Novokuznetsk OMO LLC was recognized as the winner of the competition of the subsoil use department in the Kemerovo region to carry out work to reproduce the mineral resource base of solid minerals, in particular to analyze and assess the state of the coal resource base of the Kuznetsk basin. As follows from what was published on the official website of the Russian Federation for placing government orders, the company offered to carry out the work for 45 million rubles.

Power struggle The Egyptian Ministry of Internal Affairs has issued a harsh ultimatum to supporters of President Mohamed Morsi, who was removed from power a month ago, who refuse to stop protests against the new leadership of the country. Yesterday, the Muslim Brotherhood was demanded to end the sit-in and immediately leave Cairo's Rabaa al-Adawiya and al-Nahda squares. The police threatened to apply “special measures” to the protesters if they refused to meet the authorities’ demands.

194 1 min. ... The liquidator of Bank Tavrika intends to collect debt in the amount of UAH 2.9 billion from the institution’s unscrupulous borrowers. This was announced yesterday by the Deposit Guarantee Fund of Individuals (DGF). Debt collection work is being carried out with 196 clients. At the moment, 34 claims have already been satisfied, of which 16 are due to foreclosure on the property of the guarantors. However, the Fund was unable to report how much these claims were satisfied.

Same-sex couples in Croatia will have the opportunity to officially register their relationship, but their partnership will not be called marriage, the country's Minister of Government Arsen Bauk said in an interview with Jutarnji list . According to him, this proposal will be presented in the first reading in parliament by the end of the year. “The union of same-sex partners will not be called marriage, and they will not have the right to adoption,” the minister said.

Yesterday, at a working meeting, the first deputy head of the administration of the Tambov region, Alexander Sazonov, introduced the new military commissar of the region, Alexander Gnutov. In this position, Mr. Gnutov replaced Viktor Negulyaev, against whom a criminal case was opened in May on charges of fraud using his official position.

Yulia Anikeeva was elected to the post of president of the Russian Basketball Federation, RIA Novosti reports. At the reporting and election conference of the RFB, 97 votes were given for her. Among the main theses of Mrs. Anikeeva’s election program are the organization and holding of major international competitions in Russia, the promotion of basketball at a professional level in the regions and increased funding for children’s and youth teams.

A woman could become US Secretary of the Air Force. President Barack Obama intends to offer this post to the top manager of the defense corporation Deborah Lee James, RIA Novosti reports. Currently, Ms. James heads one of the divisions of the defense corporation Science Applications International Corporation, a contractor for the Pentagon and intelligence agencies. She served as Assistant Secretary of Defense from 1993–1998.

Ukrainian Internet resources must inform users that their data about visiting resources is transferred to third parties, the State Service for the Protection of Personal Data said today. Nowadays, a significant part of resources do not adhere to these rules when working with so-called cookies - files that allow collecting information about users.

The election commission of the Trans-Baikal Territory has registered the last two candidates as candidates for governor, the press service of the regional election commission reports. This is a former military man, deputy general director of Iris LLC Ruslan Balagur (Civil Force) and deputy of the regional legislative assembly, general director of Bystrinskoye GRK LLC Nikolai Merzlikin (Communist Party of the Russian Federation).

Context 377 1 min. ... The head of the National Security Agency (NSA), Keith Alexander, invited hackers to fix shortcomings in the work of the most secret US agency. According to the general, they could improve programs for monitoring electronic networks and thereby help strengthen the country's security. An unexpected proposal was made at a conference of hackers and cybersecurity specialists in Las Vegas (Black Hat).

Investigators have seized the foreign accounts of the main defendant in the Oboronservis case, the former head of the property relations department of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Evgenia Vasilyeva, Interfax reports, citing a competent source. The message noted that we are talking about amounts in millions of dollars. It is not specified which banks the accounts are located in; the source mentioned only Switzerland and added that some of the funds are placed in offshore zones.

Lawyer Anatoly Kucherena said that ex-CIA employee Edward Snowden is in a safe place that he chose. Mr. Kucherena clarified that the ex-CIA officer is being helped by his friends, including Americans. “Snowden is in a safe place. I didn’t suggest this direction to him, it was his decision. How he will arrange his life further, he will decide for himself.

Oleg Deripaska is again looking for cheap kilowatts UC Rusal continues to seek exclusive operating conditions on the energy market for its aluminum assets. Now, for the first time, the company has begun to demand benefits for profitable Siberian plants. As Kommersant has learned, Rusal is asking the government for permission to create a block station for the Bratsk Aluminum Smelter based on the 2 GW capacity of the Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Plant.

JSC Russian Railways (RZD) and JSC Astafiev Terminal signed an agreement on joint modernization of the public station Mys Astafiev, the last station of the Trans-Siberian Railway in the city of Nakhodka, Primorsky Territory. This was reported by the press service of the seaside company.

Kyiv seeks cancellation of Council of Europe monitoring Ukraine is closer to fulfilling its obligations to the Council of Europe. Kyiv has repeatedly stated that PACE monitoring will be lifted after the adoption of a number of laws, the latest of which is on the prosecutor’s office. Today his project was sent to the Venice Commission. However, experts are confident that Strasbourg will refuse to remove monitoring, since a lot of other problems have arisen in Ukraine in recent years.