Another surge in demand in the money market At the beginning of this week, the liquidity deficit in the domestic money market increased to a 9-month high. This comes as tax payments end this week. According to experts, the situation should normalize next month, but payments on external debts are due at the end of the year. In addition, the negative situation on the stock market may put pressure on liquidity. The liquidity shortage worsened significantly on Monday.

Another attack on collectors took place in Moscow In the west of Moscow yesterday there was a daring attack on collectors, which escalated into a fleeting but full-fledged battle. As a result, two collectors were killed and another was wounded. A Muscovite who happened to be nearby and one of the attackers, who was later detained in the hospital, were also injured. Whether the escaped bandit managed to steal the money and how much remained unclear yesterday.

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.

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.

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.

Moscow introduces new sanctions for sluggish developers A new method of combating long-term construction is being proposed by city officials. If earlier the mayor’s office preferred to push companies through the so-called “operational control over the development of urban planning and design documentation,” then yesterday the Moscow government decided, as they say, to hit the pockets of developers who are delaying the commissioning of real estate projects with rubles.

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.

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 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.

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.

CLUBS Anna Levshina with the Custom Jazz program at the Union of Composers club, 20.00. Victor Kolesov and "District Chronicles" (blues, Vologda). Jazz Town , 21.00. Cat Fish Blues. Music Town , 21.00. Georgy Musheev (vocals). Jazz. "Blue Bird" , 19.30. Jazzmobile. "Fossil" , 21.00. CLASSIC Vivaldi. "Seasons". Closing of the season.

A ceremonial farewell to the country's Olympic team took place Yesterday in Moscow they saw off Russian athletes - participants in the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing. The meeting of our team was scheduled for 11 am in the Alexander Garden, which was temporarily closed to ordinary visitors. Our and foreign guests of the capital stood along the garden barriers, because of which it was difficult to see the faces of the main characters of the Olympics.

The Belgium-based news agency Firat, known as the news channel of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), issued a party statement saying that the Kurdish Liberation Movement was "not involved" in the Istanbul attack: "We are against such actions. Responsibility for them lies with the dark forces” (this is how nationalists are called in Turkey who are trying to promote the military’s rise to power by creating chaos).

About Alexey Slapovsky’s novel “Gossip” Five prisoners were taken to Moscow for trial. The clutch of stupid pads allowed them to escape: due to a shortage of cars, five were shoved into one “funnel”; one prisoner was missing handcuffs; the accompanying person - there was no second one - suffered from claustrophobia and therefore sat in the driver's cabin; the castle was held on by snot...

Seoul responds to Tokyo's territorial claims South Korean Prime Minister Han Seung-soo visited the Dokdo archipelago yesterday. He became the first head of government to visit the Seoul-controlled group of two islands and dozens of rocks and reefs. Han arrived in Dokdo by helicopter, accompanied by the ministers of culture and transport.