United Russia in the State Duma came up with how to reanimate the scandalous project "Pure Water" , which does not want to finance the government. The favorite idea of ​​the speaker of Boris Gryzlov, a full of false scientist, the inventor of the "miracle filters" of Viktor Petrik , will now promote on their own, having established a special "subservational" commission.

The former NATO forces commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McCristal, leaves the ranks of the US Armed Forces and retires, Interfax reports. President Barack Obama personally sent the general personally last week after the audience that took place in Washington. The reason for the resignation was a scandalous interview with the military leader Rolling Stone magazine, which was published last Friday, but the contents of which became known earlier.

The 150-year-old house in Transylvania, bought by the British Prince Charles in 2006, will be used by the monarch special as a house for summer holidays, Prian.ru writes with reference to The Daily Mai . Repair work in a mansion with five bedrooms, as a result of which modern bathrooms and floors appeared in the house, are nearing completion. The prince is going to visit the village of Zalanpatat, where the object is located, during this year.

The German concern Eon plans to sell its share in the Russian Gazprom, Inopressa.ru reports with reference to Seweddeutsche Zeitung . The German edition at the same time gives the information of Russian "Vedomosti" . At the same time, notes the publication, the concern itself is still refraining from commenting. In business circles, information about the sale of shares has long been going on. This package, the newspaper writes, does not have much strategic significance.

According to the results of the first half of the year, banks will be able to get more profits than for the entire last year, they are confident in the Central Bank. First of all, this is due to a slowdown in the pace of creation of reserves for possible losses on loans due to the fact that the situation with problem loans is stabilized, Kommersant writes.

At the General Motors plant in St. Petersburg on Tuesday, the production of a new five-door Opel Astra hatchback, the initial cost of which is 569.9 thousand rubles. The enterprise introduced a second shift, but production plans for the current year are not disclosed, RIA Novosti reports. Opel, director of sales and marketing, Ilya Zagumenny expressed confidence that this model would be in great demand among Russian motorists.

Iran will resume negotiations with world powers on a nuclear problem no earlier than the middle of the month of the Muslim post - Ramadan, that is, at the end of August - September. This was stated at a press conference on Monday in Tehran, Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadi Nezhad. He believes that an indispensable condition for the resumption of the negotiation process is the frankness of its participants, the transparency of their position.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky had a chance to be released in 2011, LE Figaro believes. “The Kremlin’s vice is unclenched around Khodorkovsky,” the newspaper title reads. The reason for optimism was the recent testimonies of two political figures close to Putin: the heads of Sberbank of Russia German Gref , who in 2003 served as the Minister of Economic Development, and the Minister of Industry Viktor Khristenko , quoted the RFI radio station quoted.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev began a meeting with the government in the Kremlin to submit a budget message. The head of state will turn to the audience with the main theses of this document, which reflects the budget policy of the state for 2011-2013. The full text of the message is already available on the Kremlin’s official website . In 2010, the president set five tasks, the solution to which in 2011-2013 the authorities should focus on the main emphasis.

About 42% of buyers of country houses in the Rublevo-Uspensky direction in the suburbs prefer to make their future "generic nest" look like a building in a classic style, RIA Novosti writes with reference to the report of Terra-Real Estate. However, it is indicated in it, in the high -budget segment of the country's suburban real estate there is a demand for extraordinary architectural decisions.

Oppositionist and writer Eduard Limonov, head of the National-Bolshevik party prohibited by the court (NBP), decided to create a new party based on the Coalition "Another Russia", Interfax reports. The party, whose constituent congress will be held in Moscow on July 10, plans to participate in the nearest parliamentary elections, Limonov specified. According to the opposition, another Russia has the necessary number of supporters for registration as a party.

The ruble completed the cycle of rapid “restoration” after the devaluation of the late 2008 - early 2009, and now the course entered into the period of volatility and unpredictability, the first deputy chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation Alexei Ulyukaev at the Renaissance Capital conference said. Ulyukaev agreed with Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Kudrin in the assessment of further fluctuations in the ruble - equally towards weakening and strengthening.

Due to the heat that came to many regions of Russia at the end of June, swimwear began to be in increasing demand among Russian Muslims. But this toilet item must comply with the laws of Sharia, therefore, for example, special swimsuits are sold in Tatarstan: only a face, palms and feet remain open to a woman. Such "Muslim" swimwear consisting of trousers, sweaters with long sleeves and a collar and a hat covering hair and neck are sewn in one of the Kazan studio. And they diverge instantly.

The 2-year-old Muscovite Sofya became a victim of bites of the dogs of actor Leonid Yarmolnik-Scotch Terrier Solomon and Westhalend-Tiere, nicknamed Kupidon. The dacha of the artist, located in the cottage village of Pyushkino in the Odintsovo district of the Moscow Region, has a common territory with another house, in which the family of little Sophia lives, Life News reports.

The house in Las Vegas, in which Michael Jackson lived in 2007-2009, defeated unknown vandals, reports TMZ.com with reference to the local police. Arriving at the place, the police found that several walls inside the house were covered with obscene graffiti. Jackson lived in Nevada from 2007 to 2009. Since the singer left the house in Nevada and moved to California, no one lived in it. Recall that the king of pop music died on June 25, 2009 at the 51st year of his life.