On Wednesday, ethnic Serbs clashed with the police in the republic: the rebels set fire to a checkpoint on the border with Serbia. Conflicts between the ethnic minority and the Kosovo authorities are inevitable, but in the end the Serbs will be broken, experts say. The worsening situation in northern Kosovo will be discussed at a meeting of the UN Security Council on Thursday. Last evening, ethnic Serbs destroyed and set fire to a checkpoint on the republic’s border with Serbia.

Today, July 28, the values ​​of the Kommersant currency indicator (Ъ-indicator) were: 8.00/8.00 UAH/$, which is equivalent to the Wednesday indicator - 8.00/8.00 UAH/$; 11.48/11.52 UAH/euro (11.57/11.60 UAH/euro); 2.90/2.90 UAH/10 rub. (2.91/2.92 UAH/10 rubles). The Kommersant-Ukraine publishing house has been calculating the Kommersant-Ukraine publishing house since March 16, 2009, based on the dollar purchase/sale prices of the largest transactions on the interbank foreign exchange market.

ASI management has been tasked with doing something very important The appointment of the leadership of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI) not only did not clarify, but also complicated the answer to the question of the future status of the agency and its prospects. Like the United Popular Front (UNF), ASI, based on the statements made yesterday by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, will have to independently find its own use, funding and reason for existence.

As the Washington Times reported on July 28, US intelligence agencies have concluded that the Russian GRU was involved in the explosion that occurred near the US embassy in Tbilisi in September 2010. This is stated in the CIA report. Two officials familiar with the contents of the report told the newspaper about the CIA’s conclusions regarding the events of September 22, 2010 in Tbilisi.

Today, July 28, the Chinese company Alibaba introduced the mobile operating system Aliyun OS (“Ali cloud”). According to a press release on alibaba.com, Aliyun OS uses the Linux kernel and is designed for smartphones and tablets. Aliyun OS can run Android applications and web applications written in HTML5 and JavaScript. The operating system will be integrated with a number of Internet services, in particular, with a search engine, weather and e-mail.

Vladikavkaz "Alania" hosted the Kazakh club "Aktobe" at home as part of the 3rd qualifying round of the Europa League. The meeting ended in a draw, although the guests played in the minority for almost half an hour. The Aktobe players opened the scoring - Senegalese striker Neme Mane scored in the 11th minute. The Russians scored the return goal in the 60th minute through the efforts of Atsamaz Buraev.

The case of Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik will not go to trial until 2012, Norway's chief prosecutor said. “We hope to be able to start the trial next year,” Crown Prosecutor General Thor Axel Busch said on July 28. According to him, no earlier than the end of 2011 an indictment will be ready for the 32-year-old killer responsible for 72 deaths. Prosecutor Ingunn Vossgard previously said that police need time to conduct a thorough and comprehensive investigation, AFP reports.

for fixed matches The head of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation addressed Vladimir Putin with an open letter asking for help in the fight against match-fixing. Stepashin, who also heads the supervisory board of FC Dynamo, proposed putting him in prison for making agreements. Kommersant FM sports commentator Vladimir Osipov looked into the details. The authorities in our country are the last to know about everything.

The Kazan Investigation Department for Transport (KSOT) of the Privolzhsky Investigation Department for Transport of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case on Thursday evening against the director of Volga Travel LLC (Samara), the tenant of the motor ship Peter Alabin (the “twin” of the sunken Bulgaria).

The head of the press service of the President of the Republic was killed Garun Kurbanov, head of the information-analytical department and press service of the President of Dagestan, was killed in Makhachkala. His driver Ismail Ismailov died along with him. The crime was committed today around 8:30. The official left his house on Mantasheva Street and was heading towards the official Toyota Camry when a silver VAZ-2114 caught up with him.

The State Department is trying to help Russia with sanctions against individuals on the “Magnitsky list” Yesterday it turned out that by introducing visa sanctions against Russian officials from the Magnitsky list, the US State Department was trying not to punish Moscow, but, on the contrary, to get it out of harm’s way. Namely, to prevent Congress from passing a bill providing for much tougher sanctions against a larger number of Russian officials.

Today, the regional branch of United Russia received documents confirming the appointment of the director of the Kucher RPA, Grigory Kuranov, as the head of Vladimir Putin’s reception office in Perm. The political consultant himself also spoke about this, explaining that he would also organize the primaries of the All-Russian Popular Front (ONF) in the region. Mr.

The group is building a chain of hotels in Russia RVM Capital Management Company, which is associated in the market with Russian Railways OJSC, was headed by Sergei Orlov, adviser to the president of the monopoly. Under his leadership, RVM, which is part of the Rosvagonmash group and owns shares in the port of Ust-Luga and the insurance company ZHASO, will build hotels throughout Russia.

The Lviv City Council intends to raise UAH 90 million by placing bonds, reported ART-Capital Investment Company, which is the underwriter of the issue. The circulation period of the securities is three years without the right of early put, the interest rate for the entire circulation period is set at 13.95% per annum. The placement of bonds will most likely take place on the PFTS and the Ukrainian Exchange; its date has not yet been specified.

Member of the European Parliament Mario Borghesio, representing Italy, partially approved the ideas of the Norwegian terrorist Anders Breivik, at whose hands 76 people were killed. He called some of the ideas “wonderful.” Mario Borghesio, a spokesman for Italy's nationalist Northern League party, criticized Breivik's killing of people, but said some of his ideas were "good" and even "wonderful." “Some of the ideas he expressed are good, except for the violence.