August 10 -- September 10, 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.

A Russian took an important post at the UN “Anti-drug tsar” is how the foreign press calls the position filled by 63-year-old Yuri Fedotov (pictured) . He became the first Russian diplomat to head the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), as well as the UN office in Vienna. In this post he will replace 69-year-old Italian Antonio Mario Costa.

Fernando Alonso brings victory to Ferrari at home Grand Prix The 14th stage of the Formula 1 World Auto Racing Championship ended with the triumph of Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso. This is the first victory in Monza for the Italian team since 2006, when Michael Schumacher left its ranks. In the world of motorsport, Monza Autodrome has the same symbolic significance as Wembley or Maracana stadiums for football.

Former top manager of the Canadian Magna Siegfried Wolf went to work in Oleg Deripaska's holding The head of the world's largest manufacturer of auto components Magna International, Siegfried Wolf, will leave his post on November 15 and will come as chairman of the board of directors to the automotive division of Oleg Deripaska's Russian Machines holding. Magna said its board of directors had already approved Mr. Wolf's resignation.

The anticyclone will bring several days of Indian summer to the central regions of European Russia. And the northwest will get rain from the Atlantic cyclone. In the south, there may also be short-term rain in places due to atmospheric fronts approaching from Transcaucasia. In the North-West region there will be light rain in places, +15...+20оС during the day. On Wednesday there will be light and moderate rains, the temperature will not change significantly, +14...+19оС.

Vladimir Putin promised to equip WHO with domestic medical technologies Russia actively participates in the financing of international health programs and is ready to adhere to this principle in the future, not sparing hard currency. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin assured the world community of this yesterday when he spoke in Moscow at a meeting of the European Regional Bureau of the World Health Organization (WHO).

The Prime Minister continued the practice of resolving corporate disputes Yesterday, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held a meeting in Nizhny Novgorod on the development of petrochemicals. Previously, a similar event had already taken place in Nizhnekamsk. Then, at the prime minister's direction, two major market players - SIBUR and Kazanorgsintez - were reconciled, but they could not agree on the terms of the contract for the supply of raw materials.

Elections in Japan may change its policy towards the US, but not towards Russia Today, in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), the voting of deputies of parliamentary factions will complete the procedure for electing its new chairman, who will automatically become the new prime minister of the country.

Tehran considers inspectors' information false The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Japanese Yukiya Amano, at a session of the agency's board of governors that opened yesterday in Vienna, condemned the actions of the Iranian authorities, who have not allowed two international inspectors to their nuclear facilities since June under the pretext that they had prepared “false information about nuclear activities.” Iran".

Amateur archaeologists claim to have discovered royal remains in Lomonosov’s homeland A group of archaeologists working in the Arkhangelsk region reported a sensational historical find, which, if confirmed, could shed light on a little-studied episode in the history of the Romanov dynasty. Experts are confident that the remains discovered in the vicinity of the famous village of Kholmogory belong to John VI, one of the mysterious figures of the era of palace coups.

Retirement age as an inevitable problem Raising the retirement age for Russians seems increasingly inevitable to government officials. At least they began to talk about it with enviable regularity. The latest to say that sooner or later the retirement age in Russia will have to be increased was recently stated by the head of the Russian Pension Fund, Anton Drozdov.

Team USA won the FIBA ​​World Cup The US national team, made up exclusively of NBA players, took first place at the world championship held in Turkey, defeating the hosts of the tournament, the Turkish team, in the final (81:64). The Americans have not been world champions for 16 years, although at the two previous World Cups (2002, 2006), the colors of the Stars and Stripes were also defended by basketball players representing the strongest club league in the world.

About the book by Kirill Moshkov “Blues. Introduction to History" What is the blues for a simple listener, our compatriot? “Adult” music for relaxation, slight sadness or “relaxation”. Something that is played at an open air festival. Something that sounds in twilight clubs to the accompaniment of a beer mug knocking on a wooden table. No, I have nothing against drinking beer while listening to dynamic improvisation on an electric guitar, and vice versa.

On the Alexandrinka tour in Moscow they played the premiere of “The Taming of the Shrew” The first round of Alexandrinka's tour in Moscow consisted of two performances. It started with “Ksenia. Love Stories" by Valery Fokin. This production was already in Moscow in the spring at the Golden Mask and was not particularly successful, although in St. Petersburg, they say, the play about Saint Xenia of Petersburg, which relies on local patriotism, is going with a bang.

Türkiye pretended to be marching towards Europe Major changes are brewing in southern Europe. The Turkish government has announced its intention to implement in the shortest possible time perhaps the most dramatic constitutional changes in all the years of the existence of modern Turkey, capable of changing both the internal political life of the country and its relations with its neighbors.