30 June 2008, 16:25 Transneft: the Russian government will soon order the start of construction of BTS-2 A government decree on the start of construction of the second stage of the Baltic Pipeline System (BPS-2) will be issued in the near future, Transneft President Nikolai Tokarev said on Monday . “There should be a government order issued soon, according to which Transneft must begin the practical implementation of the project,” Tokarev told reporters at the World Petroleum Congress.

30 June 2008, 12:08 Chubais lowered the RAO UES flag On Monday , Chairman of the Board of RAO UES Anatoly Chubais lowered the flag of RAO UES of Russia at a ceremony dedicated to the reorganization of the company. At the same time, the heads and board members of RAO UES subsidiaries raised the flags of the energy companies. Also during the ceremony, the letters of the RAO abbreviation were removed from the energy holding building.

30 June 2008, 16:59 Transneft expects an increase in the cost of construction of the Kozmino special marine oil port Transneft expects an increase in the cost of constructing the Kozmino special marine oil port in the Primorsky Territory, at the end of the Eastern Siberia - Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline, company head Nikolai Tokarev told reporters at the World Petroleum Congress on Monday.

June 30, 2008, 11:33 Russian students will work as volunteers at the Beijing Olympics Almost all Russian students studying in Beijing and other Chinese cities will work as volunteers during the Olympic Games. They will help Russian athletes and fans who will come to these major competitions in the capital of the People's Republic of China. The head of the 2008 Olympics press center, Li Zhanjun, told a group of Russian journalists about this today.

30 June 2008, 10:51 Novgorod tractor driver died under the wheels of his own tractor A Novgorod tractor driver died under the wheels of his own tractor under unclear circumstances, a source in the Novgorod traffic police department said on Monday . “Information about the incident in the village of Lvovo was received the day before at about 22.00 Moscow time,” the source said.

30 June 2008, 05:40 Two helicopters collided in the USA Eight people were killed when two United States medical helicopters collided in the air over the US state of Arizona, the US Aviation Administration said. The incident occurred on Sunday near a hospital in Flagstaff. One of the helicopters was carrying three people, including one patient, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said. They all died. In addition, three people were seriously injured as a result of the collision.

30 June 2008, 12:05 Okruashvili's lawyer asks France for asylum for his son Lawyer of the former Minister of Defense of Georgia Irakli Okruashvilli and Secretary General of the Movement for United Georgia party Eka Beselia met with the French Ambassador to Georgia Eric Fournier this morning and conveyed in writing her request to provide political asylum for her son, 15-year-old Rati Milorav.

June 30, 2008, 10:43 Culture Thank you very much, the planes have arrived Closing of the MIFF Daria Goryacheva The Moscow Film Festival ended with wet stars, the victory of the Iranian housewife, the filmmaker Gus and Kusturica's film in honor of the revolution. The weather on the closing day of the MIFF was befitting the theme - that is, cloudy.

30 June 2008, 18:18 Petrova reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon Russian tennis player Nadezhda Petrova reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon (prize fund £11.81 million), beating her compatriot Alla Kudryavtseva with a score of 6:1, 6:4. In the quarterfinals, Petrova will play with the winner of the pair Elena Dementieva (Russia) - Shahar Pe'er (Israel). Details of the matches, as well as the position of tennis players in the ATP and WTA rankings can be viewed on the tennis page

June 30, 2008, 10:55 Export duty on oil from August 1 may exceed $495 per ton The export duty on oil from August 1, 2008 may exceed $495 per ton. This was announced by Alexander Sakovich, Deputy Head of the Customs Payments Department of the Tax and Customs Policy Department of the Russian Ministry of Finance. Accordingly, the export duty on light petroleum products could be $345 per ton, and the export duty on dark petroleum products – $186 per ton.

June 30, 2008, 11:01 "Chelsea" offered £30 million for Adebayor London's Chelsea are ready to purchase forward Emmanuel Adebayor from Arsenal by paying £30 million for the striker, reports the Daily Mirror. Earlier, Gazeta.Ru reported that Milan is actively interested in Adebayor.

June 30, 2008, 17:30 Society Garage rapists got what they deserved Gang of rapists convicted in Moscow Ivan Smirnov A gang of rapists has been sentenced in Moscow. Three of its participants received from 5 to 3.5 years in prison. The gang leader went crazy during the investigation and will appear in court later. On Monday it became known that last week on Thursday, June 26, 2008, a verdict was pronounced in Moscow in the case of a criminal group of rapists.

The celebration of Youth Day in the capital of the Middle Urals ended on June 28 with an unpleasant incident. The spectators, fueled by alcoholic drinks, threw empty beer bottles at the participants of the reality show “Dom-2” who had come to perform at the festival. According to eyewitnesses of the events, by eight o'clock in the evening several thousand people had gathered at a small stage on 8 March Street, next to the Variety Theater.

30 June 2008, 08:34 400 people attended Wagner's wedding Brazilian CSKA forward Vagner Love used the break in the Russian Premier League to benefit his family. The forward celebrated a wedding in his homeland, which was attended by more than 400 people. “After winning the Cup, I went on vacation,” Wagner told Sport-Express. — Had a wonderful time! I spent it with my wife and son. Finally got married.

The bodies of two men with stab wounds were found on Saturday evening in Losiny Ostrov park in eastern Moscow, a source in the city’s law enforcement agencies said . According to him, the bodies of men in the Losiny Ostrov park were discovered by citizens walking on Yauzskaya Alley near the Burdaika River at about 20.00 and reported this to the police. “As established by the experts who arrived at the scene, the death of the men occurred as a result of stab wounds to the neck.