The Central Election Commission on Tuesday approved a candidate for State Duma deputy from the Russian environmental party "Greens" in the Sakhalin single-mandate constituency No. 160. As Nezavisimaya Gazeta writes , at the last elections to the State Duma of the fourth convocation, ecologists will be represented by the head of the regional party cell, Andrei Nagibin.

Vladimir Putin signed a number of laws simplifying the procedure for registering foreigners in Russia, as well as obtaining work and residence permits. In particular, instead of the mandatory registration of foreigners and stateless persons, a notification procedure for registering these persons is being introduced, reports the RBC agency .

Prime Minister of Georgia Zurab Nogaideli, at a government meeting on July 19, instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the republic and the office of State Minister for Conflict Resolution Georgiy Khaindrava to prepare relevant documents for the implementation of the parliamentary resolution on the withdrawal of Russian peacekeeping forces from conflict zones. This was reported by the Novosti-Georgia agency .

Carlos Alberto Parreira announced his resignation as head coach of the Brazil national football team on Wednesday. As AFP notes, Parreira's resignation was a natural result of the unsuccessful performance of the Brazilian team at the recent World Cup. Let us remind you that the Brazilians, considered one of the main favorites of the tournament, lost to the French team in the quarter finals. Let us remember that Parreira led the Brazilian football team twice.

About 50 people were injured as a result of a strong list of the cruise ship Crown Princes heading to New York, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday. The ship was about 20 kilometers southeast of Port Canaveral, Florida, when it tilted sharply due to problems with the steering. The ship with all passengers and crew members returned to the port, where ambulance specialists and rescuers were waiting for the people.

Director Anton Megerdichev began work on the film “Shadowboxing II: Revenge”. Filming of the continuation of the sensational boxing drama, which collected more than $8 million at the Russian box office in 2005, will take place in Moscow and Los Angeles, according to a press release of the project distributed by the Central Partnership company . The director of the first film, Alexey Sidorov, wrote the script for the sequel, is producing the project and is providing artistic direction.

19.07.2006, 20:51:11 version Print | PDA/PDA Middle Eastern children and their toys. Photo by AFP Civil War In Lebanon and Israel, civilian casualties are many times higher than combat casualties The war in Lebanon is only gaining momentum, but it is already becoming clear that many more people will have to die and become crippled before it ends. Any solution to the crisis proposed by one side of the conflict is completely unacceptable to the other.

The RTS index at auction on July 18 decreased by 0.27 percent to 1,455.62 points. The trading volume on the classic market was only $29.5 million. The shares of RAO UES of Russia (+5.26 percent) and securities of Gazprom (+1.04 percent) looked better than the market. The MICEX index grew by one and a half percent to 1296.37 points. US stock markets ended trading on July 18 in positive territory. The S&P 500 index rose 2.37 points (+0.19 percent) to 1,236.86 points.

George Bush for the first time during his tenure as US President decided to resort to the veto, reports Reuters. On Wednesday, the current US President announced that he was vetoing a bill that would expand research into the use of embryonic stem cells. Justifying his decision to use the veto for the first time, George W.

Members of the Socialist Party of Ukraine (SPU), who did not support Verkhovna Rada Speaker Alexander Moroz and left the party, are planning to create a new political association. This was reported by ProUA , the brother of one of the most influential socialists - the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Yuri Lutsenko - Sergei. In his opinion, Ukraine needs new political parties. “There are many honest people who need to be united,” said Sergei Lutsenko.

ITAR-TASS. In addition, on July 19, the prosecutor's office charged Ishchenko with illegal possession of weapons and ammunition (Article 222 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The basis for bringing this accusation was that about 100 rounds of ammunition for a sniper rifle were found during a search in the mayor’s apartment on May 30. Mayor Ishchenko also agreed with the new accusation.

The UK has become Europe's largest online market, surpassing even Germany in terms of market size, which took second place, reports the British The Register. Britons spent 9.79 billion euros on online purchases last year. German citizens spent 9.71 billion euros online over the same period of time. The third country in terms of Internet sales on the European continent in 2005 was France, whose citizens spent 6.5 billion euros on the global network.

Sony has unveiled its first built-in optical burner for Blu-ray discs. The BWU-100A drive is capable of recording both single-layer and double-layer Blu-ray discs (with a capacity of 25 and 50 gigabytes, respectively), according to Sony's official website. The new product supports BD-R (write once) discs and BD-RE rewritable media. A dual-layer disc can hold up to 4 hours of high-resolution video - 1080 (1920x1080 interlaced).

Israel will continue its military operations in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon without any time limits. This decision was made on Wednesday, July 19, at a government meeting dedicated to discussing the next stage of the military operation. A senior Israeli government source who announced the decision said the army's operation, codenamed Just Retribution, is an "intensive war against Hezbollah," France Presse reported.

The St. Petersburg International Festival of Documentary, Short Fiction and Animated Films "Message to Man" opens on July 19, 2006 with a program of Russian cartoons. The festival's main prize, the Golden Centaur, will be awarded on July 28, according to a press release from the event's organizing committee. "Message to Man" includes three competitions - international, debuts and "Window to Russia" (domestic documentaries). In total, the jury will watch about 120 films.