LUKOIL will bid for West Qurna-1 in Iraq LUKOIL appears to be planning to expand its position in Iraq. As the vice-president of the company, Leonid Fedun, said late last week, LUKOIL intends to participate in the development of the West Qurna-1 field. “This is a completely different project. And although we continue to insist that West Qurna 2 belongs to us, we wanted to take part in this tender announced by the Iraqi government,” he said. West Qurna is the largest crude oil field in Iraq.

Germany is exploring the need for strategic gas reserves Today, the leaders of the European Union countries will discuss their response to the military conflict in South Ossetia in Brussels . British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, in an article published yesterday in the Observer, said: “No country should be allowed to throw an energy stranglehold on Europe.

The Basmanny Court began considering the scandalous case of the sale of the Prodmak chain. The Basmanny Court of Moscow on Friday began considering the case of former State Duma deputy and assistant to the governor of the Moscow region , Neftehimprom shareholder Maxim Vasiliev. He is accused of fraud. As follows from the read indictment, Mr.

Sergei Tikhvinsky - academician, diplomat and patriot Today marks the 90th anniversary of the outstanding Russian diplomat and major scientist Sergei Leonidovich Tikhvinsky - a legendary man who has gone through a long and bright life path of serving the Motherland.

Best Performance (Drama, Large Form) Woe from Wit (Yaroslavl Drama Theater named after Volkov, director Igor Selin) Xenia.

FOOTBALL. September 5. Qualifying match for the Youth (U-21) European Championship. Russia - Georgia. Minsk (Belarus). September 5-6. Qualifying matches for the 2010 World Cup. Due to the complex political relations between Russia and Georgia, UEFA decided to hold the match between the youth teams of these two countries on a neutral field. The Russian Football Union, as the host side, proposed the Traktor stadium in the Belarusian capital.

August 2008 The rating of the most mentioned events in the media was compiled by the Medialogy company through analysis printed and electronic publications at the federal level. A total of 30,800 messages were analyzed. The data for the rating was calculated on August 29, 2008.

The cyclone, which currently occupies most of the European territory of Russia, is shifting to the northeast; the northwestern regions and center of Russia will receive its cold rear part. On Tuesday, a new cyclone from the west will begin to correct the situation in terms of temperature, it will increase it at night to +3...+8oC, and during the day to +10...+15oC. In the Central region, the coldest night will be Tuesday, when the thermometers will show +1...+6оС.

The dollar rose against the euro by a record 5.5% in August In August, the American currency rose in price against the euro by 5.5%, which was the highest increase in the dollar exchange rate over the past 11 years. Against the backdrop of falling oil prices and falling GDP in Europe, investors felt that investments in dollar assets were now the most attractive. The strengthening of the American currency also affected the value of the ruble, which fell by 5% over the month.

Lokomotiv is not looking for problems in its own game Kazan "Rubin" confirmed its leadership ambitions, winning a strong-willed victory over "Amkar" on the road, thanks to accurate shots from Bukharov and Noboa, as well as the announcement of the signing of a contract with Perm captain Alexei Popov. Dynamo Moscow, having lost its leader Danny, who moved to Zenit for a record 30 million euros, was unable to win their match against Moscow, losing the victory in the last minute.

CLUBS Anastasia Glazkova (vocals). BB King , 8:30 p.m. Anna Koroleva (vocals, saxophone) and Jump. Forte , 21.00. Sergey Manukyan (vocals, keyboards). Jazz Town , 21.00. Teatro Tropical (Cuba). Caribbean dance evening. "Union of Composers", 21.00. "Adventures of Electronics". Presentation of the new album. "O2TV", 22.20. CONCERTS Opening of the season .

An anniversary rafting event on rubber women took place near St. Petersburg “Who hasn’t taken a rubber companion yet? Hurry up, the first swim is starting soon!” - a loud voice from a megaphone resounds over a small clearing where several hundred people have already gathered.

The abbots of Abkhazian churches ask to come under the wing of the Moscow Patriarchate Russia's recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia entailed (and will continue to entail) not only political and economic consequences.

Zenit won the European Super Cup The Russian team won two of the three European club football trophies. On Saturday night, Zenit players raised the UEFA Super Cup over their heads at the Stade Louis II in Monaco. The Russian collection now lacks only the Champions Cup, the current holder of which Manchester United beat the St. Petersburg club.

The seasonal slowdown in inflation does not yet allow us to talk about a turning point in the situation with rising prices The third week of this year did not produce an increase in prices . Rosstat reported that from August 19 to August 25, inflation was 0.0%. Previously, the same weekly figure was recorded twice: from July 22 to July 28 and from August 5 to 11. Since the beginning of the year, prices in Russia have increased by 9.5%.