Russians are confused in their attitude towards the European Union Over the past two years, Russians have fallen in love with the European Union even more, but there are significantly fewer people wishing to join it. At the same time, our citizens do not really support the main areas of cooperation with the EU from the point of view of the Russian authorities - the creation of a global security system and joint scientific and technological projects.

Government reimbursed tariff containment The government and JSC Russian Railways (RZD) agreed on the amount of compensation from the federal budget in 2011, Deputy Minister of Economic Development Andrei Klepach said yesterday. The railroad workers have secured substantial compensation from the government for curbing passenger and freight tariffs, and in the fall they intend to obtain consent to increase their investment program for 2011. In total, the company will receive 75 billion rubles. Mr.

At the stage of the Russian Championship in Volei Grad they played at plus 50 The third and final stage of the main series of the national championship took place on the sand courts of the Russian national teams' training base "Volei Grad" in the village of Vityazevo, Krasnodar Territory, near Anapa.

Moscow authorities begin clearing a land plot near the Khimki Reservoir Another land conflict may flare up in the capital. Yesterday, at a meeting of the Moscow government, officials approved the draft layout of the site adjacent to the Khimki Reservoir and bounded by Butakovsky Bay and Leningradskoe Highway.

The Central Election Commission conceived a scientific and technological revolution The era of high-tech in technological support for Russian elections may come by the federal election cycle of 2011-2012.

The Duma allowed factions to deviate from the meeting agenda Yesterday, the State Duma adopted amendments to its rules of work, giving the right to representatives of factions to make five-minute statements on current issues at the beginning of plenary sessions. This idea matured among the three opposition factions after last year's October demarche, when they unanimously left the hall in protest against the official results of the regional elections on October 11.

The leader of the Moldovan communists was not allowed to participate in the presidential race Former President of Moldova and leader of the Communist Party Vladimir Voronin has no right to run for the post of head of state again. This decision was made yesterday by the country's constitutional court.

The Fed may approve additional measures to support the economy The US Federal Reserve System (FRS) may approve additional measures to stimulate the economy at its meeting on August 10. If monetary policy easing continues, investor fears of a double-dip recession will increase significantly. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Monday that consumer spending is "tendency to improve" but economic development is moving at a moderate pace.

The number of forest fires in Russia continues to increase President Dmitry Medvedev yesterday announced several new initiatives in connection with the difficult situation that has developed in recent days with forest fires in the central regions of the country. In particular, he proposed preparing a program for the technical re-equipment of the entire fire department, to help which the authorities are now forced to abandon the military and volunteer squads.

How Americans “felt sorry” for the ancient capital of Japan On August 6, 1945, at 8:15 a.m. Tokyo time, an event occurred that determined the future fate of humanity, bringing it to the brink of destruction. The atomic bomb created 65 years ago in the USA hit not only the inhabitants of the Japanese city of Hiroshima, but all the people of planet Earth. From now on, in the event of a war with the use of atomic weapons, no one has a chance of salvation, no matter where he is.

Blatt updated candidate list A presentation of the Russian men's and women's basketball teams, which will participate in the world championships, took place in Moscow. Men's team coach David Blatt announced the list of candidates for participation in the tournament, taking into account the latest personnel changes.

The President obliged the government to adopt all technical regulations by the end of the year This year's first meeting of the Presidential Commission on Modernization and Technological Development of the Economy was devoted to the search for optimal state policy in the field of technical regulation. On the one hand, overregulation hinders business development, and the commission was created precisely in order to remove obstacles to modernization.

New York City Ballet ends summer season The current New York season of NYCB was marked by farewell concerts. As many as five artists of the troupe gave their last performances, including the main prince of the troupe Philip Neal, Albert Evans, remembered from the St. Petersburg tour seven years ago, and the last prima ballerina appointed by Balanchine himself, Darcy Kistler. The parade of pensioners did not set the mood for an intense theatrical experience.

Krasnoyarsk officials may begin to be tested for drug addiction Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Lev Kuznetsov (pictured) made an interesting proposal: to check all administration employees for drug use. The head of the region expressed this idea at a meeting with the public council at the regional administration of the Federal Drug Control Service. “It is necessary to find a form so that people addicted to drugs cannot work in government. Let’s start with ourselves,” said Mr. Kuznetsov.

The fight against the opposition has intensified in Tajikistan Tomorrow five newspapers will not be published in Tajikistan: “Paikon”, “Ozodagon”, “SSSR”, “Millat Borgokhi” and “Sukhan”. Newspapers in the republic have been published once a week, on Thursdays, for many years, and recently one of the printing houses in Dushanbe notified the editors that it would not be able to print the circulation.