Sergey Toporov, senior investment manager of the LETACapital fund, figured out who and why to invest in robots Robotics is now one of the “hot” topics in the venture capital market. The volume of investment in this industry over the past three years has shown incredible dynamics. According to CBInsights, in 2010 investments amounted to $60 million, and according to the results of three quarters of the past they exceeded $160 million.

The government of Bashkortostan plans to collect investor applications for bonds worth 6 billion rubles on July 24. The securities, according to information from the placement organizer Sberbank CIB, are planned to be placed for 4.5 years at a rate of no higher than 10.2% per annum, which corresponds to a yield to maturity of no higher than 10.60% per annum. The placement itself is scheduled for July 29 by open subscription. VTB Capital will act as the placement agent.

At the consultations of the contact group on the situation in Ukraine via videoconference, the “Donetsk People’s Republic” will be represented by Deputy Prime Minister of the DPR Andrei Purgin, and the “Luhansk Republic” will be represented by the Chairman of the Supreme Council of the LPR Alexei Koryakin. “I will represent us... maybe someone else, we will decide. Koryakin and, possibly, someone else will also be from Lugansk, all this is in working order.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) accepted for consideration the complaints of two defendants in the case of the riots on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow in 2012 - Vladimir Akimenkov and Leonid Kovyazin. “I received a letter indicating that the ECHR has accepted two of our complaints, and then we expect that the court will give authority,” Dmitry Agranovsky, the lawyer for the accused, told ITAR-TASS .

The mayor of Novosibirsk, Anatoly Lokot, approved the proposal to amend the city regulations for holding public hearings. It came from social activists during a meeting that took place at the mayor’s office on their initiative, the press center of the city administration said in a statement. “So, according to social activists, public hearings, which are held in Novosibirsk, should become a more effective tool in solving urban problems.

The International Biathlon Union announced the disqualification of Russian athlete Irina Starykh for doping. The period of disqualification expires in December 2015.

The head of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee for the Khabarovsk Territory, Kirill Levit, today refused to comment on information about the explosion of a UAZ patrol car of the private security department in the Verkhnebureinsky district, which, according to a number of media reports, occurred on Monday night in the village of Novy Urgal.

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The Vladivostok Duma will appeal to the highest court to evaluate the decisions of the traffic police Deputies of the Vladivostok Duma decided to appeal to the Constitutional Court with a request to protect the rights of motorists whose vehicles the traffic police prohibits from operating and selling. In 2013, a decision was made to cancel the registration of 893 cars. In total, 95 thousand cars were at risk.

The Omsk Regional Court upheld the decision of the first instance, which limited and. O. the head of the territorial department of Rosselkhoznadzor for the Omsk region, Viktor Lautenschläger, while familiarizing himself with the materials of the criminal case initiated against him. “Based on the court decision, the procedure for familiarizing the accused with the materials of the criminal case has been completed.

Electronic cigarettes are becoming increasingly popular among Russians. In June, their sales increased by almost 50%, the Izvestia newspaper reports. Experts attribute the increase in demand to the entry into force of the anti-tobacco law and the influence of Western fashion on electronic cigarettes. Photo: Mario Anzuoni/Files, Reuters Electronic cigarettes are becoming increasingly popular in Russia.

This instruction was given by the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Maxim Sokolov during an inspection of the Kerch ferry crossing, the press service of the Department of Transport of the Krasnodar Territory reported. The working group will include representatives of the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Unified Transport Directorate, Rosmorport, as well as the administration of the Krasnodar Territory.

Transport OJSC Korsakov Sea Trade Port (KMTP) processed 520.6 thousand tons of cargo in the first half of 2014, which is 14% more than last year, said the commercial director of the stevedoring company Dmitry Tarasov. Of this volume, almost 5% of cargo, according to him, was imported to Sakhalin. “The main imported goods include consumer goods. Containers with food, machinery and equipment, construction materials.

Australian dollar 32.2068 English pound 58.6598 Belarusian ruble** 33.4849 Danish krone* 62.7610 U.S. dollar 34.3723 Euro 46.7910 Indian Rupee*** 57.1419 Kazakh tenge*** 18.7264 Canadian dollar 32.0368 CNY* 55.3642 Norwegian krone* 55.5162 HAPPY BIRTHDAY 53.1227 Singapore dollar 27.6638 New Turkish lira 16.2072 Ukrainian hryvnia* 29.3655 Swedish krona* 50.5773 Swiss frank 38.5296 Japanese yen*** 33.8260 *For 10. **For 10,000. ***For 100. According to Reuters.

Two candidates for the post of head of the city administration have been identified Yesterday, the commission for holding a competition to fill the post of head of the Penza administration selected two candidates, one of whom will be approved as a city manager at a meeting of the city duma on Friday, July 18. They were the chairman of the regional government, Yuri Krivov, proposed by the governor, and the deputy director of SMUP Penzalift, Vladimir Belyakin. According to observers, it is Mr.