Dmitry Medvedev found a job for the Moscow children's rights defender who lost his status Moscow Children's Ombudsman Alexey Golovan, who lost this status on the initiative of the capital's United Russia members, will henceforth protect the rights of Russian minors at the federal level. Yesterday, Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree establishing the post of Commissioner for Children's Rights under the President and appointed Mr. Golovan to this post.

Sociologists have compiled a rating of the usefulness of school disciplines Russians see mathematics and the Russian language as the main building blocks of the “school foundation” for real life. This is confirmed by the results of a recent survey conducted by the All-Russian Center for Public Opinion Research (VTsIOM) in 46 regions of the country. Sociologists asked 1,600 respondents questions about the usefulness and uselessness of knowledge acquired at school in various subjects.

Russian national team goalkeeper Semyon Varlamov had an eventful season. Having left for North America, he, having played an incomplete championship in the Washington farm club, was transferred to the main team. After four matches in the regular season, Semyon entered the ice in the Stanley Cup playoffs. It was impossible to ignore such a leap in his career, and now Vyacheslav Bykov invites him to the pre-Olympic training camp in Moscow.

Former colleagues of the Prime Minister shared knowledge about Prometheus While Vladimir Putin was participating in ceremonies dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II, the prime minister’s former colleagues made a very unique contribution to the development of Russian-Polish relations.

The less time remains before the end of the application period, the more all kinds of rumors and insiders appear. Fans tend to trust them and always expect some miracles of selection. But at exactly midnight on September 1, the transfer window slams shut. The coach turns into a pumpkin, and the expected star newcomers, whose signing seemed to be a “go-to”, suddenly turn out to be pigs in a poke. So this time, fans of almost all Russian clubs were looking forward to the miracles of strengthening.

LUKOIL is strengthening its position in the European market LUKOIL received another international asset. For $600 million, the company acquired from the French Total a 45% stake in the Dutch refinery Total Raffinaderij Nederland (TRN). This is the second foreign refining asset that LUKOIL has acquired over the past year. According to analysts, in this way the company intends to protect itself from a possible new wave of falling oil prices. Total and LUKOIL agreed on the deal back in June.

AvtoVAZ has launched a conveyor and intends to prove its break-even AvtoVAZ launched the main conveyor, which had been idle for a month. “The result of August and confirmation of the correctness of the decision to stop production is the data on the reduction of balances in the finished goods warehouse from 83 thousand at the beginning of the month to 58 thousand currently,” said the new president of AvtoVAZ, Igor Komarov, yesterday.

Russia may be five years late in destroying its toxic substances The topic of the destruction of chemical weapons, which was very popular in the Russian media just a year and a half ago, seems to have disappeared into the information air. It was recently revived by the director of the Federal Agency for Special Construction, Army General Nikolai Abroskin.

CONCERTS "DDT." Concert dedicated to the preservation of historical and architectural monuments of the capital. All-Russian Exhibition Center , 20.00. Alexey Kuznetsov Quartet. "Union of Composers" , 20.30. CLASSIC Piano music. Dmitry Kaprin (piano). F. Schubert, F. Liszt. Conservatory , 19.00. Munich Madrigal Choir. J. Arkadelt, O. Lasso, G. Schütz, I.-S. Bach, D. Bortnyansky, F. Mendelssohn, M. Duruflé, S. Rachmaninov. Conductor F. Brandl.

Russian sports are mastering modern information technologies World professional sports have been familiar with information technologies for eight years now. As usual, they were first tried in the West. ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning System) is used by football clubs Real Madrid, Arsenal, Liverpool, Everton, Celtic, Aberdeen, as well as NFL and NHL teams (Buffalo Sabres, Chicago Blackhawks, Florida Panthers, New Jersey Devils) and other.

How the Japanese persuaded Moscow to take the Kuril Islands 65 years ago, at the beginning of September 1944, the Japanese Foreign Ministry was developing concessions with which Tokyo intended to “interest” Moscow. The Japanese leadership tried to prevent the Soviet Union from entering the war against Japan on the side of the United States and Great Britain.

Russia and Poland remain in a gas deadlock before the start of the heating season The historical and political discussion , which intensified in connection with the anniversary of the start of the Second World War, could not completely overshadow the gas issues of today.

German Commerzbank has liquidated Dresdner Kleinwort and is considering the future of Dresdner Bank The German investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort ceased to exist in its previous form as of yesterday. This happened a year after the takeover of its parent structure, Dresdner Bank, by one of the leaders in the German financial market, Commerzbank, was officially announced.

Georgia and Abkhazia are ready for naval battles Tbilisi and Sukhumi exchanged statements yesterday that threaten to undermine security in the Black Sea. Russia, which has already promised the Abkhazians protection from Georgia’s “pirate attacks,” may also be drawn into this conflict.

The deputy head of the Moscow City Internal Affairs Directorate received complaints from businessmen from the Cherkizovsky market Members of the initiative group of entrepreneurs from the Cherkizovsky market secured a meeting with representatives of the Moscow authorities.