TOP-5 news August 18

Nizhny Novgorod cafe "Flamingo" Photo: ifregion.ru

Polit.ru offers your attention the five news of the day. The selection included the three most read news, one news selected by the editorial office, and the most unusual, in our opinion, news today.

1. Nizhny Novgorod cafe was fined after the incident with Sister Vodyanova

The director of the Nizhny Novgorod cafe “Flamingo”, from which the sick sister of the model Natalya Vodianova was expelled, said that she received more than a dozen decisions on fines on the results of the institution’s inspection by supervisory authorities.

“So far I cannot say about the amount of the fine, since I have not seen these decisions on violations. There are more than 10 of them, ”said the director Svetlana Mamedova.

According to her, in the two institutions belonging to her in the territory of the Avtozavodsk Park, checks were held, following which the parking of the park terminated the contract with the Flamingo cafe from August 18.

The woman said that the building of the Flamingo cafe was erected about five years ago at the expense of her own funds, so it will become unknown to him now. It can be demolished, transferred or sold to another person, says Mamedova.

Photo: ifregion.ru

Editor commentary: August 11 in Nizhny Novgorod, employees of the Flamingo cafe expelled the sister of the model Natalia Vodyanova from the institution, believing that the behavior of a girl suffering from cerebral palsy and autism could scare away visitors.

On the fact of the incident, an investigation was launched. One of the participants in the conflict - an employee of the cafe was not on the challenges in the UK for investigative actions. On August 17, the man was detained, now he is during interrogation. According to the investigation, it was he who threatened the nanny and sister of Vodyanova to apply violence in case of refusal to leave the institution.

2. The court of Kiev arrested five Russians for terrorism

The Security Service of Ukraine announced the arrest of five Russians on suspicion of terrorism. According to investigators, detained citizens of the Russian Federation prepared a terrorist attack in Kyiv. During the search, explosive devices and components for them were found in their rented apartment. During the detention, pistols and grenade were seized from the suspects.

In addition, it became known that one of the Russians is wanted through Interpol. In 2014, he was detained in one of the European countries, but he managed to escape.

Arrested. Photo: press center of the Security Council of Ukraine

Editor commentary: In June 2015, the SBU announced the initiation of 53 criminal cases against Russian citizens. 47 of them fell under articles on illegal storage of weapons and preparing terrorist acts. Six Russians were accused of espionage.

3. The official euro exchange rate approached 73 rubles

According to the official exchange rate established by the Central Bank for August 19, the cost of one euro is 72.9187 rubles. The dollar in comparison with the previous day increased by 33 kopecks to 65.8289 rubles. The cost of the bivalve basket reached 69.0193 rubles.

Earlier it was reported that during trading on the Moscow Exchange, the euro course for the first time in six months exceeded the psychological line of 73 rubles.

Photo: Activism.com

Editor commentary: Experts associate the fall of the Russian currency with a decrease in world oil prices. In recent days, the price of Brent oil is steadily maintained at a level below $ 50 per barrel. At the moment, the cost of a barrel is $ 48.58.

In the edition of the editorial office

Kaliningrad regional election commander registered Yakunin

The head of the Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin became a candidate for senators from the Kaliningrad region, said Vasily Rotar, spokeswoman for the regional election commander. According to him, Yakunin was registered by the regional election commission. At the moment, OIK is engaged in checking documents.

Editor comment: Yakunin previously declared his intention to leave the post in the Russian Railways, but it was not about the near future. On August 18, it became known that the head of the Russian Railways informed his employees about his intention to leave in the near future. Yakunin said that it all depends on the state.

Yakunin is listening to the Federation Council. According to media reports, he will take the place of the first vice-speaker of the upper house of parliament.

The trick of the day

The Russian cosmonaut took a selfie in outer space

Roscosmos published on Twitter a selfie of the Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka in outer space. The picture was taken by the Russian on August 10 during the ISS lining inspection and the installation of auxiliary bridges on the station sheathing.

Gennady Padalka went into outer space with the ISS for the tenth time. And on September 11, colleagues will congratulate the astronaut on a new record - the scavenger is a record holder for the total time of stay in orbit - by this date it will be 880 days.

Gennady Padalka

Editor's comment: Russians were far from the first to photograph themselves in outer space. An indisputable leader here is the American astronaut Bazz Oldrin, who took a selfie in 1966 during the debut flight of the Dzhemini-12 ship. Then Oldrin spent five hours in open space, setting a world record at that time. However, the world learned about this photograph only last year, when 84-year-old Oldrin published it on his Twitter in honor of the 45th anniversary of the first landing of man to the moon. On July 20, 1969, the American astronaut Neal Armstrong went to the moon from the Apolon-11 ship.

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