The German government raises the price for maintaining nuclear power plants German energy companies E.ON, RWE, Vattenfall and EnBW, which generate electricity using nuclear power plants, may have to pay higher taxes than planned. Additional money from energy companies should help the government implement its previously announced savings plan, which requires 82 billion euros to be implemented.

A giant planet with a comet-like tail has been discovered American astronomers, reports The Astrophysical Journal, using the Hubble Space Telescope have proven the existence of a comet-like tail on a hot celestial body. The gas giant, called HD 209458b, orbits so close to its star that its hot atmosphere is sprayed into space.

Dratsev and Dyatchin swam to world championship medals The World Open Water Swimming Championships continue in Roberval, Canada. Russian swimmers took two prizes in the Olympic 10 km distance. Evgeny Dratsev finished second, losing 1.3 seconds to the winner, Italian Valerio Clery. The bronze medalist was Vladimir Dyatchin, losing to his compatriot by 1.4 seconds.

A series of tournaments leading up to the US Open has started overseas The tennis world is moving overseas, where a series of American tournaments kicked off this week with the men's tournament in Atlanta. Ten events will be held in the six weeks leading up to the final Grand Slam of the season, the US Open. Over the course of a month and a half, tennis players will have the opportunity not only to prepare for the US Open, but also to significantly improve their financial situation.

Muscovites are advised to escape the heat and burning Yesterday morning, when Muscovites woke up, they smelled a strong burning smell. The environmental situation in Moscow has deteriorated sharply, it has become difficult to breathe, and thick smoke hangs in the hot air. The burning smell was especially strong in the areas closest to the burning peat bogs in the Moscow region - Volgogradsky and Ryazansky Avenues, Entuziastov Highway, Kosin, Novokosin and Zhulebino.

Oldest written document found in Jerusalem A small piece of clay tablet discovered during excavations in the Old City of Jerusalem by Hebrew University archaeologists is the oldest written document found in the Holy City. It shows that Jerusalem was an important city already at the end of the Bronze Age, i.e. almost half a millennium before its conquest in the 10th century BC by King David.

60% of Russians promise an apartment with a mortgage in 20 years Apartments for citizens and land for businessmen were decided yesterday at the government presidium. But not everything is so simple: so far the head of the Cabinet of Ministers has only signed a strategy for the development of mortgage lending until 2030, the ultimate goal of which is to make affordable housing on mortgage terms in 20 years for 60% of Russian families.

The government decided to abolish the transport tax in order to increase funding for road construction The new scheme for financing the Russian road sector, developed by the Ministry of Transport, has been generally approved by the Ministry of Finance. The fate of the transport tax has been decided. It will be cancelled. Instead, the excise tax on motor fuel and oils will be increased - by an average of 3 rubles. for every liter. The funds collected in this way will go to road funds.

In Kyrgyzstan, they fear new unrest and argue about the deployment of police forces OSCE Today in the south of Kyrgyzstan, where mass riots took place since June 10, during which hundreds of people died, they are beginning to mark the end of 40 days of mourning for them.

The most famous thief in law lost his passport and freedom The Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow yesterday sentenced Tariel Oniani (Mulukhov), one of the most famous and influential thieves in law in the post-Soviet space, to ten years in a maximum security colony. He was found guilty of kidnapping Georgian businessman Johnny Managadze in March last year and extorting $500,000 from him.

Slovak “Lion” should join the KHL The Kontinental Hockey League announced that 24 clubs will play in the Gagarin Cup tournament this season. The application of the Slovak club Lev is likely to be approved, despite serious problems in the team's infrastructure. This is supported by the fact that the majority of Super League teams have declared it impossible to participate in the tournament according to the previous rules if there are 11 clubs in one division and 12 in the other.

The IMF intends to increase the volume of the anti-crisis fund European countries continue to experience a crisis associated with excessive budget deficits. Yesterday, the international rating agency Moody's downgraded Ireland's rating, complicating the country's upcoming placement of government bonds today. Meanwhile, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expressed complaints about the budget of another European country - Hungary, suspending its credit line.

The movement in defense of the Khimki Forest is preparing for trials and building barricades The confrontation between environmentalists from Khimki, who oppose the start of construction of a new high-speed toll highway Moscow - St. Petersburg, with contractors who began cutting down forest at the end of last week, and the federal authorities, who are the customers of the route, has entered the phase of legal disputes.

Patriarch Kirill begins his second pastoral visit to Ukraine Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' will make a pastoral visit to Ukraine, the second during his tenure as head of the Russian Orthodox Church. The trip of the head of the Russian Orthodox Church through the canonical territory of the church, which begins today, will take place less than a year after the patriarch’s last visit to the neighboring state.

Tom players showed no desire to fight on credit The 13th round of the Russian Football Championship ended with two matches on Monday. Zenit retained its leadership in the tournament, but in the fight for second place the real battle was Rubin versus CSKA. The teams are almost level. There are enough collisions on other levels of the tournament table.