photo ITAR-TASS A longtime acquaintance of Vladimir Putin will head the State Construction Committee, simultaneously taking the post of Deputy Minister of Regional Development Former director of the capital construction department of the Ministry of Regional Development, participant in the ranking of the 200 richest businessmen in Russia according to Forbes (No. 172, net worth: $550 million), Vladimir Kogan will return to government service.

A subsidiary of Vnesheconombank, the Development Fund for the Far East and Baikal Region, proposes returning to the idea of ​​creating a development institution in the region. In the near future, the corresponding proposals of VEB’s subsidiary will be sent to the government, Kommersant reports . As the publication writes, with reference to materials from the fund’s board of directors, the FEDF does not use the term “state corporation” in its proposals, but the idea is the same.

An inter-naval formation of ships from the Northern, Baltic and Black Sea fleets has been sent to the Mediterranean Sea to conduct exercises, and ships will only enter the Syrian port of Tartus for refueling, Interfax reports , citing the Navy General Staff. During the exercises, joint navigation under a single command, air and anti-submarine defense, as well as actions to protect civilian ships from pirates will be practiced.

photo Leonid Faerberg/Transport-Photo Images The favorites Airbus A380 and Boeing B787 Dreamliner appeared in all their glory. Sukhoi Superjet 100 from Aeroflot did not receive guests One of the world's largest air shows continues to operate in the London suburb of Farnborough. The replica of the SpaceShipTwo (SS2) spacecraft is particularly popular with visitors.

photo by Max Novikov for Forbes A report from the city most affected by flooding about how and who is helping residents and how long this will last The people gathered in the numerous tent cities opened in Krymsk after the flood resemble a smaller version of the whole of Russia. There is the opposition, activists loyal to the authorities, security officials and military personnel, rescuers from all over Russia.

photo by Valery Katsuba Melanne Verveer, US Ambassador for Women's Rights and former chief of staff of Hillary Clinton, on building a career, family and male compliments that are worse than humiliation In the summer of 2012, the “Women and Economics” forum was held in St. Petersburg under the auspices of APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation).

The capital's prosecutor's office approved the indictment in the case of members of the punk band Pussy Riot and sent the materials of the criminal case to the Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow, the Prosecutor General's Office reports. 22-year-old Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 29-year-old Ekaterina Samutsevich and 24-year-old Maria Alekhina are accused of hooliganism. They face up to 7 years in prison.

July 12, 2012 news Mode for the visually impaired Speech synthesis “Marusya” works Listen Share Add to favorites Krymsk after the flood: who helps and how. Photo report Rescuers from the Ministry of Emergency Situations, police and a variety of volunteers gathered in the city in the Kuban region that suffered the most from the disaster.

Russia's largest independent gas producer, Novatek, has concluded its first export contract for the supply of about 2 billion cubic meters of gas per year with the German EnBW. reported this on Thursday The Financial Times Deutschland . EnBW in its press release only confirmed the fact of signing a 10-year gas supply agreement from October 2012 “with a foreign producer.” The contract value is about €600 million per year. The total amount of the agreement could thus reach €6 billion.

Review of the world's business press. Why did Vietnam's economy fail to live up to expectations? What does the proof of the “amyloid hypothesis” of Alzheimer’s disease promise? Asia At the beginning of the 21st century, foreign businessmen began to see Vietnam as a new Asian “economic miracle.” Once “cheap Chinese labor” was no longer particularly “cheap,” Vietnam began to be seen as the next target for Western investment.

UTair Airlines has signed a contract with Airbus for the supply of 20 A321 aircraft, the Russian airline said in a statement. The aircraft will be used on popular international tourist destinations and domestic Russian routes. Delivery of the aircraft will begin in 2013. Each liner can accommodate 220 passengers.

OJSC Rosneftegaz will pay dividends for 2011 in the amount of 30 billion rubles, which is 90% of the state-owned company's net profit. This statement was made by Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich on Thursday. “No such decisions have been made yet whether interim dividends will be paid this year. But shareholders can make any decision,” Interfax quotes the deputy chairman of the government .

A group of Russian senators, during a visit to the United States, accused Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergei Magnitsky of alcoholism, calling it an indirect cause of his death. This deliberately false statement was made in an attempt to prevent the adoption of the Magnitsky Act by the US Congress, according to Hermitage Capital.

July 12, 2012 news Mode for the visually impaired Speech synthesis “Marusya” works Listen Share Add to favorites Farnborough Air Show: new items and surprises. Photo report # Farnborough Forbes Newsletter The most important things about finance, investment, business and technology Copy link Share Add to favorites Speech synthesis “Marusya” works Listen Mode for the visually impaired

The hacker group D33Ds Company hacked the data of more than 453,000 accounts of one of the Yahoo services, reports Ars Technica . The hackers published the logins and passwords of the hacked accounts in the public domain. In their statement, the cybercriminals explained that they gained access to the database of one of Yahoo's subdomains using a so-called SQL injection.