The Ministry of Finance has developed a bill that equates to deposits unallocated metal accounts in banks, where companies and citizens usually store gold, silver or platinum. The draft document was published on the website of the Ministry of Economic Development. It is assumed that citizens who keep their savings in such accounts will receive government insurance guarantees similar to deposit insurance. The insurance amount will be the same - 700 thousand rubles.

In Scotland, a bull with a bucket on its head caused chaos on a busy stretch of highway. The incident occurred on Tuesday, August 21, in the South Ayrshire region, writes the Scottish edition of The Herald. No one was injured as a result of the encounter with the panicking bull. According to the police, the appearance of a bull with a bucket on its head blocked traffic on both sides of the road. The bull rushed along the track, trying to free his head.

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi signed a law on August 24 banning the pretrial detention of journalists suspected of crimes against public peace, Egypt Independent writes. Thus, he authorized the release from custody of Islam Afifi, the editor-in-chief of the Egyptian newspaper Dustour, suspected of insulting the president. The prosecutor's office has already ordered the journalist's release. The Afifi newspaper was persecuted by the authorities for its pronounced anti-government position.

On August 24, the Bank of Russia, in a special press release, warned citizens about increasing cases of fraud through SMS and e-mail mailings on behalf of the regulator. The fraud is carried out according to the following scheme: attackers send bank clients messages via SMS or email about blocking of plastic cards with a request to call the specified number to resolve the situation.

On August 24, the President of Kyrgyzstan Almaz Atambayev signed a decree on the resignation of the government, K-News reports. This decision is due to the recent collapse of the ruling parliamentary coalition. The decree notes that until the formation of a new cabinet of ministers, members of the previous government led by Omurbek Babanov will continue to perform their duties.

The Georgian Ministry of Defense has announced a naming competition for a new multiple launch rocket system. about this on his Facebook page Georgian Defense Minister Dmitry Shashkin wrote . The finalists of the competition will be determined on August 25, 2012 by visitors to the minister’s page - they will be the ten variants of the MLRS that received the largest number of “likes”. The winner will be chosen by a “competent jury” of the Georgian military department.

In Dagestan, as a result of an attack, a lieutenant colonel of the Ministry of Defense was killed and a driver with the rank of private was wounded. The servicemen were driving a KamAZ truck when at 16:00 on August 24, near the village of Botayurt, Khasavyurt district, fire was opened on them from automatic weapons, the reports .

If the attackers who poured paint on the monument to Boris Yeltsin in Yekaterinburg are caught, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation will pay for a lawyer. Alexander Ivachev, a member of the bureau of the Sverdlovsk branch of the party, wrote about this in his blog. “The support is due to the fact that we share the feelings of the political vandals and fear a violation of their right to a fair trial,” the communist wrote.

The newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda" in the article "Gazmanov was doused with slop by bloggers" distorted the meaning of musician Peter Gabriel's article about Pussy Riot , saying that he condemns his Western colleagues for supporting the punk band. The forgery was noticed by producer Alexander Cheparukhin, who posted on his Facebook the full text of Gabriel’s article from The Times, which has the opposite meaning.

The American branch of Vespa has launched the La Vespa Vita website, which is designed as a fan portal for fans of the iconic scooter with social networking functions. Marketing Daily reports. On the site you can find a catalog of new Vespa models, a Style Book section, for which everyone can send their photos in Vespa style, a blog section and a selection of photos of Vespa scooters from Flickr and Instagram services.

Midfielder of the American club Los Angeles Galaxy David Beckham scored a goal from a direct corner kick. This happened during the CONCACAF (Confederation of North and Central American and Caribbean Football) Champions League match with the Isidro Metapan club from El Salvador. The corner kick was awarded in the 45th minute of the match with the score 2:1 in favor of the Galaxy. The video of Beckham's goal was posted on YouTube .

German police have detained 23 suspects in illegal arms and drug trafficking, writes Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung with reference to the police and prosecutor's office in Darmstadt. The manhunt and searches took place in southern Hesse on Tuesday, August 21, but authorities only announced the operation on Friday, August 24. Police seized 29 firearms, including two machine guns, as well as a large quantity of ammunition.

John Lennon's killer Mark David Chapman, sentenced to life in prison, has been denied parole for the seventh time. reports this Reuters . In a statement, the New York State Parole Board said that despite the fact that Chapman has clearly demonstrated positive changes in prison, it is not possible to release him. According to the commission members, Chapman's release would mean "reducing the significance of the tragic loss" that he caused.

24.08.2012, 13:00:44 version Print | PDA/PDA Fail Whale Popularity by calculation Experts have counted fake Twitter followers The summer of 2012 turned out to be rich in stories concerning the exposure of unscrupulous microbloggers who buy subscribers for themselves to increase their popularity indicators. In August, a special service developed by Status People was released and updated, which should put an end to doubts.

By the end of this year, the Moscow authorities intend to put up for auction about 20 objects for the right to preferential lease of cultural monuments that are in disrepair. This is stated in a statement from the capital's urban planning policy department. The department noted that six buildings will be offered to investors in September. It is not specified which buildings we are talking about.