Iraq begins negotiations on regular oil supplies for export, the first meeting with potential buyers will be held on Thursday. This was reported to Reuters by Mohamed al-Jiburi, the head of the Iraqi state company SOMO, which is an export unit of the Iraq Ministry of Oil. Al -Jiburi said that on Thursday, SOMO will hold the first meeting with potential buyers - representatives of oil refineries from the USA, Europe and Japan.

In the new football season of Ukraine, arbitrators for refereeing in the match of the Higher League of the National Championship will receive $ 1,200, and their assistants - $ 600 each. Such a decision was made on Wednesday by the Executive Committee of the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) . Last season, arbitrators paid $ 300 for one match. According to the executive committee, the current decision should contribute to a reduction in cases of bribery of judges.

A rare golden world's gold cup in conditions of increased protection is shown at an exhibition at the British Museum. This unique exhibit is only a second similar kind in the UK, but five of such golden cups are known throughout Europe. Found in the Ringlmer (County Kent) in 2001, the Cup became evidence of extensive trade ties that covered Europe in the Bronze Age.

In Chechnya, as a result of the BTR detachment, Major was wounded - the intelligence chief of one of the units of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. This was reported on Wednesday by the headquarters of the United Group of Troops (OGV) in the North Caucasus. According to the headquarters of the OGV, the BTR demolition occurred the day before at 15:10 Moscow time while driving along the highway in the Staropromyslovsky district of Grozny.

In the sanatorium for pregnant "Sokolniki", the operatives covered the brothel. This medical institution, created back in 1922, serves pregnant women and women who underwent gynecological operations. In the Soviet years, he was very famous and was considered one of the best such institutions for women in labor. A brothel was arranged in a sauna located on the territory of the sanatorium. According to investigators, prostitutes worked on the basis of the sanatorium for a long time.

Japanese scientists have proved that mice can predict earthquakes. In the course of the experiments, scientists irradiated mice with electromagnetic waves with a supername frequency, which a person is not able to catch. “Mice began to get nervous, run around the cage, cover the muzzles with paws. Some of them tried to burst into sawdust covering the bottom of the cell,” says Takoeshi Yagi, professor of the University in Osaka Yagi.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and British Prime Minister Tony Blair opened on Thursday the international energy conference "Russia-Greatbrin: Long-term partnership." It takes place in a luxurious Lancaster House mansion in the center of London. It is expected that within the framework of the conference a number of key documents will be signed that lay a long -term base for the development of strategic cooperation between the two countries in the energy region.

The coming days in the metropolitan region will be rainy, Roshydromet said. They will not please with warm weather. On Thursday, in the afternoon in Moscow it will be a plus of 18-20 degrees, in the region-plus 17-22. Variable cloudy and short -term rain. The wind is cool, northeast. Now in the capital and Moscow region about 10 degrees of heat. According to weather forecasts, until the end of the month the weather in the Moscow region will not change significantly. reports ITAR-TASS.

The chairman of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation Sergey Stepashin will go on Saturday with an official visit to Switzerland. Stepashin has planned meetings with the Minister of Finance of Switzerland, Kaspar Philliger and the Prosecutor General of Canton Geneva Daniel Dravelley.

The President’s Economic Advisor Andrei Illarionov at the Effective Policy Fund for a seminar spoke about how to fulfill the task set by the president in the annual message - to double the GDP by 2010. The recipe is simple: Russia needs to reduce government departments in relation to GDP to 20%. In order to double after ten years, you need to grow by 7.2% per year. And to solve this problem by 2010, you will have to grow by at least 7.9% annually.

In the city of Sukhodolsk, Lugansk region with suspicion of viral hepatitis-A, 429 people have already been hospitalized, including 126 children. The sharp increase in the number of cases is explained by the end of the monthly incubation period from the moment of the first appeals to doctors on June 9, RIA Novosti said on Thursday in the press service of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.

On July 15, Ralph Schumacher will arrive in Moscow. Its visit is associated with an advertising campaign organized by Allianz, one of the sponsors of the Formula 1 team 1 Williams BMW, which is represented by the German pilot. Within the framework of this action, "Formula 1 pilot day" is planned. Fans of the Royal Races will see the Williams FW24 car, they will be able to demonstrate their skills on the racing simulator, and will also be able to talk with Ralph Schumacher.

Under Smolensk, the general director of the local joint-stock company Lada-Service, 42-year-old Peter Titov, was killed. According to the Criminal Investigation Department of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Smolensk region, the murder occurred the night before, when the director and his wife went to Mercedes to Smolensk from his country house. Unknown criminals were waiting for a businessman on a relatively deserted area of ​​the road along which thick bushes grow.

The vast majority of Russians (70%) negatively refer to the possibility of legalization and open circulation of "light" drugs in Russia. These are the survey data, which was conducted on June 11-15 by Romir Monitoring. The study was attended by 1,500 respondents, Interfax reports. Only 5% of respondents, mainly young people aged 18 to 24 years, supports the idea of ​​legalizing "light" drugs.

The UN Security Council Committee on the Taliban, Al-Qaeda and the associated persons and organizations on June 25 approved Russia's proposal to include Zelimkhan Yandarbieva in the sanctions list of one of the leaders of Chechen militants. This was announced on Thursday by the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Alexander Yakovenko.