The Ministry of Emergencies of Russia warns of the possibility of emergency situations in the country. This is primarily due to the heat that will last until July 19 in the center of Russia. It is predicted that in the south the thermometer column will rise to 40 degrees, and in the Volga district - to plus 36.

In Egypt near the village of Safag on the shore of the Red Sea, a large accident occurred with the participation of a tourist bus. The bus full of tourists collided with a truck, as a result of which 11 people died on the spot, another 10 were received various injuries and were delivered to the Safagi and Hurghada hospitals. According to BBC , 8 dead are citizens of Serbia, three more - the Egyptians.

Today, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will visit Munich and negotiate with the Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel. It is assumed that against the backdrop of the success of the Nabucco project, one of the main topics will become gas cooperation, Kommersant writes. First of all, we are talking about accelerating the construction of the Nord Stream gas pipeline.

Oleg Orlov, chairman of the Council of the Memorial Human Rights Center, said that he knows the name and position of a person who is to blame for the murder of Natalia Estemirova is Ramzan Kadyrov, the president of the Chechen Republic, our correspondent Lev Finberg said.

At a joint press conference with the Angel Merkel in Munich, Dmitry Medvedev announced the version of human rights activists extremely uncomfortable for the Russian authorities: the Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov is behind the murder of the leading employee of the Memorial in the Caucasus of Natalia Eestemirova.

The hijackers who stole Toyota Camry, then used to attempt on the president of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Evkurov, were detained. They, according to the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia, Arkady Zhelev, interrupted the number on a foreign car. Now investigators find out to whom in Ingushetia the criminals handed over to Toyota in order to fill it with explosives. It also turns out how the stolen car ended up in Ingushetia, they communicate Vesti.Ru with reference to ITAR-TASS .

The first part of today's press conference of the head of Rosobrnadzor Lyubov Glebova at the Interfax information agency was devoted to licensing (educational activities) and accreditation (quality of education) of Russian educational institutions, the second-to the analysis of the passage of the exam and the reception of this year. Both topics caused numerous issues of journalists.

The European Union condemns the murder in Ingushetia of the Chechen human rights activist, employees of the Memorial Center Natalia Estemirova and called for the guilty. The Obama administration also condemned the murder of Estemirova, reports the "Caucasian Knot" . Recall that, according to investigators, the cause of the death of the human rights activist was her professional activity. Natalya Estemirova was abducted yesterday at about 8.30 a.m. at his house in Grozny.

Promsvyazkapital, which controls the 100% telecommunication holding Senterra, received the first official offer to sell it from Vimpelcom, writes Vedomosti. The fair price of Sinterra is $ 400-800 million, says Nadezhda Golubeva from the Unicredit Securities. The interest of Vimpelcom in Sinterra became known in May of this year, after the Sinterra asset assessment procedure began “Megafon” and “Komstar-Ots”, also interested in the operator.

The Investigative Committee under the prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation called the main version of the murder of the Chechen human rights activist Natalia Estemirova. According to investigators, her professional activity was the reason for the murder. The head of the UPC, Alexander Bastrykin, has already arrived in Ingushetia to investigate this criminal case, reports Echo of Moscow .

Relatives of the dead on the eve of the plane crash fly out to Iran. Caspian Airlines will deliver relatives of victims from Yerevan to Iran. The flight will go today at 13.00 from the Zvartnots airport. 143 people expressed a desire to fly to Iran, reports the Armenian news portal Tert.am. Recall that the "black boxes" of a crashed aircraft were discovered . They are severely damaged, but experts will try to consider data from them.

A criminal case has been instituted against the captain of the barge suspected of committing a crime under Part 1 of Art. 247 of the Criminal Code of Russia (violation of the rules for the appeal of environmentally hazardous substances and waste), reports SCP . On July 13, 2009, about 2.20 oil barge “Belskaya-75”, driven by the “gateway” tow, moved from the village of Kashpir of the Syzran region of the Samara region upstream of the Volga in Samara.

The Los Angeles Police is investigating the death of Michael Jackson as a murder, said TMZ.com , writing about celebrities. In the center of the investigation is the personal doctor of Jackson - Dr. Conrad Murray. The publication, citing a source in law enforcement agencies, reports that the results of a toxicological examination have not yet been completed, but the investigators are confident that the main reason why Jackson's heart ceased to fight is the drug Propofol. The lawyer of Dr.

In the Moscow office of computer retailer "Sanraise" on the street. Warehouse, 1 took searches, writes Kommersant. On Tuesday, the Investigative Committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia searched and seized documents from the head office of the company as part of a criminal case against the founder and general director of Sunrise Sergey Bobylev.

On Thursday morning, the Party of Regions faction tried to do everything to continue to block the work of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Two fights occurred in parliament. Before starting an extraordinary plenary meeting, they blocked the exit from the office of the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Vladimir Litvin. When the security tried to withdraw Litvin from the office, the regional, trying not to let Litvin out of the office, fought with the guards in the speaker’s reception.