The final documents of the summit have not been agreed upon There are enough “sharp corners” in addition to missile defense. The main ones, of course, are the Kosovo problem and the departure from “democratic standards” in Russia - although the latter issue is not officially mentioned in the negotiations.

In the fall of this year, a simplified mechanism for issuing permits for the import of meat and meat raw materials into Russia will be introduced. As a result of this, the “problematic” veterinary in Brazil Russia will try to replace other importers. This was announced by the head of the Rosselkhoznadzor Sergey Dankvert at a meeting with the leaders of leading Russian companies engaged in import and processing of meat.

Upon preserving the existing pace of development by 2009, the Russian Federation will become a full -fledged participant in the "Big Eight". This was stated today at the opening of the 16th International Banking Congress in St. Petersburg, Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Alexei Kudrin. He emphasized that the predicted economic growth at 6% will mean that Russia will remain a country with a high pace of market development.

Gopniks - a unique Russian subculture - die out! This conclusion comes from Exile , a free newspaper of English -speaking journalists who settled in Moscow.

The Party "Our Ukraine", the civil movement "People’s Self -Defense" and "Ukrainian Rules" on Thursday para) on the creation of a single electoral bloc. “Today, after a meeting with President Viktor Yushchenko, NSNU, the“ Ukrainian Rules ”and“ People’s Self -Defense ”para) were para) on the creation of a single election bloc,” the press service of the UNP quotes one of the leaders of the Ukrainian Law.

Hockey players of the Anahaim Maitka California club for the first time in the history of the team won the Stanley Cup - the most prestigious trophy of the World Hockey and the National Hockey League, defeating Ottava in the fifth match with a score of 6: 2. The goals of the “Ottawa” were thrown by Andy McDonald, Rob Nidermayer, Francois Bosheman, Corey Perry and twice Travis Mohen. For Canadians, Daniel Alfredsson was noted with a double.

On the port of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on Thursday, a leak of ammonia took place on a trawler. According to Olga Mikhailova, head of the press service of the Main Directorate of the Russian Emergencies Ministry for the Kamchatka Region, as a result of the incident, one person died. According to preliminary data, at the time of the incident on board the vessel arrested for poaching, there were four people. Three of them left the emergency trawler.

In the Perm Territory, a local resident shot three people. According to the press service of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the region, in the city of Chusova on Wednesday, a 21-year-old young man from an unregistered hunting rifle shot three girls aged 25 to 27 years. All three victims of the criminal died at the scene of the crime from the gunshot wounds. As established during the investigation, the incident occurred on the basis of personal hostile relations.

Brazilian police officers during a special operation in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro killed eight drug dealers. As Reuters reports on Thursday, the shootout between the police and criminals began when a group of drug dealers guarding their goods opened fire on law enforcement officers. Three police officers were injured. During the operation, the police seized six thousand doses of cocaine and three grenades, RIA Novosti reports.

The site of the Institute of Economic Analysis , headed by the former adviser of the President of the Russian Federation Andrei Illarionov, was blocked immediately after his press conference on June 5, and still has not been possible to restore his work, Radio Liberty reports.

The annual total amount of bribes for admission to Russian universities is $ 520 million. This is claimed by the authors of the new report by UNESCO on the problem of corruption in the education system.

On July 3, the Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Novosibirsk, will return to the case of the abduction of the personal belongings of singer Philip Kirkorov during his Novosibirsk tour. As Interfax was informed in the Railway Court on Thursday, at today's meeting, the witnesses in the case were interrogated. At the first July hearing, it is planned to interrogate the official representative of the singer.

The investigating authorities of the Vienna opened a criminal case against the former ambassador of Kazakhstan to Austria, the son -in -law of the President of the Republic of Rakhat Aliyev. At the request of Kazakhstani law enforcement agencies and Interpol Aliyev at the end of last week, he was detained by the Austrian police and is currently in Vienna under the subscription on a bail of 1 million euros.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Thursday adopted the diplomatic representations of foreign states accredited in Ukraine, which states that the parliament of the fifth convocation continues to work and is legitimate. 253 out of 260 deputies registered in the session hall voted for the corresponding resolution.

The head coach of the Russian national team HUS Hiddink, said that a draw of prefabricated Croatia and Russia in Zagreb did not add to the teams on the point, but took them two points. The mentor expressed this opinion at a press conference after the match of the European Championship of 2008, which ended on Wednesday with a score of 0: 0.