42 3 min. ... Due to rising fuel prices, Germany is ready to declare war on light bulbs, Mercedes and microwaves Alexander SOSNOVSKY, Berlin The dim, pale light of a super-efficient ceiling lamp, a refrigerator that only turns on when the temperature is above 20 degrees in your apartment, solar panels instead of curtains on the windows and a Durkopp road bike instead of a Mercedes.

27 2 minutes. ... There is one car wash in Moscow where only black people work. I can swear: blacks, and no one but blacks. It’s only at first glance that it seems like nothing special: why haven’t we seen blacks? And when you come to the car wash, you consider it to be in the center of Moscow, and you see only them Andrey KOLESNIKOV, journalist (Kommersant Publishing House) They wash the car as if they were themselves. They scrub and scrape and can’t wash it off. But they try very hard.

On July 6, in the Barsuki municipal district of the Ingush city of Nazran, unknown persons shot up a car in which was the head of the drug control department of the Organized Crime Control Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia, Magomed Bapkoev. Magomed Bapkoev’s wife was in the car with him. As a result of the shelling, they were injured and were taken to the hospital. Magomed Bapkoev died in the hospital. The criminals fled the scene.

10 5 minutes. ... Tatarstan President Mentimer Shaimiev spoke in favor of revising Putin’s 2004 reform and returning to the system of electing regional heads, and at the same time condemned the introduction of “Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture” in schools and “Russian chauvinism” in general.

In the capital's Kozhukhovo district in the Eastern District, an SUV and a Gazelle minibus collided, injuring five people, RIA Novosti reports, citing a representative of the capital's State Traffic Inspectorate. According to him, the accident occurred near house number 17 on Lukhmanovskaya Street. “An SUV and a minibus collided head-on, as a result of which five people were injured, four of them were hospitalized,” the agency’s source said.

Today, July 6, it became known that yesterday at an extraordinary meeting the Cabinet of Ministers adopted draft amendments to the state budget for 2008. However, according to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, the government will continue to coordinate its position on the budget process with the president.

5 2 minutes. ... YOUR OPINION NUMBER OF THE WEEK The FSSP is looking for persistent non-payers of alimony today. Every year, this department receives more than a million documents to collect money from negligent fathers. This year there have been more complaints: in just five months of this year, the FSSP received 1 million 325 thousand applications from women coping with parental responsibilities alone.

14 7 min. ... A new map of wealth is emerging in the world. $250 per barrel will change it radically Leonid GRIGORIEV, President of the Institute of Energy and Finance The wealth of nations, as we have known since Adam Smith, comes from the labor of people. And in the end, truly rich countries are those that have been building, working for many centuries and, if possible, not destroying what they have created. But there is a problem with this clear concept: what role do natural resources play?

Lewis Hamilton won the British Grand Prix on July 6 and again entered the dispute for victory in the Formula 1 championship, RIA Novosti reports. Now the McLaren driver has 48 points, just like Felipe Massa (Ferrari), who was the sole leader of the championship, but did not score any points at Silverstone. The current champion Kimi Raikkonen now has the same amount of money. The top eight for the British Grand Prix is ​​as follows: 1. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), 2. Nick Heidfeld (BMW Zauber), 3.

10 1 min. ... Victor LOSHAK The European Championship is over, but one of the most important summaries of its results is still ahead: which of the Euro 2008 stars was sold where and for how much. For football players, this is perhaps the most important personal result of the battles on the fields of Switzerland and Austria. Arshavin for 20,000,000 euros to Barcelona? Are the grandees negotiating with Zhirkov and Pavlyuchenko? We perceive this information as part of a great Russian victory.

4 3 min. ... WINNER Dreams Come True VIKTOR ZUBKOV, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gazprom First Deputy Prime Minister, former Prime Minister elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gazprom The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gazprom is a figure of gigantic proportions. All doors are open to him, he is accepted as the president or prime minister of an influential and rich country.

4 1 min. ... years ago, Ogonyok reported a dramatic disaster in the North Pole region. The fact is that at the end of May 1928, a new expedition of the Italian Umberto Nobile started, who planned to reach the pole on the airship “Italy”. The Pole was conquered, but on May 25 the airship was caught in a storm and crashed onto the ice. Of the 16 crew members, only 9 survived; Nobile himself had his arms and leg broken.

75 3 min. ... Last week, the alma mater of Russian journalism, the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University, held elections for a new dean. The head of the journalism department, Yasen Zasursky, who has been permanent for more than 42 years, left the post of dean six months ago and became the president of the faculty (this is a new position that was introduced at Moscow State University, and Yasen Nikolaevich was the first to receive it).

141 1 min. ... Natalya RADULOVA On the night of the Russia-Holland battle, our house did not sleep. Even in the evening, men began talking loudly in the elevators, carrying supplies of beer and dried squid to their apartments: “Which floor are you from? How many bottles did you take? Is there hope, do you think?” And after the first half, the Sabbath began. From above shouting “Ole-ole-ole!” a group of rather large individuals was jumping - it looked like they were dancing a tap-hole.

24 8 min. ... The Russia-European Union summit took place in Khanty-Mansiysk. Among the participants are Secretary General of the Council of the EU Javier Solana, President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (pictured from left to right). The main topics of the negotiations are energy security, the deployment of US missile defense in Europe, and the food crisis.