Speaker of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine Andrei Lysenko said that over the past 24 hours, during a military operation in the east of the country, 18 Ukrainian servicemen were killed and another 54 were injured. “The number of deaths over the past 24 hours is 18 military, 54 injured,” RIA Novosti quotes Mr. Lysenko.

Russian Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika said that more than 17 million foreigners entered the country in 2013, noting that this figure exceeds previous years by 10%. “According to the Federal Migration Service, more than 17 million foreigners entered our country in 2013 alone, an increase of almost 10%,” RIA Novosti quotes Mr. Chaika as saying. According to his first deputy Alexander Buksman, every year 6-7% more foreigners enter Russia than leave.

Assistant to the head of Rosselkhoznadzor Alexey Alekseenko said that poultry meat from the United States will be included in the list of imported goods prohibited from import in response to sanctions against Russia. The agency intends to cancel negotiations on poultry meat supply issues with the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the US Department of Agriculture, scheduled for August 7, 2014.

Yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the Presidium of the State Council of the Russian Federation in Voronezh on the development of a social protection system for elderly citizens. According to the press service of the regional government, before the event, Vladimir Putin, accompanied by the head of the region, Alexei Gordeev, visited the Kashirsky boarding house (one of four built in the Voronezh region over the past four years under a special project).

Football fans complained about illegal search by Tatarstan police In connection with the Rubin-Spartak match that took place in Kazan, which kicked off the Russian Football Championship, a major scandal is breaking out. Fans of the Moscow team Evgenia Trusova and Ekaterina Stepanova sent complaints to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and the Prosecutor General's Office about the actions of Tatarstan police officers.

The Board of Directors of IDGC of the South, JSC adopted and approved a decision to place exchange-traded bonds of series BO-01 - BO-02 for a total amount of 12 billion rubles, the company said in a statement. The volume of each issue will be 6 billion rubles. The face value of one paper is 1 thousand rubles. Bonds with a maturity of five years are planned to be placed by open subscription.

In the trial of the former head of the Engels region, Mikhail Lysenko, the prosecution resumed questioning its witnesses. Let us remember that during the main interrogation, state prosecutors refused to continue without interrogating more than thirty of their witnesses. Some of these witnesses then testified on the side of the defense, and the other part, as it turns out, the state prosecutors simply left for last, waiting for all the defense witnesses to testify.

Two tourist buses collided near New York's Times Square, 11 people were injured, RIA Novosti reported on August 6. The incident occurred around 15:30 local time (23:30 Moscow time). According to the city fire service, three people were seriously injured as a result of the incident, but their lives are not in danger. Other circumstances of the emergency are being clarified.

More than a thousand Ukrainians cross the Russian border every day, the UN reported. In total, 170 thousand displaced persons have applied to the FMS since the beginning of the year. According to experts, refugees, who are currently mainly accommodated in the southern regions, will gradually be resettled in cities with a population of over a million. Photo: Anatoly Zhdanov, Kommersant / buy photo 730 thousand Ukrainians have entered Russia since the beginning of the year.

Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich will oversee state policy in the field of science; previously this issue was the responsibility of Olga Golodets. This was reported by the press service of the Russian government. In the government, Mr. Dvorkovich also oversees sports.

Australian authorities reported that underwater work to search for the Boeing 777 aircraft that went missing in March will be carried out by the Dutch company Fugro Survey Pty, which will tow underwater vehicles equipped with side-mounted sonars and cameras on two vessels; it is noted that they can help search for the aircraft. According to Reuters, search work will begin in early September and will continue throughout the year. During this time, ships explore 60 thousand square meters.

The largest gadget manufacturers Samsung and Apple have decided to stop the patent war outside the United States. According to experts, this most likely happened because the companies decided to unite against one enemy - Chinese manufacturers. Photo: Kim Hong-Ji/Files, Reuters Samsung and Apple have agreed to end the patent war. However, the truce will only apply outside the United States. This was announced by a representative of the South Korean company.

Investigators of the Investigative Committee of Russia are conducting a search at Slavia Bank as part of a criminal case regarding the theft of more than 180 million rubles. through illegal VAT refunds, according to the department’s website . According to the investigation, the stolen funds were transferred abroad to the accounts of offshore companies through the accounts of shell companies opened at JSC AKB Slavia, or sent in transit to OJSC Master Bank, where they were cashed.

Almost 3 thousand tons of grain were threshed in the Volgograd region In all municipal districts of the Volgograd region, grain harvesting is in full swing. As the press service of the regional Ministry of Agriculture reported, at the beginning of the month 1,257.1 thousand hectares were threshed, which is slightly more than on August 1 last year (1,224.7 thousand hectares). In general, farmers threshed 2917.7 thousand tons (in 2013 this figure was 2 million 146 thousand tons).

The owners of cars from abroad will demand customs documents Changes were made to the rules of the road (traffic rules), according to which the owners of cars from other countries need to be taken with them and showing inspectors to temporarily importing a car to Russia. Thus, the traffic police wants to strengthen control of cars with foreign numbers, the owners of which do not receive fines from cameras.