Why Rotenberg and Timchenko bought a hockey arena in Finland Why Rotenberg and Timchenko bought a hockey arena in Finland... The Rotenberg family and Gennady Timchenko, known in Russia as "Putin's friends" (you can without quotes), decided to please Russian hockey. Why did they buy the Hartwall Arena multifunctional complex in Helsinki, and at the same time a “significant part of the shares” of the Jokerit hockey club based there.

The operator of the St. Petersburg NEGRO 6, the Saipem Spa reported about flooding the drilling rig on the night of July 1 at Angola’s shelf due to the failure of the soil under one of the columns of the drill. Perro Negro 6 worked near the mouth of the Congo River on the border of Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The drill suddenly tilted, then tipped over and sank at a depth of about 40 meters, on board there were 103 people, the staff of the SPBU.

The headquarters of Navalny prepare a "visual capture of the city" At Navalny’s headquarters, “visual capture of the city” is being prepared ... Photo report by Evgeny Feldman Before the mayor’s elections in Moscow - two months and thirty candidates. These days they are trying to overcome the "municipal filter." This barrier is hardly given to everyone except Sergey Sobyanin.

The Egyptian armed forces on Wednesday took control of the television center, from where state television broadcasts, several hours before the expiration of the 48-hour ultimatum, which ended by 19:00 Moscow time. It is reported by Forbes.Ru with reference to the Associated Press.

This winter I traveled to Greece, where I was working on a report on the aftermath of the economic crisis. Nowhere before have I met so many anarchists. Their goals and methods do not always coincide, but all anarchists are united in one thing: the traditional structures of power have become obsolete and one should not succumb to the illusion that elections can change something. Citizens must organize themselves.

In Moscow, a short, like the planning horizon of the representatives of today's authorities, Hugo Chavez Street has been opened. The opening was attended by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a great friend of the Comandante, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin, people with maracas in their hands. Igor Sechin delivered a speech in honor of the event, describing the performance characteristics of the late Chavez with lines from Vladimir Mayakovsky: In our veins - blood, not water.

The State Duma today approved the draft law on the reform of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the first reading. It is reported by Gazeta.Ru . 234 people voted in favor, 153 voted against, and one deputy abstained. The proposed amendment that the bill should be submitted for public discussion was rejected. The second reading of the bill is scheduled for Friday, July 5.

Today in St. Petersburg, one person was injured in an explosion that occurred today near a McDonald's fast food restaurant on Nevsky Prospekt. It is reported by Fontanka.Ru . The same information is confirmed by the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for St. Petersburg. According to the publication, at 15:20 at house number 45 on Nevsky Prospekt, a man picked up a package that exploded in his hands.

The speed of passing the draft law on the reform of the Russian Academy of Sciences is staggering. He jumped out unexpectedly like a devil out of a snuffbox on June 28. Today, July 3, was heard in the first reading. Was accepted. And at 17.16 at the afternoon plenary session of the State Duma, a proposal was made to amend the second reading of the bill by 15.00 tomorrow - July 4! How many hours scientists and deputies have each can calculate.

Russian President Vladimir Putin introduced a ban on the adoption of children by same-sex families in Russia. This was reported today by RAPSI with reference to the press service of the Kremlin.

21:00 the action ended without incident, citizens, expressing their indignation as fabricated, in their opinion, by a criminal case, dispersed. Opponents of the mayor also left the square with Igor Blokhin, who was a adviser to Urlashov in the past, and today acts as his political opponent and supports investigators. According to a number of observers, Blokhin in the future intends to occupy Urlashov’s chair.

During the debate, the prosecutor asked for 9 years in a penal colony for Browder and a ban for 3 years from doing business, and with regard to Magnitsky, he asked to close the case due to death. “I believe that Magnitsky cannot be rehabilitated. I ask the relatives' petition for rehabilitation to be rejected,” the prosecutor said. The judge will announce the verdict on July 11 at 12.00.

On July 1, in the city hospital named after Pirogov, Pyotr Lvovich Monastyrsky died at the age of 98. Outstanding theatrical figure, famous director, people's artist, Samara legend and honorary citizen. The funeral meeting began in the drama theater, which Pyotr Lvovich directed for forty years; under him, the theater acquired the title of Academic and was considered one of the best in the country.

On the morning of July 3, on the eve of the consideration of the bill on the reform of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RAS employees gathered against the reform, capable of, in their opinion, only to finally ruin domestic science at the State Duma building.