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Evening Medusa
June 18. FSB against bicycles, customs-against duty-free Internet trade
The main news
Customs offered to tax all purchases in online stores abroad. The FCS wants to charge a 20% fee from such purchases and introduce a combined rate, such as at least one euro per kilogram. It is proposed to implement new rules in a year and a half. The Ministry of Finance has already supported the proposal.
The court arrested a taxi driver who had eaten into pedestrians in Moscow. Genghis Anarbek was concluded in a pre -trial detention center for two months, until August 16. In court, the taxi driver stated that he was fully pleading and that he did not sleep for two days before the accident and mixed up the gas and brake pedals. " Anarbek threatens up to two years in prison.
There was a strong earthquake in Japan . The magnitude of the underground shocks was 6.1; As a result of the earthquake, three people died, more than 350 turned for help. Several buildings in Osaka and neighboring cities are destroyed; In 170 thousand houses there are no water, electricity and gas.
Audi CEO was detained in the Dieselgate case . (Remember this story when in 2015 it turned out that German manufacturers put a special software in cars that underestimated the level of harmful emissions during environmental friendliness tests?) In the house of Rupert Stadler, he himself was in preliminary conclusion. The German prosecutor's office began an investigation against the leadership of the concern last week - now the number of accused as part of the Audi scandal has reached 20 people.
World Cup
Today, three matches are played at the World Cup. In the first of them, the Swedish national team with a score of 1: 0 beat South Korea. At 18:00 in Moscow, the match of Belgium and Panama began, and at 21:00 the England team will play with Tunisia.
In addition to directly football, in Russia and in the world there are many related events.
- The Croatian team a few days ago asked to give football players bicycles for training. But the FSB refused : the authorities simply could not keep up with athletes traveling on bicycles and ensure their safety.
- In Moscow, four foreign fans are already sitting in a pre -trial detention center on charges of thefts. One of them has already pleaded guilty, the rest declare that nothing to do with it.
- Mexican seismologists have recorded an earthquake in Mexico City yesterday, after the Mexican national team scored a goal against the German national team. The probable cause of underground jerks was the jumping of fans who celebrated the clogged ball.
- In the match between Brazil and Switzerland, a large red balloon flew out on the field. The goalkeeper of the Brazilians Alison burst him with his foot - these personnel fell into a broadcast and today turned into a meme .
Raising the retirement age
The first reading of the bill on pension reform may take place tomorrow. This topic is very worried about Russian society: trade unions and ordinary citizens write petitions, and in the Kremlin, according to the media, they are seriously afraid of protests.
Many people - mainly those who started working only a few years ago - do not believe that in Russia, in principle, you can receive a normal pension. Perhaps you should not hope for the state - there are many ways to protect yourself from poverty in old age. Well, a special calculator will help to quickly count when you start a pension.
What else
- A week ago, more than 600 migrants were saved in the Mediterranean Sea - they spent almost a day on rubber boats, which were to illegally deliver them from Libya to Europe. Due to the unwillingness to accept the rescued after that , four European countries scolded at once -France, Italy, Spain and Malta.
- Today on the Channel One begins the “Garden Ring” - a series about the life and customs of representatives of the Moscow middle class, which was produced by Valery Todorovsky and was shot by director Alexei Smirnov. This series looks like a satire not only for life inside the garden ring, but also on all Russian television .
Tomorrow match with Egypt! Grigory Levchenko