The Accounts Chamber evaluated each medal In terms of money, Russia failed the Winter Olympics in Vancouver even more miserably than in terms of sports: billions of rubles were spent ineffectively, corrupt officials enriched themselves, and each Olympic medal cost our country obscenely expensive - 388 million rubles.

The investigation into the case against the main advertiser in Moscow has been completed SKP yesterday announced the completion of the investigation into the case against the head of the Committee of Advertising, Information and Registration of the Moscow Government, Vladimir Makarov, who is suspected of exceeding official powers. In the final version, the investigation softened the wording of the charges, considering that the official’s actions did not cause much damage to the city.

The oldest American Democratic congressman, Robert Byrd, who was elected to the House of Representatives in 1952, died on Monday night at the age of 92. Six years later he moved to the Senate, where he permanently represented West Virginia. Last November, he broke the record for longest stay on the Capitol previously held by Arizona Democrat Carl Hayden, who served in Congress from 1912 to 1969.

Verbatim was brought to Altai The project “To the Living Theater - a Living Author” by the creative association “Kultproekt” and the festival of young dramaturgy “Lyubimovka” was invented by critic Elena Kovalskaya and producer Nadezhda Konoreva several years ago and supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.

The main exercise of the year should demonstrate the success of the reform of the armed forces Today the active phase of the operational-strategic exercise Vostok-2010 began. The maneuvers are led by the Chief of the General Staff - First Deputy Minister of Defense, Army General Nikolai Makarov.

G20 is preparing to move towards budget discipline “You can’t stop. Reforms must continue,” Dmitry Medvedev summed up the results of the G20 summit held in Toronto, Canada on Sunday. Assistant to the Russian President Arkady Dvorkovich noted in a conversation with journalists that solutions to the issues on the summit agenda have largely been found, but many issues are planned to be resolved by the autumn summit in Seoul, and discussions here are still in full swing.

Mikhail Gutseriev again became president of Russneft Mikhail Gutseriev, the founder and one of the largest shareholders of RussNeft, a once disgraced businessman forced to hide from Russian law enforcement agencies abroad, was re-elected as its president yesterday at a meeting of the company's shareholders. Although he is no longer the sole owner of Russneft, 49% of whose shares are now owned by AFK Sistema, another 2% by Sberbank, Mr. Gutseriev will have operational control over the company.

Scientists hope to find a way to overcome phobias In the near future, a medicine may appear in pharmacies that will help a person become braver. Scientists have discovered an area of ​​the brain whose activity can suppress feelings of fear. Substances that activate cells located in this area can help people successfully fight a wide variety of fears and phobias. It so happens that scientists have studied fear thoroughly, but there is clearly not enough information about courage.

CONCERTS Boris Kovacs and La Campanella (Serbia). The program “A Sentimental Journey into a Post-Historical World” from one of the most respected saxophonists in the world and his orchestra. CC "Dom" , 20.00. Frederic Belinsky (guitar, France). Carre Blanc , 21.00. Fear Factory (USA). The founders of the industrial style at the B1 Maximum club, 21.00. CLASSIC Sweeter Than Roses. G. Purcell, J.-A. D'Anglebert. Soloists D. York (soprano, Great Britain), O. Filippova (harpsichord).

The Americans have pledged to supply legs to Russia without chlorine treatment American chicken will soon return to the Russian market in an updated form. This was announced yesterday by Gennady Onishchenko, head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor).

Polish presidential candidates discuss foreign policy Tomorrow in Poland there will be a televised debate of presidential candidates - this will be the last duel between the rivals before the early presidential elections, the second round of which will take place at the end of this week on July 4th.

May 25 -- June 25, 2010 “Politicians Through the Eyes of the Media,” a joint project of “Vremya Novostei” and the “Medialogia” company, are ratings of political figures who are most actively discussed in the federal press and on central TV channels.

The Moldovan parliament did not approve the “day of Soviet occupation” As the newspaper “Vremya Novostey” expected the day before , the leaders of the ruling Alliance for European Integration in Moldova yesterday did not support the decree of the country’s acting president, speaker of parliament, leader of the Liberal Party, Mihai Ghimpu, declaring June 28 “the day of Soviet occupation.” This decree is acting. signed by the President on June 24.

Police dispersed protest rally near Moscow City Hall Oppositionists from the “Left Front” and activists of various initiative groups of Muscovites tried yesterday, despite the authorities’ ban, to hold an unauthorized protest in front of the capital’s mayor’s office on Tverskaya, 13.

Infineon Technologies resists the onslaught of AFK Sistema The Russian AFK Sistema seems to have made another attempt to acquire the German Infineon Technologies - we are talking about a large package of assets of a company producing components for microelectronics, whose headquarters are located in the suburbs of Munich. This was reported by the Financial Times Germany.