The regional court did not satisfy the appeal of Mikhail Chichelnik The Samara Regional Court, having considered the appeal of the defense of the former head of the Shigonsky District Department of Internal Affairs, Mikhail Chichelnik, left his sentence unchanged. This was announced by his lawyer Vyacheslav Yablokov. “We intend to seek recognition of the defendant’s complete innocence,” he explained.

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How will market conditions change? Airat Khalikov, Analyst at VelesCapital Investment Company: In 2014, the non-ferrous metallurgy industry faced an unprecedented increase in nickel prices - in four months it rose by 50% from $13.4 thousand per ton to $19.9 thousand per ton. Today its price has decreased slightly and is $18.8 thousand per ton. Moreover, this growth occurred against the backdrop of continued excess supply of nickel and an increase in metal inventories in LME warehouses.

Law enforcement officers are evacuating people from three train stations in Yekaterinburg after anonymous reports about them being mined. An unknown person reported by phone that explosive devices had been planted at the Northern and Southern bus stations, as well as at the railway station, the head of the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Sverdlovsk Region told Interfax .

Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking in Crimea, stated that the specifics of the republic and the federal city of Sevastopol should be taken into account in the work of regional authorities after the elections, which will take place on a single voting day on September 14. “It is important that their further work is initially organized effectively, so that we clearly distribute powers and responsibilities.

The Ukrainian currency continues to depreciate and has already overcome the barrier of 13 hryvnia per US dollar, having depreciated by more than one and a half times over the year. Political commentator for Kommersant FM Yuriy Matsarsky believes that the depreciation of the hryvnia is caused by systemic errors of financial regulators and, coupled with other, primarily economic, problems can lead to extremely unpleasant consequences.

Alexey Gordeev about the features of development in modern conditions Yesterday, during a press conference on the results of the socio-economic development of the Voronezh region in the first half of the year, the head of the region, Alexey Gordeev, noted the growth of indicators in key areas and expressed confidence that economic growth will be ensured by the end of 2014.

Gold mining OJSC Vysochaishy (GV Gold) has closed a deal to acquire control (51%) in the Krasnoe deposit development project in the Irkutsk region from the Swedish company Kopy Goldfields. Another 49% of Red remains with Kopy Goldfields. As stated in the Vysochaishy message, the transaction amount was $7 million, of which $6 million will be spent on geological exploration work at the field and $1 million will be used to cover existing debts on the project.

Only half of them passed seminars on management effectiveness in Crimea Yesterday in Crimea near Yalta, State Duma deputies were trained in effective management principles. The training was organized by the Department of Internal Policy (UVP). Only half of the deputies demonstrated learning abilities. Meanwhile, today in the same hall, parliamentarians will submit proposals to President Putin on the most pressing topics for the country’s development.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin appealed to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon with a request to extend the stay of the UN human rights monitoring mission for three months. In his address to the UN Secretary General, Pavel Klimkin “expressed interest in the continued presence of UN human rights mechanisms and their support of processes aimed at ensuring and protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms in Ukraine.”

The United States will have a positive influence on Kyiv in the matter of delivering humanitarian aid to Ukraine, said Russia's permanent representative to the UN Vitaly Churkin. Political scientist Dmitry Dzhangirov discussed the topic with host Natalya Zhdanova on Kommersant FM. Photo: Oleg Kharseev, Kommersant / buy photo The issue of humanitarian cargo for Donbass has not yet been resolved. About 300 vehicles should arrive at the border soon.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, at a meeting in Crimea with French politician and businessman Philippe de Villiers, said that Russia’s retaliatory sanctions were imposed due to the need to protect agricultural producers. He clarified that European sanctions “have put our agricultural producers at a disadvantage in our own market.” “And we were forced to take protective measures,” ITAR-TASS quotes Mr. Putin as saying.

Canadian singer Justin Bieber, who was convicted in January by the police of the American city of Miami Beach (Florida) of recklessness on the road, drunk driving and resisting arrest, partially admitted his guilt. ITAR-TASS reported this on August 14. Bieber made a plea deal and pleaded guilty to lesser offenses: careless driving and resisting arrest without violence. Thus, he managed to avoid charges of drunk driving. In addition, previous charges of driving without a license were dropped.

At a meeting, deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine decided to finalize the law on lustration, according to the official website of the Rada. 252 parliamentarians voted in favor. Read more about this in the Kommersant article “Ukraine is clearing itself of the state.”

In the south-east of Moscow, unknown persons stole almost 7.5 million rubles from an ATM, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Moscow. “On Wednesday at about 2 a.m., three robbers covering their faces with scarves entered the administrative building at 15A Kuryanovsky Proezd, tied up the watchman, opened an ATM, stole money and disappeared,” the agency’s interlocutor said.