The leader of the opposition Party of Regions of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, called on his voters to be prepared for acts of disobedience. According to Yanukovych, such actions will begin “if the “orange” coalition continues to violate human rights, laws and the constitution of Ukraine,” RIA Novosti reports . Speaking at a parliamentary forum in Dnepropetrovsk, Yanukovych said that the opposition must have a tool for effective control over the actions of the authorities.

02.07.2006, 19:27:56 version Print | PDA/PDA Russian ruble, photo from wikipedia.org Underconversion The convertibility of the ruble is postponed indefinitely One day, on May 10, 2006, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin delivered a message to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. He recalled that he set the task of ensuring the convertibility of the ruble back in 2003, and proposed completing this work by July 1 of this year.

One day, on May 10, 2006, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin delivered a message to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. He recalled that he set the task of ensuring the convertibility of the ruble back in 2003, and proposed completing this work by July 1 of this year. According to the transcript of the speech, at this point he received applause.

A few hours before the launch of the Discovery shuttle, engineers discovered a technical malfunction in one of the ship's engines, AFP reports. As reported by the American Aerospace Agency (NASA), the thermostat in the low-thrust engine, which is used for maneuvering in orbit, has broken down. Whether the detected malfunction will affect startup remains unknown. The breakdown is not considered critical. A total of four engines are used to maneuver the shuttle in space.

The terrorist attack in Baghdad killed at least 66 people and injured another 98. Such data were presented by Deputy Minister of Health of Iraq Sabah al-Husseini, AFP reports. The attack took place at a busy market in the Shiite district of Sadr. A suicide bomber detonated a truck bomb at the entrance to the market. A bomb went off near a police patrol.

Palestinian militants who kidnapped Israeli army corporal Gilad Shalit on June 25 have put forward new conditions for his release, Ha'aretz reports. In a statement sent by militants on Saturday night to the offices of all the world's largest news agencies, it is said that Israel must release about 1,000 prisoners from its prisons - “Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims” - and also stop the special operation in Gaza.

An agricultural census has begun in Russia, which will cover more than 36 million objects and affect about 100 million people, RIA Novosti reports . Such a census has not been carried out in Russia since 1920. Under a law passed last year, an agricultural census will be conducted at least once every 10 years.

Third round matches took place on Friday at Wimbledon, the Grand Slam tennis tournament. Three representatives of Russia took to the court (Svetlana Kuznetsova, Anna Chakvetadze and Mikhail Youzhny), and all of them suffered defeats. Particularly unexpected was the failure of Kuznetsova, who received the fifth seed from the organizers.

A car bomb exploded in a busy market in Baghdad's predominantly Shiite Sadr district. At least 33 people were killed and 42 were injured, Reuters reported. The car exploded while a police patrol was nearby. As Reuters notes, this terrorist attack was the deadliest in Baghdad in recent weeks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on the so-called “dacha amnesty,” RIA Novosti reports . The law provides for a simplified procedure for registering citizens' ownership of certain real estate objects - land plots provided for personal subsidiary and dacha farming or individual housing construction, as well as real estate objects built on these plots.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday announced a $5 million reward for the new head of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, AFP reports. The reward will be paid to any person or group of people who provide information on the whereabouts of al-Masri. According to the US Foreign Office, Abu Ayyub al-Masri is a native of Egypt, he was a close associate of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who led al-Qaeda in Iraq and was killed in a US Air Force missile strike on June 7, 2006.

In Miami, at the trial of six people whom the FBI suspects of preparing a series of terrorist attacks in the United States, law enforcement officials said that the defendants were planning to overthrow the United States government and establish an Islamist regime. According to the Associated Press, this conclusion was made by the FBI based on statements by the leader of the alleged terrorists, Narsil Batiste, made in October 2005.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with State Duma deputies from the United Russia faction at the Lesnye Dali boarding house near Moscow, RIA Novosti reports . The head of state called on the party to actively participate in the implementation of priority national projects. “National projects are not something given from above, these are projects of United Russia,” Putin noted.

The main camera of the Hubble Space Telescope has resumed operation, AP reports. As stated in an official statement released by NASA on Friday evening, the main camera of the telescope, which failed on June 19 due to a burnt-out transistor in the “auxiliary” chip, was switched to a backup power source. The switch to emergency power, NASA experts said, began on Thursday afternoon and was successfully completed on Friday evening.

Before the opening of the world's most prestigious cycling race, the Tour de France, the biggest doping scandal in recent years broke out in cycling. The day before the start of the race, several athletes were withdrawn from the competition, including the favorites - German Jan Ullrich and Italian Ivan Basso, AFP reports. They were among a group of riders (58 people in total) who were suspected of doping.