Due to the weakening of the ruble, the prices for sunflower oil in Russia set a record, Interfax reports with reference to the “Superon”. This week, the price of raw sunflower oil increased to 57 thousand rubles per ton. This is more than a third higher than April of the current year and is 90% higher than October 2014 - the beginning of the sunflower season.

“Uralkali” can refuse LSE listing, which the company's leaders considered inappropriate. On August 24, the board of directors of the company will consider this issue, four sources told Vedomosti . This intention is explained by the fact that many shareholders purchased “Uralkali” papers on high dividends, but now, after the November accident in the mine in Solikamsk, which gave 20% of prey, payments will not be soon.

Representatives of Roskomnadzor called on the administration of the Russian-speaking Wikipedia to comply with the requirement of a court decision and delete an article on drugs, due to which the online encyclopedia can be completely blocked .

On Friday, the Austrian authorities extradite to Russia a 39-year-old citizen of the Russian Federation and criminal authority Anatoly Radchenko nicknamed Chelentano. Russian is suspected of relations with the "Trunov" gang, which also included an adviser to the governor of the Novosibirsk region, Vice-mayor and one of the leaders of the regional drug police.

The parliament torn by religious conflicts of Myanmar adopted two bills regulating the change in religious affiliation and actually placed the polygamy, outlawed by Muslims. The adoption of these documents provided the nationalist Buddhist majority in parliament, Channel Newsasia reports with reference to AFP.

For the first time after its attachment, Crimea will be visited by a representative of the imperial family of the Romanovs. Prince Dmitry Romanovich with his wife will visit the peninsula from August 25 to 28. They intend to visit places related to the history of the Russian Empire. According to TASS, the couple will visit the Dulber Palace, from where representatives of the imperial dynasty after the events of 1917 were immigrated to Europe, as well as the Livadian and Massandra palaces.

The star of "Hunger Games" Jennifer Lawrence, who earned $ 52 million from June 2014 to June 2015, was recognized as Forbes experts of the most highly paid actress in the world. Scarlett Johansson, who shot in the next adaptation of Marvel comics and the fantastic action movie Besson Lucy, took the second line with an income of $ 35.5 million. The three leaders are closed by Melissa McCarthy, which earned $ 23 million thanks to participation in the comedy "Spy".

In the case of the murder of the opposition Boris Nemtsov , who was shot at the end of February this year, the customer and organizer have not yet been established. According to Kommersant , in the recently submitted petition to extend the terms of the investigation of this case, they are designated as "unidentified persons." The hiding Ruslan Geremeyev and Ruslan Mukhudinov, the investigative actions decided to extend until November 28, are still not interrogated.

On Friday, a court was held in the Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg in the case of organizing the murder in 1998 of the famous politician Galina Starovotova. The accusation demanded to be sentenced to ex-deputy of the State Duma Mikhail Glushchenko to 13 years in prison. In turn, the defense asked to release the defendant from criminal liability. As a result, the meeting was postponed to August 27 due to deterioration in the health of the defendant.

The Government of the Russian Federation has published a new plan for the abolition of excess administrative barriers in housing construction. After its implementation from 134 bureaucratic procedures, only 93 will remain. Basically, the document is aimed at simplifying housing access to communal, gas and electric networks, Kommersant writes.

The Russian Prosecutor General announced that at its request in Switzerland, two multicern apartments were arrested at an elite ski resort of the international class of GSTAADA and the Bentley brand car, owned by Jeanne Bullock , the American wife of the former finance of the Moscow Region Alexei Kuznetsov .

The President of the Moscow Football Club Lokomotiv Olga Smorodskaya does not believe that the team will be abandoned by the main sponsor due to the change of leadership in the Russian Railways. Vladimir Yakunin left the presidency of Russian Railways, Oleg Belozerov, who served as the first deputy minister of transport of the Russian Federation, was the new leader. Lokomotiv is a very large club with a very large story.

The strengthening of the dollar and a decrease in oil prices contributes to further weakening of the ruble, Barclas analysts write in the August 21 of The Emerging Markets Weekly. According to their forecast, by the end of the year the dollar will reach 73 rubles. As the analyst of investment bank Arup Chaterji notes, the conditions for the further devaluation of the ruble also create the lack of support from the Central Bank and the gloomy prospects for the growth of the Russian economy.

The Mediated Matter research group, together with the glass laboratory of the Massachusetts Technological University and the Vissa Institute, has developed a 3D printer that allows you to print hot glass, reports N+1 . The printer, called the G3DP, uses the technology of modeling by layer -by -layer.

A project of an unusual pool was dispersed over the network, which, according to the plans of its authors, will appear in London in two years. A luxurious private pool will be located between two new residential blocks in the Nine Elms area at an altitude of 30 meters. The walls and its bottom will be absolutely transparent, so fascinating diving with looking at what is happening downstairs, on the street, and visitors to the future pool are ensured.