Ecologists intend to establish a second camp in the Khimkinsky forest to protect trees for the construction of the Moscow-Petersburg highway. This was reported in an interview with Radio Liberty as the leader of the movement in defense of the Khimki forest, Yevgeny Chirikov. Such a decision was made after the deforestation resumed in the forest today. When employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and activists arrived at the place, there were no longer workers there.

The Council of the Association of Leading Universities of Russia decided that universities included in it should be evaluated by the indicators achieved by them in world ratings, reports REGNUM . Let me remind you that last week Vladimir Putin demanded that in the next year it was to develop a program for restructuring of higher educational institutions in order to support the most “promising” and “effective” ones.

As a result of the terrorist attack at the airport of the Bulgarian city of Burgas, in addition to a suicide bomber who had committed an explosion, 7 people - 6 Israelis and Bulgarians were killed, dozens of people were injured. The Israeli authorities will take the victims on military aircraft. Israeli rescue services, representatives of the army and security forces arrived in Burgas and began work early on the morning of July 19.

Former ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the United States Prince Bandar Binar Sultan was appointed head of the intelligence agency. He will replace Morgen Bin Abdel Aziz. According to Western agencies, Bin Sultan will retain the position of general secretary of the National Security Council of Saudi Arabia. The new Saudi intelligence chief Bandar Binar Sultan was born in 1949. From 1983 to 2005 he headed the Kingdom's diplomatic representative office in Washington.

The funeral of flood victims in Krymsk, July 9, 2012 Elena Rykovtseva : Any attempts to pose unpleasant questions about what happened in Crimean is called “provocations” and “speculations on someone else's trouble” today. When journalists are retraneing city rumors about the causes of the tragedy, they are immediately called the peddles of these rumors.

Kazan, an exploded car of the Muslim leader, July 19, 2012 In Tatarstan, officers of the Central apparatus of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia were sent to investigate the attempt on Muslim leaders. In Kazan this morning, as a result of the explosion, the mufti of Tatarstan Ildus Fayzov was wounded, and his deputy Valiulla Yakupov was killed.

Submarine "Zaporozhye" In the Black Sea, not far from Sevastopol, tests of the only Ukrainian diesel submarine “Zaporozhye”, which will be part of the naval forces of Ukraine, end. After the eighteen -year break, the submarine performed the first successful immersion. On July 18, the submarine "Zaporozhye" made the first trial dive after the major repairs near the Sevastopol Bay. Initially, it was designated as the B-435 and was built in Leningrad in 1970.

Valliula Yakupov. The investigating authorities of the IC of the Russian Federation in Tatarstan opened a criminal case in connection with the murder of the ex-deputy mufti of the republic in Kazan, the head of the educational department of the spiritual department of Muslims of Tatarstan Valiulla Yakupov. The case was also opened on the fact of attempted murder of the mufti of Tatarstan Ildus Fayzov.

Cyprus flag The UN Security Council by its resolution extended the mandate of the peacekeeping contingent in Cyprus until January 2013 and again called on the leaders of the Greeks-Cypriots and the Cypriots Turks to speed up negotiations on the reunification of the separated parts of the island. The Security Council adopted the resolution with thirteen votes with two abstained - Azerbaijan and Pakistan.

UK Foreign Minister William Heig called the position of Russia and China, who imposed a veto on the UN Security Council for Syria, "unforgivable". The BBC cites Hayig’s words, spoken at a meeting with reporters in London, that Russia and China "turned their backs to the people of Syria at the most difficult time for him." According to the head of the British Foreign Ministry, the image of Russia and China among the countries of the Middle East will change in the unfavorable direction.

In Vladivostok, the head of the Federal Property Management Agency of the Primorsky Territory Yuri Beleenen is placed under house arrest. He was charged with fraud with state contracts. According to the investigation, Belenets, without holding a competition, concluded a state contract with one of the commercial structures to destroy the pork party. At the same time, an organization was not allowed to work twice as much as the work was not allowed to work.

Weightlifting. Russian weightlifter Dmitry Lapikov is disqualified for two years for the use of doping. Lapikov - the bronze medalist of the 2008 Olympic Games, a silver medalist of the World Championships of 2006 and 2009 in the weight category up to 105 kg, European champion 2011. He was a candidate for participation in the Russian national team in the Olympic Games in London. The sample taken from the athlete after the victory at the European Championship in Kazan 2011 was positive.

The Syrian theme becomes the main thing - not only the main international topic, but in general. It seems that so large wars begin with completely unpredictable consequences for everyone. At one time, I had to personally observe negotiations on the Yugoslav settlement, there was the same feeling of helplessness. The world is not black and white - in this case, unfortunately, since it is too difficult to separate good from bad ones.

Tennis ATR. Atlanta The second circle Go of the Sooda (Japan) - Igor Kunitsyn (Russia) - 6: 1, 7: 5 The first circle Richardas Berankis (Lithuania) - Dmitry Tursunov (Russia) - 6: 3, 6: 2 WTA tournament. Carlsbad. The second circle Nadezhda Petrova (Russia) - Alex Glatch (USA) - 6: 4, 6: 3 ATR. GSTAAD. The first circle Thomas Bellucci (Brazil) - Mikhail Yuzhny (Russia) - 4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4 WTA tournament. Bastad.

In Irkutsk, a passenger plane of Vladivostok-Avia, which was from Irkutsk to Khabarovsk, made an emergency landing today. According to Interfax, there are no victims and victims. The crew requested landing immediately after departure from Irkutsk. According to preliminary data, navigation equipment refused the aircraft. The airline replaced the faulty plane to others.