Gazzaev took the first trophy in Ukraine Russian coach Valery Gazzaev, who recently took charge of Dynamo Kiev, won his first trophy in Ukraine - the country's Super Cup. For the first time in the match for this trophy, which before the start of the national championship is contested by the champion and the winner of the national cup, Dynamo Kiev did not meet with Shakhtar Donetsk. Last season, the Ukrainian Cup was sensationally won by Vorskla Poltava.

Former Russian German killed a Muslim woman for 780 euros Last weekend in Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony, many hundreds of people took part in mourning events in memory of the Egyptian Marwa Sherbini. Earlier this month, the 31-year-old pregnant woman was attacked in a local court where her case was being reheard. For the first time, Marva went to court with a complaint about insults against her last year.

Some St. Petersburg casinos promise their customers to open soon Most gambling clubs in St. Petersburg, contrary to the assurances of officials, did not close on July 1. Some have changed the sign and now, instead of the phrase “slot machines”, words with the root “lotto” are written above the doors - “electronic lottery”, “lottoclub”, “lottotron”. And some simply dismantled the inscriptions - and so everything is clear.

President Barack Obama's busy July calendar will be capped by his July 30 meeting in Washington with Philippine President Gloria Arroyo. The leaders will also discuss the problem of climate change, which was discussed a lot at the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy (July 8-10). Before this, Obama visited Moscow (July 6-8). And then he met with Pope Benedict XVI in the Vatican. The final destination of his week-long tour was Ghana, where he arrived on July 11.

Iraqi PM reports victories and warns Kurds Statements by the Iraqi authorities about the improvement of the situation in the country against the backdrop of explosions and reports of new victims look strange.

The US military is clipping Obama's wings in negotiations with Russia A wave of enthusiastic comments about “mutual understanding” between the presidents of Russia and the United States regarding the reduction of nuclear weapons is creating a heated mood in the field of disarmament. This leaves out important facts. Firstly, the reductions provided for in the new treaty, which has yet to be signed, are not that great compared to the 2002 Moscow Treaty.

Russia may abandon the idea of ​​joining the WTO through the Customs Union In the long-term process of Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), there has again been a turn, if not 180, then at least 90 degrees.

A 50-year-old Russian tourist, whose name has not been released, fell from a cliff and died in the Dead Sea area in Israel. The incident occurred on Saturday near the Arugot tourist route known to Israelis, which runs along the mouth of a dry river. As the daughter of the deceased woman, 17-year-old Ekaterina, told rescuers, due to the extreme heat, her mother decided to shorten the return trip.

The Russian men's team can no longer cope with Japan at home In the fifth round, the Russian team hosted Group C outsider Japan at the Sports Palace in Surgut and in the second match suffered a sensational defeat from a team that had not lost to in official matches since 1994. The contrast between the fights held over two days was more than striking.

Belarus intends to become a bridge between East and West, using its transit advantages. Alexander Lukashenko stated this in an interview with the influential Austrian newspaper Press: “We are obliged to play the role of a bridge, because this is our position. And let’s be honest, it’s economically profitable. Transit is a certain part of our state's income.

The investigation into fraud regarding the illegal sale of confiscated property has been completed The Moscow department of the Investigative Committee, as Vremya Novostei learned, has completed an investigation into the scandalous case of fraud in the sale of goods illegally seized from Moscow companies, in which a number of employees of the capital’s police and prosecutor’s office were involved.

The Karlovy Vary Film Festival has ended The organizers of the 44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival did not hide their ambitious goal - to enter the four largest European film festivals along with Cannes, Berlin and Venice. Oddly enough, they almost succeeded.

Israel had two days to defeat the Russians Igor Andreev, Mikhail Youzhny, Marat Safin and Igor Kunitsyn could not cope with the Israeli team in the Davis Cup quarterfinals. The outcome of the match on the court of Tel Aviv's Nokia Arena became irreversible after Saturday's doubles combination - 3:0 in favor of the hosts.

Pedro Almodovar's new film "Broken Embraces" has been released. The plot of "Broken Embraces", as often in Almodóvar's works, is constructed as a series of flashbacks, gradually compensating for the initial incomprehensibility of the story. Therefore, it is not very correct to retell it linearly, but we will try to minimize this story.

A new spy scandal is breaking out in the US A new scandal has erupted around the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The reason for it was given by the current head of the spy agency himself, 71-year-old Leon Panetta (pictured) . It became public knowledge that it was only in early June, that is, in the fifth month of his tenure in this position, that he was informed by subordinates of the existence of a secret electronic surveillance program.