Over the six months of 2018, 148.9 thousand new passenger cars of Japanese brands were sold in Russia, which is 16.4% more than in the same period a year earlier. The best-selling Japanese car in Russia was the Toyota Camry business sedan, sales of which during the reporting period reached 13.9 thousand units, which is 0.7% lower than in January–June 2017.

US President Donald Trump believes that the duties of imports from China and other countries introduced by him will save the country's metallurgical industry, having competed in the American market exclusively domestic. The head of state said this in an interview published on the website of the newspaper Wall Street Journal .

The newest small missile ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet "Vyshny Volochek" with "Caliber" cruise missiles has been sent to the Russian Navy group in the Mediterranean Sea, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet (BSF) reported on Thursday, August 16. “It is planned that by the end of the day today the ship will become part of the forces of the permanent formation of the Navy in the far sea zone and will begin to carry out its assigned tasks,” the report says, as quoted by Interfax .

In June, Türkiye reduced investments in US government debt and dropped out of the list of largest holders of US treasury securities. This is evidenced by data on the website of the United States Department of the Treasury. During the reporting month, Ankara's investments in American government debt decreased to $28.8 billion, while in May the figure was $32.6 billion. Türkiye has continuously reduced investments in US government bonds since November last year.

The players of the St. Petersburg Zenit defeated the Minsk Dynamo in the response match of the third qualification round of the UEFA Europa League and reached the qualifying round of the playoffs of the second most important European Cup. The meeting at the Petrovsky stadium in St. Petersburg ended with a score of 8: 1. As part of the hosts, Leandro Paredes (22 '), Christian Noboa (66'), Artem Dziuba (75 ', 78', 115 'Pen), Sebastian Driussi (108') and Robert Mack (120 'Pen, 120') were torn.

The authorities of St. Petersburg refused to renew the lease agreement with the local branch of the Memorial human rights center, which has been an old building on a roadway since 1997. This was announced on Facebook by the deputy of the Legislative Assembly Boris Vishnevsky. According to him, the last time the lease agreement with the Memorial was concluded in January 2011 for seven years.

The Japanese Fair Trade Commission (FTC) checks the reports that Apple has put pressure on the Yahoo Japan to achieve the closure of the striming gaming platform that competed with the App Store store. About this writes the publication Nikkei . We are talking about the Game Plus service, with which users could conduct broadcasts of games developed for other platforms, as well as launch HTML5 games on smartphones. Thus, the owners of the iPhone gained access to the games, bypassing the App Store.

The Investigative Committee of Russia (TFR) was charged with the final edition to the defendants in a high-profile criminal case of large-scale thefts committed during the construction and repair of the facilities of the residence of the President of Russia in Novo-Ogarsky. At the final stage, the investigation received an even greater resonance: the investigation came to the conclusion that at the head of the criminal community engaged in fraud with budget funds was the famous St.

The volume of debts collected from Russians in rent in 2018 increased by almost a quarter. According to the Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP) of Russia, for six months of this year, 3.5 million enforcement proceedings were executed in the territorial bodies of the FSSP to recover debt for utilities in the amount of 91.8 billion rubles. This is 512 thousand enforcement proceedings (17.1%) and 18.1 billion rubles (24.5%) more than in the same period of 2017. The main debtors are individuals.

The General Director of Profinet LLC Vasily Kolchanov, against whom the United States imposed sanctions , criticized Washington’s actions, calling them “pulling out old underwear”. On the eve of the United States, Russian LLC Profinet and its general director Kolchanov were included in the sanctions list due to cooperation with the DPRK.

During a large-scale reconstruction, Sergiev Posad near Moscow needs to be rid of Soviet buildings that have “disfigured” the city. This applies to both administrative and residential buildings, Archpriest Leonid Kalinin, a member of the Patriarchal Council for Culture, told the Govorit Moskva radio station. The construction plan is under development. According to Kalinin, the project received the blessing of Patriarch Kirill and the approval of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Estonian government has announced that the border with the Russian Federation will be finalized by 2026, at a cost of 190 million euros. “The construction of the border will be carried out in full according to the project of the Police and Border Guard Department. The cost of the border, according to current prices, will be about 190 million euros and it will be ready by 2026,” Interfax quotes the press service of the country’s government.

By his decree, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko dismissed Anatoly Cherny from the post of Minister of Architecture and Construction and removed Vitaly Vovk from the post of Minister of Industry. The press service of the head of state reported this on Thursday. “Anatoly Cherny and Vitaly Vovk have been relieved of their positions as Minister of Architecture and Construction and Minister of Industry, respectively,” the message says.

Police found dead an eight-year-old boy who had left home in the village of Roshchino, Krasnoarmeisky district, Primorsky Krai. The search for the child continued for a week. The boy disappeared on August 9. Today, August 16, his body was found in the Bolshaya Ussurka River, according to the website of the regional department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. A forensic medical examination has been ordered to determine the cause of death.

The British artist Banksy accused the organizers of his "personal exhibition" in the Moscow Central House of the Artist (CDH) of making money on his name and his work, while he himself never takes money from people who want to see his work. On Wednesday on his Instagram, he published a screenshot of correspondence with a certain user.