Dopamines of the Rosneft shares in favor of Surgutneftegaz are not planned, said the head of Rosneft Sergey Bogdanchikov. "You heard the answer of the chairman of the board of directors on this topic. And the additional ministry is one of the merger forms. So - it is not planned," he said. Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister, chairman of the board of directors of Rosneft, Igor Sechin, at the annual meeting of shareholders, Rosneft, said that there would be no merger Surgutneftegaz and Rosneft.

The case of the beating of Russian Dmitry Ganin and his acquaintance during the "bronze night" in Tallinn is closed. The investigation of the murder of Ganin continues. This was reported on Friday RIA Novosti with reference to the press service of the Pykhya District Prosecutor's Office, which has terminated the beating case. In the case of beating, the second victim appeared - Oleg, his surname is not reported. Mass unrest took place in Estonia on April 26-28, 2007.

The Kremlin’s requirements, which first gave rise to “milk”, and then “gas” conflicts with Belarus, found signs of raiding in Minsk. "All these are only not very elegant attempts to cover the raider seizures of Belarusian economic assets in fact that, having deprived Belarus of economic sovereignty on this basis, having brought down industry, to take away and political," a source close to the administration of the President of Belarus, which is quoted by Reuters .

The Russian author’s society (RAO) has obtained from the television channels for the payment of remuneration to composers and authors of songs that sounded from the screens. The channels will pay 617 million rubles for 2008 - four times less than RAO expected, the Vedomosti newspaper writes. It is worth noting that in early 2008, in connection with the entry into force of the 4th part of the Civil Code, the procedure for the payment of copyright deductions has changed in Russia.

Geely Automobile Holdings, Chinese automotive corporation, has reached a preliminary agreement on the purchase of Volvo from the American Ford Motor Co. According to the Chinese media, the transaction value will be at least $ 3 billion. In case of success, Geely will produce a Volvo XC90 model at a factory in the province of Guangzhou. According to experts, the acquisition of Volvo will allow Geely to strengthen positions in the markets of China and Europe, writes Daily RBC on Friday.

The head of the Chuvash Republic, Nikolai Fedorov, accused Belarus of a "smuggling" supply of milk. In his opinion, these "illegal" supplies of dairy products hit the domestic manufacturer, which means that protection is urgently needed at the level of the Russian Federation, reports REGNUM . "This is a strange policy from which we have not defended themselves against the fraternal Belarusian state. You know that we were flooded with dry very cheap Belarusian milk.

The Ambassador of Russia to Ukraine Viktor Chernomyrdin, whom President Dmitry Medvedev fired from this post last week, gave a press conference on Friday. Over the years, the civil service Chernomyrdin became famous for the juiciness and aphorism of his language, and at a farewell press conference, he remained in his role, giving out well-aimed characteristics. Excerpts from his speech are quoted by Ukrainian Truth .

In the coming months, the European Union may encounter new interruptions in gas supplies from Russia. This is evidenced by the growing problem of the insolvency of Ukraine and Belarus, through which domestic gas enters Europe, and the rigidity of Moscow in relation to Kiev and Minsk in matters of their gas payments, writes Independent Gazeta . The most interesting quotes from Russian newspapers on this topic are given by the website "Headings.ru" .

Mexico confiscated from above a ton of smuggled cocaine hidden in frozen carcasses of sharks. The military cuts more than twenty carcasses of sea predators "stuffed" with cocaine briquettes, after checking a container locomotive in the port in the southern state of Mexico -Yukatan, Sky News TV channel reports. The find was made on June 16, and trained dogs and x -rays helped to enter the trail of drugs.

In the capital, the Moscow International Film Festival (MMKF) starts in the capital for the thirty -first time. The opening ceremony of the festival will be held in the Pushkinsky cinema, in front of which the red carpet path for cinema stars invited to the MMKF has already been spread, Interfax reports. The opening film will be the historical drama of Pavel Lungin "Tsar" about the era of Tsar Ivan the Terrible - the last picture in which Oleg Yankovsky starred.

The first case of a pork flu virus is recorded in South Africa. This was announced by a representative of the Ministry of Health of South Africa Fidel Hadebe. A sick 12-year-old teenager came to South Africa from the United States last Sunday, June 14. He first entered a private clinic with symptoms of ordinary flu. And now the analysis of Pork flu is laboratory. According to doctors, the patient is in isolation and feels good. Other details are not yet available, ITAR-TASS reports.

Moscow policemen are looking for a Lada Priora car, from which an unknown person shot from a traumatic pistol on passers -by on a garden ring in the center of the capital. There are no victims as a result of the incident, RIA Novosti reports with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. According to him, the service "02" at about 20:45 received a message that an unknown from a car in the area of ​​Sadovaya-Triumphalnaya Street fired from a traumatic pistol of passers-by.

Ukrainian boxer Vitaly Klitschko became a laureate of the prestigious award of the World Academy of Sports Laureus World Sports Awards in the nomination "Return of the Year". The figurine of the sports "Oscars" was awarded to the boxer at a special meeting in Dortmund, in which the President of the Academy Edwin Moses, as well as the famous German athletes Boris Bekker and Katarina Vitt, reported by RIA Novosti .

In Moscow, it is planned to erect the world's first monument dedicated to repair and construction. It is possible that the sculpture of the seasonal worker Muscovites will be dubbed by the Monument to Ravshan and Jamshutu, in honor of the characters of the popular sitcom "Our Russia", the new region notes.

The defender of the Moscow CSKA and the Russian national football team Sergei Ignashevich can move to the English Premier League in August. The 29-year-old football player is in the list of potential newcomers to the Everton Liverpool club, the newspaper Sport-Express reports. Its transition can be a reality if one of the main defenders of Everton, 27-year-old Joleon Leskott, is still decided this summer to transition to Manchester City.