Hugo Chavez and Vladimir Putin. Photo from the site Lenta.ru As part of the visit to Moscow, the President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez, Russian oil and gas companies TNK-BP, Lukoil and Gazprom signed a number of agreements with the Venezuela state concern of Petroleos de Venesuela, Interfax reports. In particular, TNK-BP agreed together with the Venezuelan company to explore the AICUCHO-2 block in the Orinoko basin.

St. Petersburg, July 2008. Residents protest against the destruction of the submariners square. Source: Nastya116 Details See also: Battle for Square Square

South Ossetia. Photo by RIA "News" The Georgian police liberated two of the four residents of South Ossetia on Sunday, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the assistant commander of the mixed forces to maintain peace (SSPM) in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict of Vladimir Ivanov. At the moment, according to Ivanov, under the investigation in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of South Ossetia there remains a resident of the Georgian village of Nikosi Teymuraz Gogiashvili.

One -wheeled bike. Photo from the site www.mmbrana.ru The Minister of Internal Affairs Rashid Nurgaliev does not exclude that a bicycle registration system will be introduced in Russia, Interfax reports. “In European countries, you can rent a bicycle. Many of them have seen, have identification numbers, so they probably are also placed in police databases.

Imam Sumudra and Ali Gupron involved in the explosions in Bali. Photo by ar Three militants, found guilty of organizing a series of explosions on the island of Bali in 2002, will be executed in September this year. This was stated by the Prosecutor General of Indonesia Handandarman Supanji, the Air Force reports.

Russian TV in Ukraine. Photo www.korrepondent.net The National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine may raise the question of the legitimacy of the presence of Russian television channels in the country's cable television and the country, UNIAN reports. As the Council statement states, this will happen if the "speculation on the language theme" continues on the air.

Farid Babaev. Photo yabloko.ru The court in the case of the murder of the chairman of the Dagestan regional branch of the Yabloko party Farid Babaev will be held with the participation of the jury, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the Supreme Court of Dagestan. Such a decision was made at a preliminary court session. "The defendants were considered for the proceedings with the participation of the jury. The petition was satisfied.

Yuri Chaika. Photo EPA The Union of Russian Journalists turned to the Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika with a request to take control of the investigation of the case of the beating of the freelance correspondent of Novaya Gazeta Rostislav Bogushevsky, Echo of Moscow reports. As noted in the statement of the SDR, "the crime was committed with special cynicism" and caused a "great public resonance". "The correspondent was beaten by a person who presented the certificate of the Ministry of Justice.

Drunk driver. Photos.liga.net The Russian government has adopted a bill tightening the punishment for drunk drivers, reports Echo of Moscow. The document is approved by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Corresponding amendments to the Criminal Code are planned to be introduced to the State Duma to the autumn session. According to the new rules, being driving in a state of intoxication will be considered an aggravating circumstance of a crime.

The UN Council of Security Council. Photo from Newsru.com Members of the UN Security Council at an extraordinary meeting, convened at the initiative of Georgia, supported the territorial integrity of Georgia, but could not make any decision in connection with the Russian-Georgian conflict. reports the Air Force. The meeting passed behind closed doors, no documents were adopted during the meeting.

The caches of weapons and ammunition. Photo of the "Russian newspaper" The police found a large cache with weapons, explosives and ammunition in the cemetery in the Sunzhensky district of Ingushetia, RIA Novosti reports with reference to a source in the law enforcement agencies of the republic. "The cache, presumed, presumably participants in illegal armed groups, was discovered during operational-search measures at the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya.

Radovan Karajich. Photo by ar The Serbian court issued a warrant for the transfer of the former leader of the Bosnian Serbs, pleaded Karadzhich to the International Tribunal in The Hague. As the AR reports, the prosecutor for war crimes Vladimir Vuchievich announced this. Karadzhich’s lawyer has already stated that he would appeal to this decision within three days. Karadzhich was arrested by the Serbia intelligence services after receiving information from one of the foreign intelligence.

Eduard Limonov. Photo by A. Karpyuk/Grani.ru The topic of prisoners, raised by me in my previous text , continue. On July 15, in the Gallery "S. Art" that at the earthen Valu, 14, the exhibition of the National Bolshade of Natalia Chernova called "Women's Stories" was opened. I visited the exhibition and saw a gallery of Russian female souls there. In modest portraits, he saw the heroines of Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and even Turgenev with a pencil.

Railway. Photo www.novoskop.ru Russian Railways faces a record fine for violation of antimonopoly legislation, Vedomosti reports. If the FAS wins all five trials initiated against the railway monopolist and his "daughter", then Russian Railways will have to pay 466 million rubles. This is 0.5 percent of the company's net profit and about 0.05 percent of the turnover for 2007.

Metro Color Boulevard. Photo Moscow-live.ru The police did not find any explosive objects near the Tsvetnoy Boulevard metro, RIA Novosti reports. "Dandemists with service dogs examined the territory of the square at the Tsvetnoy Boulevard metro station almost from the garden ring to the Nikulin Theater. No suspicious objects, especially explosives, were found," said the representative of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate.