AAR, a consortium of Russian shareholders of TNK-BP, on Monday, a letter to the British office of the company VP with a request to report the whereabouts of the head of the TNK-BP Robert Dudley. The wording in the document is this: to clarify the possible tax consequences of the fact that it will lead the company outside of Russia. About this, as reports RIA Novosti , said the head of Aar Stan Polovets.

The Presidium of the Government on July 28 considers the draft federal target program for the development, restoration and organization of the production of strategic materials for the needs of the defense complex. Over seven years, up to 200 new state -owned enterprises and joint -stock companies for 10 thousand jobs will appear in Russia.

The famous Dutch architect Eric van Egeraat, who created the project of the Fit Cast island near Sochi, is currently working on 15-16 projects in Russia, said RIA Novosti Egeraat. At the same time, Egeraat refused to name all his Russian projects. “I do not like to talk about projects that have not yet been over. For example, I have several projects in Moscow, and I will be happy to tell you about them when they are completed,” the architect emphasized.

The ex-leader of the Bosnian Serbs, Radovan Karadzhich, who was in the investigative insulator of a special court in Belgrade, accepted the sacrament of the participle from the bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church (PLA) Metropolitan of the Montenegrin-Primorsky amphilochium last Friday, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Information of the Press Service of the Central Executive Committee.

The administration of the Russian provider company DataForce deprived the hosting of the Palestinian terrorist organization "Brigade Izaddin al-Qasama", the Khamas combat wing, Newsru Israel reports. As indicated in the DataForce message, as a result of the appeal of media representatives (RTVI, Webplanet.ru, Newsru.co.il), on July 9, 2008, the company received information that the DataForce network has a site alqassam.ps of the Khamas Palestinian organization.

Last Friday, the head of the board of directors of the owner of a controlling stake in KamAZ, Troika Dialog, Ruben Vardanyan said that the Daimler auto concern was being considered as a strategic partner for the largest Russian truck manufacturer. According to him, 42% of the shares of the domestic plant can be sold to the Germans. As Vardanyan said, the deal will close approximately in November 2008. The Kommersant newspaper writes about this.

The author of the All ABOT Microsoft blog Mary Joe Foley revealed the secret of the release of the latest version of the Internet browser Internet Explorer 8. Until recently, Microsoft spoke quite restrained on this score, however, according to Foley, the new version of the popular browser will appear until the end of this year.

As a result of two explosions in Istanbul, 16 people died and more than 154 were injured. Among the injured women and children. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to the governor of Istanbul Muammer Guller. According to him, doctors evaluate the state of many wounded as serious. About 30 victims were taken to the hospital of the Gungoren district, where the explosion thundered. This area is located in the European part of the city.

The American state police, Rhinod Island, arrested a driver, in which the level of alcohol in the blood was 0.491%. For this state, the permissible norm of alcohol for motorists is 0.08%. According to the US Department of Health, 0.3% is classified as a stupor, 0.4%? recognized as a state close to coma, and 0.5%? Deadly, writes the newspaper "View" with reference to mignews.com .

The meat and milk of animals grown using cloning technology, as well as their offspring, are as suitable and safe for human consumption, as well as received from ordinary livestock. This conclusion was reached by specialists from the European Food Safety Office ( EFSA ). At the same time, EFSA noted that today there is still a sufficient amount of data on meat and milk of cloned animals, since their production is extremely expensive and is carried out only for scientific purposes.

In the Nizhny Novgorod region, the murder of two girls is revealed. The crime was committed 7 years ago, and the investigation was suspended until recently. After the approval of the indictment, the criminal case was sent to the Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the representative of the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office (SCP) of the Russian Federation Vladimir Markin.

The organizers of the terrorist attack in the Indian city of Ahmedabad could act according to the scenario of the new movieboy of the national "dream factory" - Bollywood. This conclusion was made by experts who investigate a series of explosions carried out last Saturday in this largest city in the Western state of Gujarat, ITAR-TASS reports. According to the latest data, the terrorist attack has already carried away more than 50 human lives.

The Russian GAZ group, together with a foreign automobile company, intends to build a new automobile plant, in the organization of which it is ready to invest about $1 billion. The new enterprise is expected to assemble passenger cars under the well-known Volga brand. By the end of the year, GAZ plans to decide on a partner.

Professor of the Milan Polytechnic University Alberto Ravetta invented a new device that traffic inspectors would love to determine with the aim of determining the condition of their detained driver. This portable video device is able to quickly and accurately determine not only whether the motorist is in a state of alcohol or narcotic intoxication, but whether he is excited or overwork, RIA Novosti reports.

The reason for the forest fire in the American National Park of Yosemite (Yosemite), in the central part of the state of California, "was definitely sports firing on targets." This was indicated in law enforcement agencies, ITAR-TASS reports. As a result, the fiery element destroyed 6.5 thousand hectares of forests in three days. Fire spreads in hard -to -reach places where there have been no fires for more than 100 years.