10:56 // 07/07/2009 Gazprom confirms the payment of Naftogaz of Ukraine by April deliveries of Russian gas. The amount of payment amounted to approximately $ 625 million. According to the agreements reached on January 19 between the two countries, Ukraine should pay with the Russian Gazprom for gas until the eighth of each month, RIA Novosti reports.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced a state of emergency in the district of Santa Barbara .. The Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger announced a state of emergency in the district of Santa Barbara. He was forced to take this step because of the forest fires that began in the district, writes Associated Press . According to the governor, more than 8 thousand inhabitants were evacuated from the danger zone. The number of burned buildings has not yet been established.

18:46 // 07/07/2009 The cost of coins with a face value of 1, 2 and 5 rubles decreased to the face value as a result of replacing an alloy of non -ferrous metals with steel with a nickel coating. After replacing the alloy of coins with a face value of 1, 2 and 5 rubles, became practically payback, said an employee of the Central Bank.

17:30 // 07/07/2009 The World Health Organization (WHO) confirms 2099 cases of A/H1N1 influenza in 23 countries, the organization’s statement widespread on Thursday says. 44 deaths are confirmed. In Mexico, where the number of cases reached 1112, 42 people died from the disease. Two died in the United States, where 642 cases of A/H1N1 flu are officially confirmed.

Rostekhnadzor accused of MMEVZ OJSC of pollution of the Setun River, the capital Rostekhnadzor accused of the Moscow Inter -Republican Winery Plant Extract the Ammonia River into the Setun River. Officials threaten to suspend the activities of the enterprise. In early May, dead fish began to float to the surface of Setuni. “Our experts revealed that the water contains ammonia,” Timur Grebenkin, a spokeswoman for the Moscow Rostekhnadzor Department, told gzt.ru.

14:05 // 07/07/2009 Investigators of the Moscow Region opened a criminal case against the head of the city of Korolev Alexander Morozenko, suspected of providing the account of the RF Accounts (SP) of the Russian Federation, on Thursday the website of the Investigative Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (SCP) of the Russian Federation reports.

Rosneft will reward not only shareholders, but also contrary to reducing net profit in 2008 (by 13%) and the presence of the largest debt load among Russian oil companies ($ 21.283 billion) Rosneft Holding found the opportunity to pay bonuses to employees for the past year. According to Interfax on Thursday, citing sources in the Tax Code, traditional monetary incentives were transferred to employees of the company this week. Rosneft refused comments on this issue.

13:21 // 07/07/2009 The training double aircraft crashed on Thursday morning in the Kirovograd region of Ukraine, as a result, two people died. As RIA Novosti reports, the dead are an equatorial Gvinei citizen and his instructor. The accident occurred during the take -off of the aircraft. Source: gzt.ru

American researchers stated that during the infamous epidemic of the Spanishness of 1918, those who were ill at the very beginning, acquired immunity against the later dangerous forms of the virus. According to scientists, this statement can be transferred to the pork flu. “If this is really a repetition of the 1918 script, then we should not try to soften the epidemic,” says the epidemiologist Cecile Viboud .

16:11 // 07/07/2009 The Ukrainian government intends to decide on the suspension of all licenses for the right to organize gambling business in Ukraine. This was announced by Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko at a meeting of the Government Commission to investigate the causes of the tragedy in Dnepropetrovsk, who claimed the lives of ten people.

On Thursday, to the schedule of the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Sergei Lavrov, to Washington, were amended that surprised not only the Russian delegation, but even American diplomats. The fact that US President Barack Obama would want to hold a meeting with Lavrov was not known until the Russian minister arrived in the American capital. Visits of the heads of foreign worldly in the United States are usually not accompanied by a meeting with the head of the United States.

Potential participants in the Sochi-2014 competition were most interested in the fate of army sports, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited the Moscow School of Olympic Reserve No. 2 (UAR-2), where he met with winners and winners of the Winter Spartiveia of the students, which ended at the end of March. The premiere was introduced to the potential members of the Russian national team at the Sochi Olympics in 2014.

Robert de Niro and Edward Norton signed a contract for shooting in the new psychological thriller "Stone" .. Robert de Niro and Edward Norton signed a contract for shooting in the new psychological thriller "Stone". The plot center is a complex relationship between the police inspector (de Niro) and a young man accused of arson (Norton). Director John Carran is working on the film, staged on the work of Angus Maclachan, “May Beetle”.

18:28 // 07/07/2009 The last exhibition of the German-anatomist Gunther von Hagens, which presents plasticized corpses in sexual intercourse, opened today, May 7, in Berlin. Von Hagen, the last exhibition of the “life cycle” is 200 human bodies from conception to old age, including embryos taken from historical anatomical collections, CNN reports. The exposition caused the discontent of politicians and representatives of the church, writes The Guardian .

18:21 // 07/07/2009 The Bank of Russia increased in April Net -purchase (purchase minus sale) of dollars in the domestic market compared to March by 2.3 times - up to 8.166 billion dollars and euros - 1.8 times - up to 331.4 million euros, the regulator testified.