VEB had no one to hand over the chairmanship of the SCO banking association A meeting of the council of the interbank association of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries, held yesterday in Yekaterinburg on the eve of the SCO summit, brought unexpected news. Uzbekistan, which is taking over the chairmanship of the SCO, has abandoned one of the elements of this status, namely the chairmanship of the interbank association (IBO).

Big racket masters test their strength before Wimbledon Leading tennis players have only two weeks to prepare for the Wimbledon tournament, which starts on June 22. The playing season on grass courts is the shortest compared to other surfaces. Yesterday the women's competition ended in British Birmingham, the men competed for titles on the lawns of Halle and London, Germany.

Iranian opposition takes to the streets Even without sending threats to neighbors or distant countries, Iran remains a source of concern for the entire world community. In a country that is in difficult relations with the rest of the world due to its nuclear program, unrest began. The Iranian opposition did not agree with the officially announced re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for a second term and promised to spread protests throughout the country.

Russia and Georgia are fighting over the UN Security Council resolution on Abkhazia The fifteen-year activities of the UN monitoring mission in the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict zone, in which 136 military personnel from various countries serve, are under threat of being wound down. The UN Security Council is due to discuss a resolution today to extend the mission's mandate for six months. Previously, such resolutions were adopted immediately after discussion.

The arbitration court equated foreign donations to Russian ones Russian non-governmental organizations defended in court their right not to pay income tax on donations and grants received from abroad. Moreover, not only NGOs selected from the entire spectrum of civil society representatives by a special government decree, but even small regional organizations can claim relief from fiscal oppression - if they prove that the grant was used for their statutory activities.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday, Russia Day, presented Russian state awards for 2008 at the Grand Kremlin Palace.

Ahmadinejad arrives in the Urals in triumph Today, heads of state members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) are coming to Yekaterinburg for their next, this time two-day summit. Five presidents - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan - although separately, will all fly in from Moscow, where they yesterday held a meeting of the CIS Collective Security Council. Another leader, Chinese President Hu Jintao, will arrive from Beijing.

CLUBS Big band of Igor Butman. Igor Butman Club , 20.00. Anna Koroleva (vocals, saxophone) and Jump . " Forte" , 21.00. THEATERS "Goodbye, umbrella." Concept and direction by James Thiere. As part of the Chekhov Festival. “The Maybug Company” (France) on the stage of the Maly Theater , 19.00. "Aurelia's Oratorio" Idea and production by Victoria Thiere-Chaplin. As part of the Chekhov Festival. The Little Clock Company (France) on the stage of the Pushkin Theater , 19.00.

“Moscow” went into the summer break as a leader The Russian Football Championship has entered the summer holiday period. Over the next month, clubs can reflect on how it happened that Moscow ended up alone at the head of the standings after the 12th round, why Zico, having unwrapped the “golden wrapper” he received from Valery Gazzaev, did not find a team underneath it and how long will it take Yuri Semin to restore the Lokomotiv he once abandoned. Event.

The eruption of one of the most active volcanoes in the Kuril Islands is being monitored via satellite The islands of the Kuril chain reminded us that they are not only the cause of geopolitical disputes, but also a source of anxiety for the inhabitants of the entire Far East. Over the weekend, Far Eastern scientists recorded a series of incidents indicating the activation of one of the most restless volcanoes in the region - Sarychev Peak on the island of Matua.

Successful debut for Bagnoli Volleyball. World League. Preliminary stage. 1st gaming weekend. Group "C". Japan - Russia - 0:3 (22:25, 23:25, 16:25), 1:3 (22:25, 22:25, 25:22, 12:25). Cuba - Bulgaria - 3:1 (24:26, 29:27, 25:18, 25:22), 3:1 (25:19, 23:25, 25:21, 25:20). Position: Russia, Cuba - 6 points, Bulgaria, Japan - 0.

Falsification of a small bribe case turned into big problems for the police The Moscow department of the Investigative Committee, as Vremya Novostei learned, has completed the investigation of the criminal case against the former senior investigator of the Department of Economic Crimes of the Internal Affairs Directorate for the North-Eastern Administrative District (NEAD), police captain Dmitry Novosiletsky.

Viktor Yushchenko is trying to aggravate the situation around Naftogaz Tomorrow a meeting of the EU-Ukraine Cooperation Council will be held in Luxembourg, during which the European Commission, as an official in Brussels told the UNIAN news agency, wants to discuss the political situation in Ukraine with Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

Former deputy prime minister of the republic was killed in Ingushetia In Nazran on Saturday evening, 62-year-old Bashir Aushev, the cousin of the ex-president of the republic Ruslan Aushev, who at one time headed the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia and until recently held key positions in the security bloc of the regional government, was shot near the gates of his house. The head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, has already stated that Mr.

Belarusians will remind Russians about the expiration date Today, representatives of Belarus are again coming to Moscow to negotiate the supply of dairy products to Russia. Their interlocutor will be the chief sanitary doctor Gennady Onishchenko.