The former head of Euroset, businessman Evgeny Chichvarkin, will speak on the first day of the “Politics and Civil Society” session of the youth forum “Seliger-2012” during a teleconference in front of the participants of the summer camp, the head of Rosmolodezh Sergei Belokonev said on July 24, as reported by the RIA Novosti agency. " . The “Politics and Civil Society” session at the forum will take place in 2012 from July 25 to August 2, and will be led by blogger Dmitry Ternovsky.

The authorities supported the idea The Liteiny Dvor complex of the Russian Academy of Arts (4th line of Vasilievsky Island, 1-3) will house a new state museum of academic and contemporary art. The initiative to open the museum and exhibition complex came from the President of the Russian Academy of Arts, Zurab Tsereteli. The authorities of St. Petersburg supported her. It is noteworthy that this is the fourth museum project of the city authorities over the past year.

Rosneft is ready to buy from BP its share in a joint venture with TNK. The company officially confirmed this information. The details were told to presenter Alexey Korneev by Kommersant newspaper columnist Kirill Melnikov. – Is it known whether negotiations are underway to purchase a share? –– According to my information, not yet, this was really done at the very last moment due to various legal obligations of the partners.

Context 137 1 min. ... A year after the “historic” decision of the head of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, to submit an application to the UN for recognition of the Palestinian territories as an independent state and a full member of the world organization, the Palestinian Authority decided to remind the world community of its demand. The date for submitting a new appeal to the UN has not yet been determined, but its text is already being prepared by a special commission.

101 2 minutes. ... KVSZ won the Kiev Metro tender in the amount of UAH 1.07 billion for the modernization of 95 cars during 2012-2013, the Main Department of Transport and Communications of the Kiev City State Administration (KCSA) reported. According to the terms of the agreement signed on July 16, the Kryukov Carriage Works (KVSZ) undertakes to repair and modify the cars with the introduction of an asynchronous traction drive.

CJSC Auction Trade acquired several lots of property from the bankrupt agricultural enterprise OJSC Oktyabr. This is stated in the official report on the results of trading conducted through a public offer. The total cost of the three lots was 3.63 million rubles. The assets are located in the village of Popovka, Karasuksky district, Novosibirsk region. These include agricultural machinery, as well as various buildings and structures, including two grain warehouses, a cow barn and a calf barn.

Paris court orders France Soir to be liquidated The newspaper France Soir, owned by Alexander Pugachev, will be liquidated. This decision was made the day before by the Paris Commercial Court, which rejected all proposals received to purchase the publication. On July 23, the Paris Commercial Court made a final decision in the case of the France Soir newspaper, owned by the son of Russian billionaire Sergei Pugachev, Alexander.

The Ministry of Labor is preparing salary reform in the budget sector On August 1, the Ministry of Labor will present a draft reform of the wage system for public sector employees. The new model will be built on an “effective contract” - linking the employee’s salary and his achievements. Your income will have to be declared to the heads of budgetary institutions and members of their families.

It is proposed to introduce criminal liability for false information The Party of Regions (PR) proposes returning to the Soviet practice of punishing libel and punishing the dissemination of false information not only with fines, but also with imprisonment for up to five years.

Military prosecutor is suspected of bribes worth 600 thousand rubles Four criminal cases of corruption and fraud have been initiated against the military prosecutor of the department for ensuring the participation of military prosecutors in the consideration of cases in the courts of the military prosecutor's office of the Southern Military District, Lieutenant of Justice Igor Bezsmertny, as well as his acquaintance Vyacheslav Litvinov.

“Sotskult” decided to start with the Academy of Arts A party will appear in Russia that will protect cultural heritage and fight corruption in this area. It has yet to register with the Ministry of Justice, but its leaders have already written a letter to the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Arts (headed by Zurab Tsereteli), where they called the situation in the lyceum at the academy unacceptable.

The mayor of a Turkish city was accused of improper use of languages ​​for the 74th time The head of Sur, a municipality in Diyarbakir province in southeastern Turkey, has been accused of undermining the national language policy. This happened after a billboard appeared at the entrance to the city, where the Turkish inscription “Welcome to our city” is duplicated in two more languages ​​- Kurdish and Aramaic.

Red Hot Chili Peppers set an example for their Russian colleagues from the stage Rock concert The American group Red Hot Chili Peppers presented their latest album “I`m With You” at the Luzhniki Grand Sports Arena. BORIS BARABANOV tried to get pleasure.

Cyprus' needs for financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Commission and the European Central Bank amount to 13 billion euros. Previously, the volume of loans that the country was going to ask for was unofficially estimated at 10-12 billion euros. The Cyprus government needs about 4 billion euros, another 9 billion is needed to help banks.

General Ali Mamlouk has been appointed as the new head of the National Security Service (NSS) of Syria, France Presse reported on July 24, citing NSC representatives. The former head of the service, General Hisham Bakhtiar, died of wounds two days after the terrorist attack that occurred at the department's headquarters on July 18.