Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law providing for an increase in value added tax (VAT) from 18% to 20%. The document is published on the official portal of legal information. The Law "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation on Taxes and Duties" was adopted by the State Duma on July 24 and approved by the Federation Council on July 28.

The lawyer of the 72-year-old comedian, People's Artist of the RSFSR, Evgeny Petrosyan, said that this client offered his wife, 65-year-old Honored Artist of Russia, Elena Stepanenko, who filed for divorce and divide the property jointly acquired over 30 years, divide everything equally. According to TASS, lawyer Sergei Zhorin, this jointly acquired property is estimated at 1.5 billion rubles.

Dynamo Moscow players drew 1:1 with Rubin Kazan in the second round match of the Russian Championship. The meeting took place in Khimki near Moscow. For Dynamo, Fedor Chernykh (14') scored with an accurate shot, while Kazan's Dmitry Poloz (51') scored after the break. “The game was not easy. We probably played the first half a little better, but at the end of the second half, I think we didn’t have enough strength,” Dynamo head coach Dmitry Khokhlov said after the final whistle on television.

The fight under the auspices of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) between Russian Khabib Nurmagomedov and Irishman Conor McGregor will take place on October 6 in Las Vegas, according to the official UFC website . The Nurmagomedov-McGregor fight will be the central event of the fight evening, which will take place at the home stadium of the NHL club Vegas Golden Knights. Nurmagomedov will defend his UFC lightweight world championship belt in a fight with McGregor.

The head of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov sent a confidential letter to the chairman of the Committee of the Chiefs of the US Armed Forces Joseph Dunford on July. On the eve of Gerasimov Danford, the Reuters agency, citing his sources, reported on the contents of the letter, noting that this happened a couple of days after the meeting of the presidents of Russia and the USA Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Helsinki.

The Russian national team consisting of Evgeny Rylov, Danila Izotov, Vladimir Morozov and Clement Kolesnikova won the gold medal in the 4x100 voluntary relay at the European Swimming Championship, which takes place in Glasgow within the United European Olympic Sports Championship. Our quartet overcame the distance in 3 minutes and 12.23 seconds, the Italian team (3.12.90) took the second place, the Poles closed the prize three (3.14,20).

Russians Anastasia Voinova and Daria Shmeleva won gold medals in a team sprint at the European Cycling Championship on the track, which takes place in Glasgow as part of the Joint European Olympic Sports Championship. Silver winners were Ukrainian Lyubov Basova and Alena Starikova. In the final, Russians showed the result of 32.452 seconds, Ukrainians - 33,108. Bronze - in the non -Moscow Miriam Velta and Emma Hinz (32,981).

European countries continue to experience record hot temperatures. The air temperature in some parts of Spain and Portugal can reach on Saturday, August 4, a record high mark from 44 to 50 degrees above zero Celsius. It is possible that at the very peak of the tourist season, the temperature record will be broken in more than 40 years. In the Spanish province of Badakhos and the autonomous region, Aragon reached the mark of 40 degrees in the morning.

In the match of the second round of the Russian Football Championship in St. Petersburg, the Tula Arsenal won with a score of 1: 0. The only ball in the game, which was attended by 47004 spectators, in the second half, Oleg Shatov (61 ') scored with a penalty area. “The game is difficult and the result turned out to be quite slippery, which kept in tension to the final scroll. We are for sure. Fans, I think, too.” - quotes the head coach of Zenit Sergey Semak the official website of the St.

The Russian crew of the female four swing without steering as part of Ekaterina Potapova, Anastasia Tikhanova, Ekaterina Sevastyanova and Elena Oryabinskaya defeated the final swim at the European Rowing Championship in Glasgow. Our quartet showed the time 6 minutes 39.97 seconds. The second place was taken by the Romanian team (6.41.87), the third were finished by representatives of Poland (6.42.58). This victory was the first for the Russian national team at the tournament.

Raising gas prices can lead to default in Ukraine. Such an assumption was expressed on the air of the Ukrainian television channel Newsone , People's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada from the "opposition bloc" Yuri Pavlenko. He explained that now less than two billion hryvnias are left in the Unified Treasury account, and various social programs are continued in the country regarding the support of the most vulnerable categories of citizens.

Bayern President Uli Hoeneß expressed the opinion that in the Champions League the Munich team's rivals are not other clubs, but states. The functionary hinted that Paris Saint-Gemain and Manchester City receive financial support from Qatar and the UAE, respectively. “In the Champions League, Bayern plays not with other clubs, but with states. If in the future one of our rivals disappears, it will happen because the state stops investing in it. But Bayern doesn’t care will exist.

The medals of Russian track and field athletes, who are currently competing as neutral athletes, will not count toward the country’s national team at the United European Championships. This was reported to TASS by the head of the public relations department of the European Athletics Association, James Mulligan. The United European Summer Olympic Sports Championships kicked off on Friday in Glasgow. The Russian team is the leader in the medal standings , with four gold medals to its name.

The Russian women's artistic gymnastics team, scoring 165.195 points, won the final of the team tournament at the United European Summer Sports Championships in Glasgow. The French came second (161.131) and the Dutch rounded out the top three (159.563). The Russian national team at the tournament is represented by Angelina Melnikova, Irina Alekseeva, Ulyana Perebinosova, Angelina Simakova and Liliya Akhaimova.

The famous American actor with the Russian passport Stephen Sigal was appointed special representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry for Russian-American humanitarian ties. The actor, producer, screenwriter, film director, musician and master of martial arts Sigal repeatedly stated that he had Russian, Belarusian and Buryat roots, and in Russia feels at home. Now his love was called to prove him in practice.