Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine Yuriy Prodan, who arrived in Brussels to hold working consultations with European Commissioner for Energy Günter Oettinger, said that in order to guarantee the filling of underground gas storage facilities, Ukraine needs to fully connect to the EU energy market and switch to a virtual reverse of gas from the European Union from the current physical reverse, ITAR-TASS reports.

Yesterday a closed meeting of the United Russia faction of the Nizhny Novgorod Duma took place, during which deputies discussed models of local self-government proposed by the federal center.

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Western countries may decide to expel Russian intelligence officers working on their territory if Moscow decides on a military operation in Ukraine, an anonymous high-ranking source in the French intelligence services told the Nouvel Observateur. On July 24, the French weekly publishes a major piece about “Russian spies” in France, mainly reminiscent of previous scandals involving intelligence services, including Russian ones.

The UK is reviewing all licenses for arms supplies to Russian government agencies and companies, a source in the country’s government said, RIA Novosti reported on July 24. Earlier, representatives of the parliamentary committee for control of arms exports released a report stating that British companies currently hold 251 valid licenses to export various types of weapons to the Russian Federation, including communications equipment, rifles, and body armor.

The government of the republic decided to postpone the placement of bonds in the amount of 6 billion rubles. due to the unstable market situation, said the co-organizer of the issue, Sberbank CIB (the second was supposed to attract VTB capital). The region intended to collect applications for participation in the placement on July 24 in order to place securities on June 29 by open subscription for 4.5 years at a rate not exceeding 10.2% per annum. A new posting date has not yet been announced.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission issued a "Wells Notice" to Standard & Poor's on suspicion of fraud in the ratings of six issues of mortgage-backed securities. According to analysts, in the past agencies have always managed to get away with it, but in this case there may be a new precedent. Photo: Reuters US authorities want to accuse Standard & Poor's of fraud.

Over the past six months, the Federal Migration Service for the Saratov region has issued 215 residence permits to citizens of Ukraine and another 390 temporary residence permits. In total, according to the service, 2,676 Ukrainians are registered with migration authorities. These data were presented yesterday by the head of the Federal Migration Service of Russia for the Saratov region, Viktor Malkov, at a coordination meeting with the chief federal inspector for the Saratov region.

As a result of problems in the running train, which followed the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line of the Moscow metro, there was a disruption in train traffic on the line. The run-in train stood at Planernaya for about ten minutes, and was subsequently removed from the line. Currently, train traffic is operating as usual. “The line was followed by a train without passengers, which was undergoing a run-in. At the Planernaya station, a burning smell was felt from under the train.

The Central District Court of Omsk found Maxim Kuzmich, a 25-year-old manager of a large chain of computer hardware stores “Rhythm”, guilty of committing a crime under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Fraud committed on an especially large scale”).

Residents of Donetsk report artillery shelling, several houses were destroyed, and a gas pipeline was damaged, according to the website of the mayor's office and city council. “As of 13:00, Donetsk is uneasy. Residents of the Kyiv, Kirov and Petrovsky districts report the sounds of artillery salvos. Presumably, fighting is taking place in the village of Peski and Maryinsky district,” the report says.

The investigative authorities of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee for the Perm Territory terminated the criminal case of tax evasion on an especially large scale by officials of Iskra-Turbogaz LLC (clause “b”, part 2 of article 199 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). As sources in law enforcement agencies told Kommersant, the corresponding resolution was issued back in June.

The Nizhny Novgorod government is looking for options to compensate for the decline in revenues from privatization The government of the Nizhny Novgorod region yesterday approved a three-year forecast plan for the privatization of state property for 2015–2017. The implementation of the 25 objects included in it is expected to bring the region’s budget 70 million rubles. in three years, or an order of magnitude less than in 2013 and 2014.

Company profile 368 1 min. ... JSC Buturlinovsky Distillery traces its history back to 1901, when the production of bread wine was opened in Buturlinovskaya Sloboda in the Voronezh province. By the mid-1960s, the plant produced five types of vodka and more than 40 liqueurs. In 1985-1990, as part of the fight against drunkenness, the enterprise was repurposed to produce non-alcoholic products, including tarragon and Fanta. In 1993, the plant was incorporated.

Elections for the head of Bashkiria will be held without an opposition candidate “A Just Russia” in Bashkiria became the only Duma party that was not allowed to participate in the elections for the head of the region. Local spravorossy explained this by “administrative pressure” on municipal deputies from the administration, and party member Farit Yusupov, who reported this to the president in a telegram, was attacked, as they say in the party.