The weighted average of the dollar exchange rate of "Tomorrow" at a single trading session of the MICEX by 11:30 Moscow time on Tuesday decreased by 6.72 kopecks. By this time, a unit of American currency was given 30.3805 rubles. The Central Bank of the Russian Federation established from June 18, 2003 the official ruble exchange rate of 30.3805 rubles per dollar, the Department of Foreign and Public Relations of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation said.

Viktor Tikhonov, convicted of organizing an attempt on the governor of the Kemerovo region, Aman Tuleyev, on Tuesday is transferred from the Novosibirsk investigative insulator (pre -trial detention center) to a maximum security colony number 21 for serving the appointed sentence. The colony is located in the village of Gorny 70 km from Novosibirsk.

Scientists of the Center for Assistance of Justice (CSP) proposed introducing into practice a qualitatively new system for evaluating the activities of the Russian police. They presented their proposals in the report "Improving the relationship of citizens and police. Optimization of assessment of activities", which was presented on Tuesday in Moscow.

799 people died from atypical pneumonia (SARS) in the world, in total 8460 cases of a severe acute respiratory syndrome were registered in the world. These data were distributed on Tuesday by the World Health Organization (WHO). According to WHO, in China, where the disease was found for the first time, 7780 cases of disease were registered.

In the first five months of this year, GDP growth in Russia amounted to 7.1%, and industrial production - 6.7%, reported to President of Russia Vladimir Putin the Minister of Trade and Economic Development German Gref during the traditional meeting of the head of state with government members. In addition, according to him, the incomes of the population in five months increased by 14.5%. Compared to April in May, industry growth amounted to 0.8%, and GDP - 0.5%, the minister said.

The scandal that erupted in the Moscow Spartak attracts new and new forces. In particular, the fans of red and white unconditionally support the head coach of the team Oleg Romantsev. On Tuesday, their official appeal was published to the title sponsor of the red -white - oil company Lukoil. This appeal contained a request to exclude the possibility of the resignation of Oleg Romantsev. This appeal was adopted by fans on the most popular Spartak resource - the guest book of the BB .

The 28-year-old seller of furniture killed his friend-Stolar, after which the cakes of his hand in the oven. The dissected parts of the body of the 25-year-old Tristian Lavlok, including his head, Richard Markham scattered in the park in Basingstock (Hempshire County). At the trial, it became known that the killer after committing a crime tried to hide in the United States, putting on the murderous murder messages before leaving for the murder reports.

The criminal case on the fact of the discharge into the Amur more than 9 tons of fuel oil instituted on Tuesday the environmental prosecutor's office of the Khabarovsk Territory. On June 7, residents of a number of villages near Khabarovsk appealed to law enforcement agencies with information that oil was flows to the Amur duct by a stream.

In the Tver region, the body of a 26-year-old Muscovite, who died last Sunday, was raised from the bottom of the Volga as a result of the crash of the Mi-2 helicopter. This was reported to "Interfax" on Tuesday by the operational duty officer of the Russian Ministry of Emergencies. According to him, a helicopter itself is also raised from the bottom of the river.

The Moscow CSKA, a leader in the Russian football championship, had a good opportunity to break away even more from his closest pursuers. The team of Valery Gazzaev plays with outsiders from the Elistinsky Uralan. Now the army team has 29 points, Uralan scored only 7 points for 12 rounds. Both clubs in the last round tied.

Satisfaction with the development of bilateral Iranian-Tajik relations was expressed by the spiritual leader of the Islamic Republic of Ayatollah Ali Hamenya, ITAR-TASS reports.

The chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, Mikhail Margelov, who was in Israel, met with the Minister for Jerusalem and Diaspora Nathan Scharansky.

Russian President Vladimir Putin at today's meeting with the leadership of the government officially submitted the new Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Yakovlev, ITAR-TASS reports. As the head of state said, with Yakovlev, "they had long spoke about the transition to the government to this site, it remained to choose the time of the parish: it could be done this year, it was possible in the next." According to the president, the former St. Petersburg governor made the right choice.

The American pizzeria hires homeless and beggars as advertising agents. They sit in their usual places, but hold in their hands the posters of the following content: "Pizza Schmizza paid me to hold this poster and did not beg money from you." According to the owner of the pizzeria Andre Jehan, such agents receive salaries mainly with pizza and soda, and he pays them very little money, writes Ananova .

One soldier was seriously wounded, three received a shell in Chechnya as a result of a demonstration of an army armored personnel carrier on a landmine. As ITAR-TASS reported in the commandant’s office of the internal troops of the Urus-Martan security zone, the incident occurred last night on the Caucasus federal highway near the village of Alkhan-Kala. The victims are engineering reconnaissance fighters who conducted a planned check of the roadway.