President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a law according to which a new order will appear in Ukraine - the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred. It is dedicated to the memory of the people who died on the Kiev Independence Square in February 2014.

A creative evening of Igor Zelensky took place at the Mariinsky Theater Even though the evening was disguised as a creative one, it’s unlikely that anyone was deceived: the 45-year-old prime minister, one of the best Russian dancers of the 1990s, artistic director of two theaters (the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater and MAMT) that evening, most likely, said goodbye to performing activities. OLGA FEDORCHENKO reports.

The UK will conduct a public investigation into the “Litvinenko case,” the Daily Telegraph reports. According to her, British Interior Minister Theresa May will announce this on July 22. Mrs May ruled in the summer of 2013 that the government must wait until the coroner's court proceedings into Litvinenko's death are completed before deciding whether to hold a public inquiry.

Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev said that it is necessary to draw conclusions from what is happening in Ukraine and listen to the opinion of the opposition in Russia. “The events that are taking place in Ukraine play such a role for us that we must draw the right conclusions from them,” Mr. Patrushev said at the end of the Security Council meeting on Tuesday. “As for separatism.

The authorities may buy the former VKIKU building to house an art gallery The region's leadership returned to one of the previous options for moving the Perm Art Gallery - to the former premises of VKIU. The building on Okulova, 4 is currently under reconstruction; its owners, structures close to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Metafrax OJSC Armen Garslyan, planned to make an apart-hotel here. The regional authorities intend to discuss the possibility of purchasing the building.

The Russian government allocated almost 3.3 billion rubles to the regions. to form a network of basic general education organizations with conditions suitable for children with disabilities. “The signed order approved the distribution of 3.29 billion rubles in 2014. between the budgets of the subjects of the Federation.

American writer and Pulitzer Prize finalist Thomas Berger died in New York a few days before his 90th birthday after a long illness. AP reported this on July 22. The writer became best known for his novel Little Big Man, in which Dustin Hoffman played in the film adaptation. Of the twenty-three novels by Thomas Berger, only one was translated into Russian.

Deputy Minister of Communications Alexey Volin said in an interview with Kommersant FM Who benefits from banning advertising on cable television? How is propaganda different from journalism? Is censorship necessary in modern media? Deputy Minister of Communications and Mass Media Alexey Volin answered these and other questions to Anatoly Kuzichev.

The delivery of the second Mistral to Russia will depend on Moscow's actions in Ukraine, French President Francois Hollande said. At the same time, he emphasized that the first helicopter carrier will be built and delivered to Russia on time. Deputy editor-in-chief of "Daily Magazine" Alexander Golts answered questions from "Kommersant FM" host Natalya Zhdanova. Photo: Dmitry Azarov, Kommersant / buy photo Earlier, British Prime Minister David Cameron condemned France's plans to supply Mistrals.

Director of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences Ruslan Grinberg on the progressive scale of income tax The threat of sanctions is a much more effective tool of pressure than the sanctions themselves. Is it so? And if not, what should we expect from a possible new round of economic pressure on Russia? Is it realistic to live in isolation or at least independently in the modern world? Can we afford to not depend on anyone?

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on fines for illegal abortions, according to the Kremlin website . “The federal law was adopted in order to establish the grounds and measures of administrative liability for illegal abortion,” the report notes.

Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that there is currently no direct military threat to Russia and its territorial integrity, ITAR-TASS reports. “The guarantee of this is the strategic balance of forces in the world,” the president said at a meeting of the Russian Security Council. The President said that Russia “strictly complies with the norms of international law and its obligations to its partners.”

I've been playing golf for many years. Thanks to this game, I traveled to many countries to try a new course each time, meet new people, and get an unforgettable experience. At some point, I suddenly realized: I want to share this joy, I want golf to become as popular in Russia as, for example, in America or China. Therefore, I accepted the offer to become president of the Russian Golf Association.

By the end of 2014, JSC FGC UES will allocate more than 80 million rubles for repairs of power lines in the Primorsky Territory.

Based on the results of the work of the Russian parliament over 2.5 years, the Kommersant-Vlast magazine calculated which deputies were the most active and more often than others achieved success in their activities.