First-degree wheelchair user Mikhail Petrov from Ufa, who in May went on a hunger strike in front of the Kurultai demanding amendments to the law on the protection of the rights of people with disabilities, changed tactics. Yesterday he said that early next week he would go to Moscow for a reception with the head of state, with whom he expects to discuss changes to federal laws in favor of people with disabilities.

Markets fell after ECB head's speech The head of the European Central Bank (ECB), Mario Draghi, once again announced his readiness to resume direct action on open markets. The lack of concrete measures had a negative impact on investor sentiment: the euro fell by 0.6% to $1.214, European indices lost up to 5%, and bond yields of troubled countries rose to critical levels. The Ukrainian market did not notice the shocks.

Vasily Mosin became a bronze medalist in the double trap competition Shooting Vasily Mosin became a bronze medalist in the double trap competition. The Russian won the award in a shootout with Kuwaiti representative Fehaid Aldikhani. Another of our shooters, Vitaly Fokeev, took fifth place. Well, the champion was Briton Peter Wilson, who was considered the clear favorite of the competition.

Net profit of the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota Motor Corp. in the first quarter of the 2012-2013 financial year, which ended on June 30, increased 250 times and amounted to 290.347 billion yen ($3.706 billion) against the same figure of 1.160 billion yen recorded a year earlier. Toyota's sales during the reporting period increased by 59.9%, amounting to 5.50 trillion yen ($70.21 billion) compared to 3.44 trillion yen in the first quarter of the 2011-2012 fiscal year.

The volleyball players of the Russian national team are going to have breakfast - already in full Bosco parade. I wonder if they also sleep in Bosco?

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Alexei Navalny was not allowed to speak in the Khamovnicheskiy court, where hearings in the Pussy Riot case are taking place. Only three of the 17 witnesses were given the floor. Judge Marina Syrova asked the rest to leave the hall. Kommersant FM correspondent Olga Volkova told the details to presenter Margarita Polyanskaya. - So, 17 people - who was finally allowed to speak out in defense of the girls?

Barack Obama signed a secret document on cooperation with opponents of Bashar al-Assad US President Barack Obama authorized the CIA and other agencies to help opponents of Bashar al-Assad in Syria. However, Washington did not openly declare this. They tried to keep the order of the head of the White House, called “intelligence guidance”, secret, but in vain - the press became aware of the document. It deals primarily with the transfer of intelligence information to the Syrian opposition.

The number of citizens who believe that the level of corruption in Russia is high has increased, sociologists from the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM) have found. If in 2010 75% of respondents thought so, then in July 2012 their number increased to 80%. Only 11% consider the level of corruption in the country to be average, and 1% to be low.

A preliminary complaint from the lawyer of the former head of the Verkhneuslonsky district of Tatarstan, Alexander Timofeev, was received on Friday by the Supreme Court of the republic.

The administration of the Tomsk region has agreed with the federal authorities to defer funding for the construction of a road on the left bank of the Tom from the regional and local budgets, said Vice-Governor Yuri Gurdin. “In fact, we will restructure our debt, a new schedule will be prepared, financing will be divided over five to six years,” he said. Mr.

Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov instructed the head of the State Construction Supervision Inspectorate, Vasily Kudryashov, to check all houses delivered in 2011-2012 under the social mortgage program. Homes will be checked for construction defects and other defects.

Writer Dmitry Bykov and journalist Andrei Norkin discuss current news and look for analogies from history and literature in the evening show "News in Classics". Listen to the new episode of the program on Tuesday from 19.00 to 20.00 Moscow time live on Kommersant FM. Dmitry Bykov about protest sentiments and rising prices for housing and communal services . Part 1 Dmitry Bykov about Airborne Forces Day . Part 2 Dmitry Bykov about Vladimir Putin's visit to the London Olympics .

Due to low gas prices and declining demand for nickel, the company wrote off $3.3 billion Falling US gas prices and global nickel prices continue to negatively impact the operations of major mining companies. Anglo-Australian BHP Billiton announced a write-down of the value of part of its shale gas assets in the United States in the amount of $2.8 billion. Write-downs of nickel assets in Australia cost the company $450 million.

The police seized in Vladivostok more than 100 thousand pirated CDs with films and music recorded on them, the approximate value of which exceeds 20 million rubles, reports the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for Primorye. “The police received information that there is a warehouse in Vladivostok where counterfeit audio and video products are stored and sold.