09 July 2008, 00:53 Grozny: the Russian Cup draw could have been much more favorable to us Terek head coach Vyacheslav Grozny commented on the draw for the 1/16 finals of the Russian Cup, as a result of which his team will meet with Anzhi. “The lot could have been much more favorable to us, to be completely objective. “Anji” is a very well organized team, it is one of the leaders of the first division of the national championship, and plays very aggressive attacking football.

09 July 2008, 11:55 FMS: visas for seven top managers of TNK-BP are ready Foreign top managers of TNK-BP, whose visas expire on July 10, will receive all the necessary documents for their stay in Russia on Thursday, said the head of the press service of the Federal Migration Service, Konstantin Poltoranin . “Old visas expired on July 10. New visas are already ready and TNK-BP employees will be able to receive them on Thursday,” Poltoranin said.

Those who consider Charlize Theron to be a very bad actress have new arguments and new reasons for hostility. In a recent interview, Theron said that filming sex scenes gives her very little pleasure and almost no emotion at all. For her, it's just a job, not the most interesting part of the acting profession. Let us remind you that in her latest film, “Hancock,” the actress had intimacy with Jason Bateman.

The Spartak ballet is celebrating its 40th anniversary. In 1968, Yuri Grigorovich staged one of the most famous ballet performances of the twentieth century. “Spartacus” is a ballet in three acts, twelve scenes and nine monologues. , editor-in-chief of Radio Culture “This is the calling card of the Bolshoi Theater,” said Vitaly Vulf . – “Spartacus” is the most triumphant ballet of the Bolshoi Theater. It has been running for 40 years with enormous sell-outs all over the world.

09 July 2008, 05:21 Gleb: I have a great desire to play in Barcelona Belarusian Arsenal midfielder Alexander Gleb spoke about the reasons for his possible departure from Arsenal “To be honest, I am not entirely satisfied with my current life in England, certain elements of everyday life. I feel that this may further prevent me from playing with full dedication and bringing maximum benefit to the team.

The water area of ​​the Amur River in the area of ​​the Poyarkovskaya channel is polluted with oil products, Amur specialists from Rosvodresurs have established. According to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, over 500 kg of fuel oil entered the river. On July 8, a border boat of the Russian FSB in the Amur Region discovered an oil slick 2 km long and 120-140 meters wide. The slick spreads downstream of the Amur at a speed of approximately 5-6 km/h.

09 July 2008, 18:04 Society Dead water of the capital Experts told reporters about the quality of the capital's water Irina Reznik Tap water in Moscow meets existing standards, which, however, are long outdated. And new methods of water purification raise serious concerns: their effects on health have not yet been studied, scientists note. And they warn that bottled water is also not a panacea - no one guarantees its quality to the buyer.

09 July 2008, 11:05 The Verkhovna Rada Tribune is blocked again Deputies of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) faction on Wednesday morning blocked the podium and the presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, where the plenary meeting was to begin at 11.00 Moscow time. On Tuesday, BYuT also blocked the parliament rostrum, and Speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk was forced to close the plenary session early.

09 July 2008, 16:33 Pavlenko out for a month Spartak Moscow midfielder Alexander Pavlenko was out for a month due to illness. He was hospitalized in one of the capital's clinics due to problems with the bladder, the club's official website reports.

09 July 2008, 09:21 Three concrete mixers were stolen in Moscow A major theft of construction equipment was committed in Moscow on Tuesday, a source in the city’s law enforcement agencies said . “On Kotlyakovskaya Street, building 4, unknown persons entered the territory of a construction company, from where they stole three KamAZ concrete mixers. The damage amounted to more than 8.5 million rubles,” the source said. The stolen equipment and criminals are being sought.

09 July 2008, 15:08 Portugal signs agreement on electric vehicles with Renault and Nissan Portugal signed an agreement on Wednesday with Renault and Nissan to expand the use of electric cars and create a network of charging stations for them. Portugal is the first country to sign this kind of agreement with automakers.

09 July 2008, 11:42 Dvinyaninov: let's study teams Ural Great head coach Roman Dvinyaninov commented on the results of the 2008/09 EuroCup draw . “We have to play in the second qualifying round with the winner of the Zeleznik-Amsterdam pair. I know absolutely nothing about Amsterdam. I remember about seven years ago the American Thomas, who was the best sniper in the Dutch championship, came to Ural Great. In Russia he didn’t show anything special.

09 July 2008, 08:41 Kommersant: United Russia members are going to soften the increase in transport tax in Moscow Today, the Moscow City Duma will consider in the second reading a bill to increase transport taxes in the capital from 2009, writes the Kommersant newspaper . For today's meeting, United Russia deputies have prepared a new version of the document with a more flexible tax system.

The TELE2 St. Petersburg company plans to invest about 2.5 million rubles in the project to create an electronic library of the St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications named after Professor M.A. Bonch-Bruevich. This is stated in a message from TELE2 Russia.

09 July 2008, 18:14 Rosatom wants to build spent nuclear fuel storage facilities in the Krasnoyarsk Territory The Rosatom state corporation is exploring the possibility of placing a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel (SNF) in the Kansko-Achinsky mountain range in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Igor Konyshev, head of the department for work with public organizations and regions of Rosatom, told reporters on Wednesday .