Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the title of "Honored Artist of the Russian Federation" to the famous singer Boris Moiseev. According to an official message, Moiseev was awarded such an honor "for merits in the field of culture and art, many years of fruitful work." The career of Boris Moiseev began in the 80s. He began a dancer in the troupe of the Kharkov Theater. He later created his own troupe - the Expression trio.

In 2007-2010, the Oryol tunnel will be built under the Neva River, which will increase the average time for wiring bridges in St. Petersburg from 2.5 to 3.5 hours. This investment project is discussed today at a meeting of the Government Commission on projects that are of national importance and funded, including from the investment fund. According to the meeting, the vice-governor of St.

A resident of China killed eight relatives of his wife and committed suicide. According to the China Daily newspaper, a resident of the Southern Province of Yunnan Van Chany went to work in another area of ​​the country. As it became known to his wife Luo Quunjen, he left with his mistress. Then the insulted wife started her lover and with him went to a residence to the northeast of China. Returning home, Van Chany discovered that there was no wife and began her search.

The 43-year-old soloist of the Canadian rock band Pandamonia Sherry Lea Leard claims to be the reincarnation of the famous actress Marilyn Monroe. The approval of a divorced mother of a 21-year-old daughter is supported by a psychiatrist from Malibu Adrian Finkelstein.

Summer weather will soon return to the inhabitants of the Moscow region. According to Roshydromet, gradual warming begins on Thursday. On Thursday afternoon, thermometers in Moscow will show plus 19-21 degrees, in the region-18-23 degrees above zero. And on the last working day, the thermometer column will reach the city to 24-26 degrees, in its environs the temperature will reach 22-27 degrees.

More than half (54%) of Russians believe that if Abkhazia appeals to Russia with an official request for admission to the Russian Federation, this request must be satisfied. 25% opposed this. Such results of a sociological study were published on Thursday in Moscow the Public Opinion Foundation ( FOM ). Today, Russians most often find it difficult to determine the official status of Abkhazia (41%).

The joint combat calculations of the strategic missile forces (Strategic Missile Forces) and Space Forces carried out on Thursday at 13:38 Moscow time from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, the launch of the intercontinental ballistic missile RS-12M Topol. At 14:04, the rocket was struck by the conditional target at the Kura (Kamchatka) training ground, flying about 7 thousand kilometers.

The Ministry of Natural Resources conducted the Sakhalin-2 project for the development of oil and gas fields on the Sakhalin Shelf. The inspectors wanted to find out why the project, controlled by foreign investors, is delayed and more expensive, but as a result they offer to freeze the construction of pipelines from deposits to the processing complex.

Russia will not join an agreement between the International Hockey Federation (IIHF) and the National Hockey League (NHL), which regulates the transitions of players between the North American League and Europe. This was announced on Wednesday in an interview with RIA Novosti by the President of the Russian Hockey Federation (FCH) Vladislav Tretyak.

As a result of the disaster of the An-28 aircraft in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), 17 people were killed on Thursday. According to the UN peacekeeping mission in the DRC, among the dead were three crew members and 14 passengers. There is no information about the nationality of passengers and pilots so far. The incident occurred 50 km north of the city of Bukawa (South Kiva Province), ITAR-TASS reports. The aircraft belongs to the private airline Er Tracet.

In Yemen on Thursday, 115-year-old long-liver Muamar Yamani died. In the native village of El Abus, located near the city of El Baida in the south of the country, where he was born and lived his whole life, the old man all knew how Muhammad Ahmed al-Abus. He had four sons and two daughters, the eldest of whom had already exceeded 80. Until the last minutes of his life, his father was in his right mind and solid memory.

Jean-Paul Belmondo became the commander of the Order of Arts and Literature. This award was assigned to the famous actor by the Ministry of Culture of France. Belmondo gained fame when in 1959, Jean-Luke Hodar shot him in his film "in the last breath." In the tape "Man from Rio", Philip de Brock opened an outstanding comedic talent in it. In total, Belmondo starred in almost 90 paintings. In adventure tapes, the actor rarely used the services of an understudy.

In the capital of Tuva, Kyzyl, on suspicion of receiving a bribe, was detained by a deputy of the city Khural Yevgeny Ramazanov. According to the official version, the former deputy head of the Kyzyl municipal property management committee, and after leaving for the deputy work in the city Khural, the committee adviser extorted the money first, and then the car from one of the entrepreneurs of Kyzyl. Ramazanov was detained in vigorous.

The government approved the privatization plan for 2007, the head of the Ministry of Economic Development, German Gref, said on August 3. He stated that after some refinement the plan will be adopted by the government. In total, it is planned to help out 41 billion rubles from the sale of more than 1.6 thousand state -owned enterprises. According to Gref, the government gave one week to finalize the privatization plan, taking into account the comments and suggestions made at the meeting.

In Thailand, a woman is judged who killed, frying and fed the tigers of her rich ex-husband. The court of Petchaburi found that in March last year, 35-year-old Pannada Lauriang lured her ex-husband, 41-year-old British Toby Charnod, to Thailand under the pretext of picking up their common son Daniel. When a man came home to his ex -wife, there were a woman’s relatives who attacked him and scored his sticks to death. Then the body was cut into pieces and fried on the charcoal.