The European Union filed a protest A year after Russia joined the WTO, it faces its first trial within this organization. The European Union is dissatisfied with the current recycling tax on cars in Russia and demands equal rights for foreign and domestic manufacturers. Photo: Sergey Kiselev, Kommersant / buy photo On Tuesday, the European Union filed a protest with the WTO regarding the current recycling tax on foreign-made cars in Russia. Russia introduced this fee in September 2012.

Last year 2012 for the Voronezh company Rudgormash was full of professional victories. These include the production of the three thousandth self-propelled mine car 5ВС-15М. Behind this figure are not only production successes. This is, first of all, a responsible partnership in the production of mining equipment for more than half a century.

The State Concern (SC) Ukrspetsexport and the Croatian Ministry of Defense in Zagreb signed a contract for the purchase of services for the repair and modification of 12 MiG-21 aircraft, the press service of Ukrspetsexport reported. According to the terms of the contract, Ukrspetsexport will repair 7 MiG-21 aircraft belonging to the Croatian Air Force.

Context Yesterday, GfK Ukraine, together with Expert magazine, published a study of the electoral sympathies of Kiev residents in the election of the mayor of the capital. From June 11 to July 1, 2,100 residents of all districts of Kyiv over 18 years of age were surveyed. The sampling error does not exceed 2.1%.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said his country has received an asylum request from former CIA officer Edward Snowden. “We have already received a letter asking for asylum... Now he must decide when to fly (to Caracas), if he does make the final decision to fly here,” local media quoted Mr. Maduro as saying. Based on materials from RIA Novosti

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The Maykop City Court sentenced local resident Gennady Lyakishev to 1 year and 6 months of imprisonment to be served in a maximum security correctional colony for falsely reporting an act of terrorism (Article 207 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

Alexander Povetkin fired his manager Vladimir Khryunov, with whom he worked for several years. This fall Povetkin will have the most serious fight of his career. The Russian will meet in the ring with Vladimir Klitschko. Khryunov’s dismissal will not affect Povetkin’s preparation for the fight in any way, says Kommersant FM sports commentator Vladimir Osipov.

The head of the Chechen Republic (CR) Ramzan Kadyrov expressed condolences to the family of Ruslan Marzhanov, whose death became the reason for “anti-Caucasian” protests in the city of Pugachev, Saratov region. The head of the Chechen Republic said that the fight between a 16-year-old native of Chechnya and a 20-year-old former paratrooper occurred on a domestic basis and was not of an interethnic nature.

The investigation into the circumstances of the information leak about the resignation of Vladimir Yakunin from the post of head of Russian Railways has reached a dead end. The traces of the sender of the message were lost abroad. The purpose of the action could be to undermine citizens' trust in the media, experts say. Photo: Alexander Miridonov, Kommersant / buy photo The intelligence services did not find the author of the fake message about the resignation of Vladimir Yakunin.

In the Afghan province of Herat, at least 17 people, including women and children, were killed when a roadside bomb exploded. According to police, 10 of them are relatives. The explosive device, they said, was placed near a truck where civilians were located. The device was activated using a motorcycle. The police suspect the Taliban. Authorities believe that the explosion was aimed at the Afghan military, but the original plan went wrong and ordinary citizens were killed.

Sergey Kuznetsov will take part in the elections for the mayor of Novokuznetsk In Novokuznetsk (Kemerovo region), the acceptance of notifications of intention to participate in the mayoral elections has ended. "United Russia" nominated the current acting candidate. O. mayor Sergei Kuznetsov, who is the undisputed favorite of the election campaign.

"Ukrainian Insurance Group "Life" is looking for a way to stop the fall in premiums The Ukrainian insurance group Life, which has reduced its business volume by almost three times over five years, is leaving its leader, Oksana Golenshina, who has been unchanged for eight years. Her place will be taken by Andrey Nikonovich, whose goal is to change the company's development strategy.

In Canada, heavy rains that began yesterday led to flooding in the streets of Toronto. In some places the water rose to 2 m. City traffic has been stopped. The metro is closed. Authorities urge the population not to leave their homes if possible. The hotline constantly receives calls for help from people trapped in their cars. Dozens of flights have been canceled at Pearson International Airport. There have been no reports of deaths or injuries at this time. Based on materials from ITAR-TASS

The former head of the Solikamsk region, now an individual entrepreneur, Andrei Duma, nominated his candidacy for the by-election of the Solikamsk City Duma in district No. 12. Information about this is contained on the website of the regional election commission. Let us note that he is supported by the Green Alliance - People's Party. Previously, Mr. Duma was a member of A Just Russia. The elections will take place on September 8.