Main News of July 27

Roundup of what has happened over the past 24 hours

WORLD

*The medical treatment of Ukraine’s jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has been successfully completed, Health Minister Raisa Bohatyriova said.

 

RUSSIA

*The reopening of a criminal case against opposition figurehead Alexei Navalny indicates the Kremlin wants to neutralize the threat posed by the popular blogger, his lawyer said.

*Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will head his country’s delegation at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games in London on Friday, a government spokesperson said.

 

BUSINESS

*A Tyumen commercial court has partially satisfied a $16-billion damage recovery suit filed by Russian-British joint venture TNK-BP minority shareholder Andrei Prokhorov against BP, a court official told RIA Novosti.

*Russian-British joint oil venture TNK-BP suspended its talks with state-controlled oil major Rosneft to jointly develop hydrocarbon deposits on Russia’s continental shelf, TNK-BP Chief Financial Officer Jonathan Muir said.