Former Secretary of State and Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia Sergei Bulavin has been appointed assistant to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. As reported by RIA Novosti on July 16, Mr. Bulavin was appointed to this position for the duration of Dmitry Medvedev’s duties as head of the Cabinet of Ministers.

279 1 min. ... The attempt of the new Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi to regain the powers that he was deprived of by the military even before taking office (see the material “Pemi-military semi-coup” in “Power” N25 of June 25, 2012) failed. Early last week, President Morsi signed a decree convening parliament, and parliamentarians complied with it.

The National Reserve Bank announced the completion of an inspection audit of the Bank of Russia, as a result of which the bank does not intend to suspend any operations or introduce restrictions for clients on their conduct, the bank said in a statement published on its official website. “The bank’s retail clients in all branches and operational offices have a full line of deposit, deposit and card products, mortgage and consumer loans.

75 YEARS AGO 193 1 min. ... In view of the new devaluation of the franc without determining its gold content, it is proposed that the Narkomfin and the State Bank of the USSR exchange foreign currency for Soviet currency and make all payments for export-import and other currency transactions, until the gold content of the franc is established, at the rate of 1 am. dollar is equal to 5 rubles. 30 kopecks This resolution should not be published in the press.

Projects The Amsterdam Van Gogh Museum, whose building is closing this fall for reconstruction, will temporarily move to the Dutch branch of the State Hermitage, the Hermitage-Amsterdam exhibition center, located in the former Amstelhof nursing home.

The letters were read by Ekaterina Alfereva Country or Motherland? To stand up for your Fatherland, you need to remember the concept of “Motherland”. Years pass, but as if one voice repeats: “You are a lazy people,” say foreigners. "What can I do?!" - the man in the street waves his hand. “You are passive and indifferent,” a respected domestic writer accuses his province.

Owners of regional agricultural land that will be included in the borders of the new Moscow will be required to coordinate the sale of plots with the capital's mayor's office. The new order will complicate the life of legal entities, experts say, but will not affect individuals. The right to purchase land was granted to Moscow. Owners of agricultural land in the territory annexed to the capital will be able to sell their property only after permission from the Moscow mayor's office.

A Nazi criminal found in Hungary. There is evidence that Ladislaus Chizhik-Csatari was involved in the extermination of thousands of Jews in the camps. A Nazi must be brought to justice, experts say; war crimes should not have a statute of limitations. The most wanted Nazi criminal has been found. Journalists from the British newspaper The Sun discovered 97-year-old Ladislaus Chizhik-Csatary in Budapest.

Context The competitive bidding committee of the municipal enterprise (KP) "Kievsystem management" has received six applications from companies to participate in the competition for the development of design and technical documentation for the construction of the fourth line of the Kyiv metro, said the head of the committee, Alexander Padalko.

On July 16, Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed the authorities’ policy towards privatization, while expressing agreement with the proposal of the head of Russian Railways to hold an open discussion on the issue of removing particularly important enterprises from the list of strategic ones, RIA Novosti reports. “The government announced in advance its plans to privatize, including companies with state participation.

Semyon Yakubov, the founder and permanent leader of the KAMAZ-master team, which won the famous Dakar rally ten times, announced that he is leaving his post, according to a press release from KAMAZ-master, which was quoted by RIA on July 16. News". Yakubov devoted more than 30 years to motor sports, for 25 years he has been the head of KAMAZ-master, and for 20 years he personally participated as a navigator in a truck crew in international competitions.

Vladimir Kogan assembles a team of barrier removal specialists at Gosstroy As Kommersant found out, the recently appointed head of the recreated Gosstroy, Vladimir Kogan, is going to recruit to his team both specialists currently involved in construction issues in the Ministry of Regional Development and his long-time partners. The functions of the agency declared during its re-establishment will still be clarified, however, according to Kommersant, the main task assigned to Mr.

Two Russian citizens were detained in South Korea on suspicion of drug trafficking and use, a representative of the Russian Consulate General in the South Korean city of Busan told RIA Novosti on July 16. Earlier, local media reported that city police arrested two Russian citizens on suspicion of illegally selling a “new type of drug” to Russian sailors from a Chinese ship. “Indeed, two Russians were detained - one for selling and consuming drugs, the other for drug use.

90 YEARS AGO 275 1 min. ... Recognize the work of the commission (to prepare for the expulsion of disloyal intelligentsia from the USSR - “Power” ) as unsatisfactory both in the sense of the insufficient size of the list and in the sense of its insufficient justification. Return the list to the commission, instructing it to create the necessary auxiliary subcommittees and submit to the Politburo within a week a new, strictly substantiated list.

I hereby inform you, comrades, that I, I. A. Trifonov, was born in 1904, on January 27, and since February 1918, I have voluntarily taken part in the fight against Kolchakism; Since January 1918, I have been the organizer of the Komsomol cell at Art. Petukhovo, Omsk railway d. Having joined the ranks of the Komsomol, I eagerly began to implement the behests of our leader V.I. Lenin.