The State Duma adopted in the second reading a bill on the reform of the Russian Academy of Sciences. "For" 344 deputies voted, one abstained, no one voted against. The Communist Party faction was not present at the plenary meeting.

Jeep intends to bring a subcompact SUV to the market in 2014, built on the Fiat's front -wheel drive platform, Livecars.ru reports. The assembly of the new crossover will be established at the Fiat plant in Italy. The overall length of the nameless novelty will be 4.2 meters. Whether the model will receive an optional all -wheel drive is still unknown. According to Jeep General Director Mike Menley, a small SUV will be sold around the world.

Boris Nemtsov “The political background of the arrest is obvious. Urlashov’s desire to head the list of Prokhorov’s Civic Platform in the elections to the regional Duma on September 8 and then to go to the gubernatorial elections is the basis for the arrest. And not even an attempt to take a bribe. This is just a reason to remove a competitor. That "There is no doubt that the Kremlin is behind this entire operation.

The State Duma on Friday in the third reading adopted a law aimed at combating unlawful influence on the results of official sports competitions. It provides for up to seven years of imprisonment or a fine of up to 1 million rubles for organizing contractual matches and prohibits athletes, coaches and judges to play on a totalizer and bet on bookmakers in their sports, RIA Novosti reports.

The city of Chicago Illinois in the United States finds out the circumstances of several shooting incidents, in which dozens of people, including a 7-year-old boy, suffered. Six of the victims died, including a teenager, writes The Chicago Tribune newspaper. All crimes related to the use of firearms occurred literally in a day, including during the United States Independence Day on July 4. More than ten people were shot in the West-Side area.

The number of deceived equity holders in the Moscow Region for a year decreased by 6 thousand families and is currently 12 thousand equity holders, the Moscow Region Committee on shared housing, dilapidated and emergency housing said. At the present day, the committee has 78 objects left. In 2012, according to the agency, the situation at 28 facilities was resolved, and another 11 problematic facilities were commissioned in 2013, RIA Novosti reports.

The areas of Cairo, Alexandria and six more provinces of Egypt are covered by street riots, some of which grew into real battles between supporters and opponents of the overthrown President Muhammad Mursi and other Muslim brothers. According to official data from the country's Ministry of Health, six people died for July 5, several dozen were injured.

The Pechersky District Court of Kiev sentenced to five years in prison with a postponement for three years of three members of the international gang of hackers - developers and distributors of the most dangerous Carberp Trojan, Ukrainian Security Service reports. Among the convicts - the organizer of the group, a citizen of Russia, is noted in the message.

Russian mixed style fighter Alexander Emelianenko on Thursday in Khimki as part of the ProfC 49 tournament: Resurrection by technical knockout in the first round defeated Brazilian Jose Rodrigo Gelke . As noted by mixfight.ru , Emelianenko confidently began the duel, inflicting accurate gaping blows to the opponent. By the end of the fourth minute of the first round, the referee decided to stop the fight by counting the victory to the Russian ( video ).

The Venetian gondoliers, which can be considered one of the symbols of this Italian city, can begin to be checked in the near future for alcohol and drugs in the blood. “This is an absolutely normal practice for the transport sector. Governing and control bodies are provided for such an audit,” the local news resource Lettera 43 quoted the President of the Association of Hondoliers of Nikola Falkoni.

In the Vladimir region, a criminal case has been instituted against the former federal judge Anna Khokhlova, who made unjust decisions for the bribe, reports the GRK "Vladimir" . The minister of the Russian Femis could reduce the term of punishment or completely release a dangerous criminal. As investigators established, the judge of the Oktyabrsky District Court Vladimir Anna Khokhlova reduced for 2.5 years the term of the sentence to Killer involved in the murder of several people.

The Rubin football club signed an agreement with the striker Alexander Prudnikov, the press service of the Kazan team reports. At the training collection in Austria, Prudynikov and the general director of Rubin Andrei Gromov signed an agreement according to which the striker will play for the Kazan team for two years. The first round of last season, the 24 -year -old pupil of the Moscow Spartak spent in the Kuban, and the second in Alania.

The International Football Federation (FIFA) temporarily disqualified the Cameroon Football Association (Fecafoot) and forbade the national teams of all levels to hold matches, the FIFA press release said. The reason for the sanctions was the intervention of the state in the activities of the National Football Federation. They also apply to all Cameroon football clubs participating in international competitions.

According to the audit company Ernst & Young (EY), the most expensive company in the world was Exxonmobil, which headed the capitalization rating. The oil giant has squeezed from the first place Apple, which occupied it for more than a year, for the first time ahead of Exxonmobil on capitalization in the summer of 2011. Then the company of Steve Jobs overtook the cost of Exxonmobil in early 2012, and finally established itself in the first place from the middle of the same year.

In the city of Budslav, the Minsk region, celebrations began on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the icon of the Mother of God of Budslavskaya in Belarus. This is one of the most revered icons in the Catholic Church, which is famous for numerous miracles. Every year, believers from different corners of the republic, from abroad, rush to the Budaslav icon of the Mother of God. This year, thousands of pilgrims went to Budslav the day before.