The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill , who attends the Nizhny Novgorod region these days, made an appeal in connection with forest fires that swept this and a number of other regions of Central Russia, Blagovet-Info reports. At the end of the Divine Liturgy in the Serafimo-Diveevsky monastery, the patriarch uttered the word (full text) , in which he said: "We performed a worship on the ground that suffered from the fire.

Russian political parties actively connected to the fight against natural fires that covered the country. However, not everyone showed themselves in this field with dignity.

In 2011, 27.8 billion rubles will allocate 27.8 billion rubles to regional programs for reducing voltage in the labor market. (one and a half times less than in the current one), after which the programs themselves will be curtailed, the newspaper Vedomosti writes with reference to the main directions of budget policy for 2011 and the planning period of 2012 and 2013 prepared by the Ministry of Finance.

The program formed in the fall of 2008 in South Ossetia objects destroyed as a result of Georgian aggression was practically implemented. This was announced at a meeting with the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin by the First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, who visited Tskhinvili with the government delegation. At the same time, he supported the request of the South Ossetian authorities about additional financing.

The ban on grain and other agricultural goods introduced by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, which will be valid from August 15 to December 31, is actively discussing the foreign press. An overview of the opinions expressed is offered by Inopressa . So, the Daily Mail recalls that Russia is one of the world's largest exporters, and the fears that it will reduce export has already inflated grain prices from the beginning of June by almost 70%.

Former boxer Mike Landrum sued Mike Tyson, who in the past possessed the title of the absolute worldwide champion in heavy weight, Sports Express reports. According to him, Tyson was stolen by his nickname "Iron Mike". Landrum claims that it was he who owns the rights to this nickname - they began to call him so two years before Tyson in 1985 began his career in professional ring. The amount of the claim is 115 million dollars.

The Australian company Joss Development Limited has released the specifications of its latest JP1 supercar. The fastest car of the green continent turned out to be faster than some Italian sportsmen, but at the same time more expensive. The starting cost of JP1 from a little -known Joss Development is 345.5 thousand euros, while the same Lamborghini Murcielago in Europe costs no more than 300 thousand euros. The length of the two -door Australian supercar JP1 is 4 m. 45 cm, width - 1 m.

The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation intends to create a single base for cars bought on credit to reduce the level of fraud in collateral lending, Kommersant writes on Friday. The draft law regulating the creation of such a base has already been developed. After coordination with all interested ministries and departments, the bill will be submitted to the government. Now no one is registering a bail for cars.

The UN food and agricultural organization predicts a reduction in wheat production due to the strongest drought that collapsed to Russia, however, the representative of the FAO was considered existing world wheat reserves.

The Syria Star ship captured in the Aden Gulf with pirates with a sugar cargo keeps a course to the southeast of the African horn. The ship walks under the flag of the state of Saint-Vincent and Grenadines, the crew consists of 22 citizens of Syria and two Egyptians. The pirates captured the ship on August 5 in the afternoon, the press service of the EU Navy reports, conducting the struggle against piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.

The love affair with one of the 13 wives of King Swaziland was worth the post and freedom to the Minister of Justice of the country Nduiso Mamba. According to Interfax , the secret connection of the incorrect wife of the monarch Msvati III with a member of the Cabinet of Ministers lasted several months.

Paul Sender and his company Indy Inc from Indianapolis created the fastest school bus on the planet. Sender's bus is equipped with a phantom jet engine, thanks to which it can develop a maximum speed of 587 km/h. This bus was created not for the transportation of passengers, but to participate in various automobile shows. There are only three chairs in the bus salon, a 42 thousand hp reactive engine is installed under the hood.

Magomed Patiev, who tried to capture the Minvod-Moscow aircraft at Domodedovo Airport, admitted that he had reliable information about the participants in the attacks in the Moscow metro on March 29 . He wanted to share these data with the country's leadership. At the same time, the sources of his information “Air Terrorist” refuses to name, Interfax reports with reference to the official representative of the Moscow Investigative Committee of the SCP on transport Tatyana Morozova.

The author of the book “The Devil wears Prada”, according to which the film was shot in 2006, Loren Weisberger acquired an apartment in New York, the cost of which, according to various estimates, is from 2.57 to $ 2.69 million, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the newspaper The New York Times. The material says that the area of ​​housing is 180 square meters. The apartment has two bedrooms and a winter garden.

Trading in the Russian stock market on Friday ended with a decrease in indexes against the background of falling prices in the global oil market and ambiguous unemployment statistics in the United States, follows from these exchanges. The MICEX index completed the auction by a decrease by 0.82% to 1403.08 points. The RTS index sank at the end of the day by 0.53% - up to 1509.85 points, RIA Novosti reports.