25 June 2010, 07:32 Lucio: we plan to improve from game to game The captain of the Brazilian national team, Lucia, commented on the upcoming match against the Portuguese team, in which the fate of first place in Group G will be decided. “It will be another tough match. Actually, like all meetings at the World Championships. We plan to improve from game to game, as we did at the 2002 World Cup. In terms of technology, the Portuguese are in no way inferior to us.

A qualifying match for the 2011 World Cup among women's teams between the national teams of Russia and Israel took place in Krasnoarmeysk. Igor Shalimov’s team won with a score of 4:0, according to the official website of the RFU. After the defeat from the Swiss team, the Russians made it much more difficult for themselves to come out on top in the group and qualify for the world championship in Germany.

Official rates: ruble/€ – 38.3324; ruble/$ – 31.0761 The official dollar exchange rate has increased by 6.12 kopecks since June 26, to 31.0761 rubles per dollar. The official euro exchange rate increased by 9.72 kopecks to 38.3324 rubles per euro.

NG: the patriarch proposed to Medvedev to create an Orthodox tourist zone in the Urals Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill appealed to President Dmitry Medvedev with a request to create a tourist and recreational zone of religious orientation in the Urals. The approximate estimate of the project is more than 3.5 billion rubles, and its future depends on the top officials of the Sverdlovsk region and Russia, writes Nezavisimaya Gazeta .

Before the anniversary of Michael Jackson's death, various researchers of the life and work of the great musician became more active. For example, Jackson biographer Ian Halperin said that the singer faked his voice to make it high and sound like a boy, reports the website Digital Spy .

— 25.06.2010 07:54 — In the Voronezh region, a bus got into an accident; 10 victims Ten people, including one teenager, were injured in an accident in the Voronezh region on Friday night, the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported. The incident occurred at 00.25 Moscow time at 717 km of the Don highway in the Verkhnemamonsky district. A bus traveling from Bryansk to Anapa with passengers on vacation collided with a truck.

Vatutin: Vujosevic is ready to work, rolling up his sleeves PBC CSKA President Andrei Vatutin commented on the appointment of Serbian specialist Dusko Vujosevic to the post of head coach of his team. “Dushko Vujosevic is one of the best European specialists, deservedly awarded the prize of the legendary Alexander Gomelsky.

25 June 2010, 12:47 Kvass “Mug and Barrel” will be sold in New York This June, the American division of Coca-Cola will introduce Kruzhka i Barrel kvass in New York, the company said in a press release. The Coca-Cola company launched Kruzhka i Bochka kvass in Russia in 2008, created according to a traditional recipe.

Shalaev: Lev’s initiative is no longer relevant KHL Vice-President Vladimir Shalaev commented on the next attempt of the Czech club “Lev” to join the KHL. For this purpose, the team from the city of Hradec Kralove was ready to pay the Czech Hockey Federation €4 million. “Yes, I heard about the Czech initiative. However, this is no longer relevant. The calendar for this season is already ready. There are 23 clubs and the league board is expected to approve it next week.

The Bellona Environmental Center filed a lawsuit in the Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region against the Property Fund, the State Property Management Committee of Smolny and Housing Construction LLC. Environmentalists believe that the authorities of St. Petersburg illegally allowed the privatization of part of the historical Lopukhinsky Garden in the Petrogradsky district of St. Petersburg.

25 June 2010, 13:13 A new case has been opened against a Defense Ministry general convicted of fraud against the convicted former logistics chief of the Special Forces Command of the Ministry of Defense (KSpN), Lieutenant General Vyacheslav Dvurechensky , and his accomplices.

25 June 2010, 18:52 Pakistan will check Google and Yahoo! to anti-Islamic statements Pakistani authorities intend to check seven major Internet sites, including Google , for anti-Islamic statements, a representative of the country's Telecommunications Systems Corporation said. These sites also include Yahoo !, MSN, Hotmail, YouTube, Amazon , Bing. In addition, 17 lesser-known sites that allegedly contain anti-Islamic content have already been blocked.

At the general board of directors of MTS OJSC and Comstar-UTS, the conditions for the merger of the companies were determined. Currently, MTS is the majority shareholder of Comstar-UTS OJSC with 61.97% of shares and plans to increase its share to 100%. MTS itself is 52.8% owned by AFK Sistema. Sistema started thinking about merging the businesses of MTS and Comstar in 2008, after VimpelCom acquired 100% of the fixed-line operator Golden Telecom for $4.35 billion.

25 June 2010, 18:11 Politics A disorderly referendum The June 27 referendum split society in Kyrgyzstan Ilya Azar Kyrgyzstan is preparing for a referendum on the adoption of a new constitution. Despite the fact that the south of the country is defeated, voting will take place everywhere. Refugees will be allowed to vote without a passport and not at their place of residence.

June 25, 2010, 11:36 Tomorrow: ruble/$ – 31.0761 The weighted average dollar exchange rate at the single trading session with settlements tomorrow as of 11.30 Moscow time increased by 6.12 kopecks and amounted to 31.0761 rubles per dollar.