British businesses are making record profits from sweltering citizens. Photo: Gennady Gulyaev, Kommersant The British Isles have experienced unusually hot weather since the beginning of July, with daytime temperatures reaching 30 degrees Celsius. The hottest summer since 2006 led to the death of more than 650 of Queen Elizabeth II's subjects and at the same time led to a revival in a number of trade sectors.

A new exhibition at the Mystetskyi Arsenal opened with a scandal On Saturday, the exhibition “Great and Majestic”, dedicated to the 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus', began work at the capital’s National Cultural, Art and Museum Complex “Mystetskyi Arsenal”.

Unknown people stole a memorial plaque installed in September 2011 to mark the 100th anniversary of the death of Russian Prime Minister Pyotr Stolypin in 1906-1911 on Gonchar Street, 33 (the building of the former Makovsky Clinic) in Kyiv, said a representative of the Kyiv City State Administration (KCSA). The representative of the Kyiv City State Administration did not provide information about whether the city contacted law enforcement agencies or other additional information.

We cannot continue to accumulate these risks in lending to the population. — Elvira Nabiullina, Head of the Bank of Russia, July 24

In the case of the theft of alumina from the Bogoslovsky aluminum plant (BAZ, Krasnoturinsk, part of UC Rusal), two suspects have appeared, Interfax-Ural reports with reference to the head of the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Region, Valery Gorelykh. “One of the managers of the BAZ railway workshop was questioned as a suspect and he was arrested.

The head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service, Igor Artemyev, said that prices for railway transportation in Russia have reached the highest values ​​in the world, and OJSC Russian Railways is becoming the second Gazprom. According to Artemyev, Russian Railways is now blocking any initiatives to develop competition.

loans for 1 monthloans for 3 months 4.89 8.93 Data: Thomson Reuters Newspaper "Kommersant Ukraine" No. 125 dated July 29, 2013, p. 5

Politicians love to be seen surrounded by children. And they do it absolutely correctly: having discovered that a child was in the hands of a politician and remained unharmed, citizens will internalize the idea that the politician is not dangerous for them either. And if you're lucky, they will even treat his affairs condescendingly - as if they were childish pranks.

Context 203 1 min. ... The Egyptian prosecutor's office arrested President Mohammed Morsi, who was overthrown in early July, for 15 days for contacts with the Palestinian Hamas movement. Although many countries recognize this movement as terrorist, Mohammed Morsi actively tried to legitimize it during his presidency.

His investments in government securities are growing rapidly Against the backdrop of declining state budget revenues, the National Bank’s purchase of government securities is becoming a significant tool for supporting the budget. An increase in the portfolio of domestic government bonds in the first half of the year by UAH 27 billion allowed the Central Bank to maintain its status as the largest holder of the Cabinet of Ministers' debts.

Bob Mansfield has resigned as vice president of Apple and will now work on special projects and report directly to company CEO Tim Cook. Mr. Mansfield has led the development of many Apple devices, including the MacBook Air laptop, iPhone smartphone and iPad tablet. Based on materials from kommersant.ru

49 1 min. ... Explosions in the Iraqi capital killed at least 44 people and injured more than 100. According to local authorities, 8 cars filled with explosives exploded in different areas of Baghdad. Based on materials from kommersant.ru

Ogonyok reviewed the main cases of payment of compensation to tourists using unusual examples Paradise corners are not immune from disasters and sometimes pose a lot of dangers Photo: Getty Images/Fotobank Prepared by Anton Mukhataev Damage to health In 2012, in the UK, where travel insurance is most developed, 56 percent of compensation was for the cost of treating clients on vacation (in 2004 - 33 percent). The average payout is £900.

Context President Vladimir Putin signed an order establishing that consultations with parties about candidates for the posts of regional heads should be carried out by the head of the presidential administration (AP) Sergei Ivanov or his first deputy Vyacheslav Volodin.

In Ukraine, every 5th injection drug user is HIV-positive, according to the 2013 World Drug Report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). According to UNODC, in Ukraine this year the prevalence of HIV infection among injection drug users was 21.5%, which is twice the global rate (11.5%) and one of the highest in Europe. In 2013, the number of people living with HIV was 201 thousand. "This figure is due to the fact of dangerous injecting drug use.