Minsk has created room for maneuver The prospects for Minsk's participation in the Customs Union with Moscow and Astana remain uncertain. The main intrigue revolves around information about the Belarusian parliament considering the customs code behind closed doors. The final meeting of the spring session of parliament took place on June 30. Deputies asked questions to government representatives, after which they considered several bills.

The 45th International Film Festival in Karlovy Vary begins The Karlovy Vary Film Festival is rightfully considered one of the largest in Eastern Europe. Once upon a time he was a match for Moscow. Then Karlovy Vary took the lead and occupied the niche that the Moscow International Film Festival still claims. For quite a long time there were few of our films in Karlovy Vary programs. Recently the situation has changed. The main competition (12 films) includes Dmitry Mamulia’s film “Another Sky”.

Atomic inspector resigns Yesterday it became known that the chief inspector of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 63-year-old Finn Olli Heinonen, submitted his resignation from his post “for personal reasons.” He worked at the IAEA for three decades and was appointed to the post of head of the Safeguards Regime Department in the summer of 2005.

Benjamin Netanyahu is ready to return Corporal Shalit in exchange for a thousand Palestinians Four years after militants from the Gaza Strip captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was ready to make a deal with the Palestinians and release a thousand prisoners from prison in exchange for the corporal.

The scandalous repair of the overpass is unknown when it will begin and end The transport collapse due to the repair of the overpass on the 24th kilometer of the Leningradskoe Highway attracted the attention of the country's top leadership yesterday. At a meeting of the government presidium, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin instructed Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov to deal with the traffic jam on the main highway leading from Moscow to Sheremetyevo Airport (see “Vremya Novostei”) .

July 5--11, 2010 Monday, July 5 FIRST 5 . 00, 9.00, 12.00, 15.00, 18.00, 0.30 News 5 . 05 Good morning 9 . 20 Malakhov + 10 . 20 Fashionable verdict 11 . 20 Test purchase 12 . 20 Section 13 . 20 Detectives 14 . 00 Other news 14 . 20 Understand. Forgive 15 . 20 I want to know 15 . 50 "WEDGING RING". TV series (S) 16 . 50 Federal Judge 18 . 20 "NEXT". Series 19 . 00 Let's get married! 20 . 00 Wait for me 21 . 00 Time 21 . 30 "GARDENER". Series 22 . 30 "MOSCOW SAGA". Series 23 .

NBA free agent market opens Yesterday, a period began in the National Basketball Association that can definitely compete in attracting attention with the last two final matches of the last playoffs. At least, if in the Lakers-Celtics series there were only two options for the development of events, then there is no certainty on the transfer field.

The II Moscow International Biennale of Young Art opens The debut exhibition of young art that took place two years ago, although it was called a biennale, was still perceived as only a good entry into this venerable genre. The second show in terms of the number of participants and exhibitions is quite comparable to the adult biennale.

The head of PACE improved the tone of discussions on Russia Today, the two-day visit to Moscow of the Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, will end with meetings with representatives of political parties and non-governmental organizations of Russia.

The Ministry of Energy proposes to legally assign 75% of Transneft to the state In the draft federal law “On the production, processing and transportation of oil and its products through main pipelines” (oil law) prepared by the Ministry of Energy, the minimum size of the state’s share in the authorized capital of the “organization for managing a unified main pipeline system” is set at 75%.

Spanish "Platonov" at the Chekhov Festival The current Chekhov Festival is moving in a zigzag from success to failure, up and down, like a patient’s cardiogram. The anniversary screening of Chekhov productions has already reached the halfway point, but so far there is an impression: the performances that were conceived and produced by the festival are fresh and interesting, while others are being presented only to add volume to the program.

Every second Russian is in favor of returning property that previously belonged to the church to the church. Almost half of Russians approve of the return to the church of temples, icons and other “religious property” that is now owned by the state. This is evidenced by the results of a poll published yesterday by the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM). 49% of respondents are in favor.

Zvonareva will play in the decisive match of Wimbledon For the first time in her career, Russian tennis player Vera Zvonareva received the right to take part in the match directly for the title of winner of the Grand Slam tournament. Yesterday, in the semi-finals of the British Open, the Muscovite defeated Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova, who sensationally made it into the quartet of the strongest Wimbledon players, in three sets - 3:6, 6:3, 6:2.

Russia is losing its leading position in global tank building In the state armament program for 2001-2010 (GPV-2010), due to unsatisfactory funding, a primary role was given to the modernization of existing equipment. At the stage until 2006, it was also envisaged to carry out experimental design developments. Until 2010, it was planned to produce and supply modern weapons of a new generation to the troops.

On the last working day of the week, the north-west of European Russia will be in the path of a cyclone coming from Scandinavia. It is he who will shed short rains in places, thunderstorms are not excluded, during the day the temperature will rise to +20...+25оС. On Saturday, the middle zone will be in the zone of an atmospheric front with waves, which means there will be short thunderstorms.