Rosselkhoznadzor has partially banned the import of Brazilian meat and is preparing to allow the supply of vegetables and fruits from Turkey Rosselkhoznadzor has temporarily suspended the import of meat products from the territory of two Brazilian states - Pernambuco and Goiás.

Rosaviatsia tightens flight safety measures In September, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) will conduct an audit of the state of flight safety in Russia, the head of the Federal Civil Aviation Agency (Rosaviatsiya) Evgeny Bachurin said yesterday. According to him, the inspection, which will take ten days, will cover all aspects of flight safety: legislation, regulations and job descriptions, organizational structure and practice of relevant government bodies. Mr.

Yuri Luzhkov does not want to “lose Sevastopol” Foreign policy ambitions do not allow Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov to calmly look at events in Russia's neighbors. The capital's mayor, who has already been declared persona non grata in Ukraine and whom official Tbilisi clearly does not want to see even near the Georgian borders, yesterday again distinguished himself in the field of public diplomacy. During a discussion of the city program to support compatriots abroad, Mr.

Windows XP operating system is being buried alive Microsoft yesterday stopped shipping all versions of the Windows XP operating system. Software sellers and computer manufacturers can sell old stock only until the end of the year. True, the end of deliveries of Windows XP does not mean that you can forget about this operating system.

The auction for the placement of budget funds did not take place due to lack of applications Russian bankers yesterday abandoned government money . The auction of the Ministry of Finance for the placement of temporarily available budget funds did not take place for the first time due to a lack of applications. The bankers themselves explain the lack of interest by the high rates that the state sets for using this money.

The 100th anniversary of the Tunguska meteorite was celebrated in Krasnoyarsk The anniversary of the anomalous phenomenon that excited Russia called the “fall of the Tunguska meteorite” (or fireball, fireball - a bright interplanetary body shaped like a fireball, burning in the upper layers of the atmosphere) can and should be celebrated with passion and talent. The Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation, Siberian Federal University, and Krasnoyarsk Museum Center did everything right.

Belarus is waiting for contractors within a month President Alexander Lukashenko demanded that the government speed up work on the creation of the first Belarusian nuclear power plant . “I am concerned that preparations for the construction of the nuclear power plant are going slowly, at least not as much as we would like,” he said. From the president’s words it followed that one of the main problems was finding a contractor.

A council of an all-Russian organization created on a family basis was held in Nizhny Novgorod Today it is often said that the palette of political life in Russia is poor. The problem is that people simply do not know about some socio-political movements. And even if I have heard, I don’t always have any idea what kind of people united in this or that organization, how they live and what they want. Do you know, for example, such a political force as the “Smirnovs of Russia”?

Today at the St. Petersburg Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences there will be a farewell ceremony for Academician Alexander Fursenko (pictured), who died on Monday night. A world-famous scientist, equally recognized in Russia and abroad, winner of the most prestigious scientific awards and prizes, he retained his youthful interest in life. Alexander Fursenko never sought publicity, but never distanced himself from everyday life.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs is developing a code of professional ethics to combat “rude and boorish attitude towards citizens” “People come to us with their troubles, expecting protection, but instead they are often faced with indifference and formalism.

By decree of Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar, a state of emergency was introduced in Ulaanbaatar last night for a period of four days. Protests by opposition leaders, who claimed that the results of Sunday's parliamentary elections were falsified, led to mass unrest in the Mongolian capital yesterday. The crowd set fire to the headquarters of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP).

The government has prepared a package of laws to liberalize small businesses Next year, life will become easier, more comfortable and less costly for small and medium-sized businesses in Russia, according to the Cabinet of Ministers. The government, in pursuance of one of the first decrees of President Dmitry Medvedev, prepared in two months a package of documents that, it hopes, will free small businesses from unnecessary state guardianship and extortion from officials.

Those guilty of embezzlement of budget funds at ESPO will be punished “Transneft expects an increase in the cost of construction of the special marine oil port Kozmino (Primorsky Territory), which is located at the end point of the Eastern Siberia - Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline,” Transneft President Nikolai Tokarev said recently.

The day after tomorrow, July 4, the first round of negotiations on a new basic agreement between Russia and the European Union begins in Brussels. The document should replace the outdated Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) between Russia and the EU, prepared in the early 1990s. The path to the start of negotiations was delayed due to attempts by Poland and Lithuania to use their veto power to sort out relations with Russia.

Beijing receives envoys from Tibetan government in exile In Beijing, “at the request of the Dalai Lama, a meeting is being held between relevant representatives of the Chinese government and representatives of the Dalai Lama.” This was announced yesterday by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao, adding that he does not know the agenda and timing of the negotiations.