The mysterious and scandalous object on the Black Sea coast in Praskoveevka, which has acquired the nickname “Putin’s palace,” continues to be in an inaccessible state for ordinary tourists, and secret construction continues on it. As a correspondent for the Dozhd TV channel reports, you can’t even verify its existence with your own eyes, since the entire perimeter of the object is fenced with a powerful fence, which can only be accessed through security with special passes.

Venezuela President Hugo Chavez proposed changing the traditional revolutionary slogan "Socialist Homeland or Death", which he usually ended his many performances. Turning on Thursday, July 28, from the balcony of the Presidential Palace of Miraflores to thousands of their supporters who came to congratulate his leader on his birthday, he suggested forgetting the word "death" and henceforth use the slogan "Socialist homeland and victory. We will live and win!" “Well, I lived to be 57 years old.

Employees of the Norwegian Foreign Ministry were evacuated on Friday, after lightning got into the department of the department in the center of Oslo, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the Norwegian Telegraph Bureau. "Lightning violated the operation of electrical equipment, this caused a fire alarm," said Mida Trronn Viken. “The evacuation itself was calm,” he said. The alarm problems were resolved within half an hour, after which civil servants were able to return to work.

The weighted average US dollar exchange rate to the Russian ruble with the term of “Tomorrow” accounts at the auction of the Unified Trade 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, grew by 8.89 kopecks and amounted to 27.6796 rubles, the Finmarket reports. The weighted average of the euro with the period of calculations "Tomorrow" decreased by 6.37 kopecks - to 39.523 rubles.

The Russian grain union awaits this year record crops of grain. The Minister of Agriculture Elena Skrynnik said that, in her opinion, the state did everything to ensure this year the production of grain at the level of 85-90 million tons. In the last, abnormally hot, year, the crop of grain barely reached 60.9 million, which was 37% below the level of 2009, compares the "independent newspaper" . In the RPS, the crop forecast was increased to 92 million tons. Nothing more portends buckwheat .

The film by Alexander Sokurov "Faust", participating in the competition program of the Venice Film Festival, received state support from the Film Fund as a socially significant project, RIA Novosti reports. Faust is the last part of historical tetralogy, which also includes Moloch, Taurus and the Sun. The film is based on the first part of Goethe’s poem, the script was written by Yuri Arav.

The scandalous transition of the Vice-Speaker of the State Duma Alexander Babakov from “Fair Russia” to the All-Russian Popular Front can be launched by the mass of the party and ultimately lead to its collapse. In the near future, other influential fair -Russians - the judo coach of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Vasily Shestakov, Kira Lukyanova and Mikhail Starshinov, will follow the example of Babakov’s example, the Vedomosti newspaper found out.

In Afghanistan, a minibus with civilians ran into a mine - 19 people were killed. The tragedy occurred on Friday morning in the southern province of Hilmain, on the road leading to its administrative center of Lashkargs. Among the dead there are children, report Reuters and AP. ITAR-TASS reports a greater number of victims-at least 20. Details of the incident are still unknown.

The privatization of Moscow property reveals the mistakes of the former government. The metropolitan authorities, planning to sell the third shopping and entertainment center "European" in the square of the Kievsky station, learned that they could not do this.

Representatives of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia (FNPR) intend to withstand the emerging negotiation process of representatives of the business community with defenders of the interests of employees regarding amendments to the Labor Code.

In Moscow, the Kashirsky Yard - 3 market was burning (MKAD, the south of the capital), in a matter of minutes the area of ​​the fire increased significantly. According to Life News , the message about the fire was received on the back of the duty officers about 19 hours on Friday. According to the assurances of rescuers who suffered among visitors to the market - people managed to run out on the street on their own.

Alejandro Sabellya was appointed head coach of the Argentine national football team. This, according to ITAR-TASS, announced this was announced by the Secretary General of the Association of Football Argentina Jose Luis Meisner. “The decision was made. Sabellya is our choice,” he said. An agreement with a 56-year-old specialist is designed to the 2014 World Cup.

The mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin, instructed to prepare an order to dismiss the director of the state unitary enterprise for the operation of high -altitude administrative and residential buildings ( GUP Evaz ) Nikolai Nemov. At an operational meeting at the City Hall, the mayor accused the GUP leadership of crooking, financing Dead Souls and prices, Izvestia writes. “It happens that not only management companies, but also our GUPs,” said Sobyanin.

The media found out why they removed from his post the head of the receptionist leader of United Russia Vladimir Putin in the Perm Territory and the coordinator of the regional council of the "All -Russian Popular Front" (ONF) Dmitry Skivanov.

In the near future, the Atlant hockey club near Moscow will sign a contract with the 38-year-old striker Alexei Kovalev, says the newspaper Sport-Express . The ex-stamping "Rangers", "Pittsburgh", "Montreal" and "Ottawa" will soon arrive in the location of the Mytshchinsy and put a signature under the contract. Apparently, the agreement will be designed for one season. Last season, Kovalev spent 54 matches as part of Senators, celebrating 27 (14+13) points.