The Moscow authorities will conduct a geophysical survey of objects of the Moscow street and road network in those areas where soil subsidence is most likely. In this regard, it was decided to examine about 170 of the most dangerous sections of the road network, where the soil periodically sags. About 7 million rubles will be allocated to the implementation of these works of the city, RIA Novosti was told in the city administration.

According to the Federal Government of Germany, traffic jams on autobahns caused damage to the country's economy the size of 10 to 12 billion euros. According to the Bild newspaper, this information is contained in the response of Germany’s government to a request from the faction of the Liberal Party of the SVDP. The main reason for overflowing autobahns is the presence of a large number of cars in Germany. In 35 percent of cases, traffic jams were caused by repair work, and in 26 percent?

The Russian Foreign Ministry received the requested explanations of the British Embassy in Moscow regarding the new visa rules between the United Kingdom and Russia, Mikhail Kamynin said on Wednesday. “From explanations it follows that nothing new happened: the rules that were introduced back in April this year continue to operate,” he said.

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday met in the Kremlin with senior officers of Russian law enforcement agencies on the occasion of their improvement and assigning new titles to them. At the meeting, the president started a new external threats: according to him, this is NATO at the borders of Russia, the discussion of the deployment of PROs and American bases in Europe. In this regard, the president included in the number of key state priorities to strengthen the armed forces.

After a tragedy with the participation of a carriage in St. Petersburg, where the daughter of the mayor of Sochi , owners of carriage or equestrian carts, will be required to register them in the traffic police, and themselves - take exams.

Russian scammers came up with a new way to earn money by playing eternal human weaknesses - greed and pity. However, now the scammers are not used to deceive the irons and the “Swiss” watches, but to the mobile phones of the latest models. The scheme is simple: the criminal offers a potential victim to buy an expensive phone at a price 2-3 times cheaper than a market.

The Taliban, holding 23 South Korean hostages, once again extended the ultimatum for a day, after which they promise to execute the captives, the South Korean agency Renhap reported on Wednesday. For Seoul, this means the possibility of continuing negotiations on the liberation of their citizens.

The Scottish writer Joan Rowling, who had just published the seventh book about a wizard boy and his struggle with dark forces, is no longer going to plunge into the world of Harry Potter. According to Rowling, until the last moment she did not believe that she would complete the epic, the idea of ​​which she first came to her head 17 years ago on the Manchester-London train. “I feel a deep sense of satisfaction,” Reuters quotes the writer's words said in the Edinburgh Castle in Scotland.

The Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert proposed transferring 90% of the West Coast under the Palestinian control. He stated this on Wednesday during negotiations with the chairman of the Palestinian National Administration, Mahmoud Abbas, reports Newsru Israel with reference to the Maan Palestinian Agency. The office of the head of the Israeli government has not yet commented on this information.

President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Jacques Rogge in an interview with the independent American information and analytical agency Around the Rings ("Around the Olympic Rings") said that he plans to visit Russia in the coming weeks - perhaps already in August. This was announced by the founder and editor -in -chief of Around The Rings Ed Hula. “Rogge spoke about the plans to visit Sochi in Rio de Janeiro, where he was present at the Pan American Games,” Ed Jul said.

Two girls died and two more were seriously injured as a result of an accident in Nizhny Novgorod due to the fault of a drunk driver. In the morning on Wednesday in the Autozavodsky district of the city, the Audi driver in a state of intoxication failed to control, and the car was taken to the sidewalk, where several people stood. As a result of the collision, two girls 18 and 19 years old died. Two more peers of the dead were injured and hospitalized.

The deterioration of relations between Britain and Russia may be associated with the entry of Gazprom into the Sakhalin-2 project. This opinion, as ITAR-TASS reports, was expressed by the head of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation Sergey Stepashin. Gazprom entered the project, perhaps not everyone liked it, ”he said. - Apparently, the sharp reaction of the British partners is caused by this.

On July 24, the Ministry of Regional Development presented a new housing policy strategy to the scientific and technical council of the department. The ministry intends to ensure that by 2025 all Russian families receive a separate housing. To do this, the builders since 2010 need to commission 2 billion square meters. m housing, and builders consider the plans of the Ministry of Regional Development impossible.

The House of Representatives of the US Congress banned to create long -term or permanent American military bases in Iraq and control the oil reserves of this country. According to RIA Novosti , the bill was supported by 399 congressmen and 24 voted against.

The owner of the London football club Chelsea, Roman Abramovich, ordered to build a platform for concerts and other musical events under the Stamford-Bridge stadium. It is expected that the work will begin in the coming weeks and will cost about 7 million pounds. According to the plans, the concert venue will be able to accommodate from 400 to 500 people, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Londonpaper London newspaper.