Yesterday, palladium quotes reached a yearly minimum of $595 per ounce. Between those 49 1 min. ... Yesterday, palladium quotes reached a yearly minimum of $595 per ounce. Meanwhile, just six months ago the price of this metal exceeded $1 thousand per ounce. Now there is enough palladium on the markets, but demand turned out to be much lower than expected. Japanese automakers are reducing production and abandoning the use of palladium in their new developments.

Greens protested on Red Square 28 2 minutes. ... Yesterday on Red Square, members of the environmental organization Greenpeace held an action against the dumping of nuclear waste in Russia. The organizers of the protest gathered journalists on Pushkin Square and for a very long time kept secret where the protest itself would take place. After 15 minutes it turned out that we had to go down Tverskaya Street to the Moscow Hotel.

Yesterday, the Oil Information Agency released a statement from the Sibneft company 258 2 minutes. ... Yesterday, the Oil Information Agency issued a statement from the Sibneft company that businessman Boris Berezovsky is not a shareholder and does not participate in the distribution of the company's funds. That is, Sibneft refuted the statements of Mr. Berezovsky himself.

The Moscow City Court has completed a trial of a rather rare fraud involving counterfeiting up to 127 3 min. ... The Moscow City Court has completed a trial of a rather rare fraud involving forgery of documents at the highest state level. Papers produced by a former assistant to a State Duma deputy were used in litigation and oil scams.

18 2 minutes. ... The Muscovite went thick like a fish to spawn. Musicians and actors, ministerial and Kremlin officials, directors of parent companies - everyone is planning business trips to St. Petersburg for the White Nights.

All to the beer garden! The largest outdoor beer garden in Moscow has opened at the Bavarius restaurant. And “Budvar” decorated its summer area with new garden furniture and multi-colored chintz pillows. Commentary by DARIA TSIVINA. Garden community The opening of the Bavarius beer garden is a significant event.

The State Duma adopted yesterday in the first reading amendments to the law that significantly increase 18 4 min. ... The State Duma yesterday adopted in the first reading amendments to the law that significantly increase the status of judges. Soon this work will be prestigious, important, and highly paid (see page 1). Who are the judges now?

The passport scandal in Italy is over 148 3 min. ... In Italy, the investigation into the fake passport scandal that shook local football at the end of last season has finally been completed. The disciplinary committee of the Italian Football Federation suspended ten players from Serie A teams for one year (including Uruguayan Alvaro Recoba, the highest paid star in the world) and a number of club executives, and also fined the clubs responsible for the scandal a total of more than $5 million.

The Western press is replete with reports about Chinese citizen Wang Guoqi 38 1 min. ... The Western press is replete with reports about Chinese citizen Wang Guoqi, who turned to the US government with a request for political asylum. According to the Chinese, while working in his homeland as a surgeon in the hospital of the police department, he witnessed monstrous atrocities.

Recently, bird lovers have had the opportunity to have not only canaries or budgies, but also larger parrots. We are talking primarily about the Senegal and necklace parrots and, of course, about lovebirds. The sociable short-tailed Senegal parrot (green with a yellow or orange breast and smooth gray head and beak) came to us from Africa.

Yesterday Russia banned the transit flights of Georgian airlines 156 2 minutes. ... Yesterday, Russia banned the transit flight of Georgian airlines through its airspace due to a debt for air navigation services that amounts to more than $3.5 million. As a result, disagreements between the airlines of the two countries threaten to escalate into a serious interstate conflict.

In Moscow they make money by rolling balls The winner of the Russian Cup in "nine" will receive $5 thousand. Today, at the peak of the billiard boom in the country, when almost everyone has rolled balls at least once in some bar over a glass of beer, the Billiard Sports Federation and the association that is developing the most popular type of game - pool, invite you to visit and even participate in the third stage of the Russian Open Cup Olympic Russian Cup Open and the Moscow Cup.

6 1 min. ... British pound* 1.4081 / 1.4091 Belgian franc 47.632 / 47.644 Dutch guilder 2.6021 / 2.6027 Greek drachma 402.35 / 402.44 Euro* 0.8466 / 0.8471 Spanish peseta 196.46 / 196.51 Italian lira 2286.3 / 2286.84 Canadian dollar 1.5242 / 1.5248 German mark 2.3094 / 2.3099 Russian ruble 29.123 / 29.143 Finnish brand 7.0206 / 7.0222 French franc 7.7454 / 7.7472 Swedish krona 10.838 / 10.844 Swiss frank 1.7932 / 1.7942 Japanese yen 124.9 / 124.95 *US dollars per currency.

Summer is made for light skirts and open sundresses. But in a dusty city, the most comfortable clothes in the heat are trousers. It is with trousers, which form the basis of a summer wardrobe, that amazing things happen: there are never enough of them. The two main styles of summer women's trousers are loose linen "palazzos" with a drawstring at the waist (young girls wear them on the hips) and hip-hugging straight trousers without folds, made of thick cotton with the addition of elastane.

The leaders will meet on the ship 24 3 min. ... Less than a month remains before the start of the meeting of the heads of state of the G8 member states. Some details of the upcoming event are gradually becoming clearer, in particular its location. The rumors about the supership on which the meeting will take place are justified. As you know, a meeting of the G8 leaders will take place on July 20-22 in Genoa.