Yesterday it became known that FSB operatives detained several employees of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), as well as enterprises included in its system. Searches were carried out at their workplaces - security officers confiscated the documents they needed for the investigation. A criminal case was initiated under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud on an especially large scale committed by a group of persons).

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on Georgia to avoid provocations “in relation to the information signs restored by the border guards of the Republic of South Ossetia on the interstate border line.” “Such actions, as well as the ongoing deliberate damage to border information signs of South Ossetia, lead to increased tension in the border areas,” the department said in a statement .

Bank's illegal card practices will cost it $700 million On Tuesday it became known that the retail division of Citigroup Inc will return to clients $700 million received from “illegal activities with credit cards.” In particular, we are talking about providing false information about the cost of the loan and services related to it, or charging fees for unprovided or unnecessary services.

The reason was the State Department awarding a Kyrgyz human rights activist Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Temir Sariev signed a decree denouncing the cooperation agreement with the United States, concluded in 1993 in Washington.

The fate of the ex-official's case is being decided in Krasnodar courts As Kommersant learned, a scandal erupted in the Krasnodar region around an investigation launched by the Investigative Committee against the former vice-governor of the region, Evgeny Muravyov. According to investigators, while being the deputy head of the region, Mr. Muravyov several years ago received a reward from one of the local entrepreneurs for assistance in the implementation of an investment project.

Kommersant newspaper 07/22/2015, 00:20 Nikkei 225 20841.97 (+191.05) RTS 905.33 (+4.68) FTSE 100 6769.07 (-19.62) DAX 30* 11604.8 (-130.92) DJIA* 17872.82 (-227.59) NASDAQ Composite* 5202.638 (-16.221) *At 21:06 According to Reuters. Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 129 dated July 22, 2015, page 7

Deputy Minister of Finance of Ukraine Elena Makeeva said that the additional import tax will be in effect until the end of 2015. “It will be in force until the end of this year, and will be canceled starting next year,” Interfax-Ukraine reports the words of the deputy minister. Ms. Makeeva explained that the Ministry of Finance does not plan to radically change tax legislation this year. In addition, revenue from the additional import tax has already been budgeted.

The US Federal Election Commission today released a report on the wealth of billionaire Donald Trump, who announced his participation in the race for the US presidency in the 2016 elections. The fortune was estimated at $1.4 billion, AP reports. The report itself consists of 92 pages, listing all the assets that Donald Trump owns in one form or another. These are, in particular, hotels, golf clubs, modeling agencies, companies providing financial services, etc.

From left to right: leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Ivan Melnikov and Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Natural Resources, Environmental Management and Ecology Vladimir Kashin Photo: Kommersant / Dmitry Dukhanin / buy photo

Investigators of the department for especially important cases of the regional Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee, based on the results of the investigation, decided to refuse to initiate a criminal case against the head of the improvement department of the Sverdlovsk district administration, Ivan Sidorov, and the head of the consumer market sector of the same administration, Alexander Popyvanov.

and the metro station will be renamed from “Voykovskaya” to “Vladimirskaya” Alexander Zakondyrin, a member of the Public Chamber of Moscow and deputy chairman of the Council of Deputies of the Voikovsky District, supported the proposal of Protodeacon Andrei Kuraev to erect a monument to Prince Vladimir in the Voikovsky District and rename the district and the metro station of the same name in his honor.

Former Tatarstan ruler Anastasy was greeted with a protest rally in Ulyanovsk A major church scandal is flaring up in connection with the appointment of the former Metropolitan of Tatarstan Anastasy as head of the Simbirsk Metropolis. Local believers demanded that Anastasy “retire” or “whiten” his name, which was mentioned in connection with the scandal with students of the Kazan Theological Seminary.

Bosom In the first half of the year, ALROSA Group produced 18 million carats of diamonds, which is 13% higher than the previous year, the company’s report says. According to preliminary data, diamond sales in the first half of 2015 amounted to 18 million carats, revenue is expected to be at least $2.1 billion.

Automotive columnist for Kommersant FM Alexey Slashchev tested the new model of the Mitsubishi L200 pickup truck and shared his impressions. Photo: Alexey Slashchev The demand in Russia for light commercial vehicles with an open cargo platform and off-road capability is, frankly speaking, small. 30% of corporate clients are interested in using pickup trucks; all other sales come from private owners who buy them for their own needs.

The Department of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (UFAS) for the Chelyabinsk region is investigating the case of the possible imposition of marketing contracts by the retailer Auchan on its suppliers, Deputy Head of the UFAS Elena Ryseva told reporters. “We are currently actively working on oral complaints about the actions of the Auchan hypermarket in Chelyabinsk related to the imposition of marketing agreements.