The new large -scale reform of the Russian armed forces, which, among other things, involves a reduction in the number of army, writes, writes "News Time" . During the new reform, the General Staff is going to eliminate the bias inherent in our army: in the armies of the leading states of officers, only 14-16% of the total number of military personnel, in the Russian armed forces this indicator is 2-2.5 times higher. That is, a significant number of officers will be reduced.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko gave an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda , in which he spoke about his relations with the current Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. “Vladimir Vladimirovich always told me a lot about people who are close to him. Including Medvedev, of course. And for the first time, Dmitry Anatolyevich and I met a few years ago,” said the Belarusian president, telling about the circumstances of acquaintance with Dmitry Medvedev.

Independence sometimes gives completely unexpected results, especially in the banking sector, when, instead of political sovereignty, it begins to mean an attempt to lose dependence on common sense and economic laws. So independent - even from its own council - has become the recent decision of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on the revaluation of hryvnia.

The Ministry of Health and Social Development plans amendments to the Labor Code to eliminate the shortage of personnel and increasing labor productivity. “Extra” social guarantees can be removed from it, it is possible that the system of social insurance tariffs will also be subjected to changes. In particular, students may lose their paid lending, Kommersant writes.

The Embassy of Turkmenistan in Moscow without explanation of the reasons refused a visa to the observer of the Russian newspaper “News Time” Arkady Dubnova. The journalist was supposed to go to the Ashgabat as part of the Kremlin pool along with President Dmitry Medvedev, who begins his Asian tour, in the framework of which, in particular, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan will visit.

The passenger train shot down the news agencies in Novosibirsk who kissed on the tracks. The press service of the West Siberian Internal Affairs Directorate in transport said that yesterday in Novosibirsk, a 27-year-old girl and a 30-year-old young man, standing between the rails and not noticing around, kissed the danger zone, in Novosibirsk on the stopping platform “Western Plate”.

No supervisory authority in Russia has an acceptable level of powers to counteract the laundering of income and financing of terrorism. Such a conclusion is contained in the report of the Commission of the International Group for the Development of Financial measures to combat money laundering (FATF), RBC reports.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev categorically against the parliamentary republic in Russia said this by the President of Russia in an interview with journalists from the Big Eight countries before leaving for Tokyo. The discussion on this subject unfolded after Vladimir Putin, who over eight years of reign more than once resolutely spoke out for the need for strong presidential power, suddenly praised the growth of the influence of the parliament, where the majority now belongs to his party.

At the meeting of the President of FC Zenit, Alexander Dyukov, and Andrei Arshavin football player, a proposal was made to extend the contract for another two years on significantly more favorable financial conditions compared to the current one. It is reported by Sport-Express , referring to "their data". According to the contract, operating until December 31, 2010, the football player receives about three million euros. The player took the time to think about the offer.

The Bank of Russia conducts a special study that should find out whether the Russians support the withdrawal of penny and five -pick -up coins from the appeal, the news agencies report with reference to the statement of the representative of the Central Bank Alexander Yurov. According to him, the possibility of removing coins is now being discussed, since more funds are spent on their minting than they cost a face value.

Residents of China are not eager to see among the spectators at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympiad of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the results of the Internet survey published by local media. Sarkozy takes an ambiguous position in relation to the Beijing Olympiad.

Rumors are confirmed that the ex-head of the RAO UES Anatoly Chubais will work in the State Corporation Rosnanotech. According to Vedomosti, President Dmitry Medvedev suggested that Chubais lead the supervisory board of the state corporation. Earlier, Chubais repeated more than once that after the closure of RAO, the UES wants to retire, and it is not known whether he would agree to Medvedev’s proposal. Expected that Chubais will give an answer in September.

Varvara Pakhomenko The press conference “Ingushetia today - myths and reality,” organized on July 1 at the Moscow press center of RIA Novosti, began with a statement from the deputy chairman of the Ingush parliament that now those gathered will finally be told the truth about what is happening in the republic . And those who love the truth should also perceive everything that happens in Ingushetia in precisely the same spirit as will now be said.

According to Space.com , the data obtained using the Voyager-2 apparatus indicate that the solar system has not a round, but an oblong shape. Our planetary system exists in an extremely discharged "atmosphere" of the solar wind - the stream of charged particles, with a high speed expiring from the sunny crown (heliosphere). The solar wind is inhibited from supersonic speeds and becomes more dense, warm and turbulent. The moment of this transition is called the border of the shock wave .

On Thursday, the Football Federation of France announced that the head coach of the French national team Raymon Domenec will remain at his post, despite the unsuccessful performance of the team at Euro 2008, where she could not even leave the group, AFP reports. In order to leave Domenec at the head of the national team, 18 people voted and again abstained. The French team was perhaps the main disappointment of Euro 2008.