The Russian Foreign Ministry announced the cancellation from July 1 to October 15, 2010 visa for Russians in Macedonia. This applies to those who enter the country for a short time up to 90 days, RBC reports. Russian citizens during this period of time will not need to present visas, tourist vouchers, invitations or warranty letters on the border at the entrance to the country, the department said.

In Moscow, the current week promises to become the hottest in the 130-year history of meteorological observations. Until Friday, the thermometer columns will not drop below +37-39 degrees, Interfax reports with reference to the Hydrometeorological University of Moscow and the Moscow Region. On Wednesday, the thermometer columns will approach +40 degrees. The maximum temperature in Moscow, according to weather forecasts, will be +37-39 degrees, in the region- +34-39 degrees.

The Russian stock market on Wednesday turned upward and entered the plus after American sites thanks to strong statistics from the United States, Interfax reports. According to the results of the trading, the MICEX index, which fell to 1,400 points during the day, rose to 1418.05 points (+0.41%), the RTS index increased to 1523.8 points (+0.41%), the prices of the "chips" on exchanges increased by 0.1-2.4%.

Fidel Castro in the next column of his “thoughts” “on behalf of the Cuban people” turned to US President Barack Obama with an appeal not to allow a nuclear war. A new article by an 83-year politician is published on the Internet portal Cubadebate.

Tver Governor Dmitry Zelenin reacted to the correspondence of Vladimir Putin with an anonymous angry blogger, a displeased lack of fire fighting measures in the region. According to Echo of Moscow with reference to the press secretary of Zelenin Zhanna Lyapunov, the governor knew about the problem before the release correspondence with Putin, so this news did not cause any sharp reaction.

The Board of Directors of Uralkali OJSC at a meeting on Wednesday decided to terminate the powers of the president and general director Denis Morozov ahead of schedule and appoint Pavel Grachev to these positions, RIA Novosti reports. The meeting of the board of directors took place at the proposal of the structure of the co -owner of the Pole Gold and Naft Moskvy Suleiman Kerimov - Kaliha Finance Limited, which owns 25% of the company's shares.

The St. Petersburg Zenit agreed with Porto on the transition of the defender Bruno Alvesh. The transfer will cost the Russian club 22 million euros. This was reported by foreign news agencies, in particular, Sky Sports . Bruno Alvesh is the best football player of the Portuguese Championship of 2008-09. He became the champion of the country four times, repeatedly won other Portuguese football competitions. In addition, the defender is part of the Portuguese team.

Minister of Transport Igor Levitin proposed creating a single air carrier for the North Caucasus Federal District. The Ministry of Wheasts contain the largest airport of the region and, at the suggestion of Levitin, the airline should be based there, Kommersant reports. "There are aircraft squads in the Ministry of Industrialists, there are specialists and those people who can serve planes.

The Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi was again in the center of the sex scandal. On August 3, the 38-year-old “employee” of the Escort service, Maria Teresa de Nikolo, known as Terry, addressed the prosecutor’s office of Rome. The woman said that last year she and her two “colleagues” for some time were in the same bed with the 73-year-old Prime Minister of Italy, having group sex, Newsru Israel reports.

The weighted average US dollar exchange rate to the Russian ruble with the term of “Tomorrow” accounts at the auction of the Unified Trading Session of the Interbank currency exchange (ETC) as of 11:30 Moscow time, on the basis of which the dollar exchange rate is based on 17.23 kopecks compared to 11:30 of the previous trading day and amounted to 29.7958 rubles, the ruble of the ruble. Passes the Finmarket .

In Russia, destructive fires continue to blame, their area is steadily increasing every day. Only from the beginning of this week, the territory, covered by fire, has become more than 45 thousand hectares. According to the latest data, 48 people died due to the rampant elements. Fires are raging in 17 regions. To date, almost 800 foci of natural fires have been registered in Russia, of which every twelfth is peat.

In the Rostov region, a deltate crashed. The owner of the apparatus (Motodododaplane) and his passenger died. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to the regional Ministry of Emergencies. At the same time, Interfax clarifies that the incident occurred in the Oryol district, near the Kundryuchi farm. "The disaster was registered in the region of 21:00 Moscow time.

As a result of the spread of forest fires to settlements in Russia, 48 people were killed - 20 of them in the Nizhny Novgorod region, rescuers report. 447 people who suffered as a result of the revelry of the elements turned to the medical institutions - 69 people were hospitalized, the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation reports.

The GOA resort police began a large -scale operation to search for prisoners who escaped the prison while visiting the toilet. One of the fugitives is a killer named Hitler Fernandez. A daring escape from prison Sado in the city of Vasco made a 46-year-old prisoner named Hitler on Wednesday night, as well as two of his cellmates, writes The Hindustan Times with reference to the head of the administration of the confused Penitentiary institution Levinson Martins.

The Argentine defender Nicholas Pareh signed a long-term contract on Wednesday with the Moscow Football Club Spartak, the official website of the Red-Belys reports. Sports Director of Spartak Dmitry Popov specified ITAR-TASS that the contract was designed for 4 years. The amount of the transaction has not yet been disclosed.