There will be no transition to a floating ruble exchange rate in 2010. This was stated by Presidential Assistant for Economic Affairs Arkady Dvorkovich , reports Reuters . According to him, such changes would be premature. Earlier, representatives of the Bank of Russia stated the desirability of switching to a freely floating ruble exchange rate.

In May of this year, Facebook's American audience reached 70.28 million people, which is more than MySpace, TechCrunch reports, citing data from comScore. The May audience of MySpace in the United States was 70.26 million people. A couple of months ago, nine million more Americans used the social network MySpace than Facebook. In May, the American MySpace audience decreased by 700 thousand people.

After three days of protests by the Iranian opposition, which considers the results of the presidential elections, which, according to the official version, the current head of state Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won, to be rigged, there has been a 180-degree turn in the development of events. The Guardian Council of the Constitution, a special Iranian supra-parliamentary body that has the power to check any decision for compliance with the country's basic law, decided to recount the votes.

Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov said that, in his opinion, through the efforts of the federal and Moscow authorities, the capital's Cherkizovsky market could be closed before the end of 2009, Interfax reports . Luzhkov noted that the Moscow authorities have repeatedly taken the initiative to close the market, but this was hampered by the fact that most of its territory - about 80 percent - is at the disposal of federal, not municipal authorities.

The largest German energy company E.On, Gazprom's partner in the construction of the Nord Stream gas pipeline, has decided to cut nine thousand jobs to reduce costs, AFP reports . Thanks to these measures, the company will be able to save one and a half billion euros. In particular, the company intends to lay off 6 thousand people in Europe and 3 thousand in its divisions on other continents. In total, E.On enterprises employ 90 thousand people.

Kirov communists have announced their readiness to block the Trans-Siberian Railway if Kirov is renamed Vyatka, Interfax reports with reference to the head of the Communist Party faction of the Kirov Region parliament, Sergei Mamaev. According to the agency, on Monday, on the main square of Kirov, activists of the movement against renaming the city set up a tent and began collecting signatures: so far they have managed to collect about four thousand signatures.

In the Ingush village of Chemulga on June 16, militants attacked a group of military personnel, Interfax reports with reference to the investigative department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Ingushetia. The incident occurred near a rural school. As Alexei Vorobyov, Secretary of the Security Council of Ingushetia, told ITAR-TASS , one serviceman was killed as a result of the shelling. According to Vorobyov, there were also killed among the militants.

Love story Cuban emigrant made public love correspondence with Castro's son Cuban dissident 46-year-old Luis Dominguez, living in Miami, made public his love correspondence on the Internet with the son of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro - Antonio. However, there is not a word about homosexuality, because the resourceful Dominguez introduced himself as a young girl, a sports journalist from Colombia.

Negotiations between Naftogaz of Ukraine and Gazprom will be held in Moscow on June 16 . At them, the Naftogaz delegation intends to discuss with the Russian side the possibility of amending the gas agreements concluded in January 2009. reports this Interfax . The gas contracts signed by Russia and Ukraine in January 2009 provide for the right of each party to initiate a review of certain provisions, in particular, prices and volumes of supplies or transit.

The Norwegian company Opera on June 16 released Opera Unite, a software package that combines a browser and a web server. The creators of Unite say that their technology will upend the usual model of the Internet, allowing users to become independent from third-party Internet services. An Opera network does not consist of large servers and small clients connected to them. On the contrary, each client, while online, is a server.

The contextual advertising network Yandex.Direct published its five-millionth ad on June 15, the company’s blog says. It took Yandex almost eight years to reach this volume. The five-millionth ad turned out to be an advertisement for the Ticket Office company. The network, which is now the leader in the Russian contextual advertising market, published its first announcement on June 31, 2001.

Demand for renting dachas and country cottages in the Moscow region during the traditional peak period of tenant activity (April-June) decreased by 53 percent compared to the same period last year. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a statement by experts from Paul's Yard. As experts clarified, the demand for suburban real estate has fallen even despite the fact that prices have dropped significantly.

Iran's Election Commission will recount the votes in the presidential elections held last Friday, June 12, CNN reports, citing Iranian government media. This decision was made by the Council of Guardians of the Constitution. As the Associated Press clarifies, not all votes will be recounted, but only the voting results at those polling stations where candidates noticed violations. This statement was made by the representative of the Guardian Council of the Constitution, Abbas Ali Kadhodei.

In Moscow, robbers stole 2.6 million rubles from the deputy head of a construction company, Interfax reported on Tuesday, June 16, citing a law enforcement source. The name of the victim has not been released. The crime took place on Obruchev Street. Three unknown people broke the side windows of a parked Audi car and took money. In addition, the robbers used an unknown object to injure a businessman, as well as a construction company worker and the car owner who were inside.

At the Le Bourget Air Show, which in 2009 takes place from June 15 to 21, the latest aircraft technology is traditionally presented. This time, the main premiere of the show was the Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100. In the first days, Sukhoi managed to sell more than 50 SSJ-100.