The Russian team became the winner of the seventh international tournament among women's teams for the prizes of the first President of Russia Boris Yeltsin. In the decisive match, held on Thursday in Yekaterinburg, she defeated the Japanese team with a score of 3:2. The finale turned out to be exemplary, both in terms of the level of skill shown and in terms of intrigue. The first game was won by the Japanese (25:20), the next two by the Russians (25:20 and 25:18).

Yesterday it became known that on Wednesday evening in Nizhny Novgorod there was a mass fight between Caucasians - about 80 people, armed with bats, hammers and fittings, took part in the brawl. As Kommersant was told by the press service of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate for the Nizhny Novgorod Region, at about 19.00 an eyewitness called the duty station and reported a large aggressive crowd on the Grebnoy Canal near the cafe “U Alexandra”. The arriving car patrol radioed for help.

Vladimir Putin answered Barack Obama from the depths of Russian fields Yesterday, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, having flown to the Krasnodar Territory, having lunch with combine operators and talking about the harvest prospects, at the end of the trip, unexpectedly, from the very depths of Russian fields, answered a question from Kommersant special correspondent ANDREY KOLESNIKOV regarding the statement of the US President about the fact that Vladimir Putin “stands with one foot on the

Igor Konovalov, General Director of JSC Inprom (Rostov region): — We will hold another presentation of metalworking equipment and a seminar in Sochi on the topic “Reducing the cost of construction per square meter through cooperation with a metal service company.” Previously, such events were held in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Rostov and other cities.

The company refuses to merge with other state assets The relevant committee of the Legislative Assembly of the Krasnoyarsk Territory refused to support the proposal of the regional government to unite all pharmaceutical state assets on the basis of the state enterprise (SE) “Provincial Pharmacies”. Deputies did not find a clear business plan for the new structure. The Provincial Pharmacies themselves also oppose the reform, fearing that it will end in the bankruptcy of the merged company.

Regional policy At the regional meeting of the parliamentary association “Far East and Transbaikalia”, which was attended by speakers of the legislative authorities of the Far Eastern constituent entities of the Russian Federation, the question was raised about the state of aviation transport services for residents of remote areas of the district.

Sergei Ivanov asks the FSB director to return his passport Yesterday, Perm scientist Sergei Ivanov appealed to the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yuri Chaika and FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov with complaints about the actions of local security officers, who on June 10 confiscated his international passport during an operational check for treason in the form of issuing state secrets. Mr.

7.5 years in a maximum security colony Yesterday in Khabarovsk, a verdict was handed down to the investigator of the investigative department (ID) for the Zheleznodorozhny district of Khabarovsk, the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee at the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation for the Khabarovsk Territory, Evgeniy Zinyatov, accused of fraud using his official position, receiving a bribe and attempting to receive it.

The Arbitration Court of the Central Federal District (Bryansk, cassation instance) confirmed the legality of the decision of the Tambov department of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) to impose a fine of 5.5 million rubles on Tambov Utility Systems OJSC (TKS), a structure of Russian Utility Systems OJSC .

Former Moscow military commissar denies all accusations of false heroism The Moscow Garrison Military Court yesterday began the trial of the former commander of the 2nd Guards Motorized Rifle Taman Division, ex-military commissar of Moscow Andrei Glushchenko, accused of fraud and causing property damage.

Finance As the VTB press service reported yesterday, the bank, under financial guarantees from the government of the Khabarovsk Territory, issued funds to the Arkaim joint venture to complete the construction of a wood processing plant in the village of Vanino. As noted in the VTB report, the amount of the loan agreement is 1.485 billion rubles. Let us remind you that according to the project of the Arkaim joint venture, the plant’s capacity will be up to 800 thousand cubic meters.

Shareholders of CJSC St. Petersburg International Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange (SPIMEX) elected a new board of directors at the annual meeting. The council included First Deputy General Director of OAO Tatneft, Head of the Department for Sales of Oil and Petroleum Products Nail Maganov and Assistant to the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Arkady Samokhvalov.

In No. 118 dated July 3, 2009, the words of Aeroflot-Don official representative Dmitry Bakulin should be read as follows: “Aeroflot-Don airline will transport Israeli citizens from Rostov to Tel Aviv and Russian citizens from Tel Aviv to Rostov.”

The military investigation department for the Voronezh garrison terminated the criminal case under the article “Violation of flight rules or preparation for them” of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in connection with the accident of the Su-24M front-line bomber, which crashed on December 19, 38 km from Voronezh.

One of the largest mine-building companies in Russia, OJSC Rostovshakhtostroy (Shakhty, Rostov region), received 12.2 million rubles in net profit in 2008, according to the company’s materials. A year earlier, the profit was two and a half times greater and amounted to 30.1 million rubles. At the same time, the company's revenue increased slightly: in 2008 it amounted to 1.118 billion rubles compared to 1.11 billion rubles a year earlier.