At the visiting meeting held by Igor Levitin, among other issues, projects for the reconstruction and modernization of the Novorossiysk Sea Port and the construction of the dry -loaded district of the seaport in Taman were discussed.

In the Japanese Prefecture, Kagoshima for the first time in the last two years has been launched a nuclear reactor. This was reported by AP on the official twitter. The Japanese company Kyushu Electric Power launched the Sendai nuclear power plant on Tuesday, which will reach the operating capacity on August 14. It is noted that the company invested more than $ 100 million in the reactor security.

The People’s Bank of China has established the lowest national currency for the dollar over the past three years - 6.2298 yuan for the US dollar. The decision on the devaluation of Yuan was made to support the national market due to the fall in the exports of Chinese goods in the USA, Europe and Japan by 8.3%. After the devaluation of the yuan, the cost of aluminum and copper fell to a six -year minimum - up to 1573.5 and 5178 dollars per ton, respectively.

The defendant of the case of the murder of the politician Boris Nemtsov Shadid Gubashev refused the primary confession and asked for a second interrogation, the Moscow News Agency reports with reference to the source close to the investigation. Recall, on August 6, he accused the investigators of torture and also abandoned his testimony accused of complicity to the murder of Nemtsov Anzor Gubashev.

In Japan, the work of the first reactor of Sentai NPP was resumed - for the first time after the stop of all nuclear power plants for verification after the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. As reported by the operator of the Kyushu Electric Power NPP, the reactor launch occurred at 10:30 August 11 in the standard mode.

Religious residents of Kyrgyzstan will be able to abandon the military service for a fee, Interfax reports. The bill on the introduction of relevant additions to the Law “On Universal Military Duties” was signed by the President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev.

The former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is negotiating the sale of his Certosa Villa on the island of Sardinia for 500 million euros, OGGI reports. According to the publication, Berlusconi is negotiating the sale with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia by Mohammed Ben Nayfom. The ex-Prime Minister personally conducted a five-hour tour of the villa for the prince, the sources of the publication say.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko increased the article of expenses for the defense of Ukraine in the state budget for 2015 by 5.3 billion hryvnias, or $ 250 million, the press service of the Verkhovna Rada reports. Most of these funds will go to finance the power operation in the Donbass, for which about $ 241 million was allocated.

Cows Flickr/Hugo Stephens Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on August 3 in Sochi held a selector meeting on the progress of agricultural harvesting in 2015, after which he instructed to work out a plan for limiting the number of livestock in farms, according to the Cabinet website .

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, called the main problem of Russian diplomats on the air of Kommersant FM radio station. According to Zakharova, the main problem of Russian diplomats is that they are "not heard in the West." “Of course, we have a tremendous problem - that we are not heard in the West.

Six basic non -ferrous metals fell 1.9% after the China Bank has devalued Yuan. This was reported by Bloomberg. In particular, three -month aluminum contracts fell 2.8% - to 1573.5 dollars per ton, which is the minimum level since July 2009. Copper prices also fell by 2.5% - up to $ 5178 per ton. The cost of zinc has fallen by 2.4% - to a minimum since 2013, tin lost 3.6% in price.

The government with its resolution allowed five regions to get rid of currency debts at a preferential rate. Debts for 2002-2005 Buryatia, as well as the Kemerovo, Magadan, Orenburg and Oryol regions, will be paid based on the average nominal exchange rate and euro to the ruble for 2012-2014. In other words, the dollar for these regions will cost 33.62 rubles, and the euro - 44.22 rubles.

Vasily Utkin, editor-in-chief of the NTV-Plus sports channels, called the work on the new TV channel Match TV under the leadership of Tina Kandelaki humiliating. He wrote about this on the blog on Sports.ru . According to Utkin, work on the new channel is "this is a betrayal of time spent on the profession." He also noted that no one talks about sports as corny as Kandelaki. “This is a disaster, and this is vile.

During trading on the Moscow Exchange, the euro reached 71 rubles. As of 16:07 Moscow time, the rate increased by 1.79 rubles compared to the level of closing of previous bidding. The dollar at this time traded at 64.1 rubles. The official European currency exchange rate established by the Bank of Russia on Wednesday, August 12, is 69.6762 rubles. The dollar rate is set at 63.2098 rubles.

In four Auchan stores in Moscow, the work of meat workshops was suspended, TASS reports with reference to the director of the company's external communications in Rosia, Maria Kurnosov. According to her, the work of workshops has been suspended from 14:00 Moscow time for a day for disinfection. In addition, Kurnosova said that Auchan invited specialists from Rosselkhoznadzor to conduct a second audit. After the previous inspection in sausages and chilled semi -finished products, Auchan found E.