The market for foreign car models in Russia grew in sales by 15.8% for the first half of 2018. In the reporting period, the Russians purchased 574,360 new foreign cars, the Toga as a year earlier they bought 496,034 such cars. Among foreign cars in the first half of the year, Kia Rio was the leader. According to the study of Avtostat Info , from January to June 2018, 47,245 KIA Rio cars were sold in Russia, which is 5.8% of a year ago (44,664 pcs.).

A resident of Crimea, motivated by jealousy, doused his partner with gasoline and set her on fire. The girl with multiple burns was taken to the hospital, and a criminal case was opened against her partner under Part 3 of Art. 30 and paragraph "d" part 2 art. 105 (“Attempted murder committed with extreme cruelty”) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, reports the regional Investigative Committee .

Gleb Kuznetsov “I got carried away with the agenda of the Communist Party. An interesting thing. From Zyuganov’s speeches from the hearings on the first reading to the Saturday rally:“ 8 years old, the woman will have the happiness of understanding her grandson ”;“ The family will have one choice - to work or give birth ”and as a conclusion:“ A young family cannot give birth to a child only because a new, so -called “pension” loop is put on, and because the child is “to have a child.

The Communist Party will not appeal the decision of the CEC to refuse to recognize the correct wording of the issue that the party proposed to submit to the All -Russian referendum on raising the retirement age. However, they do not want to abandon the idea of ​​holding a referendum in the party, writes Kommersant . Instead, the Communists are ready to offer a new formulation, taking into account the comments and recommendations of the CEC.

The thieves hacked the apartment of the soloist of the Russian rock band "Bi-2" Yegor (Igor) Bortnik, known as Leva Bi-2. The 360 ​​degree channel was reported by the PR-director of the ensemble Maria Vyugina. “They really tried to rob Yegor Mikhailovich’s apartment,” she said.

The American actor, a researcher of paranormal phenomena, the host of the program on the search for ghosts of Zach Bagans acquired a new exhibit for his museum in Las Vegas. The Haunted Museum of Zach Bagans already has several things in his collection of the famous maniac Charles Manson, who died in November 2017 in a prison of the American state of California in his 84th year of life.

In the mountains of Kyrgyzstan, there is an operation to evacuate a group of tourists, among which four citizens of Russia who fell under rockfall in the Alamedinsky district of the Chui region, 40 kilometers from Bishkek, RIA Novosti was told in the country's Ministry of Emergencies. “On the eve of the Skryabin Glacier at an altitude of 4100 meters above sea level, a group of tourists fell under rockfall.

Warm weather in August is expected in most of the territory of Russia, was pleased with the forecast by the acting head of the Hydrometeorological Center of the Russian Federation Dmitry Kiktev at a press conference on July 31.

The head of the department of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (UFSIN Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District) Alexander Novikov did not allow the Bishop of the Apostolic Orthodox Church (AOC) Grigory Mikhnov-Vaitenko to meet with the Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov, who has been on a hunger strike for the 79th day in the colony. Journalist Victoria Ivleva spoke about this with reference to the priest on her Facebook and on the Novaya Gazeta website.

The movement along the Yaroslavl highway in the Pushkino area was blocked in both directions due to the collapse of a ground pedestrian crossing after a truck entered its support. This was reported by Interfax in the press service of the regional traffic police. It is clarified that at 10:15 in the Pushkin district 31 kilometers of the M-8 Kholmogora highway, the driver of the Volvo truck hit the beam of the above-ground pedestrian crossing, which fell on the roadway.

The mass march of the Zombie in Perm, planned for August 5 in Gorky Park, decided to cancel due to complaints from representatives of the local diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. This was announced on July 31 by the organizer of the event Artem Feoktistov. “When people hear the word“ zombies ”, then associations arise in their heads: sin, death, lust,” the publication “Real Time” quotes. “This must be prohibited immediately.

The resolution on distrust of the French government did not receive the necessary number of votes on Tuesday in the National Assembly (lower house of parliament) and was rejected, TASS reports. She received half the vote than was required for approval. According to existing rules, with a vote of mistrust, only voices are presented “for” a resolution, opposing against voting.

The military personnel of the Army of Pakistan conducted an operation to save a climber from Russia, who for several days remained blocked at an altitude of 6.2 thousand meters on the slope of Mount Latka-1, which is part of the Karakoram ridge. This was reported by the Pakistani newspaper National with reference to the Interdepartmental Service for Public Relations (ISPR) of the Armed Forces of Pakistan.

The initiative group for holding a referendum on pension legislation intends to meet again to approve the issue submitted to the plebiscite. The new wording of the question is planned to be determined on August 3, Interfax reports with reference to the head of the Moscow City Election Commission Valentin Gorbunov.

Starting in 2019, the Moscow government will begin implementing a comprehensive program to eliminate territorial discrimination in the metropolis. The program for 2018-2023 involves the creation of a unified standard of quality of life and urban environment in 146 municipalities of the city, new investments in urban healthcare, social services, leisure and sports centers, transport and work with small businesses.