The Civil Power party has nominated a list of candidates for the autumn elections in 20 regions of Russia, RIA Novosti reports. A single voting day will take place in the country on September 8. On June 29, a pre-election congress of the “Civil Force” was held in Moscow, in which 49 delegates took part.

The discussion of the new pension formula led to the fact that in the first four months, contributions to the pension fund increased by 46 billion rubles, Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets said in the Vesti on Saturday program on the Rossiya channel, RIA Novosti reports on June 29 . “This formula gave an amazing result for us; today we have an increase in pension fund collections. In the first four months they grew by 46 billion rubles. This is handled by the pension fund itself.

Partners of one of the Glavstroy companies reminded themselves with the help of bankruptcy claims Two counterparties are seeking bankruptcy of Glavstroy-Kuban LLC in court.

Even the organizer of the attack on environmentalist Fetisov will not be jailed for long The jury of the Moscow Regional Court yesterday acquitted two of the three defendants in the case of the assassination attempt on Khimki environmentalist Konstantin Fetisov, committed in November 2010. They found the alleged organizer of the crime, Khimki official Andrei Chernyshev, guilty, but deserving of leniency.

The situation surrounding former CIA officer Edward Snowden may push the United States and Russia to develop and sign an extradition treaty, an informed source in Moscow told Interfax on June 29. “It is the absence of such an agreement that does not allow the Russian side to consider the issue of extraditing a fugitive intelligence officer who was lost at Sheremetyevo airport.

The French actor is fascinated by the phenomenon of the Russian soul On June 29, at a press conference held after the premiere of the film “Rasputin,” in which the actor played the main role, Gerard Depardieu spoke about the Russian soul, the President of the Russian Federation and the unemployment rate.

Police clashes with demonstrators protesting the visit of US President Barack Obama to South Africa occurred on the outskirts of Johannesburg, Western news agencies report. Armed police reportedly used stun grenades to disperse the crowd. Clashes with police occurred in the settlement of Soweto, located on the southwestern outskirts of the city near the campus of the University of Johannesburg, where Barack Obama today meets with young people. The clashes occurred while Mr.

Police lieutenant shot down lieutenant colonel Another accident involving a police officer occurred in the center of Saratov. According to the regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a traffic police officer, while performing his professional duties, hit a colleague, a female lieutenant colonel, who was heading to work. An investigation into the incident is underway.

Egyptian civil activists seeking the resignation of the country's president and holding early elections have collected 22 million 134 thousand signatures in their support, which is almost 10 million more than the votes that helped Mohammed Morsi become head of state last year, a representative of the movement said on June 29 Mahmoud Badr. “That’s it, the regime has actually been overthrown,” he announced at a specially convened press conference in Cairo.

As a result of a bomb planted by militants on a road in Yalla province in southern Thailand, 8 members of the country's security forces were killed, 2 military and 2 civilians were injured. An explosion occurred in the morning on a provincial highway near the village of Pekho. Its force was such that a crater with a diameter of about 2 m and a depth of 50 cm was formed at the site of the explosion, media reported.

Yesterday, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, who again headed the company's board of directors, elected by the annual meeting of shareholders on Friday, said that at present Tatneft shareholders are not considering options for either selling the company or purchasing new assets. “The Tatneft company is a local company, although it operates outside (the republic—Kommersant).

The US President does not want to disturb the ex-President of South Africa On June 29, a White House official announced that US President Barack Obama's previously planned trip to the hospital where Nelson Mandela is being held would not take place. According to Mr. Obama, this could disturb the peace of the ex-president of South Africa.

An explosion occurred this morning in a market near Baghdad, killing 7 people and injuring 12, local police reported. The explosive device went off in an open-air trading area in the village of Abu Ghraib, which is located about 40 km west of the capital. Other details of the incident have not been reported. Based on materials from RIA Novosti

A storm warning has been issued throughout Ukraine today: thunderstorms are expected, hail and squalls of 15-20 m/s are expected in some areas. In Vinnytsia and Zhytomyr regions there are heavy rains in places, the Hydrometeorological Center reports. Based on materials from UNIAN

At the end of 2012, OJSC Saratovstroysteklo received a net profit of 764 million rubles. This is less than in the previous year, when the company earned 1.1 billion rubles. The company notes that last year it was necessary to work “in conditions of increasing competition.” As explained in the annual report, the decrease in net profit was due to a decrease in flat glass production by 1.5% and a decrease in sales prices on the market by 15.2%.