Yuri Luzhkov began his election campaign The mayor of the capital of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, who will once again become the “locomotive” of the city’s United Russia members in the autumn elections to the Moscow City Duma, apparently, is already preparing the ground for the election campaign. At least, the mayor’s statements regarding “malicious non-payers” of wages look exactly like the beginning of election campaigning. Last Saturday, Mr.

The trial of Iranian oppositionists began in a revolutionary way One of his main critics, Iranian ex-President Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, will most likely not take part in today's confirmation ceremony for the second term of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, 52. According to the local press, 75-year-old Rafsanjani, who heads an influential council of experts, “left Tehran in an unknown direction.” This could mean a new escalation in the struggle for power in Iran.

Patriarch Kirill addressed Russian and Ukrainian sailors The nine-day visit of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' to Ukraine is a unique event in its own way.

An identikit of the killer of an employee of the Almaz-Antey concern has been compiled Law enforcement agencies have not yet decided on the main version of the murder of Andrei Barabenkov, 54-year-old head of the marketing department of the Almaz-Antey air defense concern, who was shot dead in Moscow on Thursday evening. Thanks to the testimony of witnesses, including one eyewitness to the crime, investigators were able to create a composite photo of the alleged killer.

Former Prime Minister of Denmark, 56-year-old Anders Fogh Rasmussen, begins work as Secretary General of NATO, the largest military-political alliance uniting 28 countries. In this chair, he replaced 61-year-old Dutchman Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, whose five-year mandate expired on July 31. Rasmussen, who replaced him, is the 12th secretary general of the alliance and the first to occupy this post, having resigned from the post of prime minister specifically for this purpose.

Russian metallurgists will improve financial performance Russian metallurgists, despite the instability in the market, can significantly improve their financial performance in the third quarter of this year. According to market experts, this will become possible due to an increase in production (most companies, after reducing the output of steel products, will again load their capacities by 80-100%), as well as due to an increase in export prices.

The Central Bank expands the possibilities of refinancing banks The Bank of Russia plans to increase the possibilities for refinancing banks. It is assumed that the regulator will issue loans secured by loans that are secured by government guarantees or issued to municipalities of Russia. The Central Bank also plans to refinance loans of the second quality category.

Iraqi Prime Minister visits Kurdish autonomy Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki yesterday arrived for the first time in Iraqi Kurdistan, a region in the north of the country, with the formal purpose of congratulating the President of the Kurdish autonomy, Massoud Barzani, on his re-election to this post in the July 25 elections. In reality, politicians focused on the differences between Iraqi Arabs and Kurds.

In Moldova, forecasts are being made for new elections The preliminary results of the early parliamentary elections held in Moldova on July 29 are almost no different from those announced earlier by the Moldovan Central Election Commission.

Today is a day of sadness and remembrance. A year ago, Alexander Isaevich Solzhenitsyn, a Russian writer, passed away, whose role in the history of our country, and indeed the whole world, cannot be overestimated and - until now - is very difficult to seriously comprehend.

"Chekhov's Bears" conditionally disqualified The European Handball Federation suspended the Chekhov Bears team (Moscow region) for two years with a probationary period of four years. This is the verdict of the EHF Arbitration Tribunal in the case of bribery of referees who worked at the second leg of the 2006 Cup Winners' Cup final, when the Bears eliminated a seven-goal deficit in a meeting with the Spanish Valladolid (29:36 away and 32:24 at home) and won the continental trophy.

There is a demand for tall forwards in Russia Russian clubs approached the opening of the transfer window thoroughly. On August 1, the first day when it was possible to register additional players, a line of team representatives should have lined up at the Football House wanting to register new acquisitions. Many of them brought documents for powerful tall forwards - ram-type forwards are more valuable than ever in Russia. Transfer. Not only in Russia, however.

The agreement between Ukraine and Europe will not solve the payment problem, but will worsen relations with Russia The Ukrainian authorities and the European Commission have reached an agreement on reform of the gas sector of Ukraine, which opens the way to financial support for Kyiv. However, the expected assistance is clearly insufficient even to pay Gazprom's current bills. On Friday, August 7, Naftogaz of Ukraine will have to pay Russia for July supplies.

Russian swimmers remain without gold medals Russian swimmers won two silver medals at the World Aquatics Championships in Rome on Sunday evening last weekend. Anastasia Zueva finished second in the 200m backstroke; The men's 4x200m relay stopped one step away from victory. The Russian quartet of Beijing silver medalists confirmed their Olympic status a year after the Games. Although there have been changes in our foursome.

Russia is strengthening its military presence in Central Asia “During the meeting, we managed to achieve greater results than expected,” Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev summed up the results of the informal summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) that took place on July 31-August 1 on the shores of Issyk-Kul. Perhaps he was referring to the agreement reached at the summit on the conditions for hosting another Russian military base in his country.