The President of Moldova will receive half a billion dollars from Russia for the elections Yesterday's visit to Moscow by Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin turned out to be very successful. After meeting with the guest, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that the Russian government considers it possible to provide Moldova with a state loan in the amount of half a billion dollars.

Porsche continues to look for an investor The tight financial circumstances facing Porsche Automobil Holding SE are not getting any easier. Yesterday it became known that the Stuttgart concern's hopes for government support have not yet been justified. The federal investment bank Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau (KfW) rejected Porsche's application for a loan of 1.75 billion euros, submitted in early June.

The first films of the main competition of the 31st Moscow International Film Festival “The Mediator” by the prominent Georgian director Dito Tsintsadze is a spy thriller with an incredibly complicated plot. While not particularly original, “The Go-Between” attracts with its mystery, which appears due to its painfully minimalist style and countless flashbacks. English journalist Stephen was killed in a Tbilisi theater.

The world champions finished their performance at the Confederations Cup The Confederations Cup in South Africa has highlighted another major challenge that South Africa will face when it hosts the 2010 World Cup in a year's time. The teams participating in the current tournament were able to see from their own experience that South Africa has one of the highest crime rates in the world.

Vladimir Putin does not want to help Ukraine alone At yesterday's meeting of the government presidium, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin recalled the war. “It is symbolic that it was on June 22 that a terrorist act was carried out in Ingushetia ,” he emphasized and immediately formulated: “Those who committed it put themselves on a par with the Nazis.” “Unfortunately, we still have people who shoot from around the corner.

These days, the third round of Russian-American negotiations on a new Strategic Arms Treaty (START) is taking place in Geneva. The first round took place at the end of May in Moscow, the second on June 1-3 in Geneva. Moscow and Washington have little time, because by the end of the year they need to conclude a new START Treaty.

Government extends and cuts support for airlines The limit of subsidies that the government provides to banks for loans issued to airlines has been cut by almost a third. The amount of 30 billion rubles allocated for these purposes in December last year was reduced to 21 billion.

Authorities criticize foreign radio stations Internal confrontation in Iran threatens the country's stability, and the uncertainty of the political outlook instills additional concern in the outside world about Iran's nuclear program. Accusations of subversion, which the Iranian leadership addresses to Western powers, only complicate Tehran's relations with the world community.

The most prestigious grass tournament has started in the UK The third Grand Slam tournament of the season began on Monday on the courts of the All England Lawn Tennis Club. These competitions, which have been held since 1877, are otherwise called the World Grass Championships because they are held on this surface. It was in England that this game originated, and therefore the organizers try to honor traditions.

Chernova became second among all-around athletes Bronze medalist of the Beijing Olympics, Russian athlete Tatyana Chernova became second at the IAAF Challenge all-around stage in Ratingen, Germany, scoring 6386 points. The Russian woman lost 56 points to the winner of the competition, German Jennifer Oeser. For the German athlete, this result was the best in her career. Chernova has improved her performance this season.

Vocal marathon at the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Six centuries and three eternal themes: life, love and death. Such is the range of “The Human Voice,” a marathon concert held on Sunday. The Goethe Institute and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic are celebrating the shortest night of the year with similar “giant” projects for the third time. In 2007, the focus was on the organ, in 2008 on the piano, and from there it’s one step closer to the voice. In the most literal, physical sense.

Progress in the treatment of cancer requires an integrated approach Eleven Russian regions will soon receive additional funding from the federal budget for the purchase of diagnostic equipment for the early detection of cancer. This is the first step of a new national cancer program, which began this year. Since this branch of medicine, as experts say, lies in ruins, it was decided to restore it in order, from the first link - diagnostics.

A personalized approach to cancer treatment can significantly increase the number of cancer survivors and prolong the lives of those who cannot be cured. Individualized therapy for cancer patients became a cross-cutting theme of the World Congress of Oncology, held in June this year in Orlando (Florida) under the auspices of the American Society of Clinical Oncologists (ASCO).

At the age of 64, the life of Evgeniy Fedorovich Saburov was cut short. Several years ago, in anticipation of his poetry selection in the Znamya magazine, he spoke almost exhaustively about himself: “Born in Crimea. He studied mathematics in Moscow, but took up economics. I've been writing poetry for as long as I can remember. It was published sparingly, because this matter seemed of little interest. I went to the government when democracy was announced and found myself in the thick of it.

Participants of the forum in Astana will have an up-to-date agenda On June 24-25, the third security forum of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) will be held in the capital of Kazakhstan. The Security Forum is considered to be NATO's largest event after the Heads of State and Government Summit as an informal platform for open and free discussion of regional and global security issues.