The largest Russian banks will be offered to create a national rating agency like Standard and Poor's and Moody's, Interfax reports citing a source in banking circles. On Friday, July 24, a meeting will be held at the Central Bank, the agenda of which will include rating agencies. According to Interfax's interlocutor, large private and state-owned banks will be offered to become shareholders of the new rating agency.

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation decided to exclude the Golos association from the register of "foreign agents," said on his Facebook. Roman Udot, coordinator of Golos projects, “Currently, the association is undergoing the procedure of exclusion from the register of foreign agents. We hope that success will also await her on this path, ”writes Roman Udot.

The Human Rights Center "Memorial" recognized the persecution of activist Irina Kalmykova as political. Kalmykova has been under house arrest since June 10, she is accused of violating the procedure for holding rallies (Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

Rostec CEO Sergey Chemezov asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to make a subsidiary, the National Immunobiological Company (Natsimbio), the sole supplier of medicines for the treatment of HIV, tuberculosis and hepatitis for public procurement, writes RBC . In a letter to Putin, Chemezov asked for a monopoly until 2020. In addition, he proposed to make Nacimbio the only seller of blood products under government contracts until 2025.

Travel notes of a member of the HRC, an amateur Travel notes of a member of the HRC, an amateur Being in Krasnodar more than once and getting to the embankment, I heard from different people the same phrase (with a wave towards the river): “And there is already Adygea” ... From the side of Krasnodar, the coast is crowded with construction, the Kuban River also does not look clean here , so there was no particular desire to go to "and there already Adygea" did not arise.

The Arbitration Court of the Lipetsk Region declared illegal the decision of the Federal Tax Service, which assessed additional 35.5 million rubles in taxes to the local Roshen confectionery factory, reports . TASS According to the agency, the factory, which is part of the Roshen concert of President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, proved the illegality of the fine, penalty interest and value added tax arrears following an audit by the local department of the Federal Tax Service in 2013.

Minority shareholders of Ukrnafta have elected British Mark Rollins as the new chairman of the board of the company, reports Interfax-Ukraine . 99.97% of the shareholders voted for Rollins. “I think I can bring my experience to the company and make it better. I have experience in solving problems between shareholders and the state, as well as experience in restructuring work, ” quotes the Briton.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has replaced the governor of the Luhansk region, according to the official website of the Ukrainian leader. Volunteer Georgiy Tuka became the new head of the Luhansk region. Poroshenko called the fight against corruption in the issuance of passes issued at the entrance to the ATO zone the most important task of the new governor.

The Russian Military Historical Society is ready to reduce the size of the monument to Prince Vladimir, Interfax reports . Initially, it was assumed that the height of the monument would be 24-25 meters, of which 8 meters were on the pedestal. The RVIO said they were ready to abandon the pedestal altogether. Thus, the height of the monument will decrease by 8 meters.

The Lefortovo Court of Moscow accused two more Russians of treason (275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the court. The court extended the arrest of Viktor Shura and Yevgeny Chistov accused of treason until September. According to the agency, the details of the cases are not disclosed because of the "secret" stamp. This year, many criminal cases were initiated under the article “Treason”.

In the Kuibyshev district of the Rostov region, near the Russian-Ukrainian border, unidentified people opened fire on an FSB border guard officer, he was hospitalized in a local hospital, TASS reports , citing a source in law enforcement structures in the region. The attack happened while patrolling the border. The border guards saw a group of unknown persons and asked them to show their documents. At that moment, one of the men took out a gun and fired at the border guard.

The Federal Migration Service has cut 10% of its staff, RBC reports , citing the head of the service, Konstantin Romodanovsky. The reduction of employees is due to the government’s instructions to reduce budget expenditures on the state apparatus. According to Romodanovsky, the service had to lay off about 4 thousand people, thus the FMS staff decreased to 36 thousand workers.

The Vologda branch publicly responded to the material about the building for 350 million Photo: "New Gazeta" The Vologda branch publicly responded to the material about the building for 350 million Photo provided by the author Dear reader, maybe you have not yet managed to forget our story with the purchase of the Vologda branch of the Pension Fund of a new building for 350 million rubles. The last time we talked about the fact that the building bought six months ago was still not commissioned.

The Security Service of Ukraine blocked 110 million hryvnias (about $5 million) in accounts belonging to the son of former President Viktor Yanukovych, Oleksandr. This was reported on the website of the SBU. It is known that the security service froze 110 million hryvnias in the state treasury service, destined for the company MAKO-Trading, which is owned by Alexander Yanukovych.

The Kremlin declined to comment on the MacArthur Foundation's intention to leave Russia, TASS reports . According to presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, this is not the Kremlin's agenda. Earlier it became known that the American charitable MacArthur Foundation will close its branch in Russia. The main reasons why the organization closes a branch in Moscow is the inclusion of the fund in the “patriotic stop list” and the entry into force of the law “on undesirable organizations”.