To create new security in Europe Russia proposes to hold a meeting in 2010 of the heads of the five most influential international organizations operating in the European space. We are talking about the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), as well as NATO, the European Union and the CIS.

Russian companies may place Islamic financial instruments by the end of the year This year, Russian companies may place Islamic equivalents of bonds - “sukuk”. The co-organizer of the issue will be VTB Capital, Viktor Kiselev, director of the company’s debt markets operations department, said yesterday. He clarified that the issuers of Sukuk will be two or three Russian leasing companies (their names have not yet been disclosed), and the total volume of the issue could be $200-300 million.

Latvia sent its first secretary to the European Parliament Yesterday, the Latvian Central Election Commission announced the results of the European Parliament elections held on June 7. Compared to the previous convocation, the positions of Latvian parties defending the interests of Russian-speaking voters and non-citizens have noticeably strengthened.

Sepp Blatter in South Africa does not like the attendance and the blaring of trumpets The International Football Federation, testing South Africa's readiness to host the 2010 World Cup with Confederations Cup matches, found two shortcomings. FIFA President Sepp Blatter is concerned about empty stadiums and the sounds made by local spectators. The head of the international federation noticed the half-empty stands already at the first round matches.

The European Commissioner will come to Minsk On Monday, June 22, European Commissioner for External Relations and Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner will visit Minsk at the invitation of President Alexander Lukashenko. This will be the first visit by a high-ranking EU official since Belarus joined the European Eastern Partnership program in May this year.

CONCERTS “May avalanches bypass you.” The concert dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the birth of Yuri Vizbor will be attended by Yuri Shevchuk, Olga Ostroumova, Dmitry Kharatyan, Alexey Ivashchenko and Georgy Vasiliev, Alexander F. Sklyar, Yuri Vizbor's grandchildren Varvara and Yuri, Konstantin Tarasov, Timur Vedernikov, Boris Lvovich, Galina Khomchik and others. Gorky Moscow Art Theater , June 19 and 20, 19.00. Tequilajazzz. “B1 Maximum” , June 19, 19.00.

Poor student leads investigation into multibillion-dollar smuggling The Main Investigation Department (GID) under the Moscow City Internal Affairs Directorate, as Vremya Novostei learned, has initiated a new large-scale investigation into the smuggling of various goods to Russia and the transfer abroad of billions of rubles received through these frauds.

The President launched the process of modernizing the Russian economy The first meeting of the Presidential Commission for Modernization and Technological Development of the Economy, as usual, was not held in the Kremlin. A powerful landing of officials landed in an “unusual but significant place,” as President Dmitry Medvedev put it, at Kaspersky Lab.

The North Korean football team will take part in the World Cup finals for the second time in its history. Having taken second place in the qualifying group of the Asian zone, the DPRK team won a direct ticket to South Africa.

Exhibition by Yuri Grigoryan in the Artifact gallery On June 21, an exhibition of Honored Artist of Russia Yuri Grigoryan opens in the Artifact gallery on Prechistenka (30/2). “The feat of constancy” is the leitmotif of the artist’s work. Born in Armenia, in Nagorno-Karabakh, the sixty-two-year-old artist has been living in Moscow since the age of 18.

Gazprom Neft introduced its representatives to the board of directors of Sibir Energy As a result of the latest offer, the oil subsidiary of the Russian gas monopoly became the largest shareholder of Sibir Energy, accumulating almost 34% of its shares. Thus, Gazprom Neft bought up almost all the securities held by minority shareholders. However, experts are convinced that the purchase of blocks of major shareholders is also not far off.

Amazing results at national team level are still possible In the modern world of big sports, meetings between opponents with a large difference in class have become a huge rarity. There is a strict system of ratings, gradations by division; in cup tournaments, players and teams of a higher class do not compete in the early stages, joining participation when the weakest have already dropped out of the competition.

The Israeli minister refused the head of the State Department For several days, 61-year-old US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will not be able to perform her duties. The night before yesterday she tripped so badly that she broke her right arm at the elbow joint. According to the State Department press service, Mrs. Clinton will undergo surgery next week. The accident happened after a joint press conference with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman.

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The Pentagon will supply the Poles with blank Patriots “We expect from the United States a fully equipped battery of Patriot missiles,” Polish Defense Minister Bogdan Klich said recently after a meeting with his American counterpart Robert Gates. These words came almost a month after Mr.