Whether the Putin statement will be a turning point in the Yukos case (and, therefore, the stock market) - will show the coming weeks. The question is, who is addressed to the Messid “there will be no banking, work calmly” - traders -Fundovichs or personalized Yukos? Is yesterday's rise in prices justified? Will the market of Russian shares be rushed up or will he zero again in indecision? More confidently we can say that the dollar today will be relatively stable, and the euro will decrease.

The second part of Quentin Tarantino's fourth film reached us late. The rest of the world has already enjoyed the long-awaited sequel to the promising first film. The screening of the film in Russia was postponed so that the director could open the Moscow International Film Festival with it, dine with its president Mikhalkov, from whom exactly ten years ago he stole the main prize of the Cannes Film Festival, see the sights and depart safely, leaving us alone with his latest masterpiece.

More than 1.3 thousand fossilized remains of dinosaurs and other ancient species of animals were discovered by police in two stores and in a house near the Australian city of Perth. It is reported by "Interfax." Local paleontologists have determined that they were illegally removed from China. Until now, in the world it has never been able to intercept such a large load of fossils taken out by smugglers.

** What to expect in the coming hours. Announcement of events ** In Moscow: In Moscow, a mission of experts of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is operating to prepare the annual review of the state of the Russian economy in accordance with the IV article of the Fund's Charter. The head of the mission is P. Tomsen, who also holds the post of head of the Moscow representative office of the IMF. The mission will complete the work on June 25.

The militants of Al-Qaeda headed American Paul Johnson, taken hostage in Saudi Arabia, Gazeta.ru reports with reference to Reuters. In turn, al-Qaida confirmed the execution of the hostage on one of the Islamist sites and published photos of thehead Johnson. The 49-year-old Paul Johnson was abducted 6 days ago in the capital of Saudi Arabia, Er-Riyde. Today, the three -day period of execution of an ultimatum put forward by the kidnappers has expired.

A US CIA employee has been accused of fatally beating a prisoner in a prison in Afghanistan. This was reported by the Lenty.Ru website with reference to Radio Liberty and US Attorney General John Ashcroft.

In the south of Sakhalin, hunters shot a bear, which on the eve of biting a local resident , RIA Novosti reports. The bear was ambushed by hunters near the place where he hid the corpse of 27-year-old Sakhalin. On Thursday, the bear attacked three people spending the night in the tent, and killed one of them. Another vacationer was wounded, but reached the nearest settlement, reported the incident and showed the rescuers the way to the place of the incident.

Australia and Ukraine will take part in the supply of weapons and military equipment for the newly created Iraqi army, Izvestia reports with reference to the Financial Times. So, 16 Australian -made aircraft will enter the Iraqi Air Force for patrolling land and sea borders, as well as for the protection of oil communications. In addition, Ukrainian companies will put about 3.5 thousand cars to Iraq to transport military personnel.

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From today, the new law “On currency regulation and currency control” has entered into force. This is reminiscent of the Prime-Tass agency. The most noticeable innovation of the new law concerns the procedure for exchange of currency. From now on, according to the provision of the law, the amounts of up to 600 thousand rubles can be exchanged for foreign currency and vice versa without presenting a passport.

French scientists from the University of Fourier visited 427 farms in 52 countries, studying home and wild donkeys to compare their genetics with relatives from Africa and Asia. After analyzing samples of mitochondrial DNA, the researchers came to the conclusion that the African donkeys were the ancestors of everyone else. Thus, donkeys can be considered the only useful pets that have arrived from Africa.

Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Mikhail Fradkov appointed three deputy heads of the Federal Agency for Atomic Energy, RIA Novosti reports. This post will be occupied by Boris Yurlov, who previously held the post of deputy chairman of the board of Gazprom, Anatoly Kotelnikov and Ivan Kamensky, who previously worked as deputy head of the Minatoma.

In Yakutia, 125 residential buildings were in the flood zone as a result of the flood in the flooding zone. This is stated in the announcement of the information management of the Ministry of Emergencies received today. According to RIA Novosti , in the flood zone there were two settlements of the Republic of Yakutia with a population of 2361 people, 531 people were resettled, the message says.

Today, the Federal Law of December 10, 2003 "On foreign currency regulation and foreign exchange control" comes into force. It is reported by RIA "Novosti". The document was officially published six months ago. The new law "On foreign currency regulation and foreign exchange control" is replaced by the document of the same name from 1992 and is aimed at the liberalization of foreign exchange legislation. According to the developers of the law, it is a document of "the most direct action".

Formaldehyde is officially called carcinogens. The International Cancer Research Agency, which is part of the World Health Organization, has recognized that data has been accumulated to claim that this substance can cause cancer. At the same time, only in Europe with formaldehyde in production, up to a million workers are faced with formaldehyde.