On Saturday, July 19, at about one in the morning, a deputy of the municipality of the city of Kharabali, Astrakhan region, who got drunk, killed three people, reports Astrakhan.ru . MP Nikolay Timofeev lost the control of the technically serviceable Volkswagen Touareg car and drove off the roadway of the road at high speed. At the same time, he ran on the visitors sitting at the table at the Katyusha store-a 29-year-old woman, a 20-year-old man and a 6-year-old boy.

The first deputy head of the Russian Presidential Administration, Vladislav Surkov, said that the threat of "color revolutions", which, in his opinion, tried to impose on Russia, overcome, and this is a great merit of the youth movement "Our". Surkov made this statement, speaking at a meeting with the assets of the Seliger-2008 forum, Interfax reports.

Russian legislation in the fight against corruption needs to improve and, possibly, even tightening, but it is inappropriate to create some kind of "anti-corruption special forces" in the country. This opinion was expressed the day before in an interview with the final information program of the NTV television company, the head of the Russian Presidential Administration Sergey Naryshkin, ITAR-TASS reports.

The earthquake of magnitude 6 points occurred on Monday in the north-eastern part of the main Japanese island of Honsu. Meteorological management has announced the probability of tsunami. According to him, the push was recorded at 20:30 local time in the area of ​​the Miyagi Prefecture. The hearth was located at a 30-kilometer depth. The victims and destruction are not reported, ITAR-TASS reports. In Japan, 20% of all major world earthquakes occur.

Ten boats of the Brotherhood organization were blocked on Monday morning, the exit from the port of Odessa, into which NATO foreign warships entered, in order to not allow them to participate in the NATO exercises Sea Breeze 2008. As Interfax was told in the press service of the organization, currently three boats are taken under control of the alliance sailors, the rest continue to block the port. NATO exercises in Odessa are accompanied by numerous protests by the local population.

In the United States, the mother left a 4-year-old child in a locked car, and she went to make a manicure for her wedding. From the unbearable heat, the boy died. The tragedy happened just a few hours before the moment that the 29-year-old resident of the city of Lake-Urta in the American state of Florida was to be combined. The festive bustle turned out for Mirland, Jean-Baptists with the loss of her son and mourning, writes The Daily Mail newspaper.

The Sunday match of the Russian Championship between Rubin and Terek at the Bilimkhanov stadium in Grozny turned into a scandal. According to some media reports, which was subsequently actively refuted, the fans of the Grozny team hung the flag of the self -proclaimed Republic of Kosovo, whose independence Russia does not recognize. The incident is notable for the fact that some of the residents of Chechnya clearly sympathize with the unrecognized republic, writes the Caucasian Knot .

At the Chukotka during the ceremony of presenting awards to laureates of a literary competition, one of the awarded writers died right on stage, Interfax reports. On Saturday in Anadyr, a ceremony of presenting awards to laureates of the literary contest named after the famous Chukchi writer Yuri Rytheu was held. At the end of the event, the award was presented in the most honorable nomination - "Prose".

On The Times, a rating of things related to politics and sold at the EBAY electronic auction has been compiled. As Daniel Finkelstein, responsible for heading, notes, he selected "striking lots, when viewed, which remains to be scratched in the back of the head." All of the above is currently available on eBay, which confirms direct links to lots (full text on the website inopressa.ru ).

In Morocco in 2007, more than 1.68 billion cigarettes with hash were produced, which is 34% more than in 2005. It was not difficult to make such a calculation, ITAR-TASS reports citing local media. The authorities needed only accurate data on how much packs of paper sleeves were sold for the manufacture of cigarettes for the current period.

In the Saratov region, a verdict was sentenced to a man who is found guilty of beating a calf. The bully was sentenced to six months of correctional labor. The justice of the peace found the defendant guilty of cruelty to the animal, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the regional prosecutor's office.

An energy crisis is approaching Kyrgyzstan. There will be no heat in houses in the future winter, and from August 1, fan shutdown of electricity will begin. At the same time, another increase in electricity tariffs for the population is expected - by 10-12%. Until 2012, the price of electricity will increase by two and a half times, the Independent Gazeta reports. President Kurmanbek Bakiev in Moscow asked for help from Dmitry Medvedev.

The head of the TNK-BP Robert Dudley received permission to work in Russia from July 2008 to July 2009, Konstantin Poltoranin, spokeswoman for the Federal Migration Service of the Russian Federation. The press service of TNK-BP said that Dudley will now be able to fulfill its duties. “We cannot interfere with Robert Dudley's work ... Work permission has been received,” the Echo of Moscow radio station quotes the words of the press secretary of the FMS.

The Government of the Russian Federation introduced on an ongoing basis a reduced rate of import customs duty in relation to a video game using a television receiver (game consoles) in the amount of 10% of the customs value. As stated in the press service of the Government, the corresponding decree Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed on July 18. The document comes into force retroactively - from July 11, Interfax reports.

Over the first week of July, more than 1 billion cubic meters of excess gas was settled in Ukraine. As it became known to Kommersant , Gazprom sent a requirement to bring gas selection in Ukraine on July 14 to Naftogaz of Ukraine to the level provided for by the contract with Rosukrenergo. Since Naftogaz does not coordinate Rosukrenergo's applications for transit to Western European countries.