A citizen of Japan has been living at the Moscow International Airport Sheremetyevo, who decided not to return to his homeland, the Russian News Service reports. The 36-year-old Tatsuya Abo, a journalist by profession, decided in Russia for political reasons and asks to help him with citizenship, said Roman Genis, head of the press service of the airport, told the radio station.

The Association of Electronic Trade Places found out how many budgetary funds the authorities of the Russian regions spend on coverage of their work in the media. AETP participants compiled a rating by analyzing the purchases of a state order at the relevant electronic sites. The TOP-10 was headed by the Main Directorate for Information Policy of the Moscow Region, the Vedomosti reports. The department counted 10 government procurement totaling 1.4 billion rubles.

Sales of the Apple Watch watch started on Friday, July 31, at 7:01 Moscow time in Russia. Apple Watch went on sale in the Apple Online Store online store and Apple premium reseller stores, in particular in iPort, Re: Store, C-Store. The price of the clock in the Apple Store, depending on the model, varies from 23,990 to 78 990 rubles, TASS reports. The clock is presented in two versions: classic Apple Watch (price from 37,990 rubles) and Sport model (price from 23,990 rubles).

The prosecutors of the Murmansk region during one of the checks revealed an unusual violation - an important transport hub and a strategic object - a bridge over the Kola Bay - instead of an employee, "guarded" a mannequin. The issue of initiating a criminal case is being resolved, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the prosecutor's office.

The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation published a tender on the public procurement website for a large -scale reform of the Culture.rf website for 77 million rubles. About a third of the entire budget should go to promote the site in the media and social networks. The All -Russian Popular Front decided to contact the Accounts Chamber about this purchase, Znak.com reports.

Scientists have found the closest land -like exoplanet to us - it is at a modest distance of 21 light year by cosmic standards, spinning around the star in the constellation Cassiopei along with two more "super -earths", AFP reports. The planet HD 219134B is circulating around the Gliz 892 star in the constellation Cassiopeia. The star can be seen from the ground with even the naked eye, although it is less bright and hot than the sun.

The area of ​​forest fires in Transbaikalia continues to increase, their smoke was enveloped in Chita - the administrative center of the region, Interfax reports. In the Trans -Baikal Territory per day, the number of forest fires increased by four - to 26, and their total fire area increased by 700 hectares, to 4.4 thousand hectares, the regional service of the region reported.

A woman, similar to the convicted ex-official of the Ministry of Defense Evgeny Vasiliev, was seen in the center of the capital, which is part of the Bank of VTB in the area of ​​the Patriarchal Ponds, says RAPSI with reference to an unnamed source. The lawyer of the convicted Vasilyeva, whom the court sentenced to five years of real imprisonment, refused to comment.

The second person involved in the resonant case of a fire in the Perm night club "Lame Horse" will be released as part of an amnesty , dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The victims do not object to the liberation of the employee of the State Medical Sciences in the Perm Territory Dmitry Roslyakov.

All Chechen volunteers who fought on the side of the militia in the Donbass returned, now they are not there, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov said in an interview with RIA Novosti . "The volunteers were there, now there was no. When there was a truce, all our volunteers were invited home: let's sit at home ... Now there should not be a single person at all. We had hooligans there, we brought them home," Kadyrov told the agency.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has developed a draft document equating the clock with technically complex goods, notifies the regulation.gov.ru portal. Changes relate to household watches - mechanical, electron -mechanical, electronic, pocket and wrist, reports "Vedomosti" . Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Viktor Yevtukhov, explained that the changes were made at the request of Russian watchmakers.

Gazprom restructures its foreign assets, Gazprom Germania said on Thursday. This happens "in connection with a change in economic and political conditions." What assets are we talking about, the report is not said. Gazprom Germania, the “daughter” of Gazprom Exports, owns almost all sales structures abroad, including the United States and Asia.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) allocated to Ukraine the second tranche of a loan of $ 1.7 billion. The country's key creditor approved the results of a revision of the economy lending program using the expanded financing mechanism, the Ukrainian publication Today reports with reference to the IMF statement. Thus, the total amount of funding already provided to Ukraine is $ 6.68 billion.

In the United States, the British musician Stephen Patrick Morissa complained about sexual harassment from the airport security officer. According to the artist, before the departure from San Francisco, security under a plausible pretext touched him for male dignity. Steven Morissy told the website for his fans True to You on the website of the British pop star and the former frontman of the rock band The Smiths. According to Morissi, he was attacked by a pervert last Monday.

The key witness in the case of Oleg Sentsov and Alexander Kolchenko, who are judged in the Rostov region on charges of terrorism, refused to testify. Gennady Afanasyev, previously sentenced to seven years of strict regime for the same arson, which is charged with the current defendant, said that the investigation pronounced Sentsov and Kolchenko under pressure, reports the Human Rights Portal "OVD-Info" .