In Chelyabinsk, the posts of the suddenly deceased speaker of parliament are divided Having paid their last respects to the chairman of the legislative assembly of the Chelyabinsk region, the head of the regional branch of United Russia, Viktor Davydov, who suddenly died on June 19, his associates began to quickly divide up the vacant posts.

11 windowless buildings demolished in Gaza Strip On Sunday, Israeli army engineering units demolished 11 empty buildings in the Gaza Strip.

Mikhail Shvydkoy files a lawsuit against Alexander Sokolov A conflict “at the highest level” that has long existed in the cultural sector has resulted in a scandal unprecedented for government agencies. The minister publicly accused his fellow subordinates of kickbacks; the subordinates responded by preparing a lawsuit against the minister.

Rosneft will pay Rosimushchestvo $60 million The meeting of shareholders of Rosneft, which is 100% owned by the state, as the company's press service reported yesterday, at the end of last week approved the amount of dividends - 10% of net profit (as recommended by Rosimushchestvo), or 1.755 billion rubles. (about $60 million). And nothing is still known about the meeting of shareholders of another state company - Transneft.

NOVATEK plans to earn at least a billion dollars from its IPO NOVATEK shareholders, together with consultants, determined the exact date and volume of the IPO. As Vremya Novostei learned, investors will be offered 20-25% of the shares, and the day for determining the price will be July 18.

A number of articles of the Code of Criminal Procedure are found to be contrary to the Basic Law Law enforcement agencies have been given back their powers to investigate domestic quarrels and insults. Yesterday, the Constitutional Court removed from ordinary citizens who want to get even with their offenders not according to concepts, but within the framework of the law, the obligation to independently search for offenders and present reasonable evidence of their guilt.

Anti-corruption fighters suspected of killing journalist The intelligence services of St. Petersburg yesterday announced the exposure of two responsible “werewolves in uniform” in their ranks.

Pakistani Muslim woman demands to hang offenders The Supreme Court of Pakistan is considering the appeal of 33-year-old citizen Mukhtaran Mai. Her case caused a stir both domestically and internationally as the woman was the victim of a gang rape ordered by the traditional village panchayat court.

The Ministry of Education hopes to overcome the skepticism of rectors towards the Unified State Exam The Unified State Exam will become a mandatory form of admission to universities in three years. The head of Rosobrazovanie and the chief curator of the Unified State Examination, Viktor Bolotov, announced at a press conference yesterday the deadline for the end of the experiment that began in 2003.

Russian investigators study Jewish religious texts Yesterday the General Assembly of the European Jewish Congress called on the Socialist International to stop “all contacts” with the Rodina party. As reported by ITAR-TASS, the reason is that Rodina members were among those who signed a letter to the Prosecutor General's Office in January asking to close Jewish organizations in Russia.

Forecast for the coming days In the northwestern region in the next 24 hours there will be rain, with thunderstorms in some places, the air temperature will be +15...+20°C. In the central region of Russia in the west and north, short-term rain, thunderstorms with gusty winds in places, temperature +18...+23оС. Another high cyclone that formed over the north of Scandinavia headed southeast and will affect the weather in the Moscow region on Tuesday.

Tbilisi is angry with Moscow Yesterday, a delegation from the unrecognized republic of South Ossetia headed to Vladikavkaz to meet a train with humanitarian aid - a gift from the Moscow government, which will then be transported to Tskhinvali by car. The train left Moscow on Saturday. He was seen off by the mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov and the president of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity, who had specially arrived in the Russian capital.

Today, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the Yemeni capital Sana'a will take part as a guest at the 32nd conference of the heads of foreign affairs agencies of states belonging to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Russia is currently discussing the prospects of obtaining observer status in the OIC. This goal was outlined back in October 2003 by President Vladimir Putin, when he first took part in the OIC summit in Malaysia.

Demand for non-lethal weapons - so-called non-lethal weapons - is growing around the world as terrorists become more active. There are many known cases where bandit groups hide behind civilians. In this case, direct impact with traditional means of destruction is impossible; the situation can only be saved by means that temporarily incapacitate manpower.

Among the participants in the Russian road cycling championship that ended on Sunday was the Olympic champion in the track points race, Mikhail Ignatiev. Starting from this season, the St. Petersburg athlete decided to focus not only on track racing, but also on road racing. In an interview with a Vremya Novostei correspondent, Mikhail IGNATIEV and his coach Alexander KUZNETSOV spoke about their plans for the season. — Mikhail, are you satisfied with your results that you showed in Krylatskoye?