The Palace Square of St. Petersburg will be divided on August 2 between paratroopers, traditionally celebrating their holiday on this day, and fans of Madonna, who gives a concert there. Neither those nor the other, they will interfere with each other, decided the city authorities. And the commander of the Airborne Forces, Lieutenant General Vladimir Shamanov, even stated that for Russian paratroopers, the performance of the global pop star is a real honor.

An increasing percentage of Russians learns about the new court over Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Plato Lebedev, the Levada Center survey testifies. However, many citizens do not understand what the essence of the proceedings, or do not believe that the fate of businessmen is determined in court. In March 2009, a little over a quarter (28%) of the respondents knew about the new trial over the former leaders of the Yukos.

The American company Taser International, a recognized leader in the development of "non -lethal" weapons, introduced a new Taser X3 electric shocker, demonstrating its effectiveness on its own employees. Earlier in the arsenal of the company there were only single -shot, non -commercial pistols. The novelty makes three shots without reloading, and Taser International states that she has achieved this first in the world, reports Membrane.ru with reference to the Engadget publication.

Russian Railways offers to rent to everyone objects of railway infrastructure, including general use - in general, more than 100 km. For the first time in its history, the company is going to pass the ways of non -public and common use by a total length of 108 km (in general, the length of the routes of Russian Railways is more than 85 thousand km) and cargo and crane sites with an area of ​​more than 90 thousand square meters. m on Kuibyshev and southeastern railways, writes Kommersant .

In Finland, they will begin to test the vaccine from the flu virus a/h1n1 (pork flu) on children. According to Finnish Radio, tests will conduct scientists at the University of Tamper together with the French pharmaceutical company, reports Baltinfo . 450 children and adolescents aged six months to 17 years will be tested. All tested - volunteers. According to experts, the risks associated with tests are minimal.

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs announced on Wednesday the detention on the Russian-Azerbaijani border of a group of armed foreign mercenaries who tried to illegally penetrate the territory of the Russian Federation. This was announced to reporters in Nalchik, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Colonel General Arkady Svylev. "Now a group of employees of the Ministry at the invitation of a foreign state is working.

On Tuesday, at the World Sports Water Championships in Italy, five sets of swimming awards were played. The "piggy bank" of the Russian team was replenished with three medals - Julia Efimova (100 m Brass) and Anastasia Zueva (100 m, back) took "silver", and Danila Tick (200 m, rabbit) won a bronze award. In the team standings, the Russians reached the first place in the number of gold and silver medals. At a distance of 100 meters, Brasses Julia Efimova showed the time 1 minute 05.41 seconds.

In Berlin, where 116 people already fell ill with pork flu, adolescents are specially gathering in groups to pick up the A/H1N1 virus. According to Berliner Morgenpost , the German Institute named after the famous bacteriologist Robert Koch made such a warning. Young people believe that, having become infected now, their body will receive immunity and be able to protect themselves from new, heavier forms of pork flu.

The export fee for oil from August 1, 2009 will grow from 212.6 to 222 dollars per ton. The export fee for light oil products increases from August 1 from 155.5 to 161.9 dollars per ton, for dark ones - from 83.8 to 87.2 per ton, Interfax reports. Since the quotes of “black gold” last year collapsed from historical heights, the government sets export duties for oil and oil products based on a monthly monitoring of the prices of Russian oil in European markets.

The ex-ghostent of the Kyiv Dynamo and the Ukrainian national team Andrei Gusin will not play for the Club of the Russian Premier League "Khimki". The football player signed a contract with the team near Moscow in mid -June, but after several weeks of training, he asked to break the agreement, citing poor physical shape. "Gusin showed professionalism. After the training, he came up and said that it would be difficult for him to gain good shape and help the team.

On the fact of the explosion in Nazran at the house of the mayor of Magas Aslanbek Sagov, a criminal case was opened under the articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Intentional destruction and damage to property" and "illegal storage of wearing weapons and ammunition," ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia. It is known that the explosion occurred on Tuesday at 23:37.

Apple praises the protection of the iPhone and especially the latest firmware version, thanks to which it began to approach the role of a corporate device even more, which is great for both small businesses and large enterprises. Meanwhile, experts claim that the iPhone is unsafe just like any other device.

The Summit Entertainment film studio announced a change in the acting of the film "Eclipse" - the third part of the Twilight franchise. According to Variety , the role of Victoria’s evil vampire will play the daughter of Ron Howard - Bryce Dallas Howard. Initially, this role belonged to Rachelle Lefevr, who starred in Twilight, and also appeared in the sequel "New Moon". However, due to too dense schedule, the actress was forced to abandon work on the third part of the saga.

Another accident involving a passenger bus occurred in the south of Russia. In the morning, on Wednesday, a flight bus, which was on the Autoress of Elista-Volgograd, overturned about 40 km from Elista. As a result, the girl died, another 12 people were injured. Elista was hospitalized in the Republican Hospital. Nine people were delivered there: eight victims, as well as the father of the deceased girl (he was also on the bus).

Irina Belenkaya - in the recent past, the main newsmaker in Russia and France - gave a great interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda , where for the first time she spoke in sufficient detail about her education and work and about relations with men. "I look through the Russian press, and I feel bad, I grab my heart. Just a nightmare that I made a press with a Russian Irina Belenka. Special thanks to Yulia Latinina. Well done, Julia Latynina!" she said at the beginning of the conversation.