United Russia. Photo by D. BORKO/Brani.ru In the early elections of the mayor of Petrozavodsk, with a wide margin from other applicants, the candidate from the United Russia party, the chairman of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia Nikolai Levin, won, Rosbalt said. According to preliminary data from the election commission of the Petrozavodsk city district, after processing about 90 percent of the ballots Levin scored 58.9 percent of the vote.

Alexander Andronyuk and Harry Kasparov. Photo from the site arzlife.ru The founder and editor -in -chief of the Arzamassian Vesti newspaper Alexander Androsenyuk was detained on suspicion of extortion, Kommersant writes . According to investigators, he threatened the publication of incriminating evidence to the leadership of the Peshelanic gypsum plant "Decor-1". Andronyuk demanded that the entrepreneurs demand that the factory organize a subscription to his publication.

KAMAZ plant. Naberezhnye Chelny. Frame '' Vesti '' “KAMAZ” on Monday launched the main assembly conveyor, whose work was suspended on June 23 in connection with the implementation of the month of the month, RIA Novosti reports. Demand for auto industry products in the world market has fallen significantly due to the crisis, so since the beginning of the year KamAZ has been working only for specific orders. Over the past six months, the company has suspended the main conveyor several times.

Vladimir Bukreev. Photo from Newsru.com The former deputy chairman of the North Caucasus District Military Court Vladimir Bukreev was sentenced to seven years of general regime by the Moscow Garrison Military Court, Gazeta.ru reports. It is found guilty under Part 3 and Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code (fraud).

Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev. Photo from the site yahoo.com The ex-head of the "Yukos" Mikhail Khodorkovsky intends to fight "until his death or until liberation." In an interview with the Italian newspaper L'Espresso, excerpts from which leads inopressa.ru, Khodorkovsky said that after the liberation the rights of victims of court persecution will protect. Every year, tens of thousands of lives collapse from an unfair court, he said.

"Herschel" and "plank". Image ESA from the site http://infuture.ru/ "Herschel" and "plank". Image ESA from the site http://infuture.ru/ The Detectors of the ESA Space Telescope Planck , launched into space along with Herschel more than a month and a half ago ( May 14, 2009 ), in early July reached the necessary operating temperature, which was a record -273.05 ° C. This makes them the coldest of all cosmic objects we know.

Bank '' EFK-Ural ''. Photo by Ural.ru Olga Chechushkova, Chairman of the Board of VEFK-Ural Bank, was arrested on Sunday in the case of the loss of 955.8 million rubles from the accounts of the Sverdlovsk branch of the Pension Fund of Russia in early 2009, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Office of the Prosecutor General in the Urals Federal District.

Tehran. Photo from the site http://photostranger.com In Iran, the eighth of the nine detained at the end of June employees of the British embassy was released. It is reported by Radio Liberty with reference to the British Foreign Ministry. Employees of the embassy were detained on suspicion of incitement to protests that took place in Iran after the presidential election on June 12. What exactly was accused of diplomats was not reported.

Peter Simonenko, leader of the Communist Party of Ukraine. Photo edinenie.kiev.ua The Plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine recommended that the advantage of President President Party leader Peter Simonenko be nominated as a candidate for the president of the country, Ukrainian Pravda reports with reference to the party’s press service.

Logo of the company '' Krasaire '' The Arbitration Court of the Krasnoyarsk Territory satisfied the statement of the leasing company Ilyushin Finance and two other companies on the bankruptcy of Krasnoyarsk Airlines. According to RIA Novosti, the press secretary of the court Valentina Bezrukikh, bankruptcy proceedings were announced in relation to the company. The bankruptcy case of the airline was considered on August 22, 2008.

Harry Kasparov (OGF) and Boris Nemtsov ('' solidarity ''). Photo by ar The headquarters of the United Democratic Movement "Solidarity" in the elections to the Moscow City Duma will be headed by Boris Nemtsov. According to the press service of the movement, such a decision was made by the Bureau of Solidarity on July 6. At the same time, the political leadership of the campaign will be implemented by the leader of the United Civil Front Harry Kasparov.

Mobile phone. Photo from the site www.russianla.com In the first half of 2009, in Russia, sales of mobile phones decreased by 36 percent compared to the same period of 2008. According to Vedomosti , in total 10.49 million tubes were sold during this period. In the money, the market "sank" a little less - by 32.1 percent - from 86.6 billion rubles to 58.9 billion. These are the data of the Euroset, which was presented by the president of the company Alexander Malis.

Tanker. Photo from the site www.sovcomflot.ru The militants of the Rebel group "Movement for the liberation of the Niger Delta" said that near the Escravos oil terminal they captured the Siehem Peace tanker with six crew members on board, AP reports. Three of them are Russians, two more are immigrants from Phillipine, and one is a citizen of India. Also, according to the separatists, Mend militants attacked another oil platform.

Mi-8. Photo from the site www.airwar.ru In Chechnya, at the village of Kharsena, unknown people fired on a helicopter of the Ministry of Defense, RIA Novosti reports with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. The Mi-8 helicopter was fired from machine guns on Sunday morning, but the media became known only the next day. The helicopter received two holes. As a result of the shelling, a contract soldier was wounded. The criminals shooting at the helicopter have not yet been found.

Foreign Ministry. Photo by A. Karpyuk/Grani.ru American and Russian diplomats have completed the process of coordinating the text of the contract on reducing strategic offensive weapons, Interfax reports citing a source in the Russian Foreign Ministry. It is expected that the presidents of Russia and the United States will sign the document during the visit of Barack Obama to Moscow. At the same time, on Sunday it was reported that the text of the contract has not yet been agreed.