South Korean ship arrested off the coast of North Korea A North Korean patrol boat yesterday detained a South Korean fishing vessel that apparently unintentionally entered North Korean territorial waters off its eastern coast. The incident occurred against the backdrop of deteriorating relations between North and South caused by missile and nuclear tests in the DPRK.

Transneft increased net profit The second quarter was successful for the domestic oil industry. Yesterday Transneft published its financial results under RAS. The monopoly's profit in the second quarter increased almost threefold compared to the first, to 1.567 billion rubles. Experts explain the financial success of Transneft by the difference in exchange rates. “In the second quarter, the ruble strengthened by 7-8%, which affected the growth of the company’s net profit.

Dmitry Medvedev presented the G8 in Tajikistan The most striking impression of yesterday, spent in the capital of Tajikistan, was the unscheduled meeting of the President of this country, Emomali Rahmon, with the journalistic community, who had arrived to cover the quadripartite summit of the presidents of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia and Tajikistan. More precisely, a conversation between Mr. Rakhmon and one of the journalists.

The most titled driver in Formula 1 history, Michael Schumacher, has agreed to resume his racing career. The Ferrari team offered to return to the seven-time world champion, and the German athlete will take the place of the injured Felipe Massa at the wheel. But first, the German racer, who retired almost three years ago, will have to undergo medical tests.

German Social Democrats hit by scandal Yesterday in Potsdam, the candidate for the post of Federal Chancellor from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), Frank Walter Steinmeier, unveiled his shadow cabinet. The list, which included him, included 18 politicians, including ten women.

Those who disagree will go under Article 31 Oppositionists belonging to the “Other Russia” coalition yesterday filed a lawsuit against the Moscow authorities, who once again did not give consent to holding a rally of dissent. The action is scheduled for 18.00 today. July 31 was not chosen by chance - in honor of Article 31 of the Russian Constitution, which proclaims freedom of assembly.

The atmospheric fronts of the Scandinavian cyclone are approaching the northwestern regions of Russia. During the day, heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected there; the temperature in the afternoon will be +22...+27°C. On the night of August 1, the atmospheric front will cross the north-west of the European territory of Russia, and night rains will be widespread, with thunderstorms and gusty winds of up to 15 m/s.

"Johnny D" on Moscow screens In the mid-thirties, John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) was public enemy number one. He robbed banks, although his more advanced colleagues had long ago realized that one could earn many times more from telephone bookmaking. Like Robin Hood, he did not take money from ordinary people, preferring to gut government structures. At the very least he was handsome and courteous. But it was his methods that caused idiosyncrasy in power.

Brazilian Filou sets a world record for the royal distance The next five sets of awards were played out yesterday at the World Aquatics Championships in Rome. The attention of Russian fans was focused on the women's 50m backstroke final. A day earlier, Anastasia Zueva swam a fifty-kopeck swim with a new world record of 27.38 seconds. and became the main favorite in the key race. But in the finals she did not live up to her status. At the finish the Russian woman was only fourth.

The Ministry of Finance recommends that regions save on social expenses Yesterday at its meeting the government considered the main directions of budget policy for 2010-2012. And the day before, the Ministry of Finance urgently asked the regions to refrain from expanding the list of social expenditures in 2010. This wish is contained in the recommendations posted on the official website of the department to regional authorities on the principles of forming budget policy for the next year.

Ford will invite the loser in the fight for the German automaker to sit at the negotiating table The American automaker, closely following the progress of the struggle for Opel, an asset of its competitor General Motors, decided to wait for the culmination and invite the loser in this battle to sit down at the negotiating table to discuss options for a deal to buy the Swedish division of Volvo passenger cars. The Wall Street Journal reported this yesterday.

WHO-recommended flu drugs support pharmaceutical giants The A/H1N1 influenza pandemic could become a means of financial recovery for pharmaceutical companies specializing in the production of antiviral and immunobiological drugs. This is evidenced by the recently released reports of transnational pharmaceutical corporations for the first half of the year.

Deputies of the city assembly removed the mayor for failures in housing and communal services Regional authorities are slowly mastering the procedure for removing heads of municipalities from office in accordance with the new edition of the federal law “On General Principles of Local Self-Government.” Yesterday, at an extraordinary meeting of the city Duma deputy Tchaikovsky (Perm Territory), they voted to remove the head of the city, Yuri Vostrikov, from office.

The jury found most of the charges in the case of the former FFOMS leadership unproven Yesterday in the Moscow City Court, the jury returned a guilty verdict in the case of the former management of the Federal Compulsory Health Insurance Fund (FFOMS) on bribery and abuse of power.

Many people were dissatisfied with the activities of the FFOMS leaders The arrest of the leadership of the Federal Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund in 2006 was largely inevitable, according to many pharmaceutical market experts who observed the progress of the monetization of benefits. “Too many people knew what was happening there,” recall participants in the events of 2005-2006.