The IMF will allocate more than $15 billion to Ukraine The Board of Directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a new credit line to Ukraine for $15.15 billion. This loan will cost the country almost two times cheaper than a loan from VTB and almost three times cheaper than raising money on financial markets.

The government decided to increase public investment The government yesterday approved the main parameters of the federal budget for 2011 and the planning period 2012-2013. The main decisions had already been announced the day before - the deficit would be systematically reduced by increasing the workload on businesses in a targeted manner (see Vremya Novostei, July 29) . Yesterday, the ministers more substantively reviewed the list of federal target programs for approval of their budgets.

The conflict with Colombia benefits the leader of Venezuela The acute crisis in relations between Venezuela and Colombia is set to be discussed in the coming days by the heads of 12 states that are part of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR). The preparations for this meeting were carried out yesterday by the UNASUR foreign ministers at an emergency meeting in the Ecuadorian capital of Quito.

Lithuanian Prime Minister reminded Belarus of common history Dressed in a T-shirt and shorts, Andrius Kubilius, along with three dozen security guards and associates, including two ministers and several parliamentarians, is spending this week in neighboring Belarus. They went on a bike ride last Sunday. The route, which is about 700 km long, includes Lida, Novogrudok, Nesvizh, Mir, Krevo, Oshmyany and other settlements of the neighboring republic.

VEB will finance the Boguchansky project Disagreements between shareholders of the project for the creation of the Boguchany Energy and Metallurgical Association (BEMO), which includes the construction of a hydroelectric power station and an aluminum smelter, regarding the sources and procedure for financing were resolved during a meeting of the VEB Supervisory Board on Wednesday evening. “The crisis and certain corporate disputes did not allow shareholders to continue financing on their own.

Siberia's debut in European competition was successful. In the home match of the 3rd qualifying round, the Russian club, which last year played in the first division, defeated the Cypriot Apollo - 1:0. Alexey Medvedev scored the historic goal of the Novosibirsk team in the 74th minute. Almost the entire match, the hosts had a noticeable advantage and could have finished the match with a more confident score, but they were too wasteful in converting the scoring chances they created.

The Constitutional Court will decide the political fate of the communist leader of Moldova On Tuesday, August 3, the Constitutional Court of Moldova is set to decide whether the leader of the opposition Party of Communists, Vladimir Voronin (pictured), can run for president again. The corresponding request was made by the head of the parliamentary commission on law, appointments and immunity, Ion Plesca. He is confident that Mr.

Suppliers of Moldovan wine called Gennady Onishchenko’s statements economic terror The new round of negotiations between Russia and Moldova will follow new rules and, one might say, will begin with a clean slate.

The ECHR condemned Russia for attempting to extradite an Uzbek citizen persecuted for his political beliefs The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) yesterday ordered the Russian authorities to pay 13 thousand euros to citizen of Uzbekistan Abdumutallib Karimov for violating his rights to freedom and security of person and to an effective remedy before government authorities. Mr.

BP will sell TNK-BP mining assets in Venezuela Trying to cover the multibillion-dollar costs of eliminating the consequences of the accident in the Gulf of Mexico, BP continues to sell off its assets around the world. After American, Canadian and Egyptian projects, the corporation decided to abandon its Venezuelan fields. The buyer will be the Russian-British joint venture TNK-BP.

The 2006 European champion in the 10 thousand m race, Russian Inga Abitova, finished second this time in Barcelona. Immediately after the competition, the athlete told Vremya Novostei correspondent Olga ERMOLINA that she was satisfied with her result. — Inga, did the title of the current European champion at this distance spur you on? - That victory happened four years ago, and much has already been forgotten.

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They want to explain to young Caucasians how to behave President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov yesterday gave a political assessment of the events in the Don children's camp near Tuapse, where on Sunday there was a mass fight involving Chechen young people who came to rest, camp staff, other vacationers and local residents. At least nine people were injured. Ramzan Kadyrov said that what happened had nothing to do with interethnic relations: “This is a really unpleasant incident.

The authorities no longer intend to discuss with environmentalists from Khimki The situation around the Khimki forest, which escalated to the limit after the attack on the Khimki administration building by several hundred young anti-fascists and left radicals, moved from the environmental and bureaucratic to the political plane.

The President demanded that officials stop the practice of reporting on achievements A scheduled meeting of the Council for the Implementation of Priority National Projects and Demographic Policy, held yesterday in the Kremlin, ended with a categorical statement from the president about reformatting such meetings: from now on, officials will be required to report on specific problems, rather than routine reports on successes.