As far as one can judge according to the statistics of the Central Bank of Russia, the payment balance of our country for the first half of 2014 has improved significantly. If we compare its indicators with similar indicators of last year, then this improvement is very noticeable. So, the balance of the current account of the payment balance, which reflects the exchange of goods, services and income between residents and non -residents, has increased significantly in favor of Russian residents.

Russian Donetsk in the Rostov region is under fire from neighboring Ukraine. There are civilian casualties. In a traditional daily poll, Polit.ru asks readers what is the reason for the shelling of a Russian settlement - a deliberate or accidental step by Ukrainian security forces, or a conscious or accidental action of Donetsk separatists.

The former ambassador of Georgia to Russia, who at one time held the position of general director of the Rustavi 2 television company Erosi Kitsmarishvili, was found dead in Tbilisi, Interfax reports . According to the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs, Kitsmarishvili's body was found in his car near the house in the Georgian capital where he lived. Police also found a gun in the car. A criminal case has been opened for suicide.

In the near future, Microsoft can begin in the transnational corporation developing computers software. It is reported by Bloomberg with reference to anonymous sources. According to the publication, under mass dismissals, first of all, employees employed in the Microsoft Nokia Oyj mobile unit created only in 2013, in particular, about six thousand employees can remain without work until the end of this week.

The emergency train driver, previously declared the dead, is located in one of the Moscow hospitals, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to the deputy mayor of Moscow Peter Biryukov. Thus, according to the publication, the number of people who died in an accident in the blue century of the Moscow metro is 15 people, and not 16 as previously reported. Currently, only three victims of the accident have been removed, the remaining people are still in the train cars.

The dance group of European ancient dance was censored at the festival “Battle of the Neva” in St. Petersburg on Saturday in honor of the holiday of the holy of the pigeon apostles Peter and Paul.

Ukrainian servicemen began to transfer tanks and other heavy equipment to checkpoints in Berdyansk Zaporizhzhya region in case of a breakthrough of militias by Donbass. It is reported by Interfax . The commissar of the Berdyansk Military Commissariat Sergei Volkov explained these measures by the need to strengthen their positions in case the rebels try to go to the region along with the stream of refugees.

We continue to publish the conversation of the writer and journalist Igor Svinarenko with the writer and journalist Anatoly Makarov from the Zapamsha cycle. We bring to your attention the second part of the conversation. Part 1 can be read here . Part 2. Volunteer from Donbass Igor Svinarenko: We somehow missed the war. Anatoly Makarov: He fell ( writer Alexander Avdeenko - approx. Ed. ) There is an ordinary Red Army soldier. I tried to survive somehow. He hoped after recovering his rights.

As a result of the accident, four people were killed in the Moscow metro, 95 were hospitalized, more than 50 in serious condition. This was reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to the press service of the capital's department of health. Earlier, three dead and 90 victims were reported. On Tuesday morning, on July 15, a voltage jump occurred on the “blue branch”, as a result of which the train, which followed from Youth to Slavic Boulevard, sharply braked.

The German government demanded that the CIA employee at the Berlin Embassy of the United States leave the country's territory within a week. This was reported by the Bilda newspaper with reference to an anonymous source in the security authorities of Germany. According to the source, the German Foreign Ministry put pressure on the US Embassy with the aim of the speedy expulsion of an employee of the American intelligence services.

The Russian government lifted the ban on the revision of quotas for migrants in connection with a huge influx of Ukrainian refugees to the country. This was reported by the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Federation. Up to this point, Russian legislation did not provide for the possibility of changing the established quota for attracting labor from abroad to the country.

The transport aircraft of the Air Force of Ukraine was shot down when landing at the Lugansk airport. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the leader of the Popular Front of the self -proclaimed LPR Alexei Chmilenko.

Igor Svinarenko House of Creativity of Writers "Koktebel" We continue to publish the conversation of the writer and journalist Igor Svinarenko with the writer and journalist Anatoly Makarov from the Zapamsha cycle. We bring to your attention the second part of the conversation. Part 1 can be read here . Part 2. Volunteer from Donbass Igor Svinarenko: We somehow missed the war. Anatoly Makarov: He fell ( writer Alexander Avdeenko - approx. Ed. ) There is an ordinary Red Army soldier.

As a result of the attack of the suicide bomber in the market in the province of Pactica in Afghanistan, 89 people became. This was reported by BBC with reference to a source in the country's Ministry of Defense. In addition, 42 people were injured in varying severity. According to preliminary data, a terrorist, on an off -offs filled explosives, entered the body in the area in the area, after which he activated the explosive device.

All school textbooks in Russia from January 1, 2015 will have to have an electronic version, otherwise they will not fall into the federal list of textbooks. According to RIA Novosti , Russian Minister Dmitry Livanov, during a working meeting with representatives of the largest Russian publishers, said: “From January 1 of the next year, publishers will have to submit textbooks that exist both in print and electronic for examination.