The reason for the last unsuccessful launch of the latest sea ballistic missile "Bulava" in December last year was a malfunction of the nozzle of the rocket, RIA Novosti reports with reference to a source close to the State Commission to investigate the causes of the incident. According to him, this is due to production marriage.

The Italian mafia increases the volume of illegal financial transactions in the credit market against the backdrop of the economic crisis, which led to the compression of bank lending and left the whole financial niche, which was hastened to use criminal elements, the newspaper Vedomosti writes with reference to the statement of the Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of Italy Annie Maria Tarantula.

Chinese police officers mistakenly beat the wife of a senior law enforcement official, writes the British newspaper The Guardian . It turns out that they did not know who she was, and took her for a simple citizen. After that, the secretary of the party committee of the local police department told her: "This incident is a complete misunderstanding. Our police officers did not realize that they were hitting the wife of a high leader." This statement caused indignation in society.

A new round of commercial negotiations between Gazprom and CNPC on the supply of Russian natural gas to the PRC was held in Beijing. After the meeting, the deputy chairman of Gazprom Alexander Medvedev said that "the parties continued to bring positions closer." According to "News Time" , this does not prevent them from taking diametrically opposite positions in the issue of the basic price in the contract under discussion.

The intensified situation around the Khimkinsky forest was commented by the mayor of Khimki, Vladimir Strelchenko. Journalists of Gazeta.Ru were able to contact him, although he is on vacation. He sharply stated that he knew nothing, the problems do not exist, and journalists write about what does not exist. Recall, in the camp, which defenders of the forest and journalists defeated, on Friday, masked people defeated. They blocked the approach of ecologists to the technique that cuts trees.

The Union of Museums of Russia called on business circles to help the victim from the fire to the All-Russian Scientific and Restoration Center named after Grabar.

The film by the American director Darren Aronofsky "Black Swan" will open the 67th annual Venice Film Festival, which will be held from September 1 to 11 of this year, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the official website of the film festival. The psychological thriller is about the rivalry of two ballerinas dancing in the NEW York City Ballet troupe. Among the famous actors who took part in the Black Lebed, Natalie Portman, Winona Ryder and Vincent Cassel.

Traffic police officers have developed new recommendations for service. In particular, they are advised to adjust the service mode due to the heat and try to monitor the road traffic remotely, said the head of Rospotrebnadzor, the chief state sanitary doctor of the Russian Federation Gennady Onishchenko. "In this period, the working conditions of the traffic police are extremely difficult. It is proposed to reduce the time of work on highways within the shift to at least up to 8 hours.

The fragment of the Chinese meteorological satellite Feng Yun-1C , shot down by the China’s ballistic missile in January 2007, is approaching the International Space Station. At the same time, there is no longer time for the maneuver of the station to evade the fragment. In the case of real danger, the ISS crew will hide in the Ships "Soyuz".

The well-being of bureaucratic wives is growing from year to year, and the modest income of the husband-chin is often adjacent to the solid earnings of the spouse. This conclusion was reached by the newspaper Vedomosti , having studied the declarations of Russian civil servants.

The four largest global oil companies - Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, Conocophillips and Chevron create a joint venture to develop and introduce an oil leakage system when working on a sea shelf. They will invest 1 billion dollars into the project. The Wall Street Journal reports that to develop a system, oil giants will take a non -profit enterprise, which they call Marine Well Containment Co. Four companies will invest in the project equally, that is, $ 250 million each.

The head of the American Association of Professors Kary Nelson accused BP of bribing the best scientists in order to minimize payments for court claims presented because of the environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, BBC reports. More than 300 claims have already been filed. In his statement, BP reports that she hired more than a dozen scientists who are versed in the resources of the Gulf of Mexico.

In Tuva, the deputy of the Legislative Chamber of the Parliament of the Republic Roman Mongush was detained for beating an employee of the traffic police.

The Russian Football Union sent a letter to the ex-mentor of the Russian national team of Russia Hus Hiddinka, in which he thanked the Dutch specialist for the work done. “Dear Mr. Hiddink, the Russian Football Union expresses its sincere gratitude for your work as the head coach of the Russian national football team,” the RFU press service says. “For us, it was an honor and pleasure to work with you all these years.

Not to speak with comments about the rupture of Venezuela's diplias with Colombia considers the most suitable position for himself the chosen Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. He stated this in Mexico City after a meeting with Mexico President Felipe Calderon, ITAR-TASS reports.