The company has found a president The conflict between the largest shareholders of MMC Norilsk Nickel - Oleg Deripaska's RUSAL and Vladimir Potanin's Interros - received another development yesterday. MMC announced that it is introducing the position of president, who will report to the company’s general director, Vladimir Strzhalkovsky. By order of the General Director of MMC on August 2, Interros Vice President Andrei Klishas was appointed to this unusual position.

Doku Umarov resigned as leader of the separatists Yesterday a video message from the leader of the North Caucasian separatists, Doku Umarov, appeared on the Internet, in which he stated that he was resigning as the “Emir of the Caucasus Emirate”, declaring Aslambek Vadalov as his successor. Umarov explained his departure due to health problems and the fact that his colleagues needed a younger and more energetic leader.

The Bolshoi Theater has changed its artistic director again Yesterday, General Director of the Bolshoi Theater Anatoly Iksanov announced that the artistic director of the theater Leonid Desyatnikov is leaving his position of his own free will. It is not possible to understand from the statements of the parties what caused the dismissal. Moreover, the parties differ in their testimony even as to whether there was a dismissal. After the first information appeared, Mr.

The Ministry of Health and Social Development has formulated the rights of the patient This fall, Russian healthcare will receive a new framework law that defines the basic principles of providing medical care to citizens of our country and gives clear definitions to all basic medical concepts.

The President admitted that the Americans will not leave Iraq and Afghanistan soon US combat troops will withdraw from Iraq as planned by the end of this month. President Barack Obama announced this yesterday at the National Convention of Disabled American Military Veterans in Atlanta, Georgia. He called on Baghdad to “take on more and more responsibility”: “The hard truth is that we see no end to American casualties in Iraq.

The Russian team won the European Athletics Championships The Russian team won a landslide victory at the 20th European Championship, which ended on Sunday in Barcelona. Our team has 24 medals (10 gold, 6 silver and 8 bronze). The second place was taken by the French (8--6--4), the third by the British (6--7--6). In the ranking of the Russian team’s performance at these competitions (the debut took place in 1994), this is the third result after the European Championships of 2006 and 1994.

The Ministry of Energy is preparing to submit a plan for the development of the gas industry to the government The Ministry of Energy and Gazprom, on behalf of the government, have prepared the next version of the General Scheme for the development of the gas industry until 2030. The previous copy, which was rushed in the wake of the crisis in the first quarter of 2009, was sent for revision.

The President introduced a state of emergency in seven Russian regions Russian President Dmitry Medvedev yesterday, by decree, introduced a state of emergency (emergency situation) in seven regions of the country where the most unfavorable situation with forest fires has developed. Meanwhile, the government reported that damage from the fires, according to preliminary data, had already reached 6.5 billion rubles. and, given the adverse weather conditions, this figure will only increase.

A meeting of the UN Security Council dedicated to Kosovo will take place today in New York. Members of the Security Council, in the presence of Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic, will hear and discuss the report of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on the activities of the organization's mission in the Kosovo region.

The investigation into the attack on the Khimki administration is moving away from environmental issues Attempts by law enforcement agencies to obtain at least some information about the pogrom of the Khimki administration from media representatives and bloggers indicate most likely not only that investigators have a shortage of witnesses to the riots, but also that the authorities did not notice the emergence and establishment of an independent youth anti-fascist movement, which proved in the

In Turin, the theater reconnected with the circus In the capital of Italian Piedmont, Turin, the already traditional international theater festival A Corte, whose name can be translated as “courtly,” has just ended. Its peculiarity is that most performances are shown outdoors in the country residences of the royal Savoy dynasty. The program is quite varied, there are some outright amateur performances, but there are some interesting performances.

The practice of seizing cars from owners for debts is expanding in Russia Traditionally, in the summer season in Russian regions, cooperation between local departments of the Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP) and traffic police officers intensifies to jointly identify various types of debtors. Moreover, this practice is expanding, and raids are becoming more and more large-scale.

In the Royal Races, new leaders and milestones for Vitaly Petrov When the Hungaroring circuit opened near Budapest in 1986, capable of hosting Formula 1 races, it was regarded as another small gap in the seemingly impenetrable “Iron Curtain” that separated the countries of the socialist bloc from the rest of the world.

The Russian President could become the first foreign leader in the Chinese Temple of Wisdom The Russian president is scheduled to visit China at the end of September. It is expected that after negotiations with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing, he will visit two more cities - Dalian and Shanghai.

Pavlyuchenkova won in Istanbul Russian tennis player Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won the second tournament of her career. In the final of the competition in Istanbul with a prize fund of 220 thousand dollars, Pavlyuchenkova beat her compatriot Elena Vesnina - 5:7, 7:5, 6:4. “Elena played very well, aggressively, she did not allow me to show my game.