The board of directors of Uralkali decided to stop export sales of potash fertilizers through the Belarusian Potash Company (BPK) and concentrate sales of products through its trading division (Uralkali-Trading), according to a press release from the corporation.

Norwegian terrorist Anders Breivik, who is serving a prison sentence for killing 77 people and wounding 242 others, has submitted documents to the admissions office of the University of Oslo, The Local reports. According to the publication, the criminal is going to enroll in the correspondence department of the Faculty of Political Science.

In 1955, Alfred Hitchcock filmed To Catch a Thief in the fashionable Carlton Hotel on the Croisette in Cannes. The plot was built around a series of high-profile jewelry thefts on the Cote d'Azur. The robbery at the Carlton jewelery show last weekend looked like something out of a movie. The robber single-handedly stole $136 million worth of jewelry. The first suspicions fall on the Pink Panther group.

Australian police have launched a special YouTube channel dedicated to searching for missing people. This was reported by the Australian portal SA Police News. The channel on the video hosting is called National Missing Persons. About 40 videos have already been uploaded to the channel. Many of them talk about people who have been missing for several decades. Videos will appear instead of advertising before watching a video on YouTube.

The Military Investigation Department of the Russian Investigative Committee conducted searches at the son-in-law of the former head of the Ministry of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov, Valery Puzikov, Rossiyskaya Gazeta writes on Tuesday, July 30. According to the publication, the searches were carried out as part of the case regarding the construction of the Zhitnoye recreation center in the Astrakhan region and the neighboring cottage village.

Sales of passenger cars in Russia at the end of 2013 may decrease by 1.5-3 percent to 2.7 million cars. reports this RIA Novosti with reference to the PricewaterhouseCoopers forecast. At the beginning of the year, the company predicted growth of the Russian car market by five percent to 2.9 million cars.

A bill introducing criminal penalties for companies and citizens who evade payment of insurance premiums has been prepared by the Russian government. newspaper writes in its issue dated July 30 As the Kommersant , the amendments to the legislation will actually restore the situation that existed in the country before 2010, when insurance premiums replaced the Unified Social Tax (UST).

Entrepreneur Elena Baturina appealed to the High Court of London with a demand to recover more than 100 million euros from her former business partner Alexander Chistyakov for violating contractual obligations, RAPSI reported on Tuesday, July 30. The lawsuit was filed in early 2013, but it became known only now. Baturina demands compensation for a development project in Morocco. To implement it, the Andros company was created.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service allowed TNK-BP (controlled by Rosneft) to buy Geotransgaz and Urengoy Gas Company. The corresponding decisions are published on the FAS website. These organizations belong to Alrosa. In May of this year, the head of the diamond mining company, Fedor Andreev, said that management plans to sell gas assets worth $1.15 billion by the end of the year. The President clarified that the buyer will most likely be one company, and not a group of investors.

Lithuanian athlete Ruta Meilutyte set a new world record in the 100-meter breaststroke at the World Swimming Championships. reported this on July 29 Reuters . 16-year-old Meilutyte covered the distance in 1 minute and 4.35 seconds. The previous world record was held by American Jessica Hardy, who swam the 100m in 1 minute and 4.45 seconds in 2009. Meilutyte, the London Olympic champion, showed a record result during the semi-final swim of the World Championships.

Rescuers in the Murmansk region announced the organization of a search for Moscow State University professor Alexander Ugolnikov, who disappeared during a solo voyage in the Barents Sea. The progress of the search operation is stated in a message on the website of the regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Search work began on July 24 after information was received that Ugolnikov was not getting in touch.

The Ministry of Agriculture of Belarus has introduced restrictions on keeping pigs in private farms. The corresponding resolution was published on the national legal portal. The restrictions are being introduced against the backdrop of an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in the republic. The resolution amends the recently (early June) approved veterinary rules for keeping pigs.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation closed the criminal case against the head of Rosrybolovstvo Andrei Krainiy for expiration of the statute of limitations, the Izvestia newspaper writes on Tuesday, July 30, citing sources in law enforcement agencies. The closure of the criminal case against Krayny was confirmed by the press service of Rosrybolovstvo. According to the official representative of the department, Alexander Savelyev, the case was closed back in May.

At least seven people were injured in a fire at a propane tank plant in Taveres, Florida, the Associated Press reports . Three victims are in critical condition. At the same time, all 15 employees of the company’s night shift, who were initially considered missing, were found. The fire at the Blue Rhino plant, which bottles household propane into cylinders, began late in the evening of July 29. When the flames reached the propane tanks, they began to explode one after another.

Sevastopol police solved the murder of a pensioner who lived in the Leninsky district, Segodnya reports. As it turned out, he was stabbed to death by a foreigner who had come to work and was making tandoor samsa (a type of meat pies).