Russian pensioners survive with the help of developments and saving on the quantity and quality of the products consumed, the Kommersant newspaper writes with reference to the study of Russian pensioners in the conditions of the crisis of the Higher School of Economics and RAS, as well as to assess the Institute of Social Analysis and Predicting of the RANEPA. So, the continuation of the work became a source of additional income for approximately 20% of pensions recipients.

New US sanctions are a negative factor for Russia, as they can limit the influx of investment in the country. This, as the Prime Agency reports, said in a study by the International rating agency Moody's. “Additional sanctions are a negative factor for Russia, since they can reduce the influx of investments,” the agency’s experts write, adding that they can also provoke a further deterioration in relations between Russia and the West.

The American space agency NASA published a short video on YouTube dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the Curiosity spacecraft landing on Mars, which continues to operate on the Red Planet to this day, although it was originally expected that its service life would be about two Earth years. The six-minute video is a time-lapse created from footage taken by one of the rover's cameras throughout Curiosity's operation. You can also track the rover's route on the map.

The Switzerland prosecutor's office terminated the investigation of the case of laundering on an especially large amount in which the former Minister of Agriculture of Russia Elena Skrynnik appeared, writes RBC . Skrynnik from 2009 to 2012 held the post of Minister of Agriculture of Russia and was suspected of laundering money through Swiss banks.

Germany's infrastructure boom of the 1960s and 1970s was not designed for today's traffic, so despite the good quality of the construction, in recent years German authorities have had to restrict traffic on certain bridges and roads as cracks appeared there. For example, the bridge over the Rhine near Leverkusen (North Rhine-Westphalia) has been closed to trucks since 2012 due to cracks in the road surface. The replacement of the bridge is planned only for 2020.

In Yekaterinburg, doctors are fighting for the life of a one -year -old girl, who was delivered a week ago to one of the city hospitals in a depleted state and with edema, reports E1.ru. According to the preliminary version, the cause of this condition of the baby was protein starvation. According to the portal, the girl’s mother is a strict vetever, and this circumstance could affect her daughter’s nutrition and health.

Petr Shkumatov “Here Putin flew to all sorts of Baikals, including to show that one should vacation in Russia. I don’t argue, there are a lot of beautiful places in our country that many people want to visit. But bad luck, our state and its affiliated structures are doing everything, so that domestic tourism does not develop at all,” the public figure writes on his Facebook page. "So, a few facts: 1. Baikal. The flight from Moscow alone will cost two... drum roll: HUNDRED THOUSAND RUBLES!

While experts are dealing with the reasons for the emergency on the Mir mine in the city of Mirny (Yakutia), Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev proposed to pay attention to other similar objects, Interfax reports. He made a corresponding statement at a meeting with the head of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Yegor Borisov. "Such accidents should not occur.

In Bashkiria, on the night of August 7, a large fire in a private house occurred in the village of Ugusevo, Birsky District, nine people were victims. This was reported to RIA "Novosti" by the press secretary of the Ministry of Emergencies of the region Elena Mavlyutova. "A family of nine people died, among them five minor children," Mavlyutova said. She noted that investigators of the UK work on the spot, the reasons for the fire are being clarified.

65% of Russians recognize the existence of an economic crisis in Russia, Interfax reports with reference to the results of the study of the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM). In August last year, 75% of respondents thought so. 24% of respondents do not see a crisis compared to 14% a year ago. The survey was conducted on July 29-30 among 1,500 respondents in 104 settlements of 53 constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Sociologists asked to clarify what the crisis is manifested.

In Ukraine, a 51-year-old resident of the city of Nikopol of the Dnipropetrovsk region was detained, suspected of spreading the Petya.a virus. The message about this was published on the website of the National Police of Ukraine in the Chernihiv region. The police report that an attacker from Nikopol, who pumped free videos and distributed viruses to the network, was installed by operatives of the department of counteracting cybercrime in the Chernihiv region.

The Kuznetsk District Court of the Penza Region sentenced a man with the initials of B.S., who was found guilty of the brutal murder of his friend. According to investigators, the accused acted in a state of affect caused by bullying from the victim. The Russian Themisa sentenced the killer a punishment in the form of two years and six months of restriction of freedom, Penza View reports. The man was released from custody in the courtroom. The time of arrest was credited during the sentence.

On Friday night, a wild bear climbed into Ron Cornelius's Subaru SUV parked near a house in Durango (Colorado), accidentally released it from the handbrake and, driving the car off the road, crashed into a pole with a mailbox. Inside the car, the bear managed to uproot the steering wheel, tear apart the dashboard and, apparently frightened when the car unexpectedly started moving, fouled the interior, The Durango Herald reports, citing eyewitnesses.

Researchers from the University of Washington have concluded that stickers placed on road signs in a special way can confuse the autopilot of cars, causing it to react inadequately, including emergency braking. The study was published on the free resource arXiv. He tells N+1 in silence.

The Polish researcher, Doctor of Sciences from the Department of Architecture of the Opolsk Polytechnic University Adam Shiman said he discovered two knives for fishing dishes of the famous jeweler of the Russian Imperial Court of Karl Faberge in a private collection. As the scientist said in an interview with TASS, the knives were part of the disappeared unique collection of silver dining rooms created by Faberge in Moscow in 1900 for the Barvara and Alexander Kelch family.