Army veterans are trying to draw the attention of the authorities to the victims of military experiments with radioactive substances Chairman of the Committee of Veterans of Special Risk Units Vladimir Bentsianov and Rear Admiral Vasily Popovich decided to draw the attention of the authorities to the situation of veterans of the Armed Forces who served in close proximity to radioactive weapons. And for this they decided to go on a hike.

Fiscal officials made their first failure in the last seven years Tax collection in Russia is falling rapidly. During the first half of the year, the Federal Tax Service (FTS) reduced transfers to the federal budget by almost a third. This means that the government will have to either tighten tax administration or seriously reduce budget spending. And most likely - both.

Investigators are preparing documents to arrest the driver of the overturned bus Today in the Tomsk region is a day of mourning in memory of those killed in a car accident near Novosibirsk on Monday night. An intercity Mercedes bus with tourists traveling from Tomsk to a recreation area on salt lakes in the Altai Territory did not take a turn, flew off the road and overturned near the regional center of Ordynskoye, Novosibirsk Region.

Metal chervonets will replace banknotes Banknotes in denominations of 10 rubles. It is planned to completely withdraw them from circulation, replacing them with metal coins of a new type. First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Georgy Luntovsky spoke about this yesterday. “New coins will gradually replace the existing 10 ruble banknotes. and old coins. This will allow us to achieve significant savings in the Central Bank’s expenses for issuing money,” the official said.

For this they will gather in Moscow Next week, Afghans will begin to arrive in Moscow from all over the world. On July 29, an international congress will be held in one of the capital's hotels, the name of which sounds simple - "Peace and Stability in Afghanistan." But since in relation to the current situation in the country all these concepts seem fantastic, it is clear that we will talk primarily about the future.

Dmitry LESNOY, Chairman of the Russian Sports Poker Federation: “A paradoxical situation arose when the International Olympic Committee, on the initiative of the International Federation of Sports Poker, decided to include poker among the Olympic sports - in the subsection of intellectual games, which includes, in particular, checkers. And at the same time in Russia, poker is excluded from the register of sports. For us, such a decision comes like a bolt from the blue.

The wounded president of Ingushetia addressed the people for the first time after the assassination attempt After President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, wounded as a result of a terrorist attack, was visited in the hospital last Saturday by Head of State Dmitry Medvedev, news about the improvement of the victim’s health began to arrive noticeably more often.

The government is preparing an almost 50 percent increase in pensions in 2010 As you know, in difficult times you need to be positive. They say it even allows you to program the occurrence of desired events. For example, you can plan to increase pensions by almost 50%, and you see, the price of oil itself will rise to pleasant-looking levels, which will allow you to fulfill the promise without much effort.

Today, earthlings will see the longest solar eclipse of the century. Seeing the Sun completely go into darkness is, of course, a great success. But the current eclipse is also unusual in that it will last about seven minutes - the longest in the 21st century. True, only those who are in India, China, the southern islands of Japan and the Bonin Islands will be convinced of this with their own eyes. This is where a huge audience is expected to gather.

PricewaterhouseCoopers predicts a recovery in the car market only in 2011 Analysts at the consulting company PricewaterhouseCoopers predict a decline in passenger car sales in Russia at the end of 2009 by 50-60%, to 1.6-1.3 million units.

They decided to arrest the former owner of the Sunrise company to preserve evidence The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow yesterday was unable to make a decision on the arrest of Sergei Bobylev, the founder and co-owner of one of the largest Russian retailers of computer and household appliances, the Sunrise company, who was detained the day before by representatives of the Main Investigation Department (GSU) at the Moscow Main Internal Affairs Directorate.

Arnold Schwarzenegger: It was like an exciting movie Arnold Schwarzenegger will try to save California from its budget deficit without raising taxes. The governor of the once richest American state has agreed with legislators on a plan designed to close a budget hole of more than $26 billion. The program involves significant cuts in spending that can only be restored after the crisis is over.

South-east of Moscow against traders from Cherkizovsky The capital's authorities have decided how to develop the territory on the site of the liquidated Cherkizovsky market - as the prefect of the Eastern Administrative District of Moscow Nikolai Evtikhiev said yesterday, sports facilities will be built here.

The President allowed the return of religion to the army and schools Religious education in schools and spiritual assistance to military personnel should become an integral part of modern Russian life at the beginning of the 21st century.

OJSC Russian Venture Company (RVC) was formed by government decision in 2006. The main goal of the company is to create a venture investment industry in Russia. Since April 2009, RVC has been headed by Igor Agamirzyan, an expert in the IT industry. For more than ten years he was one of the leaders of Microsoft's business in Russia, then he created and headed the St. Petersburg software development center of EMC Corporation.