On Monday, Nigerian militants announced the capture of hostages from the crew of the Sichem Peace tanker, including Russian citizens. In their statement, which, with reference to foreign agencies, quotes RIA Novosti , it is said that the capture occurred on Sunday about 40 kilometers from the oil terminal on the Eskrivos River. The Embassy of the Russian Federation in Lagos is checking information, there is no confirmation from diplomats yet.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation explained how to withdraw from the owners housing for the State Negroes. Officials will have to prove that they cannot do without this measure, they write Vedomosti . The Armed Forces recommended that the judges carefully ensure that the officials follow the procedure provided for by the housing code preceding the withdrawal of housing from the owner.

In the collection of the Russian hockey national team, which will be held on August 29-30 at the Moscow Sports Palace of Megasport in preparation for the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, 23 players will take part. These were only four representatives of the continental hockey league.

From Monday, a new inexpensive family sedan from Queen Group should appear on sale in Russia. The novelty is nothing more than Chevrolet Lanos for the production of the Zaporizhzhya Automobile Plant ZAZ. The car is offered by two options for the Euro -3 standard - 1.3 liters with a capacity of 70 hp. and 1.5 liters with a capacity of 86 hp, working with a 5-speed manual gearbox. The car is available in three trim levels for each engine option, Autonews reports.

US President Barack Obama does not agree with the opinion that has been widespread in Europe and Russia that the United States is responsible for the financial crisis. In an interview with Novaya Gazeta, he suggested looking for not guilty ones, but the way out of the current situation. "We are experiencing a difficult economic crisis that continues to affect the lives of many people around the world.

The authorities of Tomsk forbade landing on the streets of the city of Topol. With age, they become fragile and often fall, pose a danger to the lives of citizens, an employee of the city hall of the city hall said on Monday of RIA Novosti on Monday. Tomsk more than 40 years ago was massively planted with balsamic poplars. They grow quickly and gain "green mass". But their age is limited, after 30 years the trees become fragile.

In the US state of Florida, three criminals who opened shooting at a private party are looking for. At least 12 people were injured today as a result of shooting, opened by unknown in a private house in Miami, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the official representative of the police, William Moreno. Three of the victims are in critical condition. They are hospitalized in a local hospital.

According to the results of 2008-2009, Russia exported 21.2 million tons of wheat and barley and became the second player in the world grain market after the United States, according to the data of the Rusagrotrans analytical center, which is quoted by Finmarket . The share of Russia in the supply of grain to the world market from July 2008 to July 2009 was 14%. Only the United States supply more wheat and barley to the world market - 17%.

An iPhone can be successfully hacked using regular SMS messages, Webplanet reports with reference to PC World. Details of the attack on this phone should be covered at the end of July at the Black Hat conference in a speech by Charlie Miller. Miller is considered a well-known expert in identifying vulnerabilities in Apple devices. In particular, he distinguished himself at the last two Pwn2Own hacking competitions, hacking the MacBook Air last year and the Safari browser this year.

A private investor from Russia put up for sale one of London's most beautiful buildings, known for the third film from the Cycle of English Superhent James Bondfinger as Fort Knox - Treasury of the United States, where the largest gold supply in the world is stored, writes RIA Novosti , citing a message from Knight Frank, which is an agent sale of a building. As specified in the message, the London Fort Knox was built according to the project of Sir Edwin Lutiens.

The Moscow traffic police again "forgot" to notify drivers about the emergence of new road signs and tell the reason for their appearance. So, on Khodynka, the movement between Polina Osipenko and Grizodubova Street is now prohibited. This 50-meter segment is used by many motorists, because in a different way from Khoroshevka and from Polezhaevskaya to Khodynka and Leningradsky Prospekt cannot be left. Despite the prohibition sign, most drivers continue to ride under it, risking rights.

The project "Domain Field) of the British sculptor Anthony Gormli came to Moscow. The installation of unusual sculptures will be shown in the CSK "Garage" from July 17, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the center. The composition includes 287 sculptures, and the basis for each was the gypsum casts of volunteers from two to 85 years. The objects themselves consist of 8 rows of twigs of stainless steel of different lengths, soldered in the cavity of each of the casts.

The President of Georgia carefully monitored the negotiations that the presidents of the United States and Russia Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev held in Moscow. At a joint press conference, in particular, Obama stated that the United States advocated the territorial integrity of Georgia , but against a new armed conflict in the region. The boundaries of Georgia are one of the few conflicting issues that was discussed on Monday.

Probably, in the fall, local government authorities will be able to ban supermarkets to work at night and on weekends, which will probably make it possible to develop small and medium -sized businesses, Bfm.ru writes on Monday. According to Sergey Lisovsky, a member of the Council of the Federation of the Russian Federation from the Kurgan Regional Duma, a group of deputies developed a bill that is ready to support most parliamentarians.

After the victory at Wimbledon 2009, the Swiss Roger Federer regained the title of the first racket of the world, lost in August last year. The six -time triumph of the competition bypassed his eternal rival, Spaniard Rafael Nadal, who spent 46 weeks on the tennis throne (from August 18, 2008). In terms of the number of time spent in the first place of the Att rating, the ex-first racket of the world, Spaniard Rafael Nadal, is still 11th place, Gotennis.ru notes.