London 2012 Sberbank is ready to finance Russian Olympic medalists’ higher education in economics and finance and offer them jobs. The head of the largest Russian bank, German Gref, spoke about this at a meeting with Russian Olympians in London. “All winners who, at the end of their sports career, want to connect their future fate with the world of economics and finance will receive free support from Sberbank in the field of new education and the opportunity to work in our team.

Prime Minister Mykola Azarov will pay a working visit to Odessa. As the press service of the Odessa regional administration said, in the first half of the day Mykola Azarov will visit the state-owned enterprise Odessa Commercial Sea Port, where he will get acquainted with the process of constructing a container terminal on the Quarantine Pier. The regional administration did not provide any other details about the prime minister's visit.

Banks In relation to CB Kamchatka LLC, whose license was revoked by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, an insured event occurred, according to the official website of the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA), payments will begin no later than August 23. To promptly accept applications and pay out compensation on deposits as quickly as possible, the DIA intends to use agent banks. No later than August 15, such agent banks will be selected on a competitive basis.

An employee of the traffic police department in the Primorsky Territory, who allowed the dissemination of information about the unpreparedness of Vladivostok roads for the opening of bridges, may be removed from his post, reports the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs for the region.

The Taganrog City Court made a decision on the confiscation and destruction of counterfeit goods, the market value of which is estimated by experts at 31 million rubles, the press service of the Taganrog customs reported.

The Central Election Commission (CEC) registered the Minister of Economic Development and Trade Petro Poroshenko as a candidate for people's deputies. Petro Poroshenko is running for parliament as a non-party self-nominated candidate in constituency No. 12 in the Vinnytsia region, and in constituency No. 16 his father, a non-party self-nominated member of the Vinnytsia Regional Council, pensioner Alexey Poroshenko, is registered as a candidate.

Australian dollar 33.6268 English pound 49.9669 Belarusian ruble** 38.1685 Danish krone* 52.6206 U.S. dollar 31.8707 Euro 39.1468 Indian Rupee*** 57.5335 Kazakh tenge*** 21.2961 Canadian dollar 32.1601 CNY* 50.1120 Norwegian krone* 53.7748 HAPPY BIRTHDAY 47.1488 Singapore dollar 25.5846 New Turkish lira 17.8039 Ukrainian hryvnia* 39.3242 Swedish krona* 47.7356 Swiss frank 32.6110 Japanese yen*** 40.6955 *For 10. **For 10000. ***For 100. According to Reuters.

The Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Russia appointed acting. the head of Rosprirodnadzor for the Tambov region, Viktor Malikov, who previously held a similar position in the Ryazan region. Before his appointment to Ryazan, Mr. Malikov worked for a long time in the Voronezh region.

By the end of 2012, the Moscow development group SU-155 plans to double the production of reinforced concrete products at its Kstovo reinforced concrete plant to 54 thousand cubic meters. m. According to the group's press service, the increase in production volumes will be ensured by the modernization of the enterprise, in which SU-155 invested almost 1.35 billion rubles. According to the group's forecasts, at maximum capacity, 120 thousand cubic meters.

In America, they found out the average age of a fan of games on PCs, consoles and smartphones, says Alexander Levy. Interesting data from the Entertainment Software Association states that the average age of gamers is 30 years old compared to 37 years old a year earlier. Moreover, 47% of all game lovers in the United States are girls. The Entertainment Software Association shared the interesting results of its research.

The Perm City Hall plans to begin construction of 10 new kindergartens this year. Vice Mayor Alexey Gribanov reported this today at a meeting with Perm city manager Anatoly Makhovikov. The city manager clarified that an analysis was carried out of the neighborhoods most in dire need of preschool institutions. According to Anatoly Makhovikov, about 25 places have been identified where it is necessary to build 12 new gardens, and carry out major repairs in another 13.

North Korea supported its worst enemy in the dispute over the islands with Japan The dispute between Japan and South Korea over the ownership of the Takeshima Islands (Dokdo in Korean) is developing into a regional conflict involving neighboring states.

Paolo Gabriele will appear in court. The date of the meeting is still unknown. Benedict XVI's personal butler is accused of stealing the pontiff's documents. With details - Aelita Kurmukova. The Pope's 46-year-old valet, Paolo Gabriele, was arrested back in May. After two months of imprisonment, at the end of July, he was placed under house arrest. He is now awaiting a court date. According to investigators, the pontiff's butler is guilty of leaking internal Vatican documents.

Only in the middle of this year did the volume of housing construction in a number of large regions of the Siberian Federal District (SFD) begin to exceed the level of 2011. This allowed the authorities of the constituent entities of the federation to again hope for the implementation of plans called into question by the drop in indicators. However, so far the new rise has not equally affected the territories of the Siberian Federal District.

The Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill (BPPM) received permission from the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources to discharge wastewater into Lake Baikal for another year, and not until the fall of this year, as expected. “The document “Permit for the discharge of pollutants into the environment (water body)” has been received. Its validity expires on August 16, 2013,” a plant representative said today. The current permit is valid until August 15 this year.