Last year's explosions in buses in Nevinnomi (Stavropol Territory) and on the border of North Ossetia and Kabardino-Balkaria were committed by members of the Banden group A. Taziev. To this conclusion, as ITAR-TASS reports, they came to the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office. Recall that as a result of both explosions, 8 people died and 30 were injured.

The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I , the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Alexy II and the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (in canonical unity with the Moscow Patriarchate - UOCC MP), Metropolitan Vladimir will perform a joint solemn liturgy in honor of the 1020th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia, which will be served on July 27 on Vladimir hill in Kiev, Interfax reports.

The Commissioner for Human Rights in the Chechen Republic Nurdi Nukhazhiev is unhappy with the course of the investigation of the incident that occurred in the suburbs of Grozny in 1999. According to him, then a motorcade was shot with civilians, the search for the mass burial of the bodies of which the prosecutor's office is now being engaged.

The Helsinki Airline Finnair, which is recognized as an ace in the northern directions, came up with a new way to attract customers. Passengers promise to "feel" as Minister of Economics of Switzerland, Doris Loithard, writes 24 heures . Recall that last Saturday, despite his diplomatic status, the Minister of Economics of Switzerland was forced to take off, like ordinary passengers, during customs control at the St. Petersburg airport "Pulkovo".

Overhaul of a standard 9-storey building in the capital is 20-29 million rubles, and one square meter of housing is about 7 thousand rubles, said Arthur Keskinov, head of the Moscow Capital Repair Department at a press conference on Thursday, July 17. His words quoted by Interfax . He emphasized that all houses built earlier than 1991, regardless of the form of ownership, will be subjected to overhaul. "The form of ownership of housing is in no way connected with the issues of major repairs.

A group of 120 children and adolescents from Moscow from eight years old and older older to Turkey and vice versa, in order to finally get to the resort of Kemer, where travelers were waiting for resettlement at the hotel. It is reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to the parents of children.

The mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, during his visit to the German capital on Thursday, July 17, visited the Berlin Technical University, where local scientists showed him a number of promising developments, including the Smart House project, Interfax reports. Luzhkov was held in the impromptu rooms of the future "smart home".

The well-known scientist and researcher, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, State Duma deputy Arthur Chilingarov plans an expedition to the most deep geographical object in the world-the bottom of the Mariana Blood (certificate) . It should be noted that before Chilingarov, the famous Russian traveler Fedor Konyukhov caught up with the idea of ​​"conquering" the cavity. In 2003, he stated that he intends to go down to the bottom of the hollow.

Lawyers in the case of the murder of the deputy chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation Andrei Kozlov filed a motion to dissolve the jury that considers this case. The corresponding application was filed by the lawyer of one of the accused in the case on Thursday during the meeting in the case.

The volume of gold and foreign exchange reserves of the Bank of Russia as of July 11, 2008 amounted to $ 578.3 billion. Compared to the previous indicator, it increased by 3.9 billion, or 0.7%. In the previous week, Russia's gold and foreign exchange reserves increased by 10.9 billion, therefore, in the last ten trading days, their increase amounted to $ 14.8 billion, or 2.6%, RBC writes.

According to data published in the state of affairs report in the World Automobile Industry for 2008 (Automotive News' 2008 Global Market Data Book), the South Korean concern of Hyundai-Kia entered the five world's largest car manufacturers. Having sold 3,961,629 cars in 2007, the company became the fifth in the world in terms of volume of machines. As Rosbalt reports, Hyundai-Kia first entered the world ratings on the number of cars sold in 1999? Then the concern took the 11th line.

Four spectators - two adults and two children - suffered during the incident on the multi -day bike -bike "Tour de France", when at the very finish of the 11th stage of the race in the city of Fua, the AG2R team escorted the barrier behind which the audience stood. Reportedly, the driver of the Technician lost control of the car. The victims, fortunately, escaped serious damage, but were taken to the hospital. “Their condition is not too serious.

Russia in the "Arctic race" wins with the United States, and the American administration should urgently adjust its approaches to the development of the Arctic, the participants of the listings in Congress, which were discussed in the icebreaker, stated on Wednesday in the icebuilding fleet. "We are losing positions in global competition.

Mass poisoning of children occurred in the summer health camp "Young Railwayman" of the village of Taranay of the Anivsky district of the Sakhalin Region. According to an employee of the press service of the Main Directorate of the Russian Emergencies Ministry for the region, on Thursday night with symptoms of food poisoning, more than 60 children contacted doctors.

In the capital of Ukraine, from July 18, bread prices will change, said the general director of the Kievhleb enterprise Petr Parkhomenko. According to him, the Ukrainian bread will cost 3 hryvnias (now - 1.64), "wheat" - 2.4 hryvnia (instead of 1.60), loaf - 2.5 hryvnias (the current price is 1.40). Today, the Kyiv City Council voted to establish targeted assistance to low -income Kievans as compensation for the difference in bread price.