Russia's economy may have bounced off the bottom The Russian government began to show optimism about the country's recovery from the crisis. As First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov told Reuters yesterday, the economy has started to grow. According to preliminary estimates from Rosstat, the volume of GDP in the second quarter of 2009, although it fell by 10.9% compared to the same period last year, by the first quarter of 2009 it increased by 7.5%.

Solidarity activist hopes that riot police will receive at least suspended sentences Yesterday, the Moscow city prosecutor's office accepted the statement of the activist of the opposition movement "Solidarity" Ilya Yashin in connection with the infliction of bodily injuries by riot police officers during his arrest at a rally in Moscow.

Joseph Stiglitz: “We need a new monetary system” Optimistic statements by the head of the Federal Reserve System (FRS) Ben Bernanke again pushed up the stock markets. The RTS index grew by 4.15% yesterday, approaching the 1100 point mark. At the same time, the dollar experienced another correction - against the ruble it fell by almost 40 kopecks, to 31.55 rubles. Nobel laureate in economics Joseph Stiglitz (pictured) joined active critics of the American currency.

The Supreme Court recognized the right of public transport to follow its own route The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday recognized the superiority of public route transport over other cars and its right to travel along a set route, ignoring road signs instructing others to move in a certain direction. Thus, the court refused to satisfy the complaint of a Muscovite who believed that such an exception to the Traffic Rules (TRAF) could create emergency situations on the road.

A scandal is unfolding in Austria surrounding the former son-in-law of the Kazakh president There has been a new twist in the scandalous political and criminal intrigue associated with the flight to the West in the spring of 2007 of the former son-in-law of the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, who was sentenced in absentia in his homeland to a total of 40 years in prison.

Germany will not be a brake on integration Tomorrow in the federal parliament - the German Bundestag - an emergency meeting of representatives of party factions will be held to discuss laws governing Germany's participation in the Lisbon Treaty. This document on the principles of reforming the European Union was signed in December 2007 in the capital of Portugal.

It will become more difficult to obtain British citizenship Surveys show that the UK remains one of the most attractive countries for immigrants from all over the world. Previously, thousands of residents of the former colonies of the British Empire from Asia, Africa and the Caribbean Islands sought to move here. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, they were joined by immigrants from the former USSR and Eastern European countries.

The reason for the quarrel was the release of a Libyan terrorist A scandal is breaking out between the United States and Scotland, which is part of Great Britain. There are calls in America for a boycott of Scottish goods, including whiskey. The reason was the release on August 20 by Scottish Justice Minister Ken MacAskill of Libyan Abdel-Basit al-Megrahi (pictured) , who was serving a life sentence in the Scottish city of Greenock prison in the case of blowing up an American airliner in 1988.

Dmitry Medvedev called for modernizing Russia Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in the capital of Buryatia, Ulan-Ude, as a simple head of state, and left as the embodiment of White Tara. He received this high title in the Ivolginsky datsan, the most important Buddhist religious center of the country. The residence of Pandito Khambo Lama Damba Ayusheev is located here.

According to recently published financial statements under RAS, one of the heirs of RAO UES, OGK-2, increased its net profit by 5.3 times in the first half of this year. At the same time, the current top managers inherited a difficult legacy from the company's previous management. For example, at the end of 2008, the company’s net loss amounted to 1.4 billion rubles.

The capital's management intervened in the arbitration proceedings surrounding the Moscow Refinery As Vremya Novostei learned, the proceedings between Joy-Lud Distributors International and the Moscow Refinery, despite the fact that it is taking place in the Stockholm Arbitration Court, did not happen without the intervention of top officials of the Moscow government.

Russian athletes lost to themselves again At the 12th World Championships, which ended last Sunday in Berlin, the Russian team took fourth team place, winning four gold, three silver and six bronze medals. The teams of the USA (10--6--6), Jamaica (7--4--2) and Kenya (4--5--2) were ahead. Two years ago, at the previous World Championships in Osaka, the Russian team took third place with four gold, nine silver and three bronze medals.

The anticyclone over the Baltic continues to provide good weather. In the Novgorod, Pskov and Leningrad regions there is no precipitation, the temperature at night is +8...+13оС, during the day on Tuesday +16...+21оС, on Wednesday +19...+24оС. In the center of Russia there will be less rain during the day, the temperature in the morning is about +10°C, in the afternoon +13...+18°C.

The Central Election Commission approved the composition of the working group to monitor the representation of parties on television The Central Election Commission is preparing to fight for equality in coverage of the activities of parliamentary parties.

Nikita Mikhalkov gave a presentation of the project “Burnt by the Sun 2” in Riga The presentation with a short and bravura opening speech by the new and young mayor of Riga Nil Ushakov took place as part of the grand opening of the film forum “Ecology of the Soul” and consisted of a screening of two large fragments of the future film, followed by the director’s answers to questions from the audience.