Today, July 14, Bayern Munich agreed to sign a contract with Manchester City and Germany national team player Jerome Boateng. The contract with the player is for 4 years. The transfer amount is not disclosed. Jerome Boateng must arrive in Munich and undergo a medical examination, after which the parties will sign a contract. Based on materials from the official Bayern website

The Russian government is asking oil companies to reserve 1 million tons of “winter” diesel fuel, as well as about 700 thousand tons of gasoline and about 300 thousand tons of jet fuel. Sources in oil companies told Reuters this. This week, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko spoke about the authorities’ plans to create fuel reserves of 2 million tons, without specifying details.

A boat with tourists sank on Lake Teletskoye Investigative authorities of the Altai Republic (RA) opened a criminal case into an incident on Lake Teletskoye, as a result of which a boat returning from an excursion sank. Of the thirteen people on board, only nine were saved, including the driver. Four tourists, including a 12-year-old girl, are missing.

United Russia primaries turn into scandals The leader of United Russia and the All-Russian Popular Front (ONF) Vladimir Putin has extended until July 20 the acceptance of applications for participation in the party-front primaries to determine candidates for the list of the party in power in the State Duma elections. Meanwhile, party members themselves admit that this procedure is discredited locally.

As part of the Innoprom-2011 exhibition and forum in Yekaterinburg, the first working day of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI) began today. Let us recall that the initiative to create the ASI was made by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The main goal of the created agency will be to support innovative developments of medium-sized businesses that can help the development of Russia.

The main star of the Anzhi football club, Roberto Carlos, made a loud statement. According to the Brazilian, after the player’s contract expires, he will become the president of the team from Makhachkala. Kommersant FM sports commentator Vladimir Osipov examined how serious the intentions of the world-famous defender are. Now in our football there is such a time that it is very difficult to distinguish a duck from real news.

The State Reserve Agency announced yesterday that it had begun accepting applications for approval of the issuance of licenses to import into the country the remainder of the tariff quota for raw sugar from cane in the amount of 42.38 thousand tons. Ukraine, in agreement with the WTO, will annually establish a quota of 260 thousand. t.

The Omsk Regional Court on Monday rejected the Omsk City Council and public activist Valery Titov in their claim against the legislative assembly. The plaintiffs demanded that the amendments to the regional law “On elections to local self-government bodies of the Omsk Region” adopted by the Legislative Assembly be invalidated. As Kommersant wrote, the parliament adopted the amendments unanimously and in two readings on May 24, 2011.

Anatoly Mosievsky was banned from being an official In Biysk (Altai Territory), the mayor Anatoly Mosievsky was found guilty of extorting local businessmen for the needs of urban improvement. The court sentenced him to three years probation, also prohibiting him from holding municipal and public service positions for three years.

The II Odessa Film Festival opens festival/cinema The II Odessa International Film Festival starts tomorrow. ALEXEY TARASOV carefully studied the program and came to the conclusion that the forum continues to drift towards entertaining cinema for audiences. This year, the organizers of the Odessa International Film Festival (OIFF) followed the previously chosen format and included non-binding entertainment films in the competition program.

Rescuers plan to complete the inspection of the sunken diesel-electric ship "Bulgaria" by 14.00 Moscow time on July 14, Vadim Seregin, head of the State Inspectorate for Small Vessels of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, said during a conference call. To date, the bodies of 107 victims have been discovered. “According to this instruction, we are ready to hand over the vessel to the representative of the general contractor (for lifting the sunken vessel) at 2 p.m.,” said Mr.

The Fed released the bulls The key event on Wednesday that had an impact on investor sentiment was the speech of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke with a report on monetary policy for the first half of the year. Even before the speech, the markets entered the “green” zone with minimal growth. Futures for the S&P 500 rose 0.4%. Purchases intensified after Mr. Bernanke said that the Fed was ready for new measures to stimulate the American economy if necessary.

Today, July 14, it became known that the government plane of the Prince of Thailand, who arrived this week on a private visit to Germany, was seized by German authorities due to debts that Thailand has not been able to pay to Germany for 20 years. It is unknown where the prince is now, writes The Telegraph. The Boeing 737 Royal Flight, flown by Prince Maha Vajiralonkorn, was detained by German border guards at Munich airport.

On the night of July 12-13, unknown persons fired at the car of Anatoly Shariy, a correspondent for the online publication Obozrevatel. As Mr. Shariy told Kommersant, at 2.40 he was driving along Radchenko Street towards the center of Kyiv, and suddenly a car blocked his road. “I backed up and noticed that another car was approaching from the other side. I jumped out of the cab and heard a shot,” said Mr. Shariy. He turned to a passerby for help, asked for a mobile phone and called the police.

Today, July 14, it became known that France has announced a tender for the construction of offshore wind power plants worth $14.30 billion. About 38% of France's electricity comes from nuclear power plants. The ongoing competition is aimed at building capacities to generate more than 6 thousand MW of electricity - about 23% of the energy volume will be generated from renewable energy sources. The country, which has no offshore wind turbines, plans to build about 1,200 units by 2020.