In the United States, activists of the TEA PARTY from the state of Iowa placed posters on advertising shields, on which the current president of the United States of Barack Obama shoulder to the shoulder with Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Lenin was placed. The reaction to the provocative poster followed immediately: its creators were accused of aggression and embezzlement of the organization, writes Newsru Israel .

A landfill near the Sheremetyevo airport, which was demanded by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin last week, is located on a foreign land. In 2006, the plot near the village of Shemyakino with an area of ​​about 115 hectares was purchased by Kaltchuga Group Real Estate structures. True, the owner discovered that the site no longer belongs to him, they write Vedomosti with reference to sources close to Kaltchuga.

The Russian stock market on Wednesday was adjusted down for a mark of 1360 points on the MICEX index following the decrease in European and American indices against the backdrop of fixation by players after growth from the end of the last week. According to the results of the trading, the MICEX index dropped to 1358.6 points (-0.68%), the RTS index amounted to 1412.14 points (+0.18%), the prices of most “chips” on exchanges decreased by 0.3-1.7%.

The weighted average US dollar exchange rate to the Russian ruble with the term of “Tomorrow” accounts at the auction of a single trading session of the MICEX as of 11:30, on the basis of which the process of course formation of the dollar the next day took place, fell by 31.53 kopecks and amounted to 30.539 rubles, the Finmarket reports. The weighted average of the euro with the period of calculations of "Today" to 11:30 grew by 6.16 kopecks - to 38.8036 rubles.

In the Indian port of Mumbai, chlorine leaks occurred, about 60 people were hospitalized, at least a quarter of them in serious condition, the Indian television channel NDTV reports. Among the poisoned are 14 students. By alarm, fire brigades were raised, which find out the causes of the spill chlorine on the spot, Interfax reports. Chlorine was stored in tanks near the berth structures, waiting for sending.

The Federation Council at a plenary meeting on Wednesday approved the law on the complete ban on alcohol consumption at the wheel. After the document is signed by the president and enters into force, drivers may be deprived of rights for the slightest content of alcohol in the blood. Earlier, this law in three readings was supported by State Duma deputies .

The future of the first Russian pilot in Formula 1 Vitaly Petrova became very foggy after the statement of the head of the Renault factory team Eric Buye, who was made by him in an interview with the Swiss edition of Le Matin . In it, the boss of the French "stable" actually does not exclude that the Russian team of the Scuderia Toro Rosso team Sebastian Buemi may take the Russian place in 2011. “Sebastian is included in the list of potential Renault F1 racers for 2011,” said Eric Buye.

The cave monastery of the 19th century begins to dig in the Mukachevo of the Transcarpathian region of Ukraine. As the Interfax-Religious portal reported with reference to the Ukrainian media, the monastery was founded by two monks who arrived here with the blessing of the Monk Anthony of Pechersky. Experts will clear the entrance, examine caves and labyrinth. It is possible that the burials of the monks are inside. Over time, it is planned to open a monastery.

By the end of the current week, Rostekhnadzor will present the results of the investigation of the causes of the accident at the Department "Department" , and on Monday, July 19, they will become public. This was reported to reporters by the head of the department Nikolai Kutin. Recall that on the night of May 9 at the Razdadskaya mine in the city of Mezhdurechensk, two explosions occurred. The dead are currently considered 67 people, the fate of another 23 people is still unknown.

Experts believe that the measures taken over the past two years at the initiative of President Dmitry Medvedev in the fight against corruption cannot radically solve the problem. However, a source close to the Kremlin told an independent newspaper that Medvedev was not going to offer any new anti -corruption initiatives in the near future. On Thursday, a meeting of the Council of Legislators is scheduled to counteract corruption, in which the president will take part.

The widow of Pshymislav Gosevsky, a representative of the Kachinsky Brothers Party "Law and Reference", who died in the plane crash of the presidential Tu-154 near Smolensk, requires the exhumation of the remains of his husband. She doubts that it was her spouse who delivered the body from Russia, reports the Radio "Freedom" . Beata Gosevsk came into such thoughts of several suspicious, in her opinion, facts.

The authorities of St. Petersburg are not going to send a delegation to the 34th session of the World Heritage Committee under UNESCO, which will discuss the issue of building the public and business center of Okhta Center with a 400-meter skyscraper, Interfax reports. The committee session will be held from July 25 to August 3 in Brazil. As you know, the Historical Center of St. Petersburg is included in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List.

The US government sent British Petroleum (BP) the next - already fourth - an account for eliminating the consequences of oil leakage with the platform it controlled in the Gulf of Mexico. Its amount amounted to 99.7 million dollars, the White House, which is quoted by RIA Novosti , said. The document again notes that BP is responsible for the accident, and therefore is obliged to pay for all the accounts related to it. "This is the fourth account sent at the moment by the administration.

The star of Hollywood Angelina Jolie, who recently completed the shooting at the Salt thriller, told The Sun that the Russian language has become its new passion, Newsru Israel reports. In the film, Jolie plays the CIA officer, suspected of working for Moscow. They try to arrest the Russian Spy, but she manages to run and develop an action plan designed to prove her innocence.

Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a fiber, which not only conducts and modulates light, but also causes and perceives changes in pressure. The final product contains a core capable of conducting light, a piezoelectric layer and electrodes that transmit electrical signals to a piezoelectric layer and vice versa.