The computer is invading the most conservative sphere of human activity - football refereeing No matter how much FIFA resists, what has already happened in tennis will soon happen in football. A computer will be connected to the judging. In our enlightened age, it is possible, without approaching the field, to reliably determine at what distance from the ball the “wall” is, whether there was an offside and, most importantly, whether the ball crossed the goal line.

Moscow expects a significant increase in city treasury revenues The capital's budget will remain deficit in the next three years, but the growth of Moscow's own income will allow the mayor's office to significantly increase funding for social programs. In any case, the mayors, who approved yesterday at a meeting of the city government the three-year budget of the Russian capital, expect to cross the 2 trillion ruble level by 2011.

An international motor show has started in Moscow When it was constantly raining outside the windows of the Crocus Expo exhibition center and everything seemed dull, automotive passions were boiling inside: to the accompaniment of fiery music, the largest automobile concerns took turns presenting their new products to the journalists. Some producers didn't skimp on the show either.

One hundred years ago Shulamith Messerer was born Everyone called her Mita, this citizen of Moscow and citizen of the world. (In recent years, Shulamith had a strong quarrel with her niece Maya Plisetskaya, whom she raised when her sister Rachel, “the wife of an enemy of the people,” was arrested; it is unlikely that the offended Plisetskaya will deny the kinship of the lifestyle - if not the style of dance.) The dance was Moscow.

An extensive cyclone has spun over the European territory of Russia, its center is moving away from the center of Russia towards the Urals, and most of our territory will remain in its cold rear part. On Wednesday there will be rain in places in the north-western region, temperature will be +16...+21оС. In the center of Russia there will be short-term rains in places, thunderstorms are possible, +13...+19оС. On Thursday, cyclones will determine the weather across most of European Russia.

Georgia is divorcing Russia Tbilisi believes that the centuries-old history of Russian-Georgian friendship has been crossed out by Moscow’s yesterday’s decision to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia .

The oldest international film forum opens For the sixty-fifth time, Venice hosts guests and participants of the prestigious film festival - the festival was first held under Mussolini in 1932. The guest of honor at the opening was our Ksenia Rappoport (“The Stranger” by Giuseppe Tornatore, in which the actress received the David Donatello Prize; “St. George’s Day” by Kirill Serebrennikov).

Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of the software company Parallels Sergei BELOUSOV is one of the very few Russian IT businessmen known to the world market. In a conversation with our correspondent, Mr. Belousov, from the point of view of a Western entrepreneur, explained why there is not a single serious venture fund in Russia, what are the features of the Russian IT market and what our ideas are valued by the global IT industry. --Your company is growing 100% per year, you say.

The anti-government demonstrations that swept the Thai capital Bangkok yesterday brought the country to the brink of armed conflict. About 30 thousand people under the banners of the right-wing People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stormed the building of the National Broadcasting Company and the residence of Prime Minister Samak Suntaravet, blocking the main city highways.

Iran and Gazprom discuss swap operations Despite the escalating tension around Iran, Tehran continues to announce plans to develop cooperation with Gazprom. According to the Shana agency, Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari announced at a press conference his intention to strengthen ties with Russia by improving cooperation with the gas concern.

The Russian government will do everything to prevent the bankruptcy of the airline alliance AirUnion , said Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov. According to him, “the situation at AirUnion is difficult, but not hopeless.” “I believe we will overcome this crisis,” he emphasized.

The trial in the case of the assassination attempt on Anatoly Chubais will begin again The Supreme Court (SC) of Russia yesterday overturned the acquittal of the Moscow Regional Court against retired GRU colonel Vladimir Kvachkov and former paratroopers Robert Yashin and Alexander Naydenov, accused of an attempt on the life of the head of RAO UES of Russia Anatoly Chubais. The case was sent for a new trial.

Watch from August 28 on Moscow screens "Babylon n. e." (USA - France, 2008, Mathieu Kassovitz). Dystopia based on the novel by Maurice Dantec, which was fashionable last season. In the near future, the mercenary Turop (Vin Diesel - The Chronicles of Riddick, XXX, Bald Nanny) undertakes to transport a girl who is either the fifth element or the ultimate argument (Melanie) from the post-apocalyptic new Serbia to New York Thierry - “The Legend of the Pianist”, “Quasimodo”, “August 15th”).

Analysis of the performance of the Russian team in the Olympic ring At the XXIX Olympic Games that ended in Beijing, Russian boxers won three medals - two gold and one bronze. Alexey Tishchenko (60 kg) became a two-time Olympic champion, that is, the third person in the history of domestic boxing after Boris Lagutin and Oleg Saitov with such an impressive track record.

Despite the rapid deterioration of relations between Russia and NATO , Moscow is not suspending the work of its permanent mission in Brussels. “We view dialogue at the ambassadorial level as an important tool for mutual communication,” Russian Permanent Representative to NATO Dmitry ROGOZIN said yesterday. Yesterday, Mr.