The dollar to the ruble by the end of 2011 may fall below the level of 28 rubles, said the deputy head of the Ministry of Economic Development Andrei Klepach. On Saturday, June 18, reports RIA Novosti . “Previously, 28-29 rubles were predicted at the end of the year, (but the ruble) will be somewhat stronger,” Klepach said, emphasizing that the forecast has not yet been officially adjusted. For the next Monday, the official Central Bank exchange rate is 28.17 rubles per dollar.

The album-day of the vanguard artist Mark Shagala was sold at the Sotheby's auction in New York for more than 600 thousand dollars, an auction house said on Friday. The cost of the lot was 602.5 thousand dollars. The artist’s personal album is a notebook in which the first wife of Shagal Bella Rosenfeld made translations of French poetry into Yiddish.

Due to a sharp increase in the level of radiation in the treatment equipment of Terso, it was necessary to suspend the deactivation of highly radioactive water at the Fukushima-1 emergency NPP, NHK reports. Representatives of the energy operator emphasize that at the moment the reasons for such a rapid increase in the radiation level in the equipment could not be clarified. The treatment equipment was launched at the station on Friday, but after five hours of work it had to be turned off.

More than 50 agreements were signed as part of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum (PMEF), Galva of the Ministry of Economic Development Elvira Nabiullina said. On Saturday, June 18, reports RIA Novosti . According to Nabiullina, the total amount of these agreements is 200 billion rubles. Earlier, the governor of St. Petersburg Valentina Matvienko spoke in this regard.

An internal disposal appeared in the St. Petersburg metro, recommending not to let the wheelchair users there, Fontanka.ru reports. Metro workers motivate the decision by the fact that this type of transport is not adapted for wheelchairs. Metro employees say that the decision to refuse disabled people in strollers is forced. “There were times when an escorter did not hold a stroller with a disabled person, and she flew down,” they say in the subway.

The Pem “Amkar” and “Anji” from Makhachkala tied on Saturday, June 18, in the match of the 14th round of the Russian Football Championship. The meeting ended with a score of 0: 0. The match was tense, but the team was not able to open an account. Two players of the hosts teams received yellow cards - striker Nikita Burmistrov and Ukrainian defender Vitaly Fedoriv.

The ailments of Russian tourists who rested on the Greek Peninsula of Chalkidics were caused by the flash of not an epidemic, but by the gastrointestinal infection, which they could become infected from one of the guests, reports RIA Novosti with reference to the letter of the representative of the Greek National Organization for Tourism in Russia Pavlos Murmas, which came to Rosturism.

More than three million Petersburgers and guests of the city will take part in the Feast of Graduates "Scarlet Sails" in St. Petersburg, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the organizers of the show. On the night of June 18 to June 19, concerts will take place on Palace Square and Strelka Vasilievsky Island.

The Russian authorities are not going to compensate for the decrease in insurance premiums in 2012-2013 by raising other taxes. The state also has no plans to increase insurance premiums after 2013, said Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. It is reported on Saturday, June 18, reports RIA Novosti .

Students will be deducted from universities for the fact that for money they passed the exam instead of schoolchildren. This is about this on June 18 in the program "Vesti on Saturday" said the Minister of Education and Science of Russia Andrei Fursenko. “No matter how I feel sorry for the guys - students who participated in this - they will be expelled. And this position of the rectors, and this is my position too, ”Fursenko emphasized.

The State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom and Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) announced the start of cooperation for the comprehensive development of nuclear medicine in Russia. Nuclear medicine is the most accurate technology for diagnosing cancer at an early stage. In the context of the growing incidence of cancer in Russia, this partnership is an important step in improving the health situation of the country's population.

Cases of money laundering in relation to the former presidents of Egypt and Tunisia-Hosni Mubarak and Zina Al-Abidin Ben Ali-began to investigate the Paris prosecutor's office. This is reported by Agency France-Presse with reference to a source in the judicial environment. The agency emphasizes that representatives of the immediate environment of the ex-heads of states may also become the defendants in cases.

By the end of October, the Moscow government will accept the program for the creation of the International Financial Center (MFC), which President Dmitry Medvedev instructed to place the MKAD. This was stated on Saturday, June 18, the mayor of the capital Sergey Sobyanin, RIA Novosti reports. The plan for the creation of the MFC will become one of the 15 state programs for 2012-2016, which the Moscow government plans to accept in the coming months.

The case of the head of "Al Caida" Osama Ben Laden was officially closed to the United States. The relevant decision was made by the Federal Court of New York on Friday in connection with the death of a terrorist, which was liquidated during the operation of the American military in Pakistan, the prosecutor's office of the Southern District said.

The official Tripoli maintains contacts with the anti-government forces, Agents France-Presse reports with reference to the words of the country's prime minister Baghdadi Mahmudi. The special representative of the Russian President in Africa Mikhail Margelov previously spoke about negotiations between the Libya authorities and the insurgent. However, then the rebels refuted the fact of contacts with the forces faithful to Colonel Muamar Gaddafi.