An explosion in the courtyard of residential buildings in the north of Moscow occurred due to a short circuit in a cable in an underground sewer. This was reported to RBC by the press secretary of the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Housing, Communal Services and Improvement, Igor Pergamenshchik. The incident occurred today, June 7, at 17:49 Moscow time on Akademika Ilyushin Street near No. 16. Residents heard a loud bang. There were no injuries as a result of the incident.

Board of Directors of ZAO SIBUR-Holding at a meeting on June 8, 2011. will consider the issue of structuring financial investments in the polyester business. This is stated in the company's materials. Also at the meeting it is planned to consider the issue of determining the price (monetary valuation) of the property that is the subject of the agreement on the obligations of sponsors and the agreement on the pledge of shares in the authorized capital of RusVinyl LLC.

In St. Petersburg today, unknown persons stole a yacht from the parking lot of the yacht club on Krestovsky Island. Law enforcement agencies reported this to RBC. The amount of damage is being determined. Investigators are working on the spot.

State Unitary Enterprise "Fuel and Energy Complex of St. Petersburg" June 7, 2011 will conduct hydraulic tests of heating mains in two districts of the city. State Unitary Enterprise "Fuel and Energy Complex of St. Petersburg" June 7, 2011 will conduct hydraulic tests of heating mains in two districts of the city. According to the press service of the enterprise, the heat pipelines of the Vyborg and Krasnoselsky districts of St. Petersburg will be tested for strength.

A powerful explosion occurred in the center of the capital of Moldova, Chisinau. A VAZ car with Russian license plates went up in the air. The incident occurred near an office building in the central part of the city. As the Moldavian Ministry of Internal Affairs told RBC, the president of the Moldavian Tennis Federation, Igor Turcan, was wounded as a result of the explosion. He was taken to the hospital.

Since his dismissal from the post of mayor of Moscow and leaving the United Russia party, Yuri Luzhkov not only never regretted surrendering his party card, but also became even more confident in the correctness of his action and opinion about United Russia. The ex-mayor of the capital spoke about what he thinks about the party in power in an interview with Moskovsky Komsomolets. “Unfortunately, United Russia has turned from a party in power into a party serving the authorities,” said Yu.

A strong fire on Sadovnicheskaya Street in Moscow, where the top floor of a five-story building was engulfed in flames, could have been arson. This opinion is shared by activist of the Arkhnadzor movement Yuri Egorov. According to him, this is not the first fire in a building of great architectural and memorial value. In May of this year, the building was saved because residents of neighboring houses quickly called the fire department.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has developed a new set of amendments to the Criminal Code, providing for the emergence of new types of sanctions and the exclusion of a number of offenses from the criminal list. The head of state signed and submitted the corresponding document for consideration to the State Duma, the presidential press service reports.

Saudi Arabia is introducing measures similar to Russia's to ban the import of European vegetables that may pose a threat to the population. The country's Agriculture Minister Fahd bin Abdulrahman Balganem said that the ban will remain in effect until the exact source of contamination of vegetables is clarified, Al Jazeera reports.

In Yakutia, a criminal case has been initiated against the Minister of Housing and Communal Services of the Republic, Alexander Antonenko. As Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports, he allegedly issued an illegal order obliging the head of the State Unitary Enterprise Vodokanal, Nikolai Zhestkov, to buy foreign cars for the ministry at the expense of the enterprise. Two Toyota Land Cruisers and a Volkswagen were purchased at different times and transferred to the disposal of the municipal department.

Former head of Yukos Oil Company Mikhail Khodorkovsky returned his application for parole to the Preobrazhensky District Court of Moscow. As his lawyer Vadim Klyuvgant said, M. Khodorkovsky believes that the court did not fulfill the duties assigned to it by law. In particular, according to the lawyer, by law the court itself is obliged to request the necessary accompanying documents to resolve the issue of parole, and not entrust this to the convicted person.

Russian resident Dmitry Medvedev signed and will submit to the State Duma amendments to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which introduce a new type of punishment - forced labor. According to the press service of the head of state, he announced this today at a meeting with Minister of Justice Alexander Konovalov. The document establishes new types of punishment for non-serious economic crimes and crimes related to drug trafficking. D.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a government law abolishing the transition to winter and summer time. The Kremlin press service reports this. The bill “On the Calculation of Time” repeals the resolution of the Council of the Republic of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR dated October 23, 1991. "On streamlining the calculation of time on the territory of the RSFSR", which determines the procedure for introducing seasonal time.

The size of the new bailout package for Greece has not yet been determined, but it certainly will not include conditions for a partial restructuring of Greek debt. French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde announced this to reporters today. “The development of a new financial assistance program by Athens continues, and there are no specific figures yet,” Reuters quoted C. Lagarde as saying .

The bill on amendments to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation provides for the possibility of exemption from punishment for drug crimes based on the results of treatment of a drug addict. This is stated in a certificate prepared by the office of the President of the Russian Federation for the bill on amendments to the Criminal Code introduced by Dmitry Medvedev to the State Duma.