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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Explosion at the factory. Photo by RIA "News" At the bakery number 12 in the east of Moscow, an explosion occurred, as a result of which three people were injured. As RIA Novosti reports, a source in the metropolitan Ministry of Emergencies reported. “The explosion occurred in one of the buildings of the plant, there are victims. 20 fire calculations and five ambulances went to the scene of the incident,” the agency’s source said.

Mine. Photo from the site http://st.ess.ru The mines of the Great Patriotic War was discovered by workers during the reconstruction of the runway at Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg, Fontanka.ru reports. Also, a large ware of ammunition from the war was discovered in the Kolpino area next to residential buildings. According to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies in St. Petersburg, on Monday, during excavation at the house No.

MTS advertising shield. Photo Lynxf.ru The Inspectorate of the Federal Tax Service of Russia made a claim to the mobile operator of MTS in the amount of 1.13 billion rubles (about $ 50 million). This was reported by the press service of MTS. Claims were submitted according to the results of the audit for 2005-2006. About six million dollars in this amount are fines and penalties.

The building of the General Staff of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. Frame TV6 The Commander -in -Chief of the Ground Forces, Army General Alexei Maslov may be appointed chief military representative of Russia at NATO. It is assumed that the general will take a new post no later than in October of this year, the source of "faces" in the military department reports.

Gennady Onishchenko. Photo by RIA "News" Rospotrebnadzor intends to initiate lawsuits against Russian tobacco producers. This was stated by the head of the department, Gennady Onishchenko, reports Interfax. “Tobacco companies are on the service of foreign and, above all, American capital and conduct a focused“ Russians genocide, ”the chief sanitary doctor added.

Elena Baturina. Photo Forbes Intaco, owned by the wife of the capital mayor Elena Baturina, will invest about 500 million euros in the construction of resort projects in Morocco, Vedomosti reports. Kudla Group, which is the subsidiary of Inteko, has already acquired 48 hectares of land in the north of Morocco. The construction of a residential complex, a hotel, a sports and entertainment center and a golf field is planned on this site.

National Bolshevik. Photo by apn-nn.ru Supporters of the prohibited National Bolshevik Party tried to penetrate the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service Yuri Kalinin. Five National Bolshes participated in the action. As the press secretary of the National Academy of Sciences Alexander Averin told the Frances.ru, they wanted to give Kalinin a petition with the requirements of a wide amnesty and the liberation of all political prisoners.