Environmentalists from Khimki wrote a letter to Dmitry Medvedev After futile attempts to influence road officials and contractors responsible for the construction of the Moscow-St. Petersburg toll highway, environmentalists from Khimki decided to directly contact the head of state.

“The Collector” on Moscow screens Arkin (Josh Stewart), a generally handsome but clearly unsuccessful young man, is renovating the Chase family's country house. He receives some money for the work done, but it is clearly not enough to pay off the debts of his ex-wife Lisa (Daniella Alonso).

Embassies in Moscow are cutting staff Despite yesterday’s statement by the head of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, Sergei Shoigu, that a state of emergency should not be introduced in Moscow, many foreign embassies in the Russian capital are introducing such a regime de facto, assessing the severity of the environmental situation and its consequences. Last weekend, many family members and some diplomats from Germany, Israel, Canada, France and other countries left Moscow.

The President spoke about how the police will become the police Having made a one-day trip to the Republic of Mari El, where a state of emergency was declared due to fires, Dmitry Medvedev saw how ordinary villagers were fighting them, and at the same time tried to explain to local police officers how they would work as police officers. The President began his visit to the Republic of Mari El with a visit to the village of Maly Shaplak, which is part of the Shoibulak rural settlement. Here, Mr.

The Baltic cyclone will bring rain to the north-west of European Russia on Tuesday. In the North-West region +24...+29оС, in most areas there will be short-term rains with thunderstorms, showers and hail in places. In the Central region, under the influence of the anticyclone, the abnormal heat is +32...+38°C, in the south up to +39°C. In the Black Earth Region the heat reaches +35...+40°C.

Türkiye and Indonesia show acceleration Indonesia and Türkiye have overtaken the BRIC countries in almost all economic indicators, experts say. However, these economies are not yet large enough to join BRIC. In addition, political risks are hampering the growth of Turkey's investment attractiveness. Indonesia's stock market index is up 21% this year, while Turkey's is up 13%, according to Bloomberg. They both hit all-time highs on July 29th.

It will become more difficult for Russian companies to operate in the Czech Republic Today the lower house of the Czech Parliament will meet to vote on the vote of confidence in the coalition government of Petr Necas. Political scientists agree that the support of the majority of deputies for the new cabinet is guaranteed. The government was formed following the parliamentary elections held at the end of May by three center-right parties - the Civil Democratic Party, TOP-09 and Public Affairs.

International experts hesitate on new climate treaty A new treaty to replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012, is unlikely to be concluded at the UN climate summit in the Mexican city of Cancun this December. At best, world leaders will sign a short introduction to the new document, called “The View We Share.” The trouble is that there is no such opinion yet - this is the opinion of the majority of participants in the international conference on climate protection.

Kuznetsova took the main prize in San Diego Russian tennis player Svetlana Kuznetsova became the winner of the BTA Premier category tournament included in the US Open Series with a total prize fund of $700 thousand. In the final, Svetlana beat Polish player Agnieszka Radwanska - 6:4, 6:7 (7:9), 6:3.

Against the backdrop of record mortality, Moscow authorities said they were monitoring the environmental situation in the city. Judging by the data of the capital's doctors, the environmental situation in the city, when the already hot air is saturated with smoke and smog, directly threatens people's lives. According to official data from the Moscow Department of Health, mortality in the capital has doubled since the beginning of August.

Our quartet won the 4x100m freestyle relay at Euro 2010 The European Aquatics Championships in Budapest crossed the equator. Following the prima synchronized swimming and marathon swimmers, who completed their performances, the “classics” in the 50-meter pool and divers took to the start. And the very first day of the swimmers’ competition brought Russia a gold medal, and not just one, but a whole set.

The Bolshoi Theater will open the season in advance with an impressive premiere - the famous French choreographer Angelin Preljocaj is staging a performance in which both his own troupe (National Choreographic Center of Aix-en-Provence) and the Bolshoi troupe will participate simultaneously. Angelena PRELZHOKAZHA asked Varvara VYAZOVKIN at rehearsals about what kind of ballet it would be. -- During the production, the name of your ballet “Apocalypse” was changed to Creation-2010.

The collected works of Zhukovsky have become even more complete The release of two new volumes of the Complete Works and Letters of Zhukovsky was separated by a very short interval. Volume five (epic works - from the unpublished adaptation of “The Lay of Igor’s Campaign”, 1817, to the late masterpiece, “free imitation of Rückert” “Rustem and Zorab”, 1846-1847) appeared in mid-May. The sixth, “Homeric” volume - at the end of July.

Investors are waiting for the results of the US Federal Reserve meeting Global stock markets have renewed their three-month highs: investors are looking forward to today's meeting of the US Federal Reserve System (FRS), at which a decision may be made on resuming economic stimulation. European markets were recovering from Friday's sell-off.

Small trade is being transferred to a new fiscal regime The Ministry of Finance intends to abandon such a method of taxation as the single tax on imputed income (UTII) from 2014. The experience of using it was considered unsuccessful. It is assumed that the majority of individual entrepreneurs who currently use UTII will switch to the patent taxation system, the introduction of which is planned for 2011.