In the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, a deputy of the Ugra City Duma Pavel Volga, who shot down a 17-year-old girl, was sentenced to three years in prison, the press service of the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation in the Ural Federal District reports on Thursday.

John Robert Holden, like Andrei Kirilenko, will not play at the World Basketball Championship in Turkey. Thus, the Russian team for the first time since 2003 will perform at tournaments such a high level exclusively for its players, without naturalized legionnaires. Kirilenko did not recommend going to Turkey his club "Utah Jazz" due to the risk of getting a new injury. Holden did not name the clear reasons for the refusal to the chief coach of the national team David Blatu.

The level of pollution of the Sungari River, where barrels with chemicals in China were otter, is normal. There are no threats to residents of the Far East. According to Interfax , such information on Thursday was distributed by the Russian Foreign Ministry. The department assured that the examination of river water samples conducted by Chinese environmental authorities showed that as of July 29, pollution parameters are within normal limits.

Kurgan law enforcement agencies conduct an audit on the fact of the next case of the application of non -standard "educational measures" to the kids. In one of the kindergartens of the city of Kurgan, naughty children seized their mouths with tape, the parents of the affected babies say. At the same time, the kindergarten employees assure that these were breathing exercises, the Kurgan.ru portal reports with reference to the Meridian newspaper.

The colossal statue of Christopher Columbus the work of sculptor Zurab Tsereteli will be installed on the northern coast of Puerto Rico. The bronze columbus behind the helm of the ship, behind which are three winds inflated by the wind, is planned to be erected near the coastal city of Aresibo.

The government approved the main budget parameters for 2011-20122. The entire three -year -old budget will be scarce, but the amount of budget deficits over the years has changed somewhat. The government promises not to go out for the deficiency parameters that were approved on Wednesday, the Finmarket agency reports with reference to the statement of Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin based on the results of the Government Commission on Budget Design.

Around the Dutch architect Eric van Egeraat, who designed the Moscow City Complex Complex, a new serious scandal is flared up. The Khanty-Mansi businessman accuses him of assigning a million euros. Having taken a million euros for the project of a local hotel-business complex, the architect declared himself bankrupt, writes Life News .

Vnesheconombank State Corporation (VEB) agreed on the sale of 9.8% of the shares of Further communications operator Rostelecom by the State Telecommunication Holding Svyazinvest at 230 rubles, Reuters reports with reference to the head of the State Corporation Vladimir Dmitriev "We agreed with the" Svyazinvest "that this package will be bought on the conditions of the breakdown of the operation for us. There are two options in 3-4 years," he told reporters.

In 12 episodes related to the preparation and participation in the Olympic Games in Vancouver, criminal cases were instituted, the chairman of the Accounts Chamber Sergei Stepashin told the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper. The day before, he reported to President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev about the results of the audit undertaken by the results of the Winter Olympic Games. "The president carefully monitored the issues related to our verification - this was his assignment.

The Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Finance significantly - tens of billions of rubles - diverged in the forecasts of the alleged income of Russia from privatization in 2011-2013, RIA Novosti reports. According to the head of the Ministry of Economic Development, Elvira Nabiullina, its department estimates the volume of privatization revenues in 2011 a little more than 200 billion rubles, and in 2011-2013-at 600-700 billion rubles.

On the basis of the indictment of the jury, the Perm Regional Court was sentenced to the case of members of the local gang who used slave labor on the metal -industrial base of the city of Gubakhu.

Two Chechens accused of murder during a fight on the pure ponds of the journalist and Spartak fan Yuri Volkov, appealed their arrest. “We ask to cancel the resolution on the arrest and release them from custody. These persons are not previously convicted, they are not socially dangerous,” the lawyer of the defendants of the case Abusupyan Gaitaev told Interfax .

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 Moscow time, on the basis of which there is a process of exchange rate of the dollar the next day, increased by 1.07 kopecks and amounted to 30.2173 rubles, the Finmarket reports. The dollar on Thursday grew after a decrease for seven sessions in a row.

The C-17 military transport aircraft crashed on Wednesday evening near the US Air Force base in Ankorija (Alaska), AP reports citing the state national guard. According to the US Air Force captain Uriya Orland, four people were on board the aircraft, they were not reported about their condition and other details of the incident, RIA Novosti writes. The C-17 was listed as part of the third aircraft wing and made a training flight of local importance.

The Novosibirsk "Siberia" for the first time in its history played in the European Cup match, having defeated the Cyprus Club Apollo with a score of 1: 0 in the field as part of the third qualifying round of the European football club. The only ball in this meeting in the 74th minute was scored by Alexey Medvedev. The match was held in Novosibirsk at the local Stadium Spartak. The return game will take place on August 5th.