Chechnya President Ramzan Kadyrov instructed the deputy of the parliament of the republic, the former Minister of Defense of Ichkeria, Magomed Khambieva and his adviser, the former field commander of illegal armed groups of Shaa Tourlaev, to help law enforcement agencies to destroy militants in the mining regions of the republic, the press service of the Chechen government reports. “You know well such areas as Nozhay-Yurt, Kurchaloevsky and Vedensky.

Analytical Center Yuri Levada Moscow, st. Chernyakhovsky, 16; Phone: (495) 229-38-10; fax: (495) 229-38-25; E-mail: [email protected] On July 17-20, 2009, the analytical center of Yuri Levada (Levada-Center) conducted a representative survey of 1,600 Russians in 128 settlements of 46 regions of the country. The distribution of answers to questions of this study is given as a percentage of the total number of respondents together with the data of previous polls.

The big eight saw the "stabilization signals." Documents adopted during the G8 summit in the Italian city of Aquille reflect the positions of the participating countries on the development of the global economy and overcoming the consequences of the economic and financial crisis, climate problems, the rational use of energy resources and the assistance of developing countries.

The most probable first “deuce” of the United Russia list in the elections to the Moscow City Duma on October 11 will be the mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov and the first deputy mayor, the head of the social sphere of the city Lyudmila Shvetsova. About this with reference to its sources is written today by the Kommersant newspaper.

Joe Bayden is increasingly performing with loud and not quite diplomatic statements, writes Louis Lemma in an article printed in the Swiss newspaper Le Temps (translation is available on the website inopressa.ru ). What role does Joe Biden play in the White House? He cultivates the frankness that the Americans are used to for his long career of the senator. But what about untimely statements that restore Iran, the Arab world, Russia against him? Is there too many gross mistakes for one person?

Americans highly value the achievements of science and the work of scientists. The prevailing number of US inhabitants (84%) believes that science has a positive effect on society and facilitates the life of many people. The work of scientists is considered very useful for society. According to the Americans, only the professions of the military (84%) and teachers (77%) are ahead of the profession of a scientist (70%) in their contribution to the public good.

Russian Minister of Justice Alexander Konovalov proposed to pay administrative fines using SMS messages, RBC reports. He said this to reporters at a press conference. According to him, in Russia it is necessary to optimize the system for paying fines, including creating incentives for their speedy introduction of fined. He added that fines should be used more actively as a criminal punishment.

The Moldovan authorities demanded from international observers, including from Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, to leave the republic during the early parliamentary elections, which should take place on July 29. The authorities refused to explain the reason for the expulsion of observers.

The Judicial Collegium for Criminal Affairs of the Arkhangelsk Regional Court left the verdict of the Koryazhemsky City Court regarding the individual entrepreneur Irina Kukuba, convicted of committing a crime under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of Russia (fraud, that is, theft of someone else's property by deception or abuse of trust, committed on an especially large scale).

To leadership positions in the Ministry of Internal Affairs will be appointed to a personal guarantee, and the ministry will develop a special system that will not allow police to violate the law. This was announced by the head of the department, Rashid Nurgaliev at a meeting with the heads of apparatus for working with personnel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, reports Radio "Mayak" .

Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Commercial Development Bank Andrei Kagramanov was arrested in Moscow. He is accused of illegally cashing out money, the Kommersant newspaper writes today . According to the investigation, the banker laundered money using the capabilities of the Commercial Development Bank, as well as CJSC Capital Invest Group (Kagramanov was also the general director of this organization).

The representative of the seven -time world champion Michael Schumacher Sabina by whom she stated that the German pilot will consider the option of returning to “big prizes” if “Ferrari” invites him to replace, which received a severe injury to Felipe Mass. According to the doctors, the Brazilian pilot will definitely not be able to reach the track this season.

Until the 20s of the twentieth century, the life of the Russian peasant was completely determined by religion, or rather, a special system of beliefs-by people's Orthodoxy. It combined Christian traditions and pagan agrarian-magical rituals. Thus, the entire cycle of agricultural work was determined by the “popular calendar”, consisting of holidays and rites related to the forces of nature and the spirits of the dead ancestors.

NAEC "Energoatom" (Ukraine) proposed revising the terms of supply of nuclear fuel under an agreement with OJSC "TVEL" (part of OJSC Atomenergoprom). The vice-president of the company on general issues Olga Kravets admitted that the NEEC Energoatom does not fully pay for advance payments for nuclear fuel in accordance with the supply schedule. “We are sure that in this difficult situation, Ukrainian nuclear power plants will be guaranteed to be provided with nuclear fuel,” Kravets said.

The Levada Center conducted a public opinion poll on the existence and necessity of opposition in Russia. To the question “Is there political opposition to the authorities in Russia now?” 39% of Russians answered in the affirmative, almost the same number, 38%, do not believe in its existence. Just last year, 46% of Russians believed in the existence of an opposition.