Tomorrow, August 7, Rosselkhoznadzor will discuss with the diplomatic missions of four Latin American countries the issue of expanding food supplies to Russia, RIA Novosti reports . "Meetings with the ambassadors of Ecuador, Brazil, Chile and the charge d'affaires of Argentina in Russia will be held on August 7 and will be devoted to discussing the possibilities of expanding the supply of food products by these countries to the Russian market," the ministry said in a statement.

For formal reasons, military officials were left without a pension of a participant in the Great Patriotic War For formal reasons, military officials were left without a pension of a participant in the Great Patriotic War 92-year-old Vasily Litvinenko, a front-line soldier, retired lieutenant colonel who had served in the Northern Fleet for many years, Russia refused a pension. Vasily Romanovich, living in St. Petersburg, has not received a penny from the state for several months.

The Russian government has postponed discussions on a possible increase in the current 13% personal tax for 2019. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to a source in the government and an official familiar with the discussion. “Now this is not practical,” the source said. Earlier, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov spoke about the need to raise taxes due to the budget deficit.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called rumors media reports that the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation will restrict or ban trans-Siberian flights to Western airlines. “I would not like to comment on various rumors, but probably everyone knows how the Russian airspace is actively used by airlines of foreign countries, including European ones, including American and Asian ones,” Lavrov was quoted as saying by RIA .

VTB 24 has stopped accepting consular fees for paying US visas, Interfax reports citing the bank's press service. “The decision to refuse cooperation was made by CGI Group Inc, a counterparty to American embassies around the world,” a VTB representative said. The reasons for the refusal are not named. Every month, several thousand bank customers paid the consular fee through VTB, the source said.

The President of Russia dismissed 18 high-ranking security officials from their posts. The relevant decrees are posted on the Kremlin website. Among the dismissed 12 representatives of the Investigative Committee: heads and their deputies of the departments of the Investigative Committee for the Central, Volga, Urals, Northwestern, Far Eastern federal districts, as well as deputy heads for the Siberian and Southern federal districts.

Foreign wine and baby food “definitely will not be” on Russia’s retaliatory sanctions list. A source in the government apparatus told Vedomosti about this. According to another source of the publication, meat, cheese and other dairy products will be banned. Earlier today, Vladimir Putin signed a decree requiring the government to develop a list of food that will be prohibited from importing from countries that supported sanctions against Russian individuals and legal entities.

Deputy head of the Ministry of Economic Development Sergei Belyakov was relieved of his post. The corresponding order is published on the website of the government. The document was signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Recall that Belyakov apologized for the government's decision to freeze the pension savings of Russians for 2015 and said that he was ashamed of it on his Facebook page.

What is needed to become a museum? Not a club, not a gallery, not a center, not a cluster, not a house, but a museum? Yes, nothing is needed! Just be what a museum and actively proportion, as a private institution of culture (Chuk) “Museum of the Russian Icon” made. Photo: "New Gazeta" What is needed to become a museum? Not a club, not a gallery, not a center, not a cluster, not a house, but a museum? Yes, nothing is needed!

Russia sent 192 servicemen back to Ukraine, who on Monday night crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border in the Rostov region. This was reported to ITAR-TASS by the speaker of the regional FSB border guard Vasily Malaev. “Most of these servicemen are aware that in Ukraine they may face responsibility for leaving their positions. But despite this, they still decided to return home,” said Malaev. Currently, the convoy with the Ukrainian military is heading to the Veselo-Voznesenka checkpoint.

The Russian government is already developing a list of foodstuffs that will be banned from being imported from countries that have adopted sanctions against Russia, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Dmitry Medvedev's press secretary Natalya Timakova. “The Russian government is already working out a list of agricultural products and products that may be subject to restrictions for import into the country,” said the press secretary of the prime minister.

The news that the New York Times published today about allegedly the largest hacker theft in recent times on the Internet made a lot of noise, it was distributed by world news agencies, printed by the mainstream media, and it was reported by television and radio channels.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree banning the import of food into Russia from countries that have imposed sanctions on Russia. The decree "On the application of certain special economic measures to ensure the security of the Russian Federation" was published on the Kremlin's website. This measure will be in effect for a year.

At the request of the Prosecutor General's Office, Roskomnadzor blocked the LiveJournal blog of Leonid Volkov, ex-deputy of the Yekaterinburg City Duma and head of the election headquarters of Alexei Navalny. The reason for the blocking was the publication in LiveJournal about the “March for the federalization of Siberia”.

The Canadian government today expanded the sanctions list against Russia, Interfax reports . Now VTB, Rosselkhozbank, Bank of Moscow, Russian National Commercial Bank are on the "black list". In addition, Canadian sanctions now apply to United Shipbuilding Corporation and Dobrolet Airlines. Also, the Canadian authorities included 19 citizens of Russia and Ukraine in the sanctions list.