Tyumen State Oil and Gas University (Tyumen State Oil and Gas University) will receive a federal grant in the amount of more than 61 million rubles to develop a line for applying protective coatings to rotors for downhole motors. The coating, made using new technology, according to the developers, will increase the product’s life to 6 thousand hours, its wear resistance will increase by 10-12 times.

Former Oryol vice-governor Efim Velkovsky has been appointed to the position of adviser to the head of the region, Vadim Potomsky, Sergei Tyurin, head of the press service, public relations and analytical work of the regional government, told Kommersant. Mr. Velkovsky is considered one of the most loyal members of the team of the former governor, now senator Yegor Stroev. It is assumed that in the position of adviser he will deal with housing and communal services issues.

The US Department of Homeland Security has decided to take additional security measures at a number of airports from which direct flights to the US depart. ITAR-TASS reported this on the night of July 3. The airports in which countries we are talking about are not specified. It is only reported that the department has ordered the Transportation Security Administration to “take enhanced security measures” at a number of foreign airports from which direct flights to the United States operate.

Tennis player from the Czech Republic Petra Kvitova reached the final of the Wimbledon tennis tournament. On Thursday in the semi-finals, she beat her compatriot Lucia Safarova in straight sets with a score of 7:6 (8:6), 6:1. The match lasted 1 hour 19 minutes. In the final of the tournament, Kvitova, who won Wimbledon in 2011, will face either Romanian Simona Halep or Canadian Eugenie Bouchard.

An opposition member of the Kazan election commission was convicted of distributing an extremist video Kazan civil activists, members of local precinct election commissions with voting rights, are accused of distributing extremist materials. We are talking about a video posted on the Internet, “Let’s remember the swindlers and thieves their Manifesto 2002,” which was declared prohibited a year ago. Yesterday the court fined him 2 thousand rubles.

The court found those involved in the case of the death of 122 people guilty The Moscow court of Kazan found guilty all the defendants in the criminal case regarding the sinking of the motor ship "Bulgaria", which occurred in 2011 and claimed the lives of 122 people. The reading of the verdict will take several days, the terms of punishment will be made public later.

The Talan company will find out the opinion of Perm residents about what brands they would like to see in the modern New Center quarter. The discussion is taking place on the company's VKontakte thread. Sibirskaya and Revolyutsii streets have high potential as a street retail corridor. Trade in this area is developing rapidly. According to experts, the emergence of the modern New Center quarter will strengthen the position of these streets.

Among his candidates for senators is current member of the Federation Council Vitaly Bogdanov Acting Governor of the Kursk Region Alexander Mikhailov has decided on three senatorial candidates with whom he will go to the elections for the head of the region on September 14.

The interests of the environment turned out to be secondary The State Duma, in two readings, adopted amendments to the law “On Environmental Protection” developed by the Ministry of Natural Resources, designed to transfer environmental regulation of industry to the principle of the best available technologies by 2020.

The Prosecutor General's Office has begun an inspection of the state corporation Rusnano. This was reported by the first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes Oksana Dmitrieva. Deputy Oksana Dmitrieva discussed the topic with Kommersant FM host Alexey Korneev. Photo: Evgeny Pavlenko, Kommersant It was Ms.

It can be legalized on the Internet As Kommersant has learned, the government is considering the possibility of legalizing Internet poker in Russia. This would add up to 5 billion rubles to the budget. per year, but since the issue is of great social importance, the final decision will depend on public opinion. Photo: Kommersant / Sergey Mikheev And then the desperate player put a bullet in his forehead. What a nasty, disgusting game that is poker!

The ex-director of the youth fund was sentenced In Novosibirsk, the court sentenced him to one year of probation and a fine of 10 thousand rubles. former director of the Foundation for Support of Youth Initiatives, head of the branch of the Smart Russia party in the Siberian Federal District (SFD) Alexey Borisek, finding him guilty of illegal possession of ammunition.

Thailand extradited alleged Shchelkovsky leader Alexander Matusov Today Thailand extradited the alleged leader of the Shchelkovo organized crime group, Alexander Matusov (Basmach), to Russia. According to law enforcement agencies, the group is responsible for dozens of murders and other serious and especially serious crimes. In recent years, Basmach himself lived in Pattaya using a fake passport and was caught by chance - for violating traffic rules.

Cross-border cooperation The first secretary of the Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Heilongjiang Province, Wang Xiankui, met in Harbin with Khabarovsk Governor Vyacheslav Shport. This was announced by the head of the regional Ministry of Economic Development, Viktor Kalashnikov.

In Russia, the average monthly pension assigned in May 2014 increased by 8.8% compared to May 2013 and amounted to 10 thousand 890 rubles, Interfax reports with reference to the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat). Compared to April 2014, the average pension amount has not changed. “In real terms, the average pension in May 2014 increased by 1.1% compared to May 2013, but decreased by 0.9% compared to April 2014.