Almost everything can be insured The first possible risk that a person going on a trip faces is the risk of staying at home. To minimize, if not moral, then at least material costs, a prudent traveler can insure losses due to forced cancellation of a trip. Insurance companies offer this service as an addition to traditional health insurance.

General Oleynik's lawyer did not want to be a witness The Moscow Garrison Military Court (MGVS) overturned the decision of the Main Military Prosecutor's Office to remove lawyer Mikhail Marov from defending the former chief financier of the Ministry of Defense, General Georgy Oleynik. Over the course of several years, a total of six criminal cases were initiated against General Oleinik, two of which resulted in convictions. One of them, however, was later cancelled.

TNK-BP is starting large-scale development of a large project to develop the Uvat fields with total reserves of about 200 million tons of oil, located in the south of the Tyumen region.

The American leaves behind its main competitors Participants in the most prestigious multi-day cycling road race, the Tour de France, overcame the Pyrenees Mountains. Yesterday there was a flat stage, which should not have made any changes to the overall standings, and today the peloton has a well-deserved day of rest before storming the Alpine peaks. As expected, the five-time winner of the Great Loop, Lance Armstrong, finally made a loud statement about himself in the Pyrenees.

Sailors from Yerevan decided to follow the path of medieval Cilician merchants Last Friday evening, the sailing ship Cilicia, a copy of a 13th-century merchant ship, arrived at the port of Sochi. It was on such boats that the merchants of the Cilician Armenian state, according to the expedition members, plied the seas and oceans.

Lokomotiv caught up with Torpedo in lost points Despite the defeat from their fellow army team, the capital's Torpedo retained first place in the standings. However, the “black and whites” are leading only in points. Its main rival Lokomotiv, having three points less, keeps in mind the missed game with Spartak. The last round of the Russian Championship was marked by two coaching debuts.

Alcoa refused to build an alumina complex in Komi together with Viktor Vekselberg Chairman of the Board of Directors of SUAL-Holding Viktor Vekselberg announced last Saturday in St. Petersburg that the American company Alcoa refused to jointly with SUAL build an alumina complex in Komi as part of the Komi Aluminum project - the most ambitious project of SUAL and the largest investment project in Russia .

The FAS has clarified the size of the stake in Power Machines that Siemens expects to acquire. In a petition submitted to the department on July 6, the concern, as officials say, asks for permission to sell it 71% of the shares, i.e. virtually the entire share of Interros. (Meanwhile, earlier the general director of Power Machines Evgeny Yakovlev spoke about a controlling stake).

Anyone traveling abroad cannot do without health insurance Traveling abroad in the minds of our fellow citizens is usually associated with purchasing a tourist voucher and tickets, receiving an invitation or waiting for a visa. A health insurance policy, purchased primarily as an add-on to a tour package, does not often become a subject of special concern for those crossing the border.

Palestinian National Authority on the brink of chaos The struggle for power in the Palestinian Authority has escalated into a violent political crisis, accompanied by high-profile resignations, unrest and even kidnappings of high-ranking officials. Even part of the Palestine Liberation Movement (Fatah), which he heads, spoke out against the head of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), 74-year-old Yasser Arafat. The situation has become especially aggravated in the Gaza Strip.

Portuguese experience for all of Europe Today will be the first meeting of the new Portuguese government, headed by Santana Lopes. The leader of the right-wing Social Democratic Party (PSD) replaced Durán Barroso as prime minister. The previous coalition government of the Social Democrats and the small far-right Popular Party (PP) resigned in early July after Durán Barroso accepted an invitation to lead the European Commission.

Lawyers for two Russians accused of killing Chechen separatist Zelimkhan Yandarbiev in Doha on February 13 have filed an appeal against the verdict handed down on June 30 by a Qatari court. The first court hearing to consider the appeal will take place on July 21 in Doha. The famous lawyer, former Minister of Justice of Qatar (from 1995 to 1997), and now the head of the International Committee for the Protection of Guantanamo Bay Prisoners, Mr. Najib ibn Muhammad al-NUAYMI.

CLUBS Casa del Tango. Argentine tango master class. “Club on Brestskaya” , 19.30. Big band of Igor Butman. A weekly Monday concert of one of the best Moscow jazz orchestras, in which Igor Butman brought together both recognized masters and the most promising young jazzmen. Le Club , 20.00. Yakov Okun (piano). Open jazz jam session. JVL Art Club , 21.00. DJ Zigzag and Anatoly Gerasimov (saxophone). “Chinese pilot Zhao Da” , 22.00. Aquaria. Avant-garde jazz. Cool Train , 21.00.

The income of Russians since 2001 will be included in the database Tax audits may soon become an inevitable event for every citizen. As it became known from a source in the Federal Tax Service, by September tax officials intend to create a nationwide database of income received by citizens since 2001. Fiscal officials assure that tax authorities still have the right to control the compliance of expenses with income.

Unexpected obstacles arose on Russia's path to the WTO The next meeting of the working group on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), as the Vremya Novostey newspaper wrote, ended with the transition from the second edition of the report to the third. After which, as the Russian negotiators hoped, there should have been light at the end of the tunnel. But instead of the long-awaited relief, this round of negotiations brought new problems to Russia.