Sporting Lisbon beat CSKA Moscow 2-1 at home in the first leg of the Champions League play-off round. Now the teams will play in Moscow, it will take place on August 26. The winner will qualify to play in the Champions League group stage. The score in the match, which was broadcast by NTV +, was opened at the 12th minute, Sporting player Teofilo Gutierrez scored. After that, CSKA got the right to a penalty, but the 11-meter did not convert Seydou Doumbia.

Shot: National Geographic The National Geographic Channel checked the city legend about rats that can swim through the sewer pipes and find themselves in someone’s toilet. The experimental rodent really sailed around the pipe, found a place for a break inside the toilet, and then reached the very bowl. National Geographic explains that rats swim perfectly and can be under water for up to three minutes.

The Royal Bank of Scotland will sell its assets in Russia, Bloomberg reports citing its sources. Who will be the buyer is unknown; according to the agency, some bank from the Russian Federation. The Royal Bank of Scotland acquired assets in Russia in 2007 as a result of the purchase of the Dutch bank ABN AMRO, which it carried out together with Fortis and Banco Santander. The value of Russian assets is estimated at $2.5 billion.

Why the head of the Russian Railways is very worried about the new world order Photo: Dmitry Lekay / Kommersant By his own admission , Vladimir Yakunin earns upwards of $1 million a year as head of the Russian Railways. Despite his financial success, it turns out the man is deeply concerned about the state of the world economy. This week, Yakunin announced that he is stepping down from his post at the Russian Railways, after more than a decade on the job.

The creator of the financial pyramid MMM Sergey Mavrodi launched a similar project in South Africa. Participants of the pyramid are promised a return of 30 percent per month from the amount invested. The English-language site says that the purpose of creating a pyramid scheme is not money, but the fight against an "unfair financial system." On the latest video published on the site, Sergei Mavrodi, throwing his hands behind his head, says that his project is doing well in South Africa.

Photo: Willbrooker / Twitter Professor of Kingston University, Will Brooker, specializing in the study of cinema and culture, arranged a long experiment: during the year he will repeat the key events from the life of musician David Bowie. Brooker took such a step, as he ordered him to write a monograph about the legendary singer. The professor will adopt not only the appearance of Bowie, but also his preferences in food during the year.

The Federal Penitentiary Service banned lawyers who received new-type certificates from being allowed into pre-trial detention centers. As a result, according to the Federal Chamber of Lawyers of the Russian Federation, about five thousand lawyers, including those from Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod and Tatarstan, have lost access to their clients.

Savelovsky Court of Moscow dismissed the suit of TV presenter Alexander Gordon against human rights activist Alena Popova. Gordon demanded to recover 800 thousand rubles from Popova as compensation for insulting honor and dignity. The press service of the court said that the claim was denied completely. In mid-March, Alena Popova took part in the filming of Alexander Gordon's talk show Male / Female. She was invited as an expert on a program on domestic violence.

Sex and scandals brought the popular brand of the American Apparel clothing to ruin Photo: Splash News / Vida Press The once popular American clothing manufacturer reported on financial results over the past three months - a loss of almost $ 20 million, a drop in sales of 17 percent and only 11.2 million in accounts.

What Vladimir Yakunin will leave behind Vladimir Yakunin, who led the “Russian railways” for ten years, leaves his post in order to work in the Federation Council. During the time that he managed Russian Railways, the state -owned company constantly spent money from the country's budget, struggled with trains, promised to build a large number of new (including high -speed) railways - and built almost nothing.

Shot: Discovery / YouTube The "Destroyers of the Legends" captured a shot from a pistol with a high -speed camera - it removes 73 thousand frames per second. Thanks to this shooting speed, you can see in the details, as smoke breaks out of the gun of the gun. And, of course, the bullet herself. Discovery Pistol Shot Recorded At 73,000 Frames Per Second

The Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow sentenced Oleg Mironov, an activist of the Other Russia organization, to three years in a strict regime prison for disrupting Andrei Makarevich's concert in September 2014. It was to this punishment that Mironov was asked to be sentenced by the state prosecution. The defense insisted on an acquittal. Mironov was accused of hooliganism motivated by hatred or enmity towards a social group and beatings. The court considered his guilt fully proven.

Frame: goodsofrussia / youtube In Sergiev Posad, a car chase occurred due to Cheburk. Record from the registrar installed in the car owner of the bakery product was published on YouTube. In a commentary on the video, he spoke in detail about what happened. According to the author of the video, the Lexus car blocked him from the parking lot: the driver did not respond to requests to give way and talked on the phone.

The US military plans to increase the number of missions involving drones by one and a half times in the coming years. On such a step, writes The New York Times, the Pentagon decided to take amid the growing threat from Russia and China. Sources of the publication in the US defense department said that drones can be used in reconnaissance missions in Europe, as well as in the Pacific region, where China continues to strengthen its presence, including the military one.

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov got into trouble. The Anti-Corruption Foundation suspected the civil servant of spending his honeymoon on the most expensive yacht in the world. It’s not very clear where Peskov got the money for such a yacht - a week’s rent is approximately equal to his income for three years . Peskov himself denied the information that he was on the yacht, but indirect evidence of this is growing. Yes.