First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov said that in order to restore order in the alcohol market, it is necessary to incomprehensibly increase the collection of excise taxes from the production of these products, Vesti reports. “Additional income is really found in the alcoholic and tobacco spheres,” said Deputy Prime Minister.

The Supreme Court of California refused the mother of the king of pop music Michael Jackson in the right to manage his property, BBC reports. The right to dispose of Jackson's property was received by the lawyer of the deceased John Brank and family friend John McClain. The court decision coincides with the text of the will. Earlier, the mother of 79-year-old Katherine Jackson filed a petition to the court to manage property earlier than his testament was discovered.

On July 8, public hearings will be held in the Udomelsky district of the Tver region according to the preliminary version of the materials for assessing the impact on the environment on the construction and operation of power units of the Tver nuclear power plant. "The construction of the Tver nuclear power plant for the region is, first of all, new jobs and an increase in the tax base," said Alexander Perov, leading expert at the National Energy Security Fund.

The Government of Spain decided to extend the life of the oldest nuclear power plant in Harony - until 2013. The nuclear power plant was opened in 1970 and was supposed to work 40 years according to the plan. Earlier in Russia, it was decided to extend the service life of power units of the Kola NPP (Murmansk region).

The Swedish concern IKEA and the Government of the Omsk Region agreed on the opening date of the shopping complex in Omsk - July 14. After the store is opened with an area of ​​25.6 thousand square meters, the MEGA shopping and entertainment center with an area of ​​65 thousand square meters, hypermarkets "Auchan" and "Leroy Merlin" will be introduced in stages.

In the city of Pushkino, the Moscow Region, a fire occurred at the oil and lubricants factory. The fire area was 400 square meters. m. The signal of the fire entered the on -duty remote control at 13.54. The plant on which the fire occurred is located at the address of Staroslavskoye Shosse, d. 1. The company is engaged in the production of fuel and lubricants, technical oils and special liquids for automobile and tractor equipment.

The names of the Russians who found themselves on the Sichem Peace tanker captured off the coast of Nigeria became known, news agencies report. Among the captured crew of the vessel were the captain of the vessel Yuri Schastin (Russia), the 2nd mechanic Viktor Kosheva (Russia). A citizen of Ukraine, senior mechanic Vasily Bondarkov, was also stolen. In hostages, the militants also have two citizens of the Philippines and one native of India.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation decided to purchase Su-35 48 multi-purpose fighters for the air forces, Vesti reports. 48 of the latest fighters, which will be adopted until 2015, were ordered from Sukhoi. Deliveries are scheduled for 2011. The contract will be officially announced on one of the first days of the work of the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2009, which will be held from August 18 to 23 in Zhukovsky near Moscow.

In May 2009, the Kazan human rights center completed the “hot line” according to school trips and sent complaints to the parents of the students to the prosecutor's office of the republic. On the eve of human rights activists received a response from the head of the department for supervision of the implementation of the laws on minors and youth of the prosecutor's office of Tatarstan Zavdat Ibragimov.

President of Honduras Manuel Seleya, overthrown as a result of a military coup, reported his intention to form an exile, reports The Moscow Post . “I decided to start the formation of the Honduras government in exile after the coup on June 28 and intends to establish official relations with foreign countries,” he said. It also became known that Selya plans to appoint Enrique Rhine an ambassador to the United States. Today, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expects to meet Seleya.

Germany has temporarily frozen loans to Honduras, Deutsche Welle reports. However, the refusal of funding will not apply to projects whose goal is direct assistance to the population of the country. In providing assistance to Honduras, the country paid special attention to projects in the areas of environmental protection, education and long-term economic development. Germany provides Honduras with up to €14 million annually.

OJSC "Concern Energoatom" announced the first public report on the results of activities in 2008. The account reveals the main indicators of activity for the year and development prospects of the concern, aimed at the effective achievement of strategic goals and the creation of the foundations of long -term sustainable development.

In Ingushetia, a VAZ-2107 car was fired next to the XXI century shopping center, next to the XXI century shopping center, in which the head of the expert and forensic center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic Magomed Gadamorshev was located, RBC reports. Unknown, who were in a passenger car, shot Gadamorshev in the head, after which they disappeared from the scene of the crime. The victim was taken to the hospital. Measures are being held to detain them.

In the Ingush city of Karabulak, unknown people fired at an OMON employee. According to the Russian News Service , the police officer died on the spot from the wounds received. In addition, in the central circle of the city of Nazran, unknown criminals fired at an employee of the traffic police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia, he was hospitalized. The attackers managed to hide, reports Ingushetia. Org .

Despite the fact that the situation in the capital markets in Russia calmed down somewhat, analysts are pessimistic in their assessments. In their opinion, the recession in Russia will continue until the second half of the year, writes Financial Times Deutschland . The economic situation in Russia, despite the increase in oil prices, continues to remain tense. So, in the first quarter of the current year, GDP decreased by 9.8%, and in May industrial production fell by 17.1%.