Yesterday, US Minister Gary Locke said that during negotiations with the head of the Ministry of Economic Development, Elvira Nabiullina, he had the impression that Russia was ready to submit an independent application for joining the WTO. Recall that on June 9, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that Russia is stopping negotiations with the WTO as a separate country and will join this organization as part of the Customs Union of Russia, Belarusian and Kazakhstan.

Most likely, you have not yet discovered Peter Estherkhazi's book “Fixed Edition” (M .: UFO, 2008). And even more so, you have already read the block of articles under the heading of the “Book as an Event” in the 96th volume of the “new literary review”. In what is written later, I will come from this.

Polit.ru continues to publish fragments of the book “Interaction of the state, business and society: positive reintegration”. See also: The main subjects of positive reintegration, their properties and the line of interaction between them The value and place of small and medium -sized businesses in transformation economies The concept of "positive reintegration" Tools of positive reintegration. Part 1 4.

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) refused to support the proposal of the European Union to create a worldwide “black” list of unreliable air carriers similar to the operating territory of the European Union, AFP reports.

Yesterday, at a meeting with the first deputy prime minister Viktor Zubkov, retail chains, agricultural producers, representatives of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, FAS and regions completed the coordination of the trade bill. Zubkov suggests the presidium of the government to consider the document at the meeting on July 13. The history of the coordination of the law on trade lasts about five years and has already demanded direct intervention of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

During the military conflict with Georgia, the Russian Air Force lost six combat aircraft, three of which were shot down by “friendly fire” (from Russian and Ossetian positions). This is stated in the report of the English-language publication Moscow Defense Brief , which is published in Moscow by the independent Center for Analysis of Strategy and Technology. The other two planes were shot down by Georgian troops, but who shot down the sixth is not yet known, the report says.

About 2 thousand people were evacuated from the famous California museum. The reason was a fire that flared up on the slopes of the hills around the complex. More than 350 fire brigades fight with fire approaching Getty’s art gallery in Los Angeles. Visitors and employees of the museum were evacuated to a safe distance, RBC reports. Representatives of the Getty Center assure that the famous paintings, in particular the canvases of Vincent Van Gogh and Claude Monet, does not threaten.

The famous football march of Blanger, which always sounds before the start of matches in Russian football, has become the subject of a trial between the Russian author's agency (RAO) and the Russian Football Premier League (Premier League). The former requires the second interest on the use of someone else's melody.

GDP growth next year will be about 1%. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin at the Baikal Economic Conference in Ulan-Ude, reports Radio "Mayak" . According to the minister, in the coming years, economic growth will be at the level of 2.5-3.5%, and it will not be possible to reach the pre-crisis GDP growth of GDP.

The Lithuanian parliament tightened the responsibility for the creation and activities of groups and organizations discriminating people on a sexual basis, sexual orientation, racial, linguistic attribute, promoting religious and other discord. For participation in the activities of such structures, their support, including financial, is now provided for a fine, restriction of freedom, arrest or prison term of up to 1 year.

“If we talk about the formation of strategic partnership of Moscow and Washington, I would appreciate the past meetings of the Russian and American presidents. During this visit, Barack Obama resolved many issues, and not only those related to the formation and development of a new dialogue between Moscow and Washington, ”said Vasily Likhachev, deputy chairman of the Committee of the Council of the Russian Federation for International Affairs.

According to the forecast of the Ministry of Economic Development, gas production in 2009 will decrease by 12.5% ​​and even four years later will not return to the pre -crisis level. In 2012, Russia will receive 621-645 billion cubic meters. m of gas, which is 3-6% lower than 2008, write Vedomosti. These grades are contained in the latest version of the socio-economic forecast of the Ministry of Economic Development for 2010-2012, which on July 13 should consider the presidium of the government.

A resident of Ingushetia Petimat Archakov asks to protect the rights of her son, who is suspected of covering the militants, reports Ingushetia.org . Now Magomed Archakov is in the IVS of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Ingushetia and, according to his mother, is subjected to torture. In a statement submitted to the Memorial human rights center, the detainee’s mother claims that her son is in serious physical condition.

BMW began to produce in Kaliningrad, at the capacities of Avtotor, the X5 and X6 models, Prime-Tass reports. In Russia, we recall, BMW X3 are already gathering, as well as the BMW of the 3rd and 5th series. In the first 5 months of this year, 1224 BMW cars all models were assembled here. In January-June 2009, 7829 BMW cars all models were sold in Russia. The share of the BMW of the Russian assembly in the local sales of the concern is approximately 1/3.

Construction at all objects of the 2010 World Cup, which should be held in South Africa, should stop on Wednesday due to a strike, the Mayak radio station reports. About 70 thousand workers are going to go stand, being dissatisfied with their salary. The strike threatens to disrupt the schedule for the completion of work on the construction of five football stadiums, the construction of airports and high -speed railway lines.