The competition program of the XI Muslim Film Festival, which will open in Kazan on September 5, includes ten full-length feature films from nine countries - Turkey, Iraq, Iran, India, Bangladesh, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia. Domestic cinema at the festival will be represented by the film by Tatarstan director Farid Davletshin “Rudolf Nureyev.

US authorities today returned to France a painting by Pablo Picasso, “The Hairdressers” (La Coiffeuse), stolen 17 years ago, which was still considered missing, reports Reuters . “We are very pleased that this work can once again be shown to the whole world,” the agency quotes the head of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Sara Saldana. A special ceremony was held at the French Embassy in Washington to hand over the masterpiece.

Lawyer Svetlana Sidorkina reported that on August 24 the Tula Regional Court will consider a complaint against the denial of parole to Denis Lutskevich, a defendant in the case of the riots on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow in 2012. “We appealed the denial of parole to Denis Lutskevich, we ask you to cancel this decision and release him. Our complaint is scheduled for consideration on August 24,” RIA Novosti quotes Ms. Sidorkina as saying.

The Japanese authorities protested to the Russian side in connection with the trip of Deputy Prime Minister and Russian Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev to Iturup Island, Interfax reported, citing Japanese media. The protest was expressed to the Russian embassy in Tokyo by telephone. “(This visit. - Kommersant ) is incompatible with the position of our country, (the situation - Kommersant ) is regrettable,” local media quote an unnamed Japanese representative.

Evgeniy Korolev worked as a driver for a famous Russian businessman for 8 years, met rich people from the IT industry and decided to launch his own startup. The Korolev service is called “Sherut”. This is a personal driver service that pays by the hour. More reliable than a taxi, and easier than looking for a permanent employee. “The middle class and wealthy Muscovites need a personal driver for individual errands.

Owners of cards issued by the Saratov bank Express-Volga cannot withdraw an amount exceeding 5 thousand rubles from the cards and pay with these cards, the bank’s call center reports. The credit institution explained this situation as a “technical failure.” It was difficult to give a time frame for eliminating the failure at the bank. The bank employee explained that today at bank offices you can withdraw 15 thousand rubles through a cash desk without an appointment, Interfax reports.

The company will build a residential apartment complex on the territory of the Electric Transport Museum According to Kommersant's information, Moscow-based Glorax Development (part of Glorax Capital), owned on a parity basis by businessmen Andrei Birzhin and Valentin Chernysh, intends to invest in the modernization of the museum of urban electric transport on Sredny Prospekt Vasilievsky Island, 77.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said at a government meeting that there have not yet been any decisions on the issue of limiting the number of livestock on private plots and it is not a fact that there will be any. “The deputies asked to analyze the situation regarding the regulation of personal subsidiary plots so that there is no manipulation of their status. Such an order has been given, but the area is sensitive, there are no decisions yet.

Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Sever limited gas supplies to Nefteyugansk (KhMAO) due to debts, Znak.com reports. As explained by the deputy head of the city administration, Sergei Sivkov, the total amount of debt to the YuganskTransTeploService company, which provides heat and hot water, is 300 million rubles. The debt of the enterprise itself to Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Sever is 48 million rubles. At the moment, out of 12 boilers of YuganskTransTeploService, two are operating. Kommersant-Online

Executive Director of the Russian Hockey Federation (RHF) Dmitry Kurbatov said at a special press conference that representatives of the hockey federations of Russia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and Germany entered into a memorandum on the creation of the League of Legends. “We fully support the League of Legends project. This is an excellent example of popularizing hockey through the use of the potential developed by veterans in our country and Europe.

Place Company Basic owner*Number objects, input which planned in 2015-2017 Volume (in million sq. m) 1 GK SU-155 Mikhail Balakin 156 2.21 2 LSR Group Andrey Molchanov 132 2.14 3 Selt Group Maxim Shubarev 105 1.97 4 GK Morton Alexander Ruchiev 72 1.42 5 Group Leader Zhumagul Abdieva 40 1.15 6 GC Absolut Alexander Svetakov 72 1.07 7 Policy Group Olga Petryashova 25 0.92 8 GC Etalon Vyacheslav Zarenkov 21 0.8 9 GC PIK Sergey Gordeev 50 0.79 10 GC MIC Andrey Ryabinsky 37 0.75 Total 710 13.23

The retailer launched the first distribution project The Inventive Retail Group (IRG), which manages the re:Store, Samsung, LEGO, Nike and other networks, has launched a distribution line. The retailer has become the exclusive supplier in Russia of the Spanish jewelry brand UNOde50, stores under whose brand the company is now developing as a franchise. The jewelry market is experiencing a sharp drop in turnover, its participants remind: by the end of the year it could reach 30%.

Samara Bank Solidarnost, part of the Life financial group, has lifted restrictions on cash withdrawals, a source in the credit institution told Kommersant. “Today there are no restrictions on cash withdrawals, bank offices are operating as usual. Those payments that were “frozen” will be gradually carried out,” the source told the publication. Let us remind you that VUZ-Bank, National Savings Bank, Let's Go!

The People's Bank of China has reduced the reference rate of the yuan to the dollar by more than 1%, AFP reports. The Central Bank set the average yuan-dollar exchange rate at 6.4010, which is 1.1% lower than the previous day.

The Russian Foreign Ministry expects that the Lithuanian authorities will satisfy the request for the extradition of Russian citizen Andrei Nekrasov, who was arrested in absentia by a court in Russia in an extortion case.