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A car with a driver under the ground

A car trap: a car with a driver went underground. A pothole of considerable dimensions appeared in few seconds and only by chance it went without victims. Some people think that asphalt could subside after heavy rains.

Arming at Baikonur

The Federal Sapace Centre «Baikonur» and Baikonur branch of Samara «CSKB-Progress» are about arming of launch vehicle «Souyz-U», which must get «Progress» on orbit. The launching of the rocket is planned to carry out on August 2, 2007

The preparation to the KA "Foton-M" launching at Baikonur

The next launch campaign starts at Baikonur at the middle of September, 2007. The space rocket «Souyz-U» should put in the orbit the Russian scientific spacecraft «Foton-M» #3, which is planned to be delivered to Baikonur in July, 2007.

Race on stiletto heels

On July 14 there was a stiletto heels race for the first time in Samara. About 70 girls took part in the competition. More than 500 spectators gathered to support their wives and girl-friends. In spite of the heat a lot of citizens preferred the glamourous competition to beaches and came to go them. For the first place won by Yekaterina Torgasheva «Park House» gave 50 000 rubles.

The satellite Foton-M-3 produced in Samara is going to Baikonur

It will be transported to the spaceport in the special containers which eliminate vibration.

July 14-15: gamers try out for World Cyber Games 2007

World Cyber Games is the main and unique annual cyber-contest which involves the strongest gamers all over the world.

All-Russia campaign “Days of protection against environmental hazards” was finished in Samara

It was held from March 20 till June 5.

As part of the action environmental measures were taken focused on reduction of air and water pollution, land improvement and planting.

Samara library will be named after Eltsin

The Governor of Samara region K.Titov approved the renovation project for Samara Regional Universal Research Library. In accordance with the executive order by the Russian President Vladimir Putin it will become a branch of the President Library named after Boris Eltsin.

Shooting in the center of the city: Paintball Championship in Samara

Paint balls instead of bullets, the fenced battle site… Paintball Championship was held in Samara. Sportsmen from 8 regions took part in it. The youngest team was “Nine lives” from special training center “Association of adrenalin hunters”.

New stadiums sitting 30 thousand people will be built in Samara, Kazan and Rostov

Yesterday Football Development Program Committee considered the question of building the stadiums able to host European Championship – probably in 2016 already.