Israel's new prime minister begins his political career with a scandal The new leader of the Israeli ruling Kadima party, “the beauty from Mossad,” as Tzipi Livni is loosely called by some Israeli and foreign media, unexpectedly aroused hostility among the Orthodox press in Israel, which refuses to publish photographs of the future prime minister. Religious modesty is cited as the main reason.

US Congress is wary of spending $700 billion to save the financial market The US Congress did not greet the market assistance project presented by the government with much enthusiasm. Many Democrats and Republicans believe that the $700 billion requested by US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to support the financial system is an excessive amount even for the American economy.

Rosprirodnadzor is looking into the activities of the Krasnoyarsk Aluminum Smelter Rosprirodnadzor, which, at the instigation of an ardent environmentalist, deputy head of the department Oleg Mitvol, has recently concentrated on inspections of metallurgical enterprises, does not seem to intend to stop after his expected resignation .

The Transnistrian leader refused to go to Moldova The meeting of the Moldovan and Transnistrian presidents Vladimir Voronin and Igor Smirnov scheduled for today will not take place. The head of the information support department for foreign policy activities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the unrecognized Transnistria, Svetlana Antonova, told Vremya Novostei the day before. Tiraspol blamed Chisinau for disrupting the meeting.

Iron Lance will resume his career on the Green Continent The events of the World Road Cycling Championships taking place in the Italian city of Varese yesterday went into the shadows ahead of the anticipation of a press conference held late in the evening Moscow time by seven-time Tour de France winner American Lance Armstrong, who was supposed to announce which team he would resume his career with. interrupted in 2005 after another triumph on the Great Loop.

VTB reporting did not affect its stock prices VTB Group presented yesterday the results of its activities under IFRS for the first half of the year. And although the reporting turned out to be better than analysts predicted, it did not seriously affect the bank’s stock prices. Investors also reacted neutrally to the statement by VTB board member Nikolai Tsekhomsky about a possible buyout of the group’s shares.

Ex-ambassadors against the US-Russian crisis Former Russian ambassadors in Washington and American ambassadors in Moscow are concerned that " emotional rhetoric " has replaced "productive analysis of the common interests between the United States and the Russian Federation in the 21st century." In a joint statement, they called on the authorities of both countries to make immediate efforts to “relieve tensions around the unstable situation in the Caucasus” and “be careful in actions that could

Ruslan Yamadayev was shot dead in Moscow In Moscow last night, 46-year-old Ruslan Yamadayev was shot dead - Hero of Russia, retired colonel of the Russian army, former State Duma deputy, former “brigadier general of Ichkeria,” former deputy military commandant of Chechnya. The attempt on his life was made around 5:15 p.m. on Smolenskaya Embankment, in the area of ​​house No. 10, just a few hundred meters from the Government House. According to preliminary data, when Mr.

Minsk has its eye on a site for a nuclear power plant The nuclear power plant will most likely be built in the western part of Belarus in the Grodno region, not far from the Lithuanian border at the so-called Ostrovets site.

As a result of riots in a colony in the Samara region, several dozen people were injured One prisoner died and at least 25 more were injured as a result of the riots that occurred on Tuesday evening in the maximum security correctional colony (IK) No. 6, located in the village of Upravlencheskiy, Krasnoglinsky district, Samara region. They began with a mass fight between prisoners and ended with the arson of the colony buildings.

"Chemical equator" discovered in Earth's atmosphere It has long been known that asthmatics suffering from dirty urban air should move to the Southern Hemisphere. The air here is cleaner - primarily because most of the industry that emits carbon oxides, sulfur compounds, heavy metals and other poisons into the atmosphere is concentrated in Europe, North America and East Asia.

Our volleyball players will fly to Cuba again Our volleyball players will fly to Cuba again The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has approved the composition of the World League participants for the 2009 season. The biggest commercial competition for men's national teams will once again feature 16 teams. There are two changes compared to last season. Instead of Spain and Egypt, Argentina and Holland will play in the tournament.

While the US quarrels with Russia, Iran can sleep peacefully In the heated Russian-American disputes over Georgia, the first winner was born. This is Iran , for which the quarrel between the two great powers gives additional time to implement its nuclear program without regard to the possibility of new international sanctions.

The President studied humane ways to develop Kolyma on site Kolyma is primarily famous for its gold mines and terrible Stalinist camps. The program of President Dmitry Medvedev’s one-day visit to Magadan was built on the use of these two symbols. The business part of the visit was marked by a number of tough statements by the country's leader regarding the role of business and government in the socio-economic development of the regions.

"Daughter" of a monopoly against monopolism An agreement on the construction of a new fuel filling complex (TZK) in Sheremetyevo was concluded yesterday by Gazprom Neft with the airport administration. After the complex comes into operation, scheduled for 2011, the existing Sheremetyevo fueling complex, controlled by Sheremetyevo International Airport (SIA), will be repurposed. The airport “will get out of the fuel trading business,” SIA General Director Mikhail Vasilenko said yesterday.