The current Prime Minister of Egypt, Hisham Qandil, has resigned, writes the local publication Al-Ahram. Mr. Qandil did this in protest against events in the country. “The resignation letter was written on July 3, but I did not insist on its entry into force during the formation of the new government.

27 1 min. ... Alexander Anatolyevich Oslon Photo: Gleb Shchelkunov, Kommersant / buy photo Born March 19, 1952. In 1974 he graduated from the Tula Polytechnic Institute, Faculty of Technical Cybernetics, specialty: Automation and Remote Control. Since 1972, he has been involved in programming on various types of computers, development and software implementation of mathematical methods for analyzing empirical data. In 1974 he began working at the design institute GSKTB ASU.

A German driver won the German Grand Prix for the first time in his career "Formula 1" Photo: Reuters Three-time world champion Sebastian Vettel, having conducted a very competent, German-style race, became the winner of the German Grand Prix. It is noteworthy that before Vettel, not a single German driver managed to excel at the world championship stage held at the Nürburgring.

Another bill on peaceful assemblies has been registered in parliament A bill on freedom of peaceful assembly has been registered in the Verkhovna Rada. The document secures the right of citizens to hold spontaneous and counter-assemblies, and also proposes to abolish fines and arrest of protest participants. However, the most controversial provision on submitting applications to hold a rally 48 hours before its start was retained in the bill.

In 2003, the English football club Chelsea was acquired by Russian businessman Roman Abramovich . Chelsea Limited, a company created shortly before the deal and owned by Mr. Abramovich, was listed as the buyer in the contract. The transaction amount was approximately £140 million ($230 million). According to Forbes, Roman Abramovich spent $1.3 billion on Chelsea over eight years. Since 2007, the Russian Gazprom has been sponsoring one of the German Bundesliga clubs, Schalke 04 .

The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food predicts the construction of 16 vegetable and fruit storage facilities by 2016, the ministry said in a statement. “Over the next 2 years, 16 powerful storage facilities with a capacity of 140 thousand tons will appear,” it says.

Population GDPShare in world military expenses Share in the IMF Share in world tradeShare in capitalization world marketShare in world expenses on R&D Share in global export hi-tech personal goods NAPHTHA 6.6 25.7 42.1 20.8 14.84 39.8 33.9 12.42 TPP (with NAFTA) 11.2 37.5 48.5 31 22.7 52.8 47.8 31.22 TPP (without NAFTA) 4.6 11.8 6.4 10.2 10.8 13 13.9 18.8 TAP (with NAFTA) 13.8 50.8 58.9 48.7 48 56.6 58 46.86 TAP+TTP 18.5 62.7 63.6 58.9 58.8 69.6 71.9 65.66 ASEAN+3 30.4 23.4 15.1 15.1 24.5 21

Edward Snowden may prevent the US President from coming to Moscow The protracted stay of US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden in the Russian Federation threatens to strain its relations with the United States. A Kommersant source close to the State Department made it clear that Barack Obama may cancel his planned visit to Moscow in early September if the former CIA officer is still in Russia by then.

It is not necessary to have an apartment in Moscow to have Moscow registration. The inhabitants of exclaves and prominences are considered capital residents, living in the region. Andrei Voskresensky talks about the balance between the advantages and disadvantages of living in the Moscow region. Photo: Alexander Petrosyan, Kommersant / buy photo After the construction of the Moscow Ring Road in the middle of the last century, Moscow could no longer expand centrically.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 occurred on Monday south of the Indonesian island of Java, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the website of the US Geological Survey. The tremors were recorded at 10:13 local time (6:13 Moscow time). The epicenter of the earthquake was located just a few tens of kilometers south of the island of Java. The source of the earthquake lay at a depth of 77 km. No casualties or damage were reported. No tsunami threat was declared.

A small plane crashed in Alaska, the AP agency reports, citing the US National Transportation Safety Board. All ten people on board the plane were killed.

Geography 295 1 min. ... One of the secrets of fast-growing markets is the cultural characteristics that local businesses rely on. Russia has nothing to brag about here

Floods in Central Europe last month could cost insurance companies $3.5-4.5 billion, according to the world's second largest reinsurer, Swiss Re. Thus, the German insurance company GDV may face the need to compensate for damages of 2 billion euros ($2.57 billion), which exceeds the amount of insurance payments the company made after the 2002 floods. Then the German insurance group paid out 1.8 billion euros. Floods in 2002 cost insurers about $3.4 billion. Based on materials from RBC-Ukraine

Shakhnovskaya Yulia Vasilievna was born on August 31, 1979, the daughter of the former president of the Yukos-Moscow company Vasily Shakhnovsky. In 2001 she graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University. Since 2000, she worked as a legal consultant in the legal support department of JSC Yurenergo-UES (Moscow).

Finished animal products will undergo double control Soon all finished products of animal origin in Russia will be required to undergo inspection not only by Rospotrebnadzor, but also by Rosselkhoznadzor. As Kommersant learned, the decision to expand the powers of veterinary authorities within the Customs Union (CU) was approved by the council of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC). Manufacturers estimate their additional losses from double control at 5 billion rubles. in year.