July 26, 2011, 01:11 Sports Kramnik beat Giri at the Dortmund tournament On Monday, games of the 5th round of the chess super tournament in Dortmund were played. Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) - Anish Giri (Netherlands) - 1:0 Le Quang Liem (Vietnam) - Ruslan Ponomarev (Ukraine) - 1:0 Georg Mayer (Germany) - Hikaru Nakamura (USA) - 0.5:0.5 Overall standings : Kramnik - 4.5 points, Le Quang Liem - 3, Ponomarev - 2.5, Giri - 2, Nakamura, Mayer - 1.5 each

July 26, 2011, 10:19 Business "We spend more, you pay more" Plans unveiled to save the US from default Ekaterina Mereminskaya Plans to prevent a default have been announced in the United States, but they have not brought the parties closer to a compromise. Republicans and Democrats agree on cutting the $3 trillion budget deficit, but differ seriously on their methods. President Barack Obama called on the nation to unite in the face of grave danger in an emergency address.

Sport Aston Villa have agreed with Wigan on the transfer of Nzogbia Aston Villa have reached an agreement with Wigan to sign French midfielder Charles Nzogbia. According to the press service of the Birmingham team, by the end of the week the footballer must undergo a medical examination and sign a contract with Villa.

July 26, 2011, 15:05 Society Rock festival destroyed with incendiary The investigation into the attack on the rock festival in Miass has been completed Grigory Tumanov , Anastasia Berseneva , Yulia Kochkina The investigation into the massacre at the Tornado 2010 rock festival in Miass has been completed. There should be 13 people in the dock.

26 July 2011, 18:47 Sports Gossa signed a contract with Spartak Spartak has entered into a one-year agreement with Slovakia national team striker Marcel Gossa, who spent last season in Ak Bars Kazan, reports the official website of the red-and-whites. The newcomer will play for Spartak under number 81. “I believe that Gossa will be one of the strongest players, the leaders of the team,” said Spartak coach-consultant Evgeniy Zimin .

July 26, 2011, 15:13 Society Everyone is free, except the pedophile The prosecutor's office released the Blagoveshchensk investigator who released the rapist Alexandra Koshkina The Amur Region Prosecutor's Office has released Blagoveshchensk investigator Yuri Kukaev, who recommended that the police on duty release the suspect in the rape of a seven-year-old girl. The investigator was accused of negligence and was dismissed from the authorities.

July 26, 2011, 11:24 pm Sports Wisla beat Litex in the Champions League The first matches of the third qualifying round of the Champions League take place on Tuesday. The Bulgarian Litex hosted the Polish Wisla and lost with a score of 1:2. Goals: Wellington 45 - Lamey 19; Melikson, 76. The return match will take place on August 3. Details of this and other matches, as well as the position of the teams in the standings, can be viewed on the Champions League page .

On Thursday, the Moscow Department of Cultural Heritage will demonstrate to journalists archaeological finds discovered during excavations on Triumphal Square, Interfax reports . The exhibition should take place a few days before the next opposition protest action scheduled for Sunday, July 31.

A Lockheed C-130 Hercules military transport plane crashed into a mountain in the south of the Kingdom of Morocco. There were 81 people on board the plane, the Associated Press reports , citing the state news agency MAP. Three survivors are reported. Moroccan Minister of Communications Khalid Nasiri told the agency that the military considers 78 people dead, and all emergency services are searching for their bodies. The three survivors are seriously injured.

July 26, 2011, 23:50 Sports Rubin beat Dynamo Kiev away in the Champions League The first matches of the third qualifying round of the Champions League take place on Tuesday. Dynamo Kiev hosted Rubin Kazan and lost with a score of 0:2. Goals: Kasaev, 6; Natkho, 68 pen. Gazeta.Ru conducted an online broadcast of this match. The return match will take place on August 3.

July 26, 2011, 07:28 Sports Agent: Vero wants to stay in Russia The agent of Vityaz striker Darcy Verot Dmitry Eremin spoke about the search for a new job for his ward, with whom the Chekhov club will not renew the contract . “Darcy has a desire to stay in Russia,” Eremin told Soviet Sport . – Let's see, maybe there will be a place for him in another KHL team. We are currently considering options. In any case, he is one of the few foreigners who played four seasons in our league.

Norway's Justice Minister Knut Storberget has thanked Oslo police for their "excellent" work following the double terrorist attack carried out by Anders Breivik, in which 76 people were killed, according to recent reports . According to the minister, despite accusations of slowness, in general, the actions of the police can be assessed positively.

News Ministry of Emergency Situations: "Bulgaria" is half docked, water has not yet been completely pumped out of the ship The motor ship "Bulgaria", which crashed in the Kuibyshev Reservoir on July 10, is more than half docked. “Currently, more than half of the ship’s hull is in the dock,” the main department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for Tatarstan reported.

July 26, 2011, 16:18 Sports Goian moved from Palermo to Rangers Rangers have acquired Romanian Dorin Goian from Palermo, the official UEFA website reports . The 30-year-old central defender signed a three-year contract with the Scottish club. The transfer amount was approximately €850 thousand. Goian , who played 37 matches for the Romanian national team, became the third summer acquisition of Rangers after Juan Ortiz and Lee Wallace .

According to Rosstat, consumer prices for motor gasoline in Russia in January-June 2011 increased by 10.6%, in June compared to May - by 1.7%. On an annualized basis, gasoline prices in Russia increased by 15.1% in June and by 11.6% in the first half of the year. In particular, prices for AI-76 (AI-80) gasoline in June compared to May increased by 1.9%, AI-92 (AI-93) - by 1.7%, AI-95 and higher - also by 1.7%. Diesel fuel prices increased by 0.9%.