No one is looking for a ship with a Russian crew that went missing in the Atlantic Representatives of the Russian Navy reported yesterday that several warships of the Black Sea Fleet will in the coming days join the search for the cargo ship Arctic Sea with a Russian crew, which mysteriously disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean. The Maltese-flagged ship, loaded with lumber, left the Finnish port of Pietarsaari on July 22 and was scheduled to arrive in the Algerian port of Bejaia on August 4.

July 7 -- August 7, 2009 “Politicians Through the Eyes of the Media,” a joint project of Vremya Novostey and the Medialogia company, are ratings of political figures actively discussed in the federal press and on air on central television channels. “Politicians Through the Eyes of the Media” are published weekly on Mondays: during the month you can get acquainted with the ratings of Russian governors, deputies, ministers and heads of foreign states and governments.

In terms of effectiveness in combating the crisis, Russia is so far ahead only of Ukraine In a sample of eight countries, according to the so-called anti-crisis activity index developed by the FBK company, Russia is so far ahead only of neighboring Ukraine, although it is gradually approaching Kazakhstan.

The weakening foundation of American power The basis for the United States' military dominance in the world is diminishing. Over the past few decades, overwhelming advantages in technology and resources have given the United States military (USAF) an unparalleled ability to deploy troops around the world. This allowed the United States to guarantee access to the global commons (natural resources and spaces not under any national jurisdiction: for example, the ocean, atmosphere, space - Ed.

The Russian Ministry of Defense has selected publishers who will print “patriotic books” on its order. On Monday, auctions were held in the Fabrikant interindustry trading system for the right to conclude government contracts for the printing of patriotic books, Inna Churilova, public relations manager of the Fabrikant interindustry trading system, told Vremya Novostey.

CONCERTS Ensemble of Oleg Kireev. "Union of Composers" , 20.30. Ash. The repertoire of song arrangements by A.-K. Jobima, Brazilian classics, as well as works by group leader Igor Nadezhdin in Portuguese. "Forte" , 21.00. Haleo (Cuba). Latin American rhythms, youthful enthusiasm and tropical temperament at Cool Train Club , 21.00. MOVIE "Pleasure - Paloma" (France, 2005). Directed by Nadir Moknesh. Starring Bijuna, Eileen Prandi, Daniel Lund, Nadia Kasi, Lies Salem.

The President of Ingushetia left the hospital As expected, yesterday at noon, the President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Yevkurov left the ward of the Moscow Institute of Surgery named after Vishnevsky, held a short briefing for journalists in the lobby, and then, accompanied by a doctor and security guards, left for one of the sanatoriums to undergo a short rehabilitation course there.

The militants responded to the calculations of the Dagestan police with another series of terrorist attacks In Dagestan, after a short lull, militants yesterday carried out three major attacks at once. As a result of explosions and shelling, four law enforcement officers were killed there and three more were wounded in just one day.

I am sure that yesterday the leaders of parliamentary parties in the Duma spoke about this at a meeting with the head of state. I am sure, despite the fact that there have been no messages on this topic from the Sochi residence of the Russian president. I am sure, because our main Duma factionalists are noble and extremely humane-minded patriots. If anyone still doubts this, let them read the statement adopted on the occasion of the anniversary of the war in the Caucasus.

Debts force RUSAL to conduct an IPO The aluminum company RUSAL intends to repay the bulk of its debt to all creditors in the amount of $7.4 billion through an initial public offering, as well as operating cash flows. “We are considering an IPO as a source of repayment of the bulk of the debt, the idea of ​​which we have not abandoned.

The government and trade unions did not agree on forecasts regarding the growth rate of unemployment Over the past three months, the number of unemployed in Russia has decreased significantly - Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov announced this yesterday. The deputy chairman of the government thus confirmed the optimistic forecast of the head of the Ministry of Health and Social Development Tatyana Golikova, which she announced last Monday during a meeting with the president.

Half of the Russians who started on Tuesday are leaving Melbourne The Australian Open has become a real test for athletes. On Tuesday at seven o'clock in the evening the thermometer showed 27 degrees Celsius, and at the height of the day it was approaching 40. It is clear that those players who played their matches closer to noon had the hardest time.

The past day turned out to be quite cool, especially low temperatures were noted in the Middle Volga - the negative anomaly reached 8 degrees. It was 4 degrees below normal in the Ural and Southern Federal Districts, as well as in the center of Russia. The cyclone brought warming to the west of the European territory of Russia with a southerly wind; here the average daily temperature will be a couple of degrees above normal.

Türkiye expects to receive new gas benefits from Russia Ankara intends to extract maximum dividends from Moscow's desire to obtain permission to lay the South Stream gas pipeline in the waters of the Black Sea, which are under the jurisdiction of Turkey.

E.ON changes management and discusses strategy adjustments A process of smooth generational change is unfolding in the top management of the German energy concern E.ON. In recent days, there have been reports in the German media that the concern's supervisory board will elect a successor to the current chairman of the board, Wulf Bernotat, this week. In May, Mr. Bernotat unexpectedly announced that he did not intend to renew his employment contract for a new term.