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.

90 years ago, on September 1, 1918, the “chronology” of the first archive of the Soviet state security agencies began, which de facto became the first archival institution of the new state.

Five billion dollars for 32 years of colonialism Before leaving today for Brussels for the EU summit dedicated to events in the Caucasus, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi managed to take part in celebrations in Libya to mark the anniversary of the anti-monarchist revolution on September 1, 1969, which brought Muammar Gaddafi to power. The prime minister brought the Libyan leader a statue of Venus from Cyrenaica - that was the name of the ancient Roman province in what is now Libya.

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.

The authorities of St. Petersburg are trying to regulate the funeral business The administration of St. Petersburg has decided on a policy for the development of city cemeteries. Despite the fact that the territory needed for the ritual needs of the population of the northern capital is five to six times less than it is now, the city is not going to close any graveyards or build up them.

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.

Krasnodar deputies propose to restore the institution of local tax collectors Special collectors may soon begin collecting taxes from citizens. A bill introducing a special institution of local tax collectors has been submitted to the State Duma. This innovation may give local government a chance to overcome chronic lack of money, but citizens will most likely face further difficulties with paying transport and property taxes.

Russia may create three military bases in South Ossetia and Abkhazia On September 2, Russia and South Ossetia will sign an interstate treaty of friendship and cooperation, according to which a Russian military base will be located on the territory of the republic now recognized by Moscow . This was stated by the Chairman of the Parliament of South Ossetia Znaur Gassiev.

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.

Turkmenistan and China signed an agreement to increase gas pipeline capacity Oral statements by President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov about increasing the capacity of the gas pipeline to China, made in Beijing three weeks ago (when he flew to the opening of the Olympics), are enshrined in a framework agreement.

Despite the referee's error, Nikolai Valuev became world champion The Russian boxer finally regained his title, albeit temporary, but still world heavyweight champion. In Berlin, Nikolai Valuev won on points against American John Ruiz - 116-111, 116-114 and 114-113. But in order to become a full-fledged holder of the WBA belt, Valuev will have to prove his superiority in a fight against the “temporarily inactive champion” Ruslan Chagaev, which could take place before the end of the year.

Edinburgh Festival has ended The last in the program of the Edinburgh Festival was the performance of the Israeli Batsheva dance company Deca dance-2008. That is, yesterday there were huge fireworks over the city, the official closing of the festival, but the performances ended a day earlier. And “Batsheva”, one of the best contemporary dance theaters in the world (definitely in the top five), had the honor of completing the program.