Russian swimmer Vladislav Grinev managed to win bronze in the 100-meter freestyle at the World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. This is the first domestic medal in this discipline since 2003. Grinev swam the 100-meter freestyle in 47.82 seconds in the final. Defending champion American Caleb Dressel won (46.96), and Australian Kyle Chalmers took silver (47.08). #Swimming - Men's 100m Free FINAL The reigning champion Caeleb Dressel keeps the title in his hands!

In Russia, the area of ​​forest fires continues to grow. The day before, it exceeded 2 million hectares. According to the "Aviation Guide" on July 25, 225,6983 hectares are on fire. And most of it (2109815 hectares) is located in the so -called "control zone" - on hard -to -reach and remote lands of the forest fund, where extinguishing work has been stopped on the basis of decisions of regional commissions to prevent and eliminate emergency situations and fire safety.

The head of the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow, Yuri Titov, was brought to disciplinary liability after the scandal caused by the fabrication of the criminal case of drug trafficking against the journalist and the author of the anti-corruption investigations Ivan Golunov. Glavk, as evidence of the version of the prosecution, published pictures of a drug laboratory under the guise of photographs taken in the apartment of a journalist.

Investigators of the Oryol region opened two criminal cases on the fact of the mass death of bees. This phenomenon threatens with disaster to all humanity, but the Ministry of Agriculture has recently called not to condensate paints . Information about the initiation of cases is posted on the official website of the regional department of the IC of the Russian Federation.

Work on the elimination of the consequences of the fire in the Cathedral of the Paris Mother of God will be temporarily stopped on Thursday evening, TASS reports with reference to the statement of Michel Kado, the prefect of the capital region Il de Franca. A pause in the work can last until the end of next week. During the fire of the roof and the spire of the cathedral that occurred on April 15, several tons of lead, molten to the drip state, fell into the air along with the burning materials.

A trailer for the Russian series dedicated to the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the NTV channel appeared on the Web. The video is available on the YouTube channel, and in a few hours I scored more than 6 thousand diesels. The series takes place from April to December 1986. The Ukrainian department of the KGB of the USSR becomes known about the interest shown by foreign special services to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

The Russian male team sank from 43rd to 46th place in the ranking of the International Football Federation (FIFA), the updated version of which was published on Thursday on the official website of the organization . The assets of the Russian team are 1436 points. Over the reporting month, the wards of Stanislav Cherchesov did not go on the field, and in just 2019 they held four meetings as part of the qualifying tournament of the European Championship 2020.

Sberbank and Mail.Ru Group announced their intention to create a leading O2O-Offline platform in Russia in the field of food and transport. According to the release published on the Mail.Ru Group website , the parties have currently signed an agreement on the creation of a joint venture, and it is planned to conclude a obligatory agreement in the fall, after receiving all the necessary permits from corporate governance, antimonopoly structures and other regulators.

Large retail may refuse to participate in the Central Bank project - the quick payments system (SBP), which, in particular, will allow you to pay in stores using QR code. The business is not satisfied with the tariffs called the Central Bank at 0.2-0.7% of the amount paid through SBP purchases and services. This is stated in a letter from the Associations of Retail Companies (Acort) and Internet trade (Akit) to the Chairman of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina, which is quoted by Vedomosti .

The company "Avtotor" intends to build a plant with a capacity of 50 thousand cars per year in the Kaliningrad region. This was announced to Vedomosti by the general director of the Holding Autotor Alexander Sorokin, specifying that it is planned to open it in 2020, and the German Durr company will take up the design of the plant.

The governor of the island state of Puerto Rico Ricardo Rosselo said that he was resigned in the light of protests caused by the publication of his scandalous correspondence. "I will inform you that I will resign from the governor’s post. The decision will enter into force on Friday, August 2, at 17:00," Rosselo said. According to him, the Minister of Justice Puerto Rico Wanda Vasquez will temporarily fulfill his duties. Rosselo's performance was broadcast on Facebook.

On July 24, the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of the Russian Federation announced that it had fined Google 100 thousand rubles for violating the ban on the distribution of advertising for the preparation and writing of final qualifying papers. The department drew attention to the distribution of such advertising on the Google AdWords service at the end of June, and the reason for this was a complaint filed by an unnamed citizen.

Grigory Yudin "Recent events show that today the Moscow Her attorney is confiscated today and went to the federal level. It is clear that the Investigative Committee with a criminal case and searches does not execute the city hall. It is equally clear that the head of the SPC Fedotov could cancel the newly appointed meeting with the candidates (on the basis that there is no free room) only on the top of it. This is a sharp change in the dud. - The sociologist writes on Facebook .

Igor Aidman "The actions of the Russian authorities often seem chaotic and often random. However, this is not so. In the autocracy of the state, the state policy is subordinated to the interests of the autocrat and is adjusted to his tastes, complexes, stereotypes. This also applies to the crimes of the authorities," the sociologist writes on his Facebook page. "Putin seriously perceives only strength and a lot of money.

The Amur Region suffers from a flood caused by heavy rains for several days. At the meeting of the Commission on the Prevention and Extraordinary Situations, it was decided to introduce the emergency regime in the territory of the entire region, the regional government reports. In the Amur region, the flooding of 112 residential buildings and 997 household plots in 8 settlements, damage to 45 sections of roads in 15 areas with a length of 156 kilometers were registered.