The Communist Party of the Russian Federation asks not to allow its deputy in the State Council to participate in the elections The Communist Party of the Russian Federation in Tatarstan is trying to remove the current State Council deputy, fellow party member Rafail Nurutdinov, from the election race.

The debts of the monetary union are growing: in the first quarter, sovereign liabilities of the euro area increased by €150 billion. The ECB’s policy has given investors confidence, experts say, but sooner or later the threat of a debt crisis will again loom over the eurozone. Photo: Oleg Kharseev, Kommersant / buy photo The volume of eurozone sovereign liabilities continues to grow, despite all the efforts of the region's monetary authorities to solve the debt problem.

Smartphones from the American company Apple sell best in Russia, Brazil, India and China. This was stated by the head of the corporation, Tim Cook. According to him, the company sold 35.2 million iPhones worldwide in the third fiscal quarter of 2014, which is 12.7% more than in the same period last year. “We are extremely pleased with the results and the direction in which we are moving,” ITAR-TASS quoted Mr. Cook on July 23.

The European currency weakens in anticipation of reduced stimulus in the United States Today, the euro exchange rate against the dollar has updated its eight-month low, falling to $1.345/€, and against the ruble - to 46.80 rubles/€. Investors are reducing investments in the common European currency and moving into the dollar, as they expect an early tightening of monetary policy by the US Federal Reserve.

The head of the South Korean Olympic Committee, Kim Joong Han, will temporarily head the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee (POKOG). He will serve as the head of the organization until the appointment of a new head of POKOG, ITAR-TASS reports citing local publications. Earlier, Kim Jin-sung, who was elected president of the organizing committee in March 2011, resigned after Pyeongchang won the right to host the 2018 Olympics.

Igor Popov insists on the right to be elected The Primorsky Regional Court upheld the decision of the regional election commission, which refused to recognize Igor Popov, a member of the unregistered Other Russia party, as a candidate for governor. The reason for the refusal was the nomination of Mr. Popov by a group of voters, and not by a political party allowed to participate in the elections.

"Anonymous International" links Roskomnadzor's claims with Concorde The order to block the anonymous blog “Humpty Dumpty”, issued today by Roskomnadzor, is not related to the publication of official correspondence of Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich, its authors believe. A citizen of the Russian Federation close to the Concord company, which services the Ministry of Defense, has complaints about the blog.

The Yugoria insurance company paid out more than 20 million rubles, having lost a lawsuit brought by the Rosreestr administration for the Sverdlovsk region. As the department's press service reported, in 2013, the Moscow Arbitration Court decided to satisfy Rosreestr's demands in full and to recover more than 20 million rubles for the bankrupt ZAO Nienschantz, a construction company that was constructing an administrative building on Krestinsky Street in Yekaterinburg.

The Kyiv authorities intend to abandon entertainment events during the celebration of Ukraine's Independence Day. “Igor Nikonov (first deputy chairman of the city administration Vitali Klitschko - Kommersant ) proposed abandoning the usual format for celebrating Independence Day this year and not holding entertainment and concert events in the city, which usually took place in previous years on August 23-24,” - reported on the official website of the Kiev city administration.

Director of the Federal Drug Control Service of Russia Viktor Ivanov reported that department employees seized about 20 kg of drugs on the Moscow-Dushanbe train. “In June and July of this year, the Federal Drug Control Service of the Russian Federation, together with the Commander-in-Chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Transport, carried out a large-scale special operation “Conductor” on the Dushanbe-Moscow railway line.

Private bussiness Born on April 4, 1963 in Moscow. Graduated from the Moscow Financial Institute (1985, studied with Finance Minister Anton Siluanov) and the Presidential Academy of National Economy and Civil Service (2012). In 1988-1989 he served in the army. Until 1991, he worked as deputy manager of the Medvedkovo branch of the USSR Zhilsotsbank (Moscow).

The captain of the 1994 World Cup winners again became the head coach of the Brazilian national team personnel The first match after the return of Dunga (pictured) to the post of head coach, the Brazilian national team will play on September 5 against the Colombian team Photo: Andre Penner, AP The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) held a presentation of the new head coach of the national team.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, in a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, announced his intention to propose sending a police mission to the crash site of the Malaysian Boeing.

The Federal Air Transport Agency has revoked the certificates of three aviation training centers due to gross violations of the educational process identified as a result of an inspection. The list included CDLA "Hummingbird", FSUE "Privolzhsky Training Center" and the ATC of CJSC "Intertransavia Airlines". The corresponding order from the head of the Federal Air Transport Agency Alexander Neradko was published on the official website of the department.

State Duma Vice Speaker Sergei Neverov said that the governor of the Dnepropetrovsk region, Igor Kolomoisky, has influence on the dispatch services of Ukraine and is able to give direct instructions, including to those who were supposed to accompany the flight of the Malaysian Boeing 777 on July 17.