Press release In the Belgorod region, out of 780 thousand electricity consumers, more than 25 thousand do not have meters and are paid for the kilowatt-hours used according to the standard established by the regional Commission for State Regulation of Prices and Tariffs. In addition, more than two hundred thousand induction meters are used in the region's housing stock, which do not provide accurate metering and are not designed for the modern level of energy consumption.

Irkutsk officials were again pointed out about the ineffective fight against forest fires Following the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Khloponin, who accused the authorities of the Irkutsk region of ineffectiveness in extinguishing forest fires, the Minister of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation Sergei Donskoy became interested in the topic. On Friday he arrived in Irkutsk together with the deputy head of the Federal Forestry Agency Andrei Zhilin.

In northern Norway, on the E6 highway near the village of Trones (Namsskugang municipality), an accident occurred - a bus belonging to one of the Swiss travel companies overturned. Traffic on the highway is now blocked in both directions. It is reported that the bus crashed into a stone road fence, went off the road and overturned. The reasons for what happened are still unclear.

Personnel The head coach of the Russian fencing team, Ilgar Mamedov, considers the new head coach of the Russian men's epee team, Italian Angelo Mazzoni, to be the strongest specialist in the world. Mazzoni will take up his duties on September 1. “When we divided the epee fencers into men’s and women’s teams, in the whole country we could not find another candidate for the post of men’s coach except Andrei Shuvalov,” said Mr. Mamedov.

The bank will pay $370 million for interest rate manipulation The British bank Lloyds announced that it had reached an agreement with American and British regulators over allegations of manipulation of the London interbank interest rate. In exchange for dropping the criminal prosecution, the bank will pay a fine totaling $370 million.

Suspects of robbery at a bank arrested in Anapa The Anapa City Court chose a preventive measure in the form of arrest for three suspects who, according to investigators, were involved in the armed robbery of the Anapa office of the Narodny Kredit bank. During the robbery on June 30, the criminals stole 111 million rubles, bank employees were injured, and the premises were set on fire.

Yandex announced financial results for the second quarter of 2014. The company's net profit in the second quarter of 2014 decreased by 18%, to 2.4 billion rubles, according to the company's website . “Net profit amounted to 2.4 billion rubles. ($71.2 million) and decreased by 18% compared to the same period for the second quarter of 2013,” the report says.

Metallurgists are fighting for Ukraine's share Competition is intensifying on the Russian construction steel market: the Severstal plant, which opened yesterday in Balakovo, will add 1 million tons per year to total production. So far, Russian metallurgists have been helped by a drop in imports from Ukraine, but these supplies are beginning to return, and new capacities should appear on the market in 2015-2017.

US authorities are preparing reform of international broadcasting The corresponding bill was approved by the House of Representatives. It will now go to the Senate for consideration. Director of the firm for assessing political risks and international business development International Market Analysis Ariel Cohen and first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy Vadim Dengin discussed the situation with Kommersant FM host Alexei Kuzichev.

The Russian government will create the Crimean Agrochemical Service Center. The corresponding order was signed by the country's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

The mayor's office of Ufa demands the demolition of a residential building built by the company of a former official The development of the construction business of the former first deputy head of the Ufa administration, Vladislav Nikitin, encountered opposition from the city authorities.

Finns, Germans, Swedes, Americans and Britons have the easiest time traveling - visa-free entry into 174 countries is open to them, experts estimate. Russians have free access to 100 countries. Russia's position in the ranking is not bad, experts believe, but further improvement cannot be expected. Photo: Safron Golikov, Kommersant / buy photo Residents of Finland, Germany, Sweden, the USA and Great Britain have become the freest to move around the world.

The head of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee for the Samara Region announced a possible reorganization of the department In the near future, reorganization may begin in the investigative department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Samara Region.

Zinaida Samsonova was re-elected chairman of the Saratov regional branch of A Just Russia Last Saturday, during the reporting and election conference of A Just Russia, Zinaida Samsonova was re-elected to the post of head of the party’s regional branch. All delegates voted for it unanimously. Thus, Mrs. Samsonova will remain in office for another two years. The Spravedlivorossians are discussing issues of strengthening the party's position; observers speak of Mrs.

About its results - in tomorrow's "Kommersant"