353 1 min. ... The Presidential Commission on the Fuel and Energy Complex has decided on a scheme for the sale of Inter RAO's 40% stake in Irkutskenergo, the head of the energy holding, Boris Kovalchuk, said yesterday.

Uralkali has begun work to eliminate the crater located north of the building of the non-operating administrative and amenity complex of the Berezniki Mine Construction Administration (ABK BSSU), the company reports. As of August 1, the size of the crater is 101 by 97 m. According to the project, the volume of backfill will be about 400 thousand sand and gravel mixture. The planned completion date for the work is September of this year.

Vladimir Lytvyn signed the law on language policy Yesterday, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Vladimir Lytvyn, contrary to earlier promises, signed the law “On the Fundamentals of State Language Policy.” The presidential administration admits that the document was adopted in gross violation of regulations, but the chances of it being signed by the head of state are high. Mr. Lytvyn sees a way out of the situation in the adoption of a new law.

Uralkali announces the completion of the merger with the company of OJSC Kamskaya Mining Company, which previously belonged to the subsidiary CJSC IC Silvinit-Resurs. As a result of the merger, OJSC "Kama Mining Company" ceased to exist as an independent legal entity.

The indignation of the referees and spectators was caused by the matches of Chinese, Indonesian and Korean women, who deliberately lost to each other in the competition. The athletes themselves declare that the game was fair, and bookmakers are confident that manipulation for the sake of monetary winnings is excluded. Asian athletes were accused of giving up Olympic matches.

during the forced repurchase of shares from minority shareholders Due to a conflict between Alexander Zanadvorov and the Federal Service for Financial Markets (FSFM), part of the Seventh Continent shares turned out to be cloned. Representatives of the businessman claim that as a result of a forced buyout, he acquired 3.75% of the retailer from minority shareholders. However, it turned out that 3.71% of the shares were blocked in the accounts of nominal holders.

A light helicopter Robinson 44 made an emergency landing yesterday in Buryatia, there were no casualties or injuries, a representative of the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations said. “The helicopter, previously due to problems with the engine, made an emergency landing in the Tunkinsky district, in the area of ​​thermal springs. The people on board were not injured,” the source said. According to preliminary information, the helicopter was damaged during landing.

A suspect in the rape and murder of nine-year-old Anya Prokopenko in Pyatigorsk has been arrested, official representative of the Russian Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin told reporters on August 1, as reported by RIA Novosti . “The court arrested a suspect in the rape and murder of a girl in Pyatigorsk,” he said. On July 25, the body of Anya Prokopenko, raped and strangled, was found on Mount Mashuk in Pyatigorsk.

Ex-deputy chairman of the Sovetsky District Court was killed in Volgograd Yesterday, 60-year-old Vyacheslav Kalachev, former deputy chairman of the Sovetsky District Court, was killed in the courtyard of his own house in Volgograd. He died on the spot from knife wounds inflicted by an unknown person, the press service of the investigative department of the Investigative Committee for the Volgograd Region reported.

The opening of a new shopping center in Sochi is postponed again The TPS Real Estate company has once again postponed the opening of its Sochi shopping center MoreMall. According to the TPS press service, it will open no earlier than the fall. The developer cites the protracted reconstruction of access roads to the facility as the reason for the relocation. According to experts, due to forced downtime, MoreMall may lose about 40–50 million rubles.

An agreement between the governments of Ukraine and Turkey, providing that citizens of the countries will be able to stay in the territory of another state without obtaining a visa for up to 30 days from the date of entry, came into force today, August 1. The agreement also provides that the total period of stay of citizens in the territory of another state will not exceed 90 days within 180 days from the date of first entry.

The UDAR party of Vitali Klitschko announced the first five candidates for people's deputies on the party list at the congress of political forces. The top five on the list included leader Vitaliy Klitschko, writer Maria Matios, ex-head of the SBU Valentin Nalyvaichenko, businessman Oksana Prodan and deputy head of the party Vitaly Kovalchuk. Based on materials from Interfax-Ukraine news agency

In the top five of the "Ukraine - Forward!" electoral list. will include party leaders Natalia Korolevskaya, football player Andrei Shevchenko and actor Ostap Stupka. Under 4 will be former Minister of Health Ilya Yemets. Under 5, the rector of the National Linguistic University is Roman Vasko. Based on materials from UNIAN

Officials and security forces may be left without real estate abroad. Deputies from all four factions have introduced a bill into the Duma that would prohibit civil servants at all levels from having housing and bank accounts abroad. Deputy editor-in-chief of the Kommersant newspaper Gleb Cherkasov commented on the situation to presenter Margarita Polyanskaya. — As I understand it, the bill was developed, according to tradition, to combat corruption.

Yesterday, an unauthorized action within the framework of “Strategy-31” was once again held on Triumfalnaya Square. On the 31st of every month, oppositionists hold a rally there in support of Article 31 of the Constitution (freedom of assembly). With rare exceptions (several actions in 2010 and 2011), the Moscow authorities refused to sanction events of dissent on Triumfalnaya Square. Yesterday's action was no exception.