company The VimpelCom explained why users of phones with a Beeline SIM card cannot access A. Navalny’s “Good Truth Machine” website. Photo: RBC The company's press service noted that they complied with the orders of law enforcement and supervisory authorities. “This IP address is on the list of prohibited IP addresses of the Ministry of Justice,” they noted. “We actually received a court order to block a site containing signs of extremist information and calls for terrorist activities.

Trading on the Russian stock market began on July 27 with an increase in the leading stock indices. As of 10:41 Moscow time, the MICEX index rose by 0.54% to 1391.48 points. index The RTS rose to 1,361.30 points, which is 0.84% ​​higher than the closing level of the previous trading day. Photo: RBC At the opening of trading, we can expect Russian stock indices to enter positive territory, although the increase will most likely be small, says Aton analyst Elena Kozhukhova.

The leader of the Russian protest movement, famous lawyer and blogger Alexei Navalny will be arrested on Monday, July 30. As The New Times newspaper writes today, Justice Major Ruslan Miniakhmetov will bring charges against him at 16:00 Moscow time in office No. 707 of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.

The XXX Summer Olympic Games open today in London - the second grandiose sports festival of this summer after the European Football Championship. In the world of sports, the Summer Olympics are second only to the football World Cup in popularity. At the same time, unlike other tournaments of our time, the Olympics is a unique example of diversity, being not only a sporting, but also a political, economic and cultural phenomenon.

The trading session on the Russian stock market ended with the growth of the main indices. The MICEX rose by 1.61% to 1,406.30 points, the RTS by 2.41% to 1,382.43 points. The trading volume amounted to more than 324.759 billion rubles. Photo: RBC In anticipation of the key event of the week - the release of US GDP data - an upward trend has formed in the Russian market, associated with external positive signals, notes ALOR Group analyst Natalya Lesina.

The US gross domestic product (GDP), according to preliminary data, grew by 1.5% in terms of annual rates (annual rate) in the second quarter of 2012, the US Department of Commerce reported today. Analysts expected that US GDP in the second quarter of 2012. will grow by 1.4%. Photo: RBC GDP growth was driven by increased consumer spending, which is the main driver of the American economy, as well as exports.

The net profit of CJSC Specialized Construction and Installation Association LenSpetsSMU (St. Petersburg, part of the Etalon-LenSpetsSMU holding) according to Russian accounting standards (RAS) in the first half of 2012 amounted to 1 billion 655 million 569 thousand rubles, which is 38.4% less than the figure for the same period in 2011 in the amount of 2 billion 686 million 912 thousand rubles. This is stated in the company’s report.

The trading session on the Russian MICEX foreign exchange market began today with the strengthening of the Russian national currency against the dollar, euro and bi-currency “basket” ($0.55 and euro 0.45). The weighted average dollar exchange rate for tomorrow calculations as of 10:15 Moscow time was 32.2034 rubles/dollar, which is 29 kopecks. below the closing level of the previous trading day.

Assessing the situation in Syria, Russians, as a rule, come to the conclusion that this is more likely a provocation of other countries (46%) than a popular uprising against the regime (19%), follows from the results of a sociological study by the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM). Supporters of the first, dominant position are, as a rule, supporters of A Just Russia (54%), as well as those who follow what is happening in this country (63%).

In Prokopyevsk, Kemerovo region, a methane outbreak occurred at the Ziminka mine. Three miners became victims of the explosion, the Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for the region reported. Photo: ITAR-TASS The incident occurred on the night of July 27. At the time of the accident, there were 95 people at the mine, 8 miners directly at the emergency site. Five miners from the emergency site were able to get to the surface on their own.

Only 38% of St. Petersburg residents are provided with the necessary medications. This was announced by city prosecutor Sergei Litvinenko at a meeting of the board of the city prosecutor's office, dedicated to the results of six months of work. According to him, St. Petersburg ranks 79th in Russia in terms of the provision of preferential medicines. The prosecutor also noted that from January to March 2012.

In the Kemerovo region, an emergency occurred at the Ziminka mine on the night of July 27. At the time of the accident, there were 95 people there, 8 miners directly at the emergency site. Five miners from the emergency site were able to get to the surface on their own, three died. Photo: ITAR-TASS According to Prokopyevskugol, a spontaneous landing of the sublevel hydraulic break chamber occurred with the release of harmful gases into the existing workings of the site.

The situation with forest fires in 11 Russian regions can be called emergency, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said at a meeting on the situation in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation that were exposed to abnormally high temperatures. Photo: ITAR-TASS According to the head of government, currently the area of ​​forest fires in Russia is already 20% higher than the figures for the same date in 2011. “The situation is very, very acute,” the prime minister noted.

Russian Railways explained the reason for the explosion of ammunition in a military train near Novosibirsk, which occurred on July 25. Photo: ITAR-TASS As the company's press service told RBC, the cause of the emergency was improper placement of the cargo during transportation. “Numerous violations of the conditions for stowing and securing dangerous goods were detected on the train traveling along the Chulymskaya-Duplenskaya section in the Novosibirsk region,” Russian Railways noted.

The net profit of TNK-BP International according to international financial reporting standards (IFRS) decreased by 38% and amounted to $2.98 billion in the first half of 2012, the company said in a statement. Photo: RBC The decrease in net profit is due to a decrease in EBITDA, relatively high depreciation expenses due to an increase in the share of new fields in production volumes, as well as the negative impact of exchange rates on deferred taxes, according to the company’s materials.