George Yartsev. Photo by ar "When a person does not believe in the success of the team, overestimates his bar of requirements, it means that it is necessary to part with it. With such a mood in tournaments as the European Championship, they do not play." Thus commented on the exclusion from the team of Alexander Mostovoi Georgy Yartsev at the pre-match press conference held in Lisbon.

On Wednesday morning, an explosion occurred at an oil refinery in the Haifa Bay, Kursor reports. 11 people were injured, the condition of two victims is assessed by doctors as "moderately severe." According to preliminary data, the explosion occurred due to a malfunction of one of the furnaces, which was being repaired a few days ago. There is no danger of leakage or release of toxic substances into the atmosphere, although the five-story building was destroyed.

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg will hold hearings in autumn on six complaints from residents of Chechnya who suffered as a result of hostilities. According to representatives of the Russian human rights center "Memorial", the hearings will be held on September 23. The six complaints have been grouped into three cases and will be dealt with simultaneously.

There are already 11 candidates for the post of President of the Chechen Republic, RIA Novosti reports. According to Buvaysari Arsakhanov, deputy chairman of the Chechen electoral committee, Umar Abuev, a resident of the city of Krasnogorsk near Moscow, the general director of the Chechenneftekhimprom federal unitary enterprise, filed his application late Tuesday evening. Abuev informed the election committee that he would collect signatures in his support.

The Russian oil company LUKOIL and Uzbekneftegaz signed a production sharing agreement for the Kandym-Khauzak-Shady project. As expected, investments in the Kandym-Khauzak-Shady project will amount to about $1 billion. The maximum volume of production under the project is 8.8 billion cubic meters of gas per year, and at the first stage of its implementation - 2.8 billion cubic meters per year, RIA Novosti reports.

In the Chelyabinsk children's recreation camp "Chaika" on Lake Smolino, eight 13-year-old teenagers were poisoned with alcohol and unknown pills, Gazeta.Ru reports citing Interfax. The children were found late Tuesday evening. Doctors say that the intoxication was enhanced by the action of unknown drugs. All teenagers in serious condition were sent to intensive care units of city hospitals.

Vladimir Putin. Photo by ar On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin postponed the meeting with the oligarchs outlined on this day. According to RBC, the meeting is postponed indefinitely; The reason for the delay is the fact that entrepreneurs allegedly did not form a clearly topic for discussing with the president.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will not face criminal charges, Israel's Attorney General Menahem Mazuz announced. It is reported by the BBC. Before making an official announcement, he called Sharon, who thanked him.

A gas pipeline. Photo from the site www.radiorus.ru JSC "Iner Georgia" has stopped from Wednesday June 16 from 11:00 in the morning supply of natural gas to the Tskhinvalsky region. This was reported "News-Georgia" in the company. JSC "Iner Georgia" delivered gas to the region on the basis of a contract concluded in September 2003 with the production association "Yugosetgaz". According to the terms of the contract, the consumer had to pay gas for the next month after delivery.

The investigation into the case of the kidnapping of the head of the Doctors Without Borders mission in the North Caucasus, Aryan Erkel, intends to interrogate those involved in his recent release.

Episode of the match Germany-Holland. Photo by ar Germany, they said, is very out of order. Before Euro-2004, she received two sonorous slags. At first, the Romanians defeated it - 5: 1, and then the Hungarians were also attached - 2: 0. Anyway, a real misfortune with injuries fell on the Rudy Feller team. The Dutch, they said, also have not shine lately. For example, from their qualifying group they fell into the final part not directly, but through the butt matches.

A new faction has been registered in the St. Petersburg parliament, Rosbalt reports. According to the chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the city Vadim Tyulpanov, the LDPR faction included 7 deputies - Vladimir Belozerskikh, Vadim Voitanovsky, Denis Volchek, Gennady Ozerov, Alexei Timofeev, Vladimir Kucherenko and Igor Mikhailov. Previously, they were part of the "Sports Russia" faction. Last week, Volchek was elected head of the St.

Sabotage on an oil pipeline in southern Iraq has led to an almost complete halt in oil exports from the country, reports BBC. Iraqi Oil Minister Tamir Ghadban said that two explosions on Monday and Tuesday damaged a pipe that transported oil to Basra's terminals from fields in the south of the country. The explosion, as it became known, occurred on Monday late in the evening. The supply of oil to the Basra terminal is almost stopped.

18-year-old Koba Siradze, who on the night of June 15, along with 40 other prisoners, escaped from the Gegut strict regime colony, voluntarily surrendered to the authorities on Wednesday. According to RIA "Novosti", the prosecutor's office of the Imereti region says that now Siradze falls under the ultimatum of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia, and no additional penalties will be applied to him. Siradze was serving a three-year sentence in a colony for robbery.

In India, the train got off the rails. Photo from Newsru.com In the Western Indian state of Maharastra, a train came off the rails, AP reports. The cause of the accident that occurred on the bridge over the river is unknown. Lokomotiv and five train wagons came off the rails, and the locomotive fell into the river, and the first two wagons are now hanging from the bridge. It is assumed that at least 25 people died.