A separate settlement will be built for residents of the resettlement zone in Sochi Yesterday, the president of the Olimpstroy state corporation, Viktor Kolodyazhny, met at the Sochi-2014 information center with representatives of the resort public. During the meeting, it was confirmed that the most painful problem of the Olympic construction unfolding in Sochi remains the seizure of land for the facilities of the 2014 Winter Games and the resettlement of people living on these lands.

Watch from July 31 on Moscow screens "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" (USA, 2008, Rob Cohen). The third series of a rollicking adventure saga about the living dead and good fellows, ancient curses and dashing prospectors.

Dmitry Medvedev led the Russian team to the Olympics The St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace is opened only on very special occasions, such as the inauguration of the president or official visits of foreign heads of state. Yesterday in this hall, President Dmitry Medvedev gave a farewell to the Russian Olympic team for the Summer Olympics in Beijing. “The Russian team will demonstrate real sporting qualities in Beijing. Forward, Russia! Good morning!

Metropolitan Kirill is confident that Ukrainians voted against church “independence” Despite the fact that Patriarch Alexy II had to shorten his visit to Ukraine and face a cool reception in Kiev from the top officials of the neighboring state, the Moscow Patriarchate was pleased with the results of the completed voyage of the first hierarch to the canonical territories of the Russian Orthodox Church.

The British and the Spaniards want to fly, like the French and the Dutch Two of Europe's largest airlines - Britain's British Airways and Spain's Iberia - announced yesterday that they were negotiating a merger. Without disclosing financial details of the merger, the companies said it would be a single share deal, although both carriers would retain their current brands.

Hardliner becomes Russia's new ambassador to the United States Yesterday, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced the appointment of 57-year-old Sergei Kislyak ( pictured ) as Russia's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States, and also as its permanent observer at the Organization of American States in Washington. President Dmitry Medvedev signed the corresponding decree on July 26.

The Hermitage gained trump cards in the fight against concerts on Palace Square In his long-standing fight to limit or ban concerts on Palace Square, the director of the State Hermitage Museum, Mikhail Piotrovsky, received the help of experts. The first study of the effects of noise on exhibits in one of the world's greatest museums has been completed. Ten concerts on Palace Square with a sound level of over 82 decibels take more than a year of life from the unique exhibits of the Hermitage.

Dudley wanted to take a breather The forced departure of TNK-BP President Robert Dudley from Russia and his intention to continue managing the company from abroad became the reason for the emergence of new intrigue in the scandalous story around the Anglo-Russian company. The AAR consortium, which owns half of TNK-BP, recently sent a request about the whereabouts of Mr. Dudley to its British opponent partners, and received an evasive answer.

The Foreign Ministry representative believes that we ourselves know who we should sleep with Yesterday, Moscow responded in the most decisive manner to yet another statement by US presidential hopeful Senator John McCain , who once again called for its exclusion from the G8. An unnamed source in the Russian Foreign Ministry was tasked with doing the rebuff.

Night conversation You can dream about such love, and it is impossible to invent it. It is worthy of high literature, but it is a fact of history. On July 30 (18th old style), 1893, Anna Vasilievna Safonova was born, married to Timireva. Fate instantly and forever connected her with one of the brightest and most complex heroes of the revolutionary timelessness - Admiral Kolchak.

On August 1, Siberians have a chance to see a total solar eclipse In 2008, the residents of Russia enjoyed the annual tour of the cosmic star circus. Over the territory of our country, celestial bodies will demonstrate a rare number - a total solar eclipse. And if the heavenly administrators have mercy and pull back the cloud curtain, then Siberians in the Novosibirsk region and Altai, as well as gas workers in Yamal, will be able to look at the magnificent solar corona.

One of the leaders of United Russia wrote an article about what to do with the party until 2020 The new program article was presented to the public by the Chairman of the Supreme Council of the United Russia party, Speaker of the State Duma Boris Gryzlov. The text entitled “The defining vector of the country’s development: levels of goal setting” was published on Monday in the party newspaper.

In the next two days, the weather on the European territory of Russia will be determined by the southern cyclone, which goes east, as well as the anticyclone, which descends from Scandinavia. On Wednesday, in the north-west of European Russia, short-term rains and cool temperatures will still be possible, +15...+20оС. But on the last day of July, when the influence of the anticyclone will be more confident, there will be no precipitation and +19...+24°C.

Rospotrebnadzor canceled the registration of 55 biological additives A campaign has begun in Russia to bring order to the market of dietary supplements . The measures taken by the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare can not only protect the health of patients, but also assist the dietary supplement market itself, experts believe.

On Monday evening, on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea in the Israeli town of Bat Yam, not far from Tel Aviv, 31-year-old repatriate from Ukraine Margarita Lautina was shot dead in front of her family. She was relaxing on the beach with her husband and two children when a motorcycle driver passing along the road opened fire. The killer's target was one of Israel's crime bosses, Moti Hasin. After shots were heard, he rushed to the sea and ran past the Lautin family.