The CEO of Russian Media Group, Sergei Kozhevnikov, who owns 22 percent of the holding, has offered to buy out the remaining share from the main owner, IFD Kapital. Kozhevnikov is ready to pay 2.6 billion rubles. "We received an official offer to buy shares from Sergei Kozhevnikov only today. He is ready to buy a 78 percent stake from IFD Kapital for 2.6 billion rubles," said a representative of IFD. Sergei Kozhevnikov "called this price market price three times in his letter," she emphasized.

Rospotrebnadzor filed claims against Georgian wine producers and Georgian regulatory authorities in connection with deliveries to Russia. The ministry said in a statement that in 2015 Russia received wine from 45 Georgian producers with a total volume of more than 6.7 million liters. According to Rospotrebnadzor, 10 batches of wine did not meet the requirements of regulatory documentation. We are talking about wine "Saperavi" and cognacs "Old Kakheti" and "Colchis".

Frame: lexusrussia / youtube In June, Lexus first showed its hoverboard - the physical implementation of a flying board from fantastic films and games. Almost immediately, the journalists found out the main thing: in order to levite above the ground, the hoverboard needs special conditions - a metal surface laid under the surface of the skate park (powerful magnets are located in the board itself).

The forgotten history of how a Soviet photographer glorified the Gulag's White Sea Canal Photo: Alexander Rodchenko / Archive of the White Sea Canal NKVD, Medvezhyegorsk Photographer Oleg Klimov has traveled to the White Sea Canal three times—in 1995, 2009, and again in 2013.

Continuation: British historian responded to the ban on his books in Sverdlovsk schools The authorities of the Sverdlovsk region instructed schools to remove books by British historian Anthony Beevor from libraries. According to the commission, Beevor's work promotes "stereotypes that were formed during the Third Reich." “In the year of the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory, special attention is paid to literature containing information about the Great Patriotic War.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation put on the wanted list Oleg Belov, the father of the murdered children, whose remains were found in an apartment in Nizhny Novgorod. On the website of the UK published an orientation to Belov. Investigators are asking for assistance in the search. A law enforcement source told TASS that the body of their mother Yulia Belova was found at the site of the mass murder of children.

As officials are fighting with the Kursk farmer, who promised to burn their crop. Reporting Andrei Kozenko Photo: Andrey Kozenko / "Medusa" The 19-year-old resident of the Kursk region Anastasia Dolgopolova became famous throughout Russia after she recorded a video message to President Vladimir Putin.

Photo: Valery Kramskoy / Photobank Lori On August 3, the journalist of Novaya Gazeta, Sergey Kanev interrupted the party of the judges, which they arranged in the building of the Lobnensky city court. Kanev learned about a party from a resident of the city Moscow Region, whose windows go to court: the woman complained about loud music. The correspondent approached the court building and found that light was on in a pair of windows, and sounds came from them.

In Ukraine, a criminal case has been opened against Vice Admiral Sergei Eliseev, Deputy Commander of the Baltic Fleet, former Deputy Commander of the Naval Forces of Ukraine. The case was opened under articles on high treason and desertion. The report of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine states that in February-March 2014 Yeliseyev changed his oath and deserted "in order to promote foreign occupation" of Crimea.

Frame: Magicofrahat / YouTube The video blogger Rakhat Hussein, who loves unusual draws, decided to see how the fast food staff will react to the robot-buyer. Rakhat hid in the seat of the car behind the robot and drove up to the windows to order food. As can be seen from the video, many of the cashiers of fast food restaurants were scared at the first glance at the robot.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation proposed to the government to expand the list of imported medical products that are subject to restrictions on purchases for state and municipal needs. During tenders, it is proposed to reject applications from foreign suppliers if at least two applications from Russian manufacturers are submitted. An exception will be made only for suppliers from Armenia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

Photo: Marina Mikhailova / Photobank Lori The mayor of Kaliningrad, Alexander Yaroshuk, spoke about the unfortunate case, whose witness he became: the duck ducked into the river and did not emerge back. According to the mayor, the case took place on the River of Pregol with a bad ecology: This is where Pregol flows into Kaliningrad, where the worship begins. From there, a fantastically malicious smell comes black water, - Yaroshuk said with a mine on his face. - Now she is white already.

Continued: Apple has denied everything . Apple has begun testing a virtual cellular operator in the US. In addition, the company is negotiating the establishment of an operator in Europe. As Business Insider notes, it could take five years to launch the service: Apple has been negotiating with operators for years. Back in 2006, it was reported that the company filed a patent to create a virtual mobile operator. There is no guarantee that the case will move beyond the test run.

Customs on the French island of Corsica have detained a Pablo Picasso painting valued at $27 million. Picasso's "Head of a Young Woman" (1906) was discovered while inspecting a cargo ship. During a search of the vessel, documents were found, according to which this painting was recognized as a "national treasure" of Spain and its export outside the country is prohibited.

Konstantin Benyumov - about how the fate of Soviet military maps in Latvia developed Photo: Nastya Golivhenchenko / "Medusa" In mid-July 2015, Wired magazine published an outline of Greg Miller about Soviet topographic maps. These cards have been compiled for decades, in the smallest details (for some cities - up to individual houses) the whole world has been applied.