After the disaster of the motor ship "Bulgaria" with many casualties (122 people died), the condition of 209 ships was checked in the Volga Federal District. According to the Volga transport prosecutor Sergei Belov, the operation of five vessels was suspended on the waterways of the Nizhny Novgorod region, but after the shortcomings were eliminated, they all went on voyages (in total, the operation of 48 passenger ships was suspended in the district).

Mortgage loans will cost borrowers more Banks are raising mortgage rates for customers who forgo life and title insurance. Such measures were a response to a government decree that prohibited credit institutions from requiring borrowers to provide other types of insurance other than collateral insurance. The Federal Antimonopoly Service is not against a general increase in rates, but will deal with special cases if the difference in rates exceeds 3.5 percentage points.

Former head of Rosselkhozbank branch convicted In Krasnodar yesterday, the verdict was announced to Nikolai Dyachenko, the former director of the local branch of Rosselkhozbank OJSC, who was found guilty of abuse of power (Part 2 of Article 201 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), expressed in the issuance of obviously non-repayable loans to the Mayak agricultural enterprise. Mr.

Result 113 1 min. ... Russian Championship Superfinal Third round. Alexander Galkin - Alexander Morozevich 0.5:0.5. Alexander Grischuk - Peter Svidler 0.5:0.5. Sergey Karjakin - Vladimir Kramnik 1:0. Artem Timofeev - Ian Nepomniachtchi 0.5:0.5. After three rounds. 1-3. Karyakin, Morozevich, Svidler - 2 points each. 4-5. Galkin, Nepomniachtchi - 1.5 each. 6-8. Grischuk, Timofeev, Kramnik - 1 each. Women. FIDE Grand Prix in Rostov-on-Don Eighth round.

The budget surplus of the Astrakhan region for the first half of the year reached 1.26 billion rubles The budget surplus of the Astrakhan region in the first half of the year amounted to 1.256 billion rubles, the regional Ministry of Finance said in a statement. Budget revenues in the reporting period amounted to 12.331 billion rubles (54.5% of the annual plan), expenses - 11.075 billion rubles (44.1%).

The shopping center expects to “pull away” 20-30 thousand buyers from competitors The second stage of the Yuzhny shopping and entertainment complex has officially opened in Kazan. He finally received all the necessary documents from the supervisory authorities, the absence of which had prevented the space from being put into operation since the end of last year. The management of Yuzhny believes that after the opening of Auchan, the shopping center will attract 20-30 thousand people daily.

Today, August 12, the statistical office of the European Union (Eurostat) reported that industrial production in the eurozone fell by 0.7% in July this year compared to the previous month. The growth of the indicator compared to July 2010 was 2.9%. Analysts did not predict a fall in industrial production compared to June. Based on materials from Interfax-AFI

The company buys the largest gas supplier in the Southern Urals Gazprom is ready to cede the market of the Chelyabinsk region to Novatek. As Kommersant learned, by the beginning of the heating season the deal to sell a controlling stake in Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Chelyabinsk LLC to an independent gas producer will be completed. According to experts, the entire asset could cost $50–100 million. They attribute Gazprom’s refusal from the Chelyabinsk market to its strategy focused on export markets.

Today, August 12, press secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Andrei Savinykh said that the Belarusian side reserves the right to impose retaliatory sanctions against the United States. The day before, the United States imposed economic sanctions against four state-owned enterprises in Belarus, including the Belneftekhim concern.

The ONF primaries in Primorye were won by current deputies and officials The winners of the primaries of “United Russia” and the All-Russian Popular Front (ONF) to determine candidates for State Duma deputies from Primorye were the regional parliament member Galust Akhoyan, who was a defendant in a criminal case on tax evasion, and the current deputy of the lower house of parliament from “A Just Russia” Elmira Glubokovskaya and the head of the federation of trade unions of the region, Viktor

11 years ago, on August 12, 2000, the nuclear submarine K-141 Kursk sank in the Barents Sea during an exercise, killing 118 people.

Investigative authorities have brought charges against Olga Alexandrina, who died in a scandalous accident on Leninsky Prospekt. Previously, the Constitutional Court prohibited law enforcement agencies from terminating criminal cases in connection with the death of suspects and accused without the consent of their relatives, after which the accident case was sent for review.

The leadership of St. Petersburg State University accused colleagues from other universities of violating the rights of applicants The city prosecutor's office has begun an investigation into violations of the rights of applicants by St. Petersburg universities. The reason was an information message distributed by St.

SEC is checking the possibility of leaking information about the downgrade of the US rating The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched a preliminary investigation into the rating agency Standard & Poor's, which last week lowered the US credit rating from the maximum level of AAA. Investigators suspect that on the eve of the publication of the rating downgrade, insider information about the upcoming rating decision was leaked from the agency.

Tour operator Skytour announced on August 11 that it was impossible to fulfill its obligations for all previously paid tours. The Federal Tourism Agency asked law enforcement agencies to check the company. “The Federal Agency for Tourism receives oral and written appeals from citizens and organizations in connection with the failure of the tour operator Skytour to fulfill its obligations to tourists under contracts for the sale of tourism products.