Viking festival in Spain, the consequences of an earthquake in China, forest fires in Sweden, tank biathlon competitions in Russia. The brightest photographs of the passing day are in the Kommersant photo gallery. Previous photo A Palestinian man whose mother's body has just been pulled from the rubble of a house that eyewitnesses say was destroyed by an Israeli air attack.

The former president of Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC), Andrei Kalinovsky, will soon be appointed as the new general director of the Khrunichev Space Center instead of Alexander Seliverstov. “The issue of changing the leadership of the Khrunichev Center has practically been resolved. It is expected that Kalinovsky’s candidacy will be approved in the near future by the head of Roscosmos Oleg Ostapenko,” a source in the space industry told RIA Novosti .

Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) Andrei Parubiy submitted his resignation due to disagreement with President Petro Poroshenko on issues of information policy, Russia Today reports, citing local media. He wrote a statement on July 25, but the president did not accept his resignation because a successor could not be found.

Minister of Justice of Ukraine Pavel Petrenko said that a bill is being prepared to impose sanctions on those whose actions undermine the integrity of the country. It is planned to submit the document for consideration to the Verkhovna Rada at the next meeting, reports the press service of the Ministry of Justice .

The commission held a draw for airtime before the elections to the Moscow City Duma The Moscow City Election Commission held a draw for airtime for debates between candidates for Moscow City Duma (MGD) deputies, whose elections will be held on September 14 in 45 single-mandate constituencies. Airtime was allocated on the Moscow 24 and Moscow Trust TV channels, and the Moscow FM and Radio Moscow radio stations will also rebroadcast the programs.

Young parents should take an active part in greening Penza, said the Governor of the Penza region Vasily Bochkarev today during an operational meeting in the regional government on Monday, August 4. “Let families plant trees in honor of children. They gave birth to a child and planted a tree. Let’s select areas where they could plant trees,” PenzaNews news agency quotes Mr. Bochkarev.

OJSC Uralkali signed an agreement with OJSC Promsvyazbank to attract a loan in the amount of $250 million for 10 years. The borrowed funds will be used to refinance the company's current debt obligations and finance current investment costs.

The Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare has identified violations in the circulation of American bourbon whiskey in Russia, ITAR-TASS reported on August 4. Violations of the law were found in the areas of sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population and protection of consumer rights. In particular, Rospotrebnadzor points to Kentucky Gentleman bourbon, produced by the American company Barton 1792 Distillery.

The defense is appealing the verdict of the KamAZ driver convicted of an accident with a regular bus in which 18 people died. The corresponding statement was made by lawyer Ruben Markarian. “I think that when setting such a period, the judge took into account the number of victims.

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The situation with international experts’ access to the crash site of the Malaysian Boeing 777 in Ukraine is improving and currently does not require the adoption of another resolution in the UN Security Council, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the permanent representative of the UK, Mark Lyall Grant. “Access to the crash site is gradually improving, albeit intermittently. Now the situation has stabilized to a certain extent.

The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs announced the detention of two Armenian citizens who tried to smuggle a factory container with radioactive Cesium-137 into the country. Citizens of the neighboring country were detained during a special operation on the border of Georgia with Armenia in the area of ​​the Sadakhlo checkpoint. A criminal case has been opened into the incident, according to the official website of the ministry.

Uralmashplant (Sverdlovsk region) signed a contract with the Indian steel production company Vizag Steel Plant to modernize the sinter plant. It is planned that within the framework of the contract, sintering machines and related equipment of the factory will be improved within two years. The plant's press service noted that the tender was won from world leaders in the supply of sintering equipment Siemens and Nippon Steel. The transaction amount is not disclosed. Kommersant-Online

The championship leaders opened the season with a bang Russian Football Championship The most significant contribution to Dynamo’s victory was made by team forward Alexander Kokorin (left), who scored three goals against the Rostovites Photo: Dmitry Korotaev, Kommersant / buy photo The Russian championship began unusually powerfully - with major victories for the favorites.

The Ukrainian leadership is announcing a plan to seize Donetsk that is unexpected for the militias. Kommersant FM's interlocutors are confident that even if the city comes under the control of the Ukrainian army, it will be premature to talk about the defeat of the militias. Photo: Dmitry Korotaev, Kommersant / buy photo In Kyiv, they have prepared a plan to capture Donetsk, said Advisor to the President of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko.