France expels Eastern European gypsies By September 1, the French authorities will expel over 300 Roma from the country and liquidate the remaining 115 Roma camps. At the beginning of the month there were about 300 such sites, but in recent weeks 630 Roma have been deported, mainly to Romania and Bulgaria. President Nicolas Sarkozy said yesterday that, despite criticism from human rights activists, the expulsion of Roma who moved to France from these countries will continue.

Lokomotiv did not make it to the Europa League The capital's Lokomotiv ended its European Cup campaign in disgrace yesterday. In the home match, Yuri Semin's team was close to defeat from the representative of the second Swiss division, Lausanne, even in regular time. Only a few minutes before the final whistle, Loko managed to equalize the score: once again Aliev’s free kick and a rebound from the Swiss defender helped out. But Lokomotiv still ended up losing in the penalty shootout.

What to exchange Russian tactical nuclear weapons for? Russian tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) have become an important political factor in the process of ratification of the new Strategic Offensive Arms Treaty currently underway in the United States and Russia.

Vladimir Putin was shown Kamchatka from all sides On his trip to Kamchatka, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin successfully combined the working and educational parts. For example, on Wednesday the head of government took part in a study of the gray whale population and held three working meetings. Thus, the prime minister visited the main attractions of the peninsula - Kuril Lake, Olga Bay (where he watched whales), and admired the miraculous beauty from a helicopter.

Anatoly Bagmet lost his position in Moscow and received a position in the central office The head of the Investigative Committee at the Prosecutor's Office, Alexander Bastrykin, yesterday dismissed the head of the capital's investigative department, Anatoly Bagmet, and appointed Vadim Yakovenko, who had previously worked in the Russian presidential administration, in his place. Mr.

To appease nationalists and send a warning to the West Next week, for the first time in all the post-war years, Beijing will adequately celebrate the anniversary of the end of the Second World War. A ceremonial meeting of parliament will be held in the majestic building of the National People's Congress in Tiananmen Square.

“The population still brings money to banks” In July, Russian banks increased the volume of deposits by 2.1%, as a result of which it exceeded 8.6 trillion rubles. This was stated yesterday at the banking forum in Nizhny Novgorod by the director of the department for licensing activities and financial rehabilitation of credit institutions of the Bank of Russia, Mikhail Sukhov (pictured) .

The commander of the Vilnius mounted police, Laimonas Bankauskas, who was detained last week while entering Belarus, returned to Lithuania yesterday. He was detained on August 15 on suspicion of drug smuggling. The Belarusian KGB was involved in the Bankauskas case, and on Wednesday the policeman was released from custody and taken to the Lithuanian consulate in Grodno for paperwork.

North Korean leader travels to China with son The armored train of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, who never uses air transport, crossed the border with China on the night of August 25. This was reported by the South Korean news agency Yonhap and the Seoul TV channel White Ti-en. They believe that Kim Jong Il is accompanied by his most likely successor, his youngest son Kim Jong Un.

Young Russian judokas “silvered” the national team’s piggy bank in Singapore Winning an Olympic medal at the age of 17 was something judokas could only dream of before. But with the advent of a unique competition called the “Youth Olympic Games” on the 2010 calendar, such dreams have become a reality.

Illegal parking blocks the airport The head of one of the territorial divisions of the Federal Road Agency (Rosavtodor) of Russia, Yuri Zhirkov, said yesterday that difficulties with travel to Domodedovo Airport , which the director of the airport complex Vyacheslav Nekrasov complained about the day before, are caused by improper placement of parking lots. The management of Rosavtodor, which Mr.

Russians are not known for their political correctness when choosing spouses Sociologists have found that when it comes to family ties, Russians are not nearly as tolerant of representatives of other nationalities.

Conservationists are trying to calculate the damage from the fires Independent environmentalists have estimated the damage caused by this summer's fires to Russian forests at $375 billion. “According to very conservative estimates, the economic damage from fires is at least 25 thousand dollars per hectare of forest,” Alexey Zimenko, general director of the Wildlife Conservation Center, said yesterday at a press conference gathered by the heads of environmental organizations.

Does Russia need a law on military bases abroad? The need to legislatively consolidate the Russian military presence abroad was stated by the former Chief of the General Staff of the USSR, Chairman of the Council of Veterans of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Army General Mikhail Moiseev. In his opinion, the corresponding federal law should be developed by the Ministry of Defense together with other law enforcement agencies and domestic legislators.

German government protects media The German Cabinet of Ministers, headed by Chancellor Angela Merkel, recently approved a bill protecting media workers from attacks on their freedom by prosecutors and police. First of all, we are talking about legislative enshrinement of the right of a media body to publish official documents containing secret information. This can be done without restrictions if the information was provided to the journalist by another person.