The Cabinet of Ministers decided to implement a pilot project for state regulation of prices for insulin preparations, the press service of the Ministry of Health reported. According to the press service representative, this document with amendments was adopted on August 14 at a government meeting. He did not provide other details. In January, the Cabinet of Ministers extended the implementation of a pilot project on state regulation of prices for drugs for hypertension until December 31, 2013.

Candidates from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation are deprived of registration About 70 candidates from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in the elections of municipal representative bodies of power in the Ulyanovsk region are deprived of registration by court decisions due to violations of the nomination procedure.

Olga Alimova left the meeting on involving the Saratov region in federal government programs The authorities of the Saratov region intend to involve the region in the maximum number of government programs and increase the flow of federal funds into the region with the help of State Duma deputies. This was discussed at a meeting in the regional parliament.

Viktor Loshak about the loss of the Russian national team in the qualifying match for the World Cup.

Al Jazeera correspondent Abdullah al-Shami has been arrested in Cairo. According to the publication, the reporter was detained in Adaveya Square the day before while he was monitoring the dispersal of a sit-in by supporters of Mohammed Morsi. The whereabouts of Mr. al-Shami are still unknown, the TV channel said in a statement . Al Jazeera demands the Egyptian authorities to immediately release its employee. See photos of clashes in Egypt in the Kommersant-Online gallery.

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Dmitry Rogozin, speaking at the first meeting of the organizing committee to prepare for the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the creation of the Suvorov Military and Nakhimov Naval Schools, proposed creating a Suvorov School in Transnistria.

Russians are advised to refrain from traveling to Egypt, where a state of emergency has now been introduced. “The internal conflict in Egypt is escalating, accompanied by rising tensions and violence. The number of killed and wounded on both sides is increasing. There have been attacks by extremists on Christian churches and mosques, and there has been a surge in crime.

The apartment of Denis Shutko, the author of the video featuring a drunken representative of the prosecutor’s office and a traffic police inspector in the Stavropol Territory, was searched, and he himself was detained. Shutko is accused of trying to sell a provocative video to the mother of an unscrupulous driver, his lawyers explain. Photo: Mikhail Pochuev, Kommersant / buy photo The author of a scandalous video recording with a drunken assistant prosecutor was detained in the Stavropol region.

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The Ministry of Culture will not finance Alexander Mindadze’s film “Dear Hans, Dear Peter” A scandal is breaking out in cinematic circles over the refusal of the Ministry of Culture to support the production of Alexander Mindadze’s film “Dear Hans, Dear Peter”.

Losses of enterprises in Kalmykia exceeded profits by 146 million rubles The total profit of enterprises in Kalmykia as of July 1, 2013 amounted to 344.1 million rubles, which is 21% lower than the level of the corresponding period in 2012, Kalmykiastat reports. The loss of economic entities in the region for January-June of this year amounted to 489.7 million rubles, an increase of 27.1% compared to the same period last year.

28-year-old tennis player Marion Bartoli announced her retirement from the sport after losing the tournament in Cincinnati. Marion Bartoli is the winner of Wimbledon 2013 in women's singles, reports Reuters.

89 1 min. ... As follows from the documents posted on the website of the Sverdlovsk regional election commission, among the candidates for deputies of the Yekaterinburg Duma, the largest election fund is that of the former vice-mayor of the city Vladimir Kritsky - 2.055 million rubles. Now Mr. Kritsky is the manager of the LSR company. Real Estate-Ural”, he was nominated as a deputy by “United Russia” in district No. 7. Mr. Kritsky has so far spent less than 400 thousand rubles on campaigning.

Adviser to the Egyptian Ambassador to Russia on information issues, Ezzeddine Shaheen, sees no reason to refuse tourist visits to Egypt. “This is a baseless act. It is not clear why such a decision was made, since there was not a single attack on tourists,” RIA Novosti quotes the diplomatic representative. Meanwhile, the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation came up with a proposal to ban the sale of trips to Egypt, except for Sharm el-Sheikh.