July 29, 2009, 14:45 Sports Arsenal agree to sell Kolo Toure to Manchester City London's Arsenal have agreed to sell defender Kolo Toure to Manchester City for £15 million, Sky Sports reports. After the clubs reached an agreement, the footballer left the Arsenal training camp and went to Manchester, where he will undergo a medical examination.

July 29, 2009, 11:16 AM Opinions False defense of the population In measures to increase the social security of citizens, professionalism is clearly giving way to populism Igor Nikolaev The authorities, having made commitments to inadequately increase social benefits, forgot that in the future, when there is critically less money, it will be impossible to refuse to fulfill them. It is not easy to actually oppose strengthening social protection for the population.

Sport Tikhonovetsky signed a contract with Luch-Energia Forward Alexander Tikhonovetsky signed a contract with Luch-Energia from Vladivostok. The footballer’s debut is possible already in the Cup match with Khabarovsk SKA, which will take place at the Vladivostok Dynamo stadium on August 5, the official website of Lucha-Energia reports. Midfielder of the Moldavian national team Maxim French did not suit Luch-Energia.

July 29, 2009, 11:45 News White House: Russia may join NATO The administration of US President Barack Obama does not rule out the possibility of Russia joining NATO , writes the Associated Press . US Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon said in parliament that the United States is considering the possibility of Russia's membership in the military alliance. According to him, NATO must be open to European democracies.

— 29.07.2009 03:34 — A fire occurred at a chemical plant in the Volgograd region A fire occurred at the Orgsintez chemical plant in the city of Volzhsky, Volgograd Region, on Wednesday night; no one was injured, a representative of the press service of the Southern Regional Center of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said. “About 0.35 Moscow time on Wednesday, the duty control panel received a message about a reagent fire on an area of ​​450 square meters.

July 29, 2009, 14:42 News LDPR activists picket the Tajik Embassy activists LDPR hold a picket at the Tajik Embassy in Moscow in support of the Russian language. The President of Tajikistan proposes to downgrade the status of the Russian language.

July 29, 2009, 13:49 News British shopaholic found dead under pile of shopping In the UK, an elderly shopaholic woman was found dead under a pile of clothes and other things, the BBC reports. As the investigation established, the woman’s death was due to natural causes; she had bronchial pneumonia and cancer. 77-year-old Joan Cunnane's bungalow was littered with shopping and it took officers five visits to the house before the woman was located.

July 29, 2009, 12:10 News Laos to extradite British woman who became pregnant in prison Representatives of the British Foreign Office have agreed with the Laotian authorities on the extradition of a British citizen who was previously sentenced to death and then to life imprisonment by a Laotian court, The Times newspaper reports .

July 29, 2009, 10:25 Politics Collaborators needed Parliament is being elected again in Moldova Ilya Azar (Chisinau) Early parliamentary elections have begun in Moldova. Moldovans just recently, on April 5, went to the polls, but then the parliament was unable to elect a president. This time the communists will not be able to win again: they will have to unite with someone, perhaps with their “traitor” Marian Lupu.

The shortage of petrodollars will soon be made up for by an increase in taxes. Is there a chance that the taxpayer will finally say to his superiors: “I feed you, so start taking me into account”? By all indications, the likelihood of this happening is minimal.

July 29, 2009, 16:23 News Moscow is unhappy with Minsk's request to comply with Georgian laws in Abkhazia Russia considers the recommendations of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry to comply with Georgian laws to its citizens in Abkhazia and South Ossetia as incorrect, a source in the Kremlin said .

— 29.07.2009 05:36 — Nizhny Novgorod acquired Anzhi striker FC Nizhny Novgorod has signed a contract until the end of the season with 25-year-old Anzhi striker Vartan Mazalov, Sport-Express reports. Defender Andrei Mironov, who belongs to Krylia Sovetov, also became Nizhny Novgorod yesterday. “The acquisition of Mazalov is the wish of Alexander Grigoryan, who knows this football player well. The team needs a sharp forward.

July 29, 2009, 09:09 News Weapons and explosives were seized from a customs officer in Vladikavkaz Criminal investigation officers of the police and operatives of the North Ossetian FSB department detained in Vladikavkaz a third-class civil service adviser of the North Ossetian customs, from whom they found and seized a large amount of weapons, ammunition and explosives, a source in the law enforcement agencies of the republic said.

July 29, 2009, 09:50 Business Prince Charles's company is on the verge of bankruptcy The famous organic food company Duchy Originals, owned by the heir to the British throne, Prince of Wales Charles, is on the verge of bankruptcy. As reported today by business circles in the City of London, it may soon be absorbed by the trading giant Waitrose. Duchy Originals has fallen victim to the current crisis as Britons cut back on food spending, especially on big-ticket items.

July 29, 2009, 08:13 Sports Kirilenko: Blatt and I have a very good relationship Utah forward Andrei Kirilenko commented on his refusal to play for the Russian national team at the European Basketball Championship in Poland. “Blatt and I have a very good relationship. You can always have a normal conversation with him; Blatt is very diplomatically savvy. We came to this decision without any problems when I told him my reason for not being in the national team.