Dmitry Kozak checked the readiness of the regions for the heating season Russia is approximately 65% ​​ready for the heating season. This is the assessment of the Minister of Regional Development Dmitry Kozak, which he shared with journalists at yesterday’s all-Russian conference call dedicated to preparing the housing and communal services system for winter. At the same time, Mr. Kozak paid attention to the implementation of Federal Law No.

Olympic bronze medalist Vera Zvonareva lost in the USA There have been no surprises yet at the last Grand Slam tennis tournament in the United States, the US Open. The competition favorites who joined the fight win their first matches. Novak Djokovic beat Frenchman Arnaud Clement in three sets on Wednesday - 6:3, 6:3, 6:4. And although the Serb did not experience any particular problems during the game, he nevertheless made the fans quite nervous.

Pyongyang expects Washington to keep its promises Moscow is “disappointed and concerned” that North Korea has decided to suspend the decommissioning of its nuclear facilities and consider measures “to restore them to their original condition.” The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that in the process of ridding the Korean Peninsula of the nuclear threat, “an extremely undesirable pause is emerging again and, unfortunately, the likelihood of its reversal has emerged.” On Tuesday, the DPRK Foreign

The Russian stock market has grown slightly Positive economic news that arrived on the stock market yesterday prevailed over political ones, and the RTS index grew by more than 4%, breaking the 1,650 point mark. The main driver for the market was data on US GDP growth, which indicates that the world's largest economy is still in a stable state. In addition, expectations of a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico raised oil prices, causing the securities of Russian oil companies to rise in price.

Bank Vozrozhdenie reported better than analysts expected Bank Vozrozhdenie , which yesterday presented its results for the first half of the year under IFRS, has reduced its mortgage program. According to the bank’s deputy chairman, Alexander Dolgopolov, in the first half of the year the plan for the corporate loan portfolio was exceeded by 5%, but underfulfilled by 10% for retail, primarily for mortgages. “We hit the brakes on mortgages last September.

The government intends to reform the procurement system for army equipment The system of public procurement of combat equipment for military personnel over the past at least seven years is no good and must be reformed, the curator of the defense industry in the government, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, said yesterday at an off-site meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission at the Central Research Institute of Precision Engineering in Klimovsk near Moscow.

Sociologists calculate the expenses of Russians on preparing schoolchildren for September 1 By September 1, Russian school fees had more than doubled in price over three years. This year, before the start of the school year, parents of schoolchildren had to fork out more than 10 thousand rubles, while, for example, back in 2005 it was possible to meet 4.3 thousand rubles. Now only shoes for children going to different classes cost Russians this amount.

Russian parties reacted differently to Russia's recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia To date, almost all political parties in the country have managed to express their attitude towards the decision of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia . The parliamentary parties were satisfied, the non-parliamentary liberal opposition was alarmed.

The oil company intends to complain about RUSAL to the FAS LUKOIL yesterday responded to RUSAL's claim regarding shortfalls in supplies of petroleum coke to the aluminum giant's enterprises. As you know, Oleg Deripaska’s company is unhappy that LUKOIL refuses to sell coke at the prices written in the contract and demands that they be significantly increased. As a result, RUSAL stopped buying LUKOIL products.

Will the Kaliningrad region suffer from worsening relations between Russia and the West? At the beginning of September, members of the defense committees of both chambers of the Russian parliament - the Federation Council and the State Duma - will arrive in Kaliningrad . Senators and deputies intend to discuss what to do in the Kaliningrad region in the current difficult geopolitical conditions.

China will beat America late Half a century ago in August 1958, the Politburo of the Communist Party of China met in the seaside resort of Beidaihe. On August 29, decisions were made that became the apogee of the policy of the “Great Leap Forward” to communism, which Mao Zedong proclaimed at the beginning of the year. The party set a course for a sharp increase in steel production and total collectivization of the countryside. To double metal production, it was decided to use peasant labor.

The division of points at the finish preserved Ivanchuk’s leadership The super grandmaster tournament held as part of the Mikhail Tal Memorial has finished in Moscow. The most prestigious chess tournament in Russia this time reached the highest level of its organization. Indeed, what could be more spectacular than a tournament hall overlooking Red Square, located in the GUM showroom.

Members of the Orekhovsk-Medvedkovskaya group told the court about their gangster everyday life In the Moscow City Court, where the next trial of members of the Orekhovsky-Medvedkovsky group , accused of dozens of murders and attempts, is taking place, the interrogation of witnesses continued yesterday. Testimony was given by the defendants' gang colleagues who had previously received various sentences.

Pharmaceutical market experts saw positive aspects in the delay in accession to the WTO The time-out that Russian leaders took in negotiations over the country's accession to the World Trade Organization appears to have rattled foreign pharmaceutical circles. It is expected that the fate of the WTO negotiations and the prospects for the introduction of GMP production quality standards in Russia will be one of the topics of the International Pharmaceutical Congress opening today in Geneva.

Vagit Alekperov and Jim Mulva intend to work together to produce Iraqi oil starting next year LUKOIL and its major shareholder - the American ConocoPhillips - will together conquer the West Qurna-2 field , which Saddam Hussein took away from the Russian company in the last days of his rule. This intention was announced yesterday by company presidents Vagit Alekperov and Jim Mulva. The parties have not yet announced any parameters for joint participation in the competition.