On July 15, Rostechnadzor press secretary Evgeny Anoshin said that the agency does not consider the gas release at the Moscow Oil Refinery (MNPZ) on July 13 to be an accident. Therefore, as Anoshin stated, the creation of a special commission to investigate the incident is not required.

NJSC "Naftogaz of Ukraine" confirmed the loss of three out of four oil and gas blocks in Libya. Naftogaz reported that three of the four oil and gas blocks that NJSC planned to develop in Libya were transferred to other companies. Only one block remained reserved for Naftogaz. Earlier, a Kommersant source in the Ministry of Fuel and Energy reported that three of the four oil and gas fields in Libya, the development of which Naftogaz agreed on, were proposed by Gazprom OJSC.

152 2 minutes. ... The Tatarstan authorities acknowledged the existence of territorial disagreements with six neighboring regions, including Udmurtia. Similar problems arise in other federal subjects. Experts warn regional authorities against attempts to politicize such conflicts. Chairman of the State Council of the Republic Committee on State Building and Local Self-Government Alexander Fedorov told Kommersant about territorial problems with other regions.

Context The Board of Directors of MMC Norilsk Nickel approved the creation of three new committees. At the initiative of Rusal (which owns a blocking stake in MMC), a corporate governance committee was created (headed by independent director Guy de Cellier), a strategy committee (independent director Heinz Schimmelbusch) and a committee for the preliminary review of materials to the board of directors (chaired by the general director of Rusal Alexander Bulygin).

22 1 min. ... At the end of this week, July 18, the deadline for submitting applications for participation in the competition for the design and construction of the first stage of a new zoo in the Primorsky district. The winner will have to carry out a complex of works on engineering preparation of an area of ​​more than 130 hectares in the Primorsky district. The results of the competition will be announced on July 25. The Construction Committee of the Government of St.

Famous designer Artemy Lebedev is in a Moscow hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg, Gazeta.ru reported on July 15. As the designer himself reported on his blog, he has already been discharged from intensive care. He can already move independently. Artemy Lebedev is in the First City Hospital on Leninsky Prospekt.

Viktor Zvantsev is accused of abuse of power 135 2 minutes. ... The criminal case of the former head of the Motyginsky district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Viktor Zvantsev, who is accused of exceeding official powers, has been transferred to court. According to the state prosecution, the official issued loans from the budget to insolvent companies, as well as to his acquaintances, private entrepreneurs. As a result, the loans were not repaid, and the municipal budget lost 12 million rubles.

The Ministry of Defense has halved the number of draft dodgers The Ministry of Defense yesterday summed up the preliminary results of the spring conscription, the main advantage of which the military department considers is a radical reduction in the number of draft dodgers.

The State Property Fund intends to return Krivorozhstal to state ownership again The State Property Fund has returned to the idea of ​​reprivatizing Krivorozhstal. Yesterday, the fund announced its intention to legally terminate the agreement with ArcelorMittal on the purchase of Krivorozhstal. The agency has already prepared a claim and sent the government a request to pay the registration fee necessary to file a claim with the International Commercial Arbitration Court.

Today, July 15, it became known that the Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine upheld the complaint of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPU) regarding the Regulations on the state certificate for the right to distribute and demonstrate foreign films. Thus, the Regulations on the state certificate for the right to distribute and demonstrate foreign films are brought into line with the decision of the Constitutional Court of December 20, 2007.

The most visited museums in the world have been named The French newspaper La Tribune published a list of the most visited museums in the world in 2007. The Paris Louvre is in first place with almost 8.3 million visitors per year. It is followed in the ranking by the London British Museum (5.4 million) and the Tate Gallery (5.2 million), the New York Metropolitan (4.3 million), and the Vatican Museums (4.3 million).

51 1 min. ... Yesterday, Vice-Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Viktor Klochay received the official German delegation led by the Minister of Economics and Technology Michael Glos. The parties summed up the results of cooperation in 2007 and discussed further prospects for cooperation. According to Viktor Klochay, last year the trade turnover of the Nizhny Novgorod region and Germany amounted to $698.7 million, with exports of $85.4 million and imports of $613.3 million.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac did not escape government support US President George W. Bush announced the approval of a package of measures to support the troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, proposed by US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be given the opportunity to receive credit support from the government, and if necessary, we can even talk about buying out their shares.

The Russian racer has become one of the most dangerous rivals of the stage race leader Cycling Yesterday, after one of the most difficult mountain stages in the most prestigious multi-day cycling race - Tour de France - the leader changed. This was the Australian Cadel Evans, only a second ahead of Frank Schleck from Luxembourg. But perhaps Evans' most dangerous opponent now is fifth-placed Russian Denis Menshov. Real mountains appeared at the Tour de France on Sunday.

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