The Moscow City Court has scheduled the selection of a jury for August 9 in the case of the murder of Spartak fan Yegor Sviridov . Thus, the petition of the main defendant in the case, Aslan Cherkesov, accused of murdering a football fan, who asked to be tried by a jury, was granted. Cherkesov is the only one of the six defendants whose charge requires a jury. According to the law, if at least one of the defendants requests a jury trial, then the court cannot deny him this request.

04 July 2011, 23:32 Sports Dolmatov is the main candidate for the post of head coach of Khimki Oleg Dolmatov is the main contender for the post of head coach of Khimki, a source in the Moscow Region football club said. The previous coach of Khimki, Alexander Grigoryan, resigned on Monday after the victorious match in Podolsk with the local Vityaz in the 1/32 finals of the Russian Cup (2:0). Dolmatov attended the game in Podolsk.

04 July 2011, 14:23 Sports UNICS signed Gubanov and Golovin UNICS has added two basketball players to its roster. According to the press service of the Kazan club, forward Pyotr Gubanov has transferred from Dynamo Moscow, and point guard Dmitry Golovin has transferred from Nizhny Novgorod. Both signed one-year contracts.

— 04.07.2011 10:33 — Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov won the Grand Prix of the XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition. Announcing the winner of the main award of the Tchaikovsky Competition at the end of the gala concert, Valery Gergiev noted: “All members of the jury were completely unanimous that Daniil Trifonov deserved this prize.” Trifonov has already been named the winner of a gold medal in the piano specialty. He also received the Audience Award.

04 July 2011, 17:02 Society Snowplow driver sentenced to two years probation for killing woman In St. Petersburg, a sentence was passed on the driver of a snow blower who, through negligence, due to giant snowdrifts, ran over the famous Russian cardiologist Irina Ganelina. The driver received two years probation. Now relatives want to punish Smolny, which is responsible for poor snow removal: a second lawsuit has been filed against the city improvement committee.

China's largest search engine Baidu has signed an agreement with Microsoft- owned search engine Bing (formerly Live Search) to provide search capabilities in English, reports Reuters . In this way, the English-language part of Baidu will automatically enable Bing, whose search results will be displayed on the Baidu page, the Chinese company said on Monday. Baidu spokesman Kaiser Kuo said the agreement builds on an existing collaboration between Baidu and Bing.

04 July 2011, 15:06 Sports Marusya-Virgin announced a partnership with McLaren The Russian Formula 1 team Marusya Virgin has signed a contract with McLaren on a long-term technical partnership. According to the team's press service , Marusya Virgin will use the McLaren wind tunnel, computer simulators, test benches, racing strategy tools and other modern solutions.

Sport Leader as Gregory The third stage of the Tour de France was won by American Tyler Farrar Boris Khodorovsky The third stage of the Tour de France, covering 198 km between the towns of Aulon-sur-Mer and Redon, was won by American Tyler Farrar from the Garmin-Cervelo team. In the overall standings, the leader's yellow jersey was retained by his Norwegian teammate Thor Hushovd.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade forecasts sales of passenger cars in 2011 at 2.7 million units, said the head of the ministry, Viktor Khristenko , on Monday at a forum dedicated to discussing the budget for 2012–2014. “I think there will be 2.7 million units, maybe more,” he said, adding that more than two-thirds of sales will be domestic vehicles. Previously, the Ministry of Industry and Trade predicted sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles this year at 2.19 million vehicles.

The pilot of a Robinson R44 helicopter, which landed on the territory of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra (Moscow region) with State Duma deputy from the LDPR Leonid Slutsky on board, was fined, the State Aviation Supervision Agency reported on Monday. “The reason for this violation was the pilot’s violation of the ban on flying over populated areas and landing in them without permission from the relevant local government authority.

04 July 2011, 22:38 News Ukrainian communists: a monument to Soviet soldiers was demolished in Kherson; it interfered with the construction of a store The Communist Party of Ukraine reports the demolition of the monument to Soviet soldiers on the Heroes of Stalingrad Square in Kherson. According to the press service of the Communist Party, the memorial sign “prevented” the construction of the store.

Well-known photo bloggers Dmitry Ternovsky , Ilya Varlamov , Rustem Adagamov , Sergey Dolya and Anton Nosik on Monday sent an open letter to President Dmitry Medvedev asking him to protect the freedom of photography after bloggers were not allowed to take photographs at railway stations and shopping centers. Last Friday, the letter was handed over to the head of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications, Igor Shchegolev , who promised to personally deliver it to Medvedev.

For the fifth Sunday in a row, mass anti-Chinese protests have been taking place in Vietnam, with participants insisting on Hanoi's sovereignty over a group of islands in the South China Sea, NHK reports . In particular, about 100 Vietnamese took part in the rally, which took place near the Chinese Embassy in the capital.

On Tuesday, members of the Presidential Council for Human Rights will hold a meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev, where they will present him with an interim report on the Magnitsky case (Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergei Magnitsky died in the Matrosskaya Tishina detention center told Gazeta.Ru ), council member Kirill Kabanov .

04 July 2011, 11:32 Business Tomorrow: ruble/$ -27.8037 The weighted average dollar exchange rate at the single trading session with settlements tomorrow as of 11.30 Moscow time decreased by 4.99 kopecks and amounted to 27.8037 rubles per dollar.