RAO "UES of Russia" ceases to exist today that the natural monopoly of RAO UES of Russia will be officially eliminated, and the industry will finally be divided into monopoly and competitive sectors, as the head of the energy holding Anatoly Chubais expected. The reform of the electric power industry in Russia has ended.

The barometer Transparency International indicated to Russia the 143rd place Transparency International published a new annual report "Corruption Barometer". The conclusions are even less comforting than last year: Russia descended from the 120th place to the 143rd out of 160 and ended up in the company with Gambia, Indonesia and that. The corruption index in Russia amounted to 2.3 points on a 10-point scale.

United Russia will exclude 1-2% of “dead souls” from the party in addition to the fight against inflation and budget policy at a meeting with the uninstalls, Vladimir Putin talked about other, not so global topics. The prime minister promised that all the bills coming from the government, before submission to the State Duma apparatus, would be finalized in working groups, which will enter the members of the parliamentary majority.

In Zimbabwe, the presidential election on Friday in Zimbabwe was the second round of the presidential election. As promised by the leader of the country Robert Mugaba, he won them. The fact is that Mugaba was the only candidate in the past elections. The leader of the opposition movement for democratic changes (DDP) Morgan Tswangirai previously defiantly refused to participate in the second round due to violence, which, according to him, applies the Mugaba regime against the opposition.

Polls revealed a deep distrust of the middle class to its own state in the Russian middle class, judging by the results of the Levada Center, published on Friday, distrust of the authorities and official relations about the situation in the country are strengthened. With the victorious tone of federal television channels, almost half of the representatives of the most active and successful layer of society does not fall into resonance.

The Russian national football team became the Bronze medalist of the Euro 2008 Russian team in the semifinals of the European Football Championship lost the Spanish national team. At the same time, the Russian team, having created the main sensation at Euro 2008, became the bronze medalist of the tournament. The hope that the Russian team will reach the final of the European Championship has been preserved to the last.

14:39 // 29.06.2008 In Sukhumi, explosions were regarded in the morning in the city of Gagra, as a provocation aimed at disrupting the holiday season. In particular, the chairman of the Tourism Committee of the Unrecognized Republic of Tengiz Lakeka, said that "some do not like the economic situation that improves every year." De facto president of the unrecognized republic, Sergei Bagapsh, accused Tbilisi of organizing explosions in the city of Gagra, reports Novosti - Georgia .

Dividends on state -owned promotions are indignant at the minorityites at the end of last week, meetings of shareholders of two "folk" banks - Sberbank and VTB at once were held. The meetings brought the minority farmarly disappointment. At the VTB meeting, this resulted in open claims to the management of the bank. Battle of dividends The dissatisfaction of shareholders is primarily caused by dividends that banks promise them.

13:38 // 29.06.2008 The growth of pensions this year in monetary terms should amount to 1100-1150 rubles, said Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, speaking at a meeting with the United Russia faction. According to him, in real terms, this growth should be 16%-19%. At the same time, according to RIA Novosti , Putin emphasized that if it is not possible to restrain inflation growth, then the pension will have to be indexed again. Source: gzt.ru

13:46 // 06/29/2008 The patriarchal divine liturgy and prayer on the occasion of the 1020th anniversary of the baptism of Rus' with the participation of almost 200 hierarchs of the Moscow Patriarchate of more than 20 countries of the world ended in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior Bishop-2008.

Mikhail Yuzhny went to the fourth round, Dmitry Tursunov flew out of the tournament on Sunday at Wimbledon a day off. This is the only large helmet tournament where tennis players have the right to rest, and not just labor. True, in 2007 the weekend had to be canceled: the whole first week in London it was raining, and the organizers hopelessly lagged behind the schedule. In 2008, everything is quiet, everything is good, and Sunday was dedicated to rest.

In Moscow, an exhibition of avant-garde artists of the 1980s was opened in the Russian capital, the vernisage of the exhibition “Glasnost / Perestroika. Russian art of 1980-1992. " For the first time in 20 years, veterans of Moscow conceptualism and then youth from collective workshops - squat, Leningrad and Odessa united.

Negotiations between Russia and the EU will begin on July 4 on Friday in Khanty -Mansiysk ended the Russia -EU summit, which, as expected, was announced on the beginning of negotiations between Russia and the European Union under a new agreement on strategic partnership and cooperation.

19:11 // 29.06.2008 The highest flagpole in the world, 133 m high, is installed in Ashgabat. This indicator is listed in the Ginnes World Book of Records, who arrived in the Turkmen capital, Vice President of the Book of Records, Granday, transferred the Certificate to the Turkmen side confirming this achievement. According to RIA Novosti with reference to the local media, the highest flagpole in the world is installed in the square in front of the National Museum of Turkmenistan.

12:34 // 29.06.2008 The criminal case was instituted on the fact of explosions in the city of Gagra, as a result of which six people were injured, said the head of the city police, Beslan Adleib. At 8.10 Moscow time in Gagra, two explosions thundered with an interval of five minutes. One explosive device worked on the Gagra market, another near the Continent supermarket a few meters from the Gagra-Bank commercial bank.