Religious law has quarreled Israeli politicians Israeli society found itself split into two parts. The reason for this was a bill submitted to the Knesset by the Our Home is Israel party to change the procedure for accepting Judaism - conversion, after which the neophyte automatically becomes a Jew. This bill has already quarreled the leader of the Our Home is Israel party and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman with the prime minister and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu.

New discs with bank accounts in Liechtenstein appeared in Germany In Germany, the trade in CDs containing information about the bank accounts of Germans in the Alpine tax havens of Liechtenstein and Switzerland is becoming a sustainable business between the state and anonymous trackers. Yesterday in the German press there were reports about the third recent CD with such information offered to tax authorities.

TNK-BP thinks ten years ahead Continuing to actively develop new fields, TNK-BP plans that by 2020 a third of its total production, which could amount to about 115 million tons, will be provided by the Yamal project. “This is the next generation of the company’s new projects, which enjoy mineral extraction tax benefits and are temporarily exempt from paying export duties,” says TNK-BP’s annual report, published yesterday on the Russian-British company’s website.

The President promised to dismiss all heads of law enforcement agencies in the event of new terrorist attacks on hydroelectric power stations President Dmitry Medvedev yesterday demanded that the Baskan hydroelectric power station in Kabardino-Balkaria, where militants staged a series of explosions on Wednesday, be restored as soon as possible. Fulfilling this requirement, however, will not be easy.

Consumer rights advocates demand that the Moscow Metro reduce the temperature in cars and at stations The Society for the Protection of Consumer Rights (OCPP) stood up for Muscovites who are forced to spend at least an hour a day in metro trains, which in the current weather are more like mobile steam rooms. Yesterday, the press service of this public organization reported that a lawsuit was filed against the State Unitary Enterprise “Moscow Metro” in the Meshchansky District Court.

Rules of conduct for officials will appear in Russia A wonderful image of the official of the future appears before your eyes when reading the Code of Ethics and Official Conduct of Civil Servants, the draft of which was approved yesterday at a meeting of the Presidium of the Presidential Anti-Corruption Council. The format of the event was not chosen by chance. It is the anti-corruption component that should become the cornerstone of the new code.

Defenders of the Khimki Forest are preparing for a meeting with the police Apparently, it will not be possible to avoid a forceful solution to the dispute between the defenders of the Khimki Forest and the federal authorities, who are the customers of the new Moscow-St. Petersburg highway.

In one of the municipalities of St. Petersburg, votes have not been counted for five months The electoral commission of the Avtovo municipal formation in St. Petersburg, which has been delaying the summing up of the results of elections to the local council of deputies for the fifth month, may in the near future be dissolved by the court. This follows from the decision made at a meeting of the Central Election Commission on July 21. Thus, the electoral scandal in one of the St.

VTB has found work for its drilling rigs VTB Bank announced yesterday the lease of six drilling rigs belonging to the VTB-Leasing company to the Orenburg Drilling Company. The deal to purchase these installations became notorious. The bank at one time was forced to part with the managers who organized the purchase of the installations, and now it is gradually trying to get an economic return.

Russians do not see success in the fight against corruption The majority of Russians are confident that corruption in the highest echelons of power is flourishing, despite the fight against it. And anti-corruption measures, according to Russians, are just a disguised struggle between some influence groups and others. These are the data obtained by sociologists of the Levada Center during an all-Russian survey conducted on July 2-5 in 130 settlements of the Russian Federation.

Nikolai Fedorov left the republic to a deputy Yesterday, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev proposed a new candidate for the post of head of the Chuvash Republic. This was the Chuvash Deputy Prime Minister and concurrently the Minister of Agriculture and Food, Mikhail Ignatiev. The continuity of the course and the preservation of the team of Nikolai Fedorov, who is leaving the post of President of Chuvashia for promotion to the federal authorities, are practically guaranteed. Mr.

Markets acted on Bernanke's words and are waiting for banking stress tests Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's statement on Wednesday about extremely uncertain economic growth prospects sent global markets lower, but the situation was once again saved by strong corporate reports and investors began buying securities again.

Contador allowed Schleck to win the stage and retain the lead The seventeenth stage of the Tour de France stage race, which finished on Mount Tourmalet, ended with the victory of Luxembourger Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank), who was less than a wheel ahead of the leader of the general classification, Alberto Contador (Astana). The third is Joaquin Rodriguez (“Katyusha”).

Most regions of European Russia remain in the grip of a blocking anticyclone, which has become a strong barrier to the coolness. In the coming days it will be hot again and practically without rain, daytime temperatures will be +31...+37оС, and in some places up to +39оС. In the northwestern regions there are short rains, in some places thunderstorms with wind up to 18--23 m/s, temperature +23...+28оС, in some places up to +33оС.

The government of Moldova recognized the problem with the quality of wine The prospect of a new ban on the import of all wine products from Moldova, clearly outlined at the beginning of the week by Russia's chief sanitary doctor Gennady Onishchenko, forced Moldovan politicians to soften their position.