05 July 2011, 11:12 Sports The IOC included three new disciplines in the 2014 Olympics program The Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at a meeting in Durban (South Africa) approved the inclusion of three new disciplines in the program of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. According to the IOC press service , Sochi will host men's and women's freestyle slopestyle, snowboard slopestyle and parallel snowboard slalom competitions.

The Russian government transferred the St. Petersburg Institute of Nuclear Physics (PNPI), which is completing the construction of the PIK neutron reactor in Gatchina, to the jurisdiction of the National Research Center Kurchatov Institute, according to the order of the Cabinet of Ministers, posted on Tuesday in the bank of normative and administrative acts. In the fall of 2009, the Russian leadership decided to create a National Research Center on the basis of the Kurchatov Institute.

Russian tennis player Vera Dushevina from Germany in the first round of the ATP tournament in Bastad, Sweden (prize fund - $220 thousand) (5) beat Mona Barthel with a score of 6:2, 7:6 (6). In the next round, Dushevina will play against Swede Johanna Larsson. 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 .

05 July 2011, 17:58 Politics Saratov United Russia members were expelled from the university Tatyana Zarechnaya (Saratov) The regional branch of United Russia was forced to leave its office in the building of one of the educational buildings of the Saratov State University. Chernyshevsky. This happened after the Federal Property Management Agency came to the conclusion that United Russia was illegally using the leased building.

Sport Alicia and Mikhailov are still together Alicia and Nikolai Mikhailov denied rumors of separation Zakhar Dmitriev Goalkeeper of Twente and the Bulgarian national team Nikolai Mikhailov denied information that his relationship with folk singer Andrea had come to an end. Recently, the Bulgarian media began to write that this novel is just PR, and that in fact there is not a drop of sincerity in their relationship.

05 July 2011, 14:32 Sports Spartak-Nalchik congratulated Krasnozhan on his appointment as head coach of the second Russian national team Nalchik Spartak on its official website congratulated former team coach Yuri Krasnozhan on his appointment to the post of head coach of the second Russian national football team.

English actor Hugh Laurie , who played leading roles in the TV series Jeeves and Wooster and House, has become the new face of L'Oreal, writes The Daily Mail . 52-year-old Laurie, known throughout the world for his role as the cynical but charismatic diagnostician Gregory House , has signed a contract with a cosmetic empire and will advertise the Men Expert series of men's cosmetics.

FSUE Russian Post , the national postal operator, intends to purchase 15,876 bicycles for postmen, which will be the largest purchase of this equipment in the history of the enterprise, Russian Post said in a statement. Bicycles for Russian Post will be supplied by a domestic manufacturer selected based on the results of an electronic auction. It became Penza Bicycle Plant LLC. The bicycles will be available to workers serving postal areas over 10 kilometers long.

The seizure of documents from a number of large pharmaceutical companies in Moscow is carried out by employees of the investigative department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs , the department’s press service reported. “We confirm that investigative actions are being carried out in several premises of pharmaceutical companies,” a press service employee told Interfax on Tuesday.

05 July 2011, 10:37 Sports Dolmatov became the head coach of Khimki Oleg Dolmatov took over as head coach of Khimki. On Tuesday morning, Dolmatov signed the contract. The terms of the agreement between the club and the specialist are still unknown. The first round of negotiations between the club and the coach took place after the meeting with Novosibirsk “Sibir” as part of the FNL championship, which took place on June 27.

The Libyan government is not conducting any secret negotiations on the resignation of Muammar , government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim told Reuters Gaddafi . “Reports of talks being held that Gaddafi is leaving power and seeking refuge inside or outside the country are simply not true,” Ibrahim said. “Gaddafi is not a subject of discussion, this is our principled position, and the future of Libya will be decided by the Libyans.

Firefighters are fighting a fire in a residential building in the north of Moscow, there are no reports of casualties, the press service of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations reports . The fire was reported to the duty station “01” at 9.47. The fire occurs at the address: Dubninskaya street, building 42, building 1. “The fire occurs in apartments on the eighth and ninth floors, as well as on balconies. The area of ​​the fire is being established,” the agency’s source said.

05 July 2011, 20:39 Politics Smelled gunpowder Human rights activists explained to the president why lawyer Sergei Magnitsky died Elizaveta Surnacheva (Nalchik) In the interim report of the Presidential Council for Human Rights on the Magnitsky case, investigator Alexey Kuznetsov and his subordinates, as well as Major Pavel Karpov, are named as guilty of the lawyer’s death, says Gazeta.Ru’s source in the council. On Tuesday, council members handed over the examination to President Medvedev.

Six people were killed and two more were injured as a result of an accident that occurred on Tuesday night in Dagestan, a representative of the press service of the Republican State Emergency Service reported. “At 01.57 Moscow time, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Dagestan received information that a GAZ-3102 and a Mitsubishi car collided on the 263rd kilometer of the Makhachkala-Astrakhan federal highway near the village of Kochubey.

05 July 2011, 11:30 Sports Khimki goalkeeper Berezovsky underwent surgery to remove a vertebral hernia Goalkeeper of Khimki and the Armenian national team Roman Berezovsky underwent surgery in Yerevan to remove a vertebral hernia. As Armsport.am reports , the operation was successful. The goalkeeper returned to Moscow, where he will undergo a rehabilitation course and then resume training.