Diplomatic G8 meets in Moscow This morning a meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the G8 states will open in the mansion of the Russian Foreign Ministry on Spiridonovka. The main participants are the heads of diplomatic departments of Russia, the USA, Germany, Italy, Canada, France and Great Britain. They will be joined by EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana and European Commission Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner.

The deadly poison was stored in the port of Vanino in an open area 440 tons of sodium cyanide were discovered in the port of Vanino in the Khabarovsk Territory. As reported by the acting district transport prosecutor Roman Azarov, this fact was revealed during a scheduled inspection. In the open area of ​​one of the piers, employees of the transport prosecutor's office and Rospotrebnadzor discovered dozens of containers with deadly poison in the pouring rain.

A system of mortgage brokers is developing in Russia Recently, such connections have become increasingly widespread in the Russian market. Experts believe that this type of cooperation may be promising and that soon lenders and intermediaries will begin to work closely, as is the case in the West. Loan brokers help people decide on the ideal lender based on various parameters. Borrowers note that their services sometimes really help, but they charge a fairly significant percentage for this.

Today in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine there will be a vote on the candidacies of the “orange” candidates for power. Yulia Tymoshenko should become prime minister, and Petro Poroshenko should become speaker of parliament. However, the opposition Party of Regions of ex-Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych has been blocking the work of the Rada since Tuesday in protest against the violation of its rights and the rights of its 10 million voters.

The best were awarded in Moscow Yesterday in Moscow the annual awards ceremony for the winners of the “Best Exporter of the Year” competition took place. This competition is held as part of the state export support program. The award is awarded in four categories - the best exporter in the industry (in 15 industries), the best exporter to the CIS countries, the most dynamically developing exporter, and for assistance in promoting exports.

The state has not decided with whom to build the UAC The composition of non-state shareholders of the newly created United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has not yet been determined, Chairman of the Board of Directors of OJSC Irkut Corporation, head of the future UAC Alexey Fedorov told Vremya Novostey yesterday after a meeting of the government commission to ensure the integration of aircraft manufacturing enterprises.

Yesterday, American legislators were unable to prohibit citizens from expressing outrage at government policies by burning the Stars and Stripes. Although this right of Americans was confirmed by the US Supreme Court in 1989, this year Republicans tried to revise this decision. Wanting to score points ahead of the November congressional elections, the Republican majority proposed banning such a blasphemous display of discontent.

Abkhazia is afraid to put independence on the rails The idea of ​​creating a consortium by Georgia, Russia and Armenia to restore the railway in Abkhazia was unexpectedly called into question in Sukhumi. Negotiations on this issue are scheduled to take place on July 10 in Tbilisi.

Criticism of officials may become illegal Yesterday's Duma day was rich in initiatives that were “anti-democratic” from the point of view of the opposition and human rights activists. To begin with, a bill was adopted in the second reading prohibiting parties from including members of other parties on their lists for elections at all levels. And leaving the party, accordingly, will cost the deputy his mandate.

Russia does not intend to abandon the transition to market prices in gas trade with Belarus Russia has about two years left before the election of a new president to consistently and firmly solve the problems of the unified state of Russia and Belarus that exists on paper and does not exist in reality. The period is short, knowing the position of the neighbor, who is not ready to concede to Moscow in anything.

An English fan supported Ivanov In recent days, the Russian Football Union has received an increase in incoming correspondence. Surprisingly, the RFU receives letters from foreign countries in defense of referee Valentin Ivanov, who was criticized by FIFA President Sepp Blatter for principled refereeing in the Holland-Portugal match, when the Russians handed out four red and 12 yellow cards to the players. “The play on both sides was extremely rough.

A large-scale shake-up of the political elite continues in Volgograd Following the arrest of the mayor and the speaker of the city legislative assembly being released on his own recognizance, the head of the regional branch of the United Russia party, Oleg Kersanov, publicly announced his resignation “for health reasons.” On June 23, a meeting of the political council of the regional branch of the United Russia party was held, where the results of the party activities of the previously removed

Veterans of the French national team beat the Spanish youth Zinedine Zidane hasn't played enough yet. The captain of the French national team, holding his last tournament as part of the national team, does not intend to part with the World Cup so easily. His team created a small sensation and, having beaten the Spanish national team in the 1/8 finals - 3:1, showed that when youth and experience meet, age does not matter. There were very high hopes for the young Spanish team at the championship.

Vojislav Kostunica visited “Serbian Jerusalem” Yesterday, Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica visited the UN-administered province of Kosovo. He met with leaders of the Serbian community and took part in a service at an Orthodox monastery in Gracanica. The trip was timed to coincide with the anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo. On June 28, 1389, on the day of St.

Israel started a war for its soldier Yesterday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) returned to the Palestinian Gaza Strip and launched a large-scale Operation Summer Rains there. On Wednesday night, Israeli planes bombed three bridges and a substation, depriving the city of Gaza of electricity. Ground forces occupied the territory of the international airport near the city of Rafah.