Yabloko is trying to survive as a political unit throughout the country The liberals have begun active preparations for the elections to the Moscow City Duma (for more information about the pre-election intrigue, see the text in the July 14 issue of Vremya Novostei) . Yesterday, the co-chairs of the Right Cause party met at a council to discuss their future election lists. One of the key issues that has split the “right-doers” is whether to unite with the Yabloko party in the Moscow elections.

The President announced successful tests of a strategic missile in service Yesterday, Russian President and Supreme Commander-in-Chief Dmitry Medvedev made a working trip to Novorossiysk, dedicated exclusively to military construction. As you know, by 2016 a new base for the Russian Black Sea Fleet, whose basing in Ukraine expires in 2017, should be built here.

This coming weekend the World Aquatics Championships kicks off in Rome, which will become the main sporting event of July. On the eve of the start, Vremya Novostei correspondent Olga ERMOLINA spoke with the head coach of the Russian swimming team Andrei VORONTSOV. — Andrey Rostislavovich, the world championship will start one of these days. What can Russian swimmers really count on?

Moscow transport workers will prohibit migrant workers from driving minibuses City officials appear to have decided to go beyond restrictions on the use of foreign workers in market trade. Yesterday, the head of the Moscow Department of Transport and Communications, Vasily Kichedzhi, told reporters that from January 1, 2010, there will not be a single guest worker driving city minibuses.

Fears of the Russian Empress The French Revolution shocked all of Europe, and Russia, to which the first news of unrest in Paris reached less than a month later, was no exception. On August 7, 1789, the government newspaper St. Petersburg Vedomosti published a message about the capture of the Bastille, which caused a great resonance in the Russian capital. According to the French envoy in St.

Today in the northwestern region there is mostly no precipitation, no significant changes, +21...+26оС. In the central region, with the passage of the atmospheric front, short-term rains and thunderstorms are expected in places, and the daytime air temperature will be +22...+30°C. The highest temperatures are expected in the Ryazan and Tula regions, there will be +25...+30°C. In the south of the European territory of Russia, short-term rain, thunderstorm, +27...+35оС during the day.

The 100th anniversary of the “Russian Seasons” was celebrated in Hamburg The anniversary of the Diaghilev enterprise is celebrated this year by the whole world, but for the Hamburg Ballet this is not just an important historical date. John Neumayer, who has headed the theater for thirty-six years, is one of the most thorough and fanatical researchers of the Russian Seasons, a collector who collects artifacts related to them.

Chinese authorities ban electroshock treatment for Internet addicted children After numerous discussions and loud condemnations from the world psychiatric community, Chinese authorities have finally banned the use of electroshock therapy to treat children with so-called Internet addiction. Yesterday, the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China issued a corresponding order, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Radio China International.

Israeli security does not comply with the Weapons Law Yesterday, the director general of the Israeli Civil Aviation Administration, Giora Romm, and his deputy for international affairs, Avi Ben-Hur, left Moscow after unsuccessful negotiations over the resumption of direct air services between the Middle Eastern state and cities in southern Russia.

The US Department of Justice has joined the fight for transparency of financial instruments. It was announced that the agency has begun an investigation into the credit default swap (CDS) market, which, as is known, became one of the reasons for the collapse of financial markets. The largest banks will be checked for receiving “extra” information through administrative resources. As Bloomberg notes, communications company Markit Group Ltd.

The Prime Minister discussed the situation in the country with the leadership of the Senate Macroeconomic indicators, which our government calculates at the “very minimum” just in case, are spinning like a weather vane in the wind. The current budget was calculated at $41 per barrel of oil, and since April it has not fallen below $55.

The criminal case of the former chairman of the board of Sodbiznesbank was sent to court The Investigative Committee under the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has completed a criminal investigation into the former head of Sodbiznesbank, Roman Petrov, accused of deliberate bankruptcy, illegal banking activities and abuse of power. The banker, who had been a witness in the case for several years, was detained only three months ago.

The heads of election authorities of the two countries decided to exchange experiences The electoral friendship with the Republic of Peru was strengthened by the Central Electoral Commission. The Chairman of the National Electoral Court of this Latin American country, Hugo Sivina Hurtado, is in Moscow on an official visit. On Monday, the head of the Russian Central Election Commission, Vladimir Churov, and Mr.

Russia needs peace in Chinese Xinjiang Beijing is calling for an end to foreign support for "terrorism, extremism and separatism" in Xinjiang, an autonomous region in northwestern China. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said yesterday that "external forces" provoked riots in the Xinjiang capital Urumqi on July 5, during which 184 people were killed and 1,680 were injured.

Transformations in the army are taking place against the backdrop of a funding shortage Like any process on a national scale, the military reform currently underway has a “general line” (the transition from a four-level command principle to a three-level one, from divisions to brigades, a global reduction in the number of officers), and there are certain branches that fit within the framework of the plan. Without these particulars, the main thing is impossible.