A group of Russian investors is forming a front dissatisfied with the restructuring of Naftogaz Eurobonds The Ukrainian budget could suffer a serious blow - in addition to the current political and financial difficulties, a group of Russian investors intends to block the proposed restructuring of Eurobonds of the state-owned Naftogaz of Ukraine. At the end of September, Naftogaz must repay 5-year bonds in the amount of $500 million.

The bank will receive a controlling stake in Don-Stroy Invest for debts The package of development assets that VTB gets for its debts is increasing. Yesterday it was announced that the Don-Stroy holding had restructured its debt to the bank. According to the signed memorandum, VTB receives a controlling stake in Don-Stroy Invest (the company implements the holding’s residential projects). The commercial real estate business will remain entirely at the disposal of Don-Stroy.

The success of the US stock market is driven by speculative demand Investors following economist Nouriel Roubini's bearish advice could miss out on the greatest rally since the end of the Great Depression. So says the head of the investment company Birinyi Associates Inc. Laszlo Birini, known for his accurate stock market forecasts. The American market is showing growth, but some experts believe that it is due to speculative demand for shares of large companies counting on government support.

"Russneft" went to peace with its "daughter" Yesterday, the Moscow Arbitration Court terminated the proceedings on the recovery of 6.5 billion rubles from Russneft. in favor of Zapadno-Malobalykskoye LLC (ZMB), in which she owns 50% of the shares. The defendant undertook to repay all debts to the subsidiary company, settling one of the problems that arose after the sale of Russneft by businessman Mikhail Gutseriev.

The classic of Soviet literature Sergei Mikhalkov died at the age of 97 in one of the Moscow clinics. Sergei Mikhalkov is a classic of Russian children's literature, poet, fabulist, playwright, public figure, author of two anthems of the Soviet Union and the anthem of the Russian Federation. Farewell to Sergei Mikhalkov will most likely take place on Saturday, August 29, said the grandson of the deceased, Yegor Konchalovsky.

At Tanz im August in Berlin, old rituals are remembered and new ones created The theme of the festival, “What does dance sound like,” might seem banal if the old-fashioned dance was accompanied only by music. But in contemporary he grinds, yells, sings, he is voiced by the noise of the street and planes flying to war. The three projects of the festival program turned out to be noisy in every sense. Breaking the silence More more more...

There may be a huge invisible galaxy near us Mukanya Chakrabarti and Leo Blitz, astronomers at the University of California, Berkeley, believe that the gravity of a nearby galaxy is causing the gas disturbances they detected along the edges of the Milky Way. “We created a huge number of computer models, varying the mass of the troublemaker and the distance to it,” says Chakrabarti.

The crisis did not stop the increase in the cost of maintaining officials Regional public administration costs continue to grow even during the crisis. Such conclusions are contained in the FBK study “How much is regional power worth in a crisis.” According to FBK data, regional expenditures on public administration per one resident of the country increased over the year from 684 to 711 rubles. At the same time, spending on federal officials is growing even faster.

Weapons for future wars are being developed using the old methodology At the MAKS-2009 air show, which ended last weekend, a sample of an active phased array antenna (AFAR), developed for promising multifunctional fighters, was demonstrated. This sample is an undoubted achievement of the Tikhomirov Research Institute of Instrument Engineering.

The departing cyclone caused heavy rains in the center of European Russia - up to 19 mm of precipitation fell in the Yaroslavl region, and up to 14 mm of precipitation in the Moscow region. In the next 24 hours, the weather in the center of Russia will improve - the rains will stop, and the temperature will rise during the day to +17...+24°C.

The Russian President's visit to Mongolia ended with archery Russian President Dmitry Medvedev spent the second day of his state visit to Mongolia practically in an open field. Celebrations were planned for this day in honor of the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet army at Khalkhin Gol and a holiday in honor of the head of the Russian state himself.

Wiener made a choice The head coach of the Russian rhythmic gymnastics team, Irina Viner, named the team composition for the World Championships, which will be held from September 7 to 13 in Mie, Japan. According to the official website of the federation, Evgenia Kanaeva, Daria Kondakova, Olga Kapranova and Alexandra Ermakova will perform at the world championship. “There is no one stronger in the world now than our Zhenya Kanaeva.

Analysts do not expect changes in the car market before 2013 The current year will go down in history as the most disastrous for the Russian automobile industry, and a number of enterprises and companies will most likely not survive until the spring of 2010. These conclusions were made by the analytical agency Autostat based on the results of a study of the total production capacity in the Russian Federation.

Tarantino's new film became the most successful start among films in the second half of August “Inglourious Basterds,” which opened worldwide at the end of last week, became the leader at the US box office, collecting just over $38 million. If we talk about films with military themes, then in the entire history of American cinema, “Basterds” was surpassed only by “Pearl Harbor.” " ($59 million for the first weekend). In third place is “Saving Private Ryan” (25.1 million).

Political scientists have diagnosed the end of the economic recession in Russia The first section of the international conference “Modern State and Global Security,” which will be held in September in Yaroslavl under the auspices of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, was presented on Tuesday at the Public Chamber by the moderator of this section Valery Fadeev, chairman of the OP commission on economic development and support of entrepreneurship.