Pyotr Kolyada and Vladimir Evdokimov are confident in the innocence of Yuri Lutsenko On Friday, the Pechersky District Court of the capital continued to question witnesses in the case of the allegedly illegal extension by ex-Minister of Internal Affairs Yuriy Lutsenko of surveillance of one of the witnesses in the case of poisoning of presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko. Two interrogated witnesses, who at one time worked as Mr. Lutsenko’s deputies, deny the ex-minister’s guilt.

Some networks refused to sell Samsung Galaxy S III Several retail chains, including Allo and Comfy, have decided to temporarily refrain from selling the most anticipated Android smartphone of this year - the Samsung Galaxy S III. Retailers explain this by the strict requirements put forward by manufacturers and the high price of the phone. Experts believe that the difficulties are caused by Samsung's desire to follow the sales strategy of its main competitor Apple.

SALES! 293 1 min. ... The top lot of the Sotheby's auction in New York dedicated to Apple products was the first computer of the same name, assembled in 1976. The price for which the anonymous buyer purchased this device was $370.5 thousand and was twice the estimate. Despite its venerable age, the computer is in good condition. The lot included a motherboard, processor, keyboard, memory modules, batteries and cooling elements, and a video terminal.

Greek Finance Minister Vassilis Raponis is leaving his post, Reuters reports, citing an official statement from the administration of the head of government. After the appointment, Vasilis Raponis was almost immediately hospitalized and continues to remain in the hospital at the moment. The administration of Prime Minister Antonis Samaris reported that today Raponis sent a letter to the head of government in which he asked to be relieved of his duties. The request was granted.

A week ago, the consulting company Mercer published another ranking of the most expensive cities in the world - Moscow took fourth place in it. Vlast columnist Sergei Minaev understood the peculiarities of capital pricing. Mercer examines prices for 200 types of goods and services (including housing, transportation and entertainment) in 214 cities around the world, with New York as the benchmark and prices calculated in US dollars.

Seafood caught and processed in the Japanese prefecture of Fukushima, which became notorious after the explosion at the local nuclear power plant, has been returned to the public market after being tested for radioactivity. There were no traces of half-life isotopes of cesium in the octopuses and gastropods caught off the coast of the prefecture, local authorities said. Fukushima seafood is on sale at 60% of its price before the nuclear power plant accident.

The Inerco Trade subsidiary of the Kernel agricultural holding, one of the Ukrainian sunflower oil market operators and grain exporters, is attracting a loan from a consortium of European banks in the amount of $210 million. According to the agricultural holding's stock exchange announcement on the Warsaw Stock Exchange on Monday, funds are being raised for a period until June 30, 2013 Based on materials from Interfax-Ukraine news agency

In an advertising campaign for a chips manufacturer, a Russian football player may be replaced by another athlete. In particular, the contract has already been offered to Cameroonian Samuel Eto'o. Experts are not surprised: the performance of the Russian team at Euro 2012 caused reputational damage to all sponsor companies. Andrei Arshavin may lose all advertising contracts. This opinion is expressed by market participants.

The authorities of the Latin American state, after making the decision to legalize soft drugs, began a campaign to develop marijuana production in the country. The plantations promise to bring up to 27 tons of “harvest” per year. But it is hardly worth talking about an increase in tourist flow to the region due to innovations, experts are sure. Montevideo could become the new Amsterdam.

The former prime minister of Ukraine, who was absent from the next court hearing due to poor health, was ordered to undergo a forensic medical examination. Tymoshenko's defense fears that she will be brought to the next hearing by force. The Kiev District Court of Kharkov ordered a forensic medical examination for Yulia Tymoshenko. The suspect herself was not present at the hearing on the second criminal case on Monday due to health reasons.

The Human Rights Council may be disbanded. This will happen if five more human rights activists leave. Now there are 24 members left in the HRC, and the quorum is maintained. Chairman of the Council Mikhail Fedotov discussed the situation with presenter Anna Kazakova. On June 25, it became known that, following the head of the Moscow Helsinki Group Lyudmila Alekseeva, two more announced their withdrawal - Valentin Gefter and Boris Pustyntsev. That is, 15 people have recently left the council.

Mobile operators wrote off 350 thousand subscribers 238 2 minutes. ... According to the analytical company ACM-Consulting, according to the results of the first quarter of this year, the number of cellular subscribers in St. Petersburg decreased by 350 thousand users, and service penetration decreased by 5.5%. Only Megafon and Tele2 showed an increase in their subscriber base, while VimpelCom and Mobile Telesystems (MTS) showed negative growth.

Viktor Erofeev: Oblomov as a reminder of all-Russian impotence The country and Ulyanovsk celebrated the 200th anniversary of Ivan Goncharov with special pomp. This city gave birth to two gigantic Russian characters - Oblomov and Lenin. The main result of the discussion at the festival: the Stoltsy are triumphant, but there are no fewer Oblomovs Maria Portnyagina, Ulyanovsk — It would be better if they invited Vasya Oblomov, his song “Magadan” went around the entire Internet.

Any good thing today is household waste tomorrow. After this law of existence is given federal status, Russians will have to pay for the disposal of future waste when purchasing goods. The price tag is tens of billions of rubles. NADEZHDA PETROVA Immodest powers The state found money to fight waste. No miracles: it found them in the same place as usual - in your wallet.

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