The Bank of Russia reduces the refinancing rate by 0.5 percentage points from July 13 - to 11% per annum, the minimum rate of the auction of one -day repo (base rate of the Central Bank) is also by 0.5 percentage points, up to 8%, as well as other rates, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Department of External and Public Relations of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation on Friday.

Repeated elections of the Moldavian parliament, scheduled for July 29 , promise to turn into the most stringent confrontation in the history of the country and can again lead to riots. The day before, the CEC registered the final list of participants in the election race, but the uncompromising struggle began much earlier, writes Kommersant . Opponents accuse each other of pogroms that took place after the April elections.

The senior vice-president of Russian Railways OJSC Fedor Andreev can lead the AK "ALROSA" instead of Sergei Vybornov. This was reported by "Interfax" with reference to a source close to Russian Railways. At the last annual meeting of Alrosa shareholders, Andreev was elected to the company's board of directors as an independent director. Vybornov, on the contrary, was not included in the Council.

The European Swimming Federation (LEN) approved the record of Europe Julia Efimova at a distance of 100 m Brasses - 1.05.80, set on April 27 this year at the Russian Championship in Moscow. The result of Valentina Artemyeva was also approved as a continent record at a distance of 50 m, shown by her on April 28 in a preliminary swim - 30.32, Sport -Express reports.

Current macroeconomic indicators do not give prerequisites for the devaluation of the ruble , in case of change, it is possible, but there will be no large -scale, said the assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Arkady Dvorkovich in an interview with Russia Today . "The stability of the ruble depends on the stability of the Russian economy and the state of payment balance.

An integral and perhaps the most important attribute of the football arbitrator - the whistle celebrates its 131st birthday on July 10. The lip whistle was developed in the 19th century by a poor Birmingham master Joseph Hadson.

The main rabbi of the Israeli city of Beer-Shev proposed to use video cameras in order to check the compliance of food in restaurants with the Kashrut rules (a set of ritual rules that determine the compliance of something with the requirements of Galahi-Jewish law.- Approx. Ed. ), The Blagovers-Info reports with reference to the Ha'aretz newspaper.

The Israeli Harel Levy on Friday brought his team the first point in the quarterfinal match of the Davis Cup against the Russian team. Then Dudi of the village secured the success of the hosts of the court. In the match up to three victories, Shamil Tarpishchev’s wards lose 0-2. The opponent of the second number of the Israeli national team, the 210th racket of the world Harela Levy on the first loner was Moskvich Igor Andreev, who currently occupies the 24th line of the world ranking.

The high-profile case of the attempt on the president of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov is overgrown with new details. A few days ago, operatives announced the detention of a group of bandits who are checked for involvement in the explosion of the Yevkurov motorcade. It turned out that these criminals are Moscow car agents, reports Life.ru. “Two people were detained,” a source in the law enforcement agencies of Ingushetia told the publication. “They are residents of the capital.

Microsoft Corporation will present a new version of the Silverlight multimedia environment, which declared offline operations, support for new formats and a lot of other innovations. The official presentation of the novelty will take place along with the presentation of the environment for web developers Express Studio 3, reports CyberSecurity.ru . You can download the Silverlight 3 distribution from Microsoft now.

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Cyril expressed satisfaction with how the interaction of the church and the state is carried out. As the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church told reporters today, during his meeting with the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, held on the eve of Valaam, issues of church and state partnership were discussed. "I am satisfied with the visit of the prime minister, as well as the interaction of the church and the state.

According to the preliminary assessment of the Ministry of Finance, the budget of the Russian Federation in January-June was executed with a shortage of 753.60 billion rubles (or 4.2% of GDP, which has developed in the amount of 17.869 trillion rubles) against 510.72 billion rubles for five months, the ministry said on Friday. Thus, in June, the budget deficit grew by 243 billion rubles, RIA Novosti reports.

Wild Coyot ate the beloved dog of the soloist of the Black Sabbath group Ozzi Osborne, while the owner, along with his wife, Sharon watched on TV a farewell ceremony with Michael Jackson, reports Sky News . “Last night, in a suburbs of Los Angeles, Koyot ate my father’s dog named Little Bit,” wrote 24-year-old daughter Kelly on her page on the Twitter social network. According to her, the father is shocked by the death of a dog, to which he treated as a lover of a woman.

Often called the Nabucco gas pipeline, which should connect the Caspian countries with the European Union, on Monday will encounter the first serious test - on this day it is planned to sign an intergovernmental agreement, writes Inopressa.ru , citing the opinion of the Financial Times . This ambitious project caused a lot of debate with Turkey, from the territory of which it should begin - Ankara claimed 15% of blue fuel.

The Japanese corporation Cyberdyne has begun shipping the HAL-5 (Hybrid Assistive Limb) exoskeleton suit outside the country. Six copies will be received in August by several Danish hospitals, where robotic suits will be tested for safety and effectiveness for six months, Compulenta reports. The invention of Japanese engineers helps people with musculoskeletal problems move independently.