The European Union will talk to Russia unknown when The leadership of the European Union will continue to analyze relations between Moscow and Brussels in order to develop a common position by November 10. On this day, the next meeting of the Council of the European Union at the level of foreign ministers will be held in Brussels. They will have to make a final decision on the agenda of the Russia-EU summit scheduled for November 14 in Nice.

Kaliningrad deputies are concerned about why the governor does not live on his salary The head of the Kaliningrad region, Georgy Boos, decided to increase his salary - it had not been revised for three years and, as it turned out, turned out to be the smallest among his colleagues. However, some regional legislators have raised questions about the governor's income . A heated argument occurred during the first meeting of the Kaliningrad Regional Duma after the summer holidays.

The President of Chechnya showed the Russian Prime Minister Putin Avenue Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin made a quick visit to Chechnya yesterday. Even taking into account the relative stabilization in this republic against the backdrop of events in its neighboring regions, it is quite natural that nothing was known in advance about a visit of this level.

Deputies are drawing up an estimate for ridding Russians of bad habits The government's readiness to allocate a significant amount in the 2009 budget for promoting a healthy lifestyle was received with delight by State Duma deputies. Yesterday, parliamentary hearings took place in the lower house, during which legislators outlined various options with which to quickly master the new budget spending line.

Israeli troops yesterday shot and killed a Palestinian in the West Bank who intended to throw Molotov cocktails at Israeli cars. According to the press service of the Israel Defense Forces, Israeli soldiers shot the Palestinian in the leg, he was not treated for a long time, and he bled to death in a Ramallah hospital. The failed Molotov cocktail thrower was 19 years old and his name was Aziz Al-Hajj.

Russian regions are doing a poor job with forestry The country's forestry has been farmed out to the regions, but they do not manage this wealth in the best way.

Works by Chaim Sokol and Andrey Kuzkin at the Stella Art Foundation Chaim Sokol and Andrey Kuzkin are generally recognized as the best artists of the 1st Moscow Youth Biennale of Contemporary Art “Stop! Who's coming?" (took place this summer). Both actively communicate with the tradition of conceptual art, in which the true meaning of what is seen is read in interpretation, in metalanguage.

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The crisis may lead to the emergence of new forms of trade in Russia The consumer boom in the country is not over , and the slowdown in economic growth is explained solely by the liquidity crisis and limited supply. This statement is contained in the report “Consumer Boom in Russia: Is the Party Over?”, prepared by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

They are trying to “detach” regional politics from the global economy In defiance of the crisis, the Ministry of Regional Development and the State Duma Committee on Federation Affairs and Regional Policy gathered to spur the socio-economic development of Russian regions by improving legislation. This was discussed at yesterday's round table on issues of socio-economic development of the regions.

The collapse of world markets does not stop Leaders of major European countries yesterday announced the need to change the financial order and called on the G8 countries, as well as China, India, Brazil and South Africa, to take part in a global summit that could take place in November. Investors were not impressed by the authorities' initiative; they focused on statistics and corporate news.

To the ninetieth birthday of Alexander Galich In those already fabulous (shamelessly and mediocrely, but quite effectively slandered) years, when the name of Galich was turning from malicious smuggling into public property, a rare conversation about his poetry and fate did without quotations from “When I return...” and “Songs about father's house" - of course, with the appropriate sad-enlightened comments. So, they say, everything came true - even after an untimely death, he came.

Russian treasury and imported aircraft will save the industry Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov yesterday proposed to President Dmitry Medvedev to take a set of measures of state support for domestic airlines in the face of the fuel and financial crisis. The President supported the idea in principle. On the same day, the largest air carrier on domestic Russian routes, the Sibir company (operating under the S7 brand), announced its own measures to combat the crisis.

The first mosque was opened in the former GDR Yesterday, in front of a large crowd of people, a mosque of the Ahmadiyya sect was inaugurated in the East Berlin district of Pankow-Heinersdorf. And although many true believers do not consider the adherents of this sect to be real Muslims, nevertheless, supporters of increasing the number of mosques in Germany managed to overcome an important psychological barrier.