Unworking laws as a significant obstacle to the adaptation of migrants Last night, in the courtyard of a high-rise building on Verkhnyaya Syromyatnicheskaya Street, right next to the Garden Ring, people from the Caucasus were celebrating something all night. At two o'clock in the morning, an incendiary lezginka roared under the windows of residents trying to sleep. Then everything seemed to calm down, but at four the music started thundering again, and machine gun fire hit the air.

The Customs Union will deprive special economic zones of benefits The agreement on the conditions for the functioning of special economic zones (SEZs) in the three states of the Customs Union (CU) being created by Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia implies a refusal to provide customs benefits to SEZ residents. The document was approved by the CU commission and will be signed, among many others, by the presidents of the three countries at the EurAsEC summit on July 5 in Astana.

Uruguay and Mexico advance to the playoffs The French team ended its performance at the World Cup with an inglorious defeat from South Africa; these three points did not help the Africans reach the playoffs. From Group “A” the next step is not the world vice-champions and not the tournament hosts, as was expected before the start of the World Cup, but Uruguay and Mexico. GROUP "A". Uruguay - Mexico.

The head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Viktor Khristenko spoke at the trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky In the Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow, where the trial of the former head of the Yukos oil company Mikhail Khodorkovsky and the former chairman of the Menatep MFO Platon Lebedev is taking place, yesterday the former First Deputy Prime Minister, and now the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Viktor Khristenko, testified as a witness.

Most of European Russia is under the supervision of a hot anticyclone. In the Central region, short-term rains in places in the west and south of the territory, but mostly without precipitation, temperature +25...+31оС, in some places up to +33оС. In the south of European Russia there are short-term thunderstorms in places. Tomorrow in the Central region there will be no precipitation, during the day +26...+31оС.

Americans pay tribute to Afghan rebels The Afghan war presented the Americans with an unexpected and unpleasant surprise. It turns out that from 2 to 4 million dollars from the US military budget every week fall into the hands of the Taliban, with whom the American army is fighting.

Dmitry Medvedev made changes in the Ministry of Defense and Strategic Missile Forces Yesterday Dmitry Medvedev made two important appointments in the army. Vladimir Popovkin became the first deputy minister of defense. Colonel General Alexander Kolmakov, who previously held this position, was dismissed by the same presidential decree and dismissed from military service.

The governments of Great Britain, France and Germany announce a coordinated decision to introduce a tax on banks. This was announced yesterday by British Finance Minister George Osborne (pictured) , presenting the country's new budget in parliament. Thus, the UK has been introducing a tax on the balance sheet assets of British and foreign banks since January 2011.

New dance project in St. Petersburg The idea of ​​producer Lev Shulman is two years old. For two years now, children living in St. Petersburg orphanage No. 9 have been seriously studying modern dance - different types of it, different techniques. This is not a “circle” - we are not talking about proper leisure time here.

The gas conflict will not prevent Brussels from getting closer to Moscow While the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe celebrated the agreement of the Russian delegation with European criticism on human rights issues in the North Caucasus , President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek summed up his two-day visit to Moscow, during which he had a meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

Museum projects in Russian regions: from idea to implementation Few people will be enthusiastic about Russia's state policy regarding museum life. Even regarding the heatedly discussed problem of “museum and church” today, the official authorities (the same Ministry of Culture) prefer to remain silent and do not show a clear position. All more or less interesting projects in the field of culture (including biennales and large exhibitions) are financed with sponsorship money.

BP has developed a business recovery strategy Yesterday's trading on the London Stock Exchange was marked by new losses in the market value of BP. Shares fell to their lowest levels since December 1996. Since the accident on the Deepwater Horizon platform in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, the company's capitalization has decreased by a total of 49%.

FAS warns retail chains about growing risks Just five months after the Law on Trade came into force, market participants and officials were already talking about the need to prepare a whole package of amendments to it. The likely changes were discussed yesterday by members of the expert council on the development of trade activities in Russia under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Watch from June 24 on Moscow screens “Knight and Day” (USA, 2010, James Mangold). June (Cameron Diaz - There's Something About Mary, Honey, The Package) was going to her sister's wedding but instead finds herself in the midst of a dangerous adrenaline-pumping adventure after her companion on a domestic flight turns out to be an irresistible "guy" Don't Miss" who calls himself Roy (Tom Cruise - Top Gun, Rain Man, Troop Troop) and appears to be an out-of-control secret agent.

American general offended the White House The commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, American General Stanley McChrystal (pictured), was summoned to Washington for an explanation. The reason was critical statements by people from the military leader’s circle about the current US administration.