On July 31, officials of the European Union published a list of banks that fall under sector sanctions. According to the EU official journal, the restrictions were affected by Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank, Vnesheconombank and Rosselkhozbank. Sanctions will begin to apply to these credit organizations on August 1.

In Kyiv, during a break of the Champions League match, which met Dnepr and Copenhagen (0: 0), Dnipropetrovsk fans attacked fans of the guest team, turning the Scandinavians to flight. ITAR-TASS claims that the outbreak of Ukrainian anger provoked the Russian flag, which was posted on the guest rostrum. It even got the stewards who served the game. As a result, the beginning of the second half had to be delayed for almost a quarter of an hour.

At the New York Airport, La Guardia was forced to land the passenger aircraft of the American airline American Eagle. A plane of the Embraer type operated a flight from New York to Knoxville (Tennessee). Shortly after taking off in the cockpit, smoke was seen. The crew commander decided to return to the departure airport, ITAR-TASS reports. After landing, all 44 passengers and three crew members were evacuated. There are no victims as a result of the incident.

In the historical center of the Serbian city of Novi-Sad, the Bife Putin cafe, named after the Russian President Vladimir Putin, was opened, according to the Serbian National RTS television channel. On the main sign next to the name "Putin" a portrait of the head of the Russian Federation is placed, on the side sign - a Russian tricolor with the same portrait.

Bentley is working on a new, fifth car in its current lineup, and it will be an entry-level sports coupe. The relevant information was provided by the CEO of the British luxury car manufacturer Wolfgang Dürheimer. The British will assemble a sports coupe based on the German Audi R8 supercar, which is in high demand for its class in many countries around the world.

From August 1 to 15, the World Muslim online festival will host the Russian segment of the World Network. About 30 thousand people from all over the planet will take part in it. The festival holds the Union of Muslim Youth of Russia (SMMR) with the support of the spiritual department of Muslims of the Republic of Tatarstan (Duma of the Republic of Tatarstan).

The famous television team Gennady Orlov, summing up the results of the first match of the third qualification round of the Champions League Ale - Zenit (1: 0), assured that nothing terrible for the St. Petersburg had happened. “You want to call it a curse, but there is something like that,” the Sovetsky Sports quotes the words of Orlov. “Some shamanism!” Zenit began well, the organization of the game was visible, the garay stands out - he became the organizer of the defense actions.

On the last day of July, the Ukrainian media was widely replicated by the head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Viktor Muzhenko regarding the deadlines for the end of the "anti -terrorist operation" (ATO) of the Kyiv authorities against separatists in the east of the country. According to his forecasts, active hostilities can be completed in less than a month, in particular, the UNIAN agency reports, referring to the interview of Muzhenko, New Time magazine.

“For the second time, Putin was deceived about the possibility of splitting the EU, paralyzing the influence of new members from the former Soviet camp who fear and do not like Russia, relying on the old European powers, clearly tying the Europeans with energy resources and profitable trade and destroying the European-American alliance. This policy is generally questionable from the point of view of realism. Especially in the context of Russia’s territorial expansion.

Ukrtelecom, which is part of the Ukrainian billionaire Rinat Akhmetov, serves more than 80% of fixed telephone subscribers in Crimea, re -registered the Crimean unit in accordance with Russian legislation, changing the name of the Crimean structure on the "Setelecom". About this, as Interfax reports, said the acting Head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksenov. "They have already registered under Russian legislation.

The US administration may extend sanctions against Russia to trade in secondary securities and short -term loans. This was reported by Bloomberg , citing its source in the American Ministry of Finance. According to him, now American citizens and companies can carry out transactions with outstanding debts of any deadlines with companies that have already fallen under sanctions, as well as with new short-term debt obligations and secondary securities, ITAR-TASS reports.

The Spanish transport administration announced the start of the campaign to enhanced control of drivers for the maintenance of alcohol and drugs, Spain in Russian reports with reference to Ideal.es. Tests can go through any driver, regardless of the type of his vehicle and the type of road on which he drives. Employees of the inspector, together with the local police officers invited to participate in the raid, will conduct more than 25 thousand such inspections per day.

The press and analysts, predicting the effect of a new package of sanctions against Russia introduced by the EU and the United States, note that the restriction of the access of the Russian Federation to technologies provided for by the West is more dangerous than to money, and may have much more sad consequences.

In the next three years, the salaries of officials will be doubled. The Ministry of Finance offers to increase wages to spend 462 billion rubles by 2018, RBC writes with reference to the official response of the Ministry of Finance.

At the exhibition of the achievements of the national economy (VDNH) in Moscow in Pavilion N1 on August 1, an anniversary exposition dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the exhibition will open, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the press service of VDNH. There you can see the installation that demonstrates the daily life of the exhibition, as well as slides from the plastic film "We, the Soviet People", which was shown in the main pavilion in the early 1980s.