Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on the way from Irkutsk, where he was immersed at the bottom of Lake Baikal on a deep-sea apparatus "MIR-1", dwell on one-day vacation in the Republic of Tuva. He went down the empty river and enjoyed the hospitality of the local shepherd. As RIA Novosti reports, the head of the government spent the rest of Sunday and Monday in a tent camp on the banks of the Khemchik River.

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, whom the police suspect of corruption , is ready to resign if the prosecutor's office at the request of the police charges him. Law enforcement agencies say that they collected enough evidence that the Russian -speaking politician took bribes, was engaged in fraud, abuse and prevented justice. Lieberman promised to resign immediately if he was charged, and after another four to five months to leave the chair of the deputy of the Knesset.

In Chechnya, terrorist attacks continue, despite the statements of local authorities that the world had returned to the republic. Not far from the village of Itum-Kale on Sunday, a motorcade was fired with police officers. The shelling occurred the day after the entry into force of the divorce of the fighters on the Chechen police declared by one of the leaders of the separatists by Ahmed Zakayev.

The famous Hollywood actor Mel Gibson was again involved in the scandal. This time, for his temper, he can pay a large fine or even imprisonment - the actor fought with the paparazzi, and he sued him, reports Newsru Israel with reference to Worstpreviews . At the end of last week, the American paparazzi submitted an application to the police, in which he accused the star of attack and injuries.

The correspondent of The New Times, the head of the organization of Think Moldova, Natalya Morar, is not allowed into Russia legally. At the disposal of the "Russian newspaper" there was a ruling of the Constitutional Court on the complaint of journalist Natalia Morar against law enforcement agencies. The report of the journalist was dismissed.

July became the most profitable in the history of Wall Street, when the stock index of 5 thousand American companies Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index increased by 7.75%, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Wilshire press release. The fifth month of the growth of stock indices, optimistically perceived by the market as a sign of a quick exit from the recession, played an average of $ 800 billion. "The percentage of Wilshire 5000 was the best for all 39 years of the index.

In the US state of Massachusetts, the request of the prisoner, who spent almost 30 years after the brutal murder of an elderly relative, will be considered. The criminal imagined himself to be a 700-year-old vampire and even drank the blood of the victim. On Tuesday, the commission on parole will decide the future fate of 52-year-old James Riva, writes The Boston Herald newspaper. At one time, a brutal killer acted like the characters of the game "The killer of a vampire".

More than 52 thousand families of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and almost 19 thousand pensioners do not have housing, Interfax reports with reference to the press release of the department. "They have no housing for permanent residence 52,407 families employees of the internal affairs bodies and military personnel of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Russia.

In a number of high-rise buildings in the New Dubai area, glass simultaneously and spontaneously flew out. Experts say that the culprit is the poor quality of work of builders and insufficiently thought-out building codes and regulations. According to a resident of one of the skyscrapers, “people were sitting right next to the windows when the glass burst. Fortunately, no one was hurt,” writes Prian.ru with reference to Arabian Business.

The new NATO Secretary General Danes Anders Fog Rasmussen said that the expansion of the North Atlantic Alliance would continue. He also considers it necessary to establish a true partnership between Russia and NATO. Rasmussen took office as Secretary General of NATO on Saturday. On Monday, he started working at the Brussels headquarters of the North Atlantic Alliance, where he gives the first press conference, RIA Novosti reports.

Currently, in Russia, according to experts, in the total volume of issued cards, the share of "salary" is 60-80%. For example, VTB24 has 56%of the salary cards, and the Renaissance has as much as 90%, Bfm.ru business portal writes. It is believed that the salary project becomes profitable if within its framework it takes from 100 thousand transactions per month or from 1 million cards are involved in it. As a result, for most banks, salary projects as such do not bring direct income.

The Leninsky District Court of Yekaterinburg on Tuesday, August 4, will consider the arrest of human rights activist Alexei Sokolov, who was released from guard three days ago. According to the district court, the decision to choose a preventive measure will be decided in the framework of a criminal case on the theft. What kind of case we are talking about, the representative of the court did not specify.

In Russia, 55 cases of infection with pork flu are officially registered. A few more cases of suspicion, the words of the head of Rospotrebnadzor Gennady Onishchenko quoted ITAR-TASS. The virus is brought from vacations, the doctor is complained. According to Onishchenko, in Europe the largest number of cases is registered in the UK, Spain, Turkey, and Bulgaria.

Demand for housing, which is still very exceeding the supply, can raise real estate prices in the UK in 2012-2014 by a total of 20%, but this will not solve all problems, the National Housing Federation ( NHF ) predicts. According to The Times , NHF predicts that this year, real estate prices in the country will fall by 12.2%, the next one more, another 4.6%, and the situation will be stabilized only in 2011 with a possible increase in prices by 1.1%.

The sunken Norwegian Langland dry cargo is discovered by divers off the coast of Sweden, the six members of the team have not yet been found, the Swedish authorities said in Monday published on Monday. According to local media reports, the ship was discovered at 11:00 on Greenwich last Sunday. The dry load lies at a depth of 100 meters near the Swedish city of Strestad on the west coast of Sweden. An external inspection showed that damage to the vessel is insignificant, Interfax reports.