The presidents of Russia and Turkmenistan did not agree on the conditions for resuming supplies Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's three-day stay on the Central Asian coast of the Caspian Sea turned out to be rich in Eastern pleasantries, but not very effective in terms of resolving problems.

Russia and Belarus are creating a joint space group After the milk conflict between Russia and Belarus, President Alexander Lukashenko did not arrive at the summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and refused to sign the agreement on the creation of the CRRF - the Collective Rapid Reaction Force of the CSTO. Other areas of cooperation have also suffered. But today, it seems, things are moving towards another normalization of relations.

Alleged participants in the attack on Ingushetia were deprived of juries Russia's Supreme Court last week rejected the complaint of those involved in the scandalous "case of the twelve" - ​​a group of residents of Ingushetia accused of attacking the republic in June 2004, who tried to appeal the decision of the Ingushetian Supreme Court to continue their trial without a jury.

The beginning of autumn reminds us of the past summer. In most of the European territory of Russia, the temperature background is warmer than expected by two to four degrees. On Monday in the northwestern region there will be almost no precipitation during the day, in the afternoon it will be +15..+20°C, and at night light frosts are already possible.

The European Commission will conduct an “investigation into the role of Germany” in the sale of Opel There is a new twist in the history of the American automaker General Motors' sale of its German division, Opel.

Former Taiwanese president gets life in prison The Taiwanese Themis pronounced a harsh sentence on the former president of the island and his wife. 58-year-old Chen Shui-bian (pictured) and 56-year-old Wu Shuzhen received life sentences on charges of corruption and money laundering. In addition, together they will have to pay a fine of $15 million. Many Taiwanese analysts find it difficult to draw a clear line between the ruthless fight against corruption and settling political scores.

US congressmen decide whether to apologize to the president The US House of Representatives is going to start this work week with an unusual question. Lawmakers want to force one of their colleagues, South Carolina Republican Congressman Joe Wilson, to issue a public apology for “inappropriate” behavior on Wednesday, September 9. President Barack Obama spoke at the Capitol that day.

Moscow is dissatisfied with Canada's overly strict visa policy towards Russian citizens and hopes that it will correct the “absolutely abnormal situation” in this area, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. The reason for the demarche was the refusal to issue a Canadian visa to the head of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, Mikhail Margelov.

SIBUR will increase the volume of associated petroleum gas processing At the end of last week, SIBUR commissioned the second stage for processing associated petroleum gas (APG) at the Yuzhno-Balyk gas processing plant. The new capacities will be used primarily for processing APG produced by Rosneft at the Priobskoye field. However, SIBUR is ready to cooperate with other companies operating in the region. The expansion of the Yuzhno-Balyksky gas processing complex was carried out in two stages.

US financial authorities are ready to cut anti-crisis programs The Public Private Partnership Investment Program (PPPIP), announced by the Barack Obama administration, which has been virtually stalled since March, may be about to start working. As one of the US Treasury officials told Reuters, the first transactions under this program will take place in early October.

The organ competition named after Mikael Tariverdiev has ended in Kaliningrad This year the Tariverdi competition was held for the sixth time and celebrated a milestone anniversary - the tenth anniversary of his birth. This show has no analogues in Russia, and its organizer and ideological inspirer was Vera Tariverdieva, the wife and heiress of the composer beloved by Russians, who unexpectedly emerged as the author of works for the organ.

The Russian Church preserved borders for Georgians The Russian and Georgian Orthodox churches are trying to preserve what little remains of the historical relations between the two neighboring states, which broke off contacts at the political level after the armed conflict over South Ossetia in August 2008.

The Blue and Whites started the championship with a defeat from CSKA The first matches of the second championship of the Continental Hockey League are a continuation of the season that ended, when the favorites suffered disappointing defeats and did not know what to do about it. For example, both last year's finalists suffered the same fiasco immediately after the Opening Cup.

The Kaliningrad region will no longer create a regional air carrier Aeroflot registers a branch in the Kaliningrad region, “relocates” several A320 aircraft there and begins regular flights on the route network of the local carrier KD Avia, which is on the verge of bankruptcy. Local authorities abandoned the idea of ​​spending 4 billion rubles. government support to create your own airline. At first, flights will be carried out only to Moscow and St.

Traders from Cherkizovsky got acquainted with the problems in new workplaces The Moscow authorities are unable to cope with the problems that arose after the closure of the Cherkizovsky market. This conclusion can be drawn after on Friday members of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation conducted a raid on the Luzhniki, Sadovod and Moscow shopping centers, which received entrepreneurs from the Cherkizovsky market who were left without work and livelihoods.