reminded Russia that it does not have strong allies willing to openly and unequivocally support its policies. Chinese strategic partners are no exception. On August 11, Chinese leader Hu Jintao told American President George W.

Democrats celebrated the anniversary of the victory over the State Emergency Committee with a rally Last Friday, Democrats united for a joint rally. Formally, the reason for the meeting was National Flag Day - it was on August 22, 1991, after the end of the State Emergency Committee putsch, that the Russian tricolor acquired its status.

The Russian team showed its worst result in gold at the Olympic Games The XXIX Summer Olympic Games ended in Beijing yesterday . They will be remembered primarily for the absolute triumph of the hosts and as a sports forum at which the Russian team won the smallest number of gold medals since the resumption of its participation as an independent team, that is, after the collapse of the USSR.