The authorities, after Moscow, decided to raise the transport tax from January 1, 2009, Kommersant writes. Yesterday, the corresponding bill was submitted at a meeting of the Government of the Moscow Region. According to the document, the tax on average will be increased by 15.6%. At the same time, not only owners of powerful cars, but also owners of medium -fitting engines will pay more.

The Ministry of Justice of Russia has sent a bill to the government, proposing to entrust the prison department with the protection of special psychiatric children for insane criminals, writes the Russian Newspaper . For the first time, a separate law will determine the procedure for supervision in closed psychiatches.

The upper house of the Parliament of Spain ratified the Lisbon Treaty, reports AFP. 232 senators voted to accept the document, six voted against and two refrained. Recall that on June 26 , the draft contract was already approved by the lower house of parliament, where it was supported by 322 out of 350 deputies. Now the decision of the parliament should be approved by the King of Spain Juan Carlos, after which Spain will become the 23rd EU country, which ratified the agreement.

Maybe Medvedev and the reformer, but the shameful veto of Russia on sanctions against Zimbabwe is an unpleasant sign that “everything is as usual,” writes Irina Filatova in the British newspaper The Guardian Labor.

With an involuntary explosion of ammunition in the North Caucasus Military District (SKVO), nine people died on the territory of Chechnya, the Caucasian Knot reports. In the 70th Guards motorized rifle regiment of the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division, an explosion occurred during the reloading of ammunition in the village of Shali.

Russian human rights defenders began collecting signatures against the escalation of the Russian-Georgian conflict, which, according to signatories, threatens to develop into a war between the two countries. The appeal of human rights activists calling for preventing war is addressed to "all responsible Russian politicians, statesmen and military leaders." Its authors also urge the Russian civil society to protest against the expansion of the conflict.

The British parliamentarian John McDonnell filed a complaint about British intelligence officers who participated in the torture of British subjects in Pakistan, writes The Guardian. McDonnell represents the interests of a British medical student who was detained in Pakistan after terrorist attacks in London in the summer of 2005 and was subject to torture. According to the student, he was interrogated by British intelligence officers.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is going to visit Russia and Georgia in order to weaken tension between the two countries, the representative of the German Foreign Ministry Andreas Pyshka said on Wednesday.

On July 10, 2008, the press conference “Growth of violence and lawlessness in Ingushetia was held in Moscow. Who is to blame? " The head of the organizing committee of the national Ingush rally (this is not a one -time mass action, but the protest body of the republican opposition) Magomed Khazbiev was not limited to the answer only to this eternal Russian question.

The Moscow authorities are going to challenge the law on benefits in the privatization of premises, writes "News Time". The bill, which establishes benefits for the privatization of real estate for the state renting it now, the state of small and medium -sized enterprises, last week the document was only approved by the Federation Council, and the Moscow authorities have already doubted its legality.

On Wednesday, a source in law enforcement agencies reported that three participants in the armed attack on the collectors who occurred on June 27 in the Southeast Administrative District were detained in Moscow, Lenta.ru reports with reference to Interfax. Recall yesterday a message was received about two detainees. They were former policeman Sergey Moskvitin and previously convicted citizen Igor Gugushivili.

“The topic of clinical trials is still controversial. Sometimes it is said that their main idea is that “Western pharmaceutical companies are cynically testing unfinished drugs on Russian patients, taking advantage of the connivance of the Russian authorities,” writes Dmitry Lesnyak. “The Declaration of Helsinki of the World Medical Association of 1964 states ...

A large accumulation of people is observed on the platforms of the Kursk station in Moscow, a source in law enforcement agencies said. According to him, such a situation arose due to the closure of the movement of electric trains in this direction. “According to the preliminary version, in the Kursk direction there was a cliff of the contact line,” the source said. To maintain the law enforcement on his platforms, additional police outfits are put forward.

The Central Election Commission of Russia today decided to propose the election commission of the Leningrad Region to election the candidacy of Vladimir Zhuravlev to the post of chairman of the commission, the Polit.ru correspondent reports The Secretary of the CEC Nikolai Konkin said that Zhuravlev has been working in the election commission since 1996. Recently - the chairman of the election commission of the Leningrad region.

The third place in Europe for the high cost of parking places for the day of the car came out Moscow. This is stated in a study of the cost of parking spaces in various countries of the world conducted by Colliers International. The most expensive parking in London. One parking space in the London Business District City costs 68 dollars now, the West End will “get up” at 62 with a penny of the dollar.