The International Monetary Fund once again worsened the forecast of the growth of the global economy, Bloomberg reports. The reduction in the assessment was influenced by the uncertainty around the exit of Great Britain from the EU, as well as the aggravation of economic and political risks.

The Russian team almost certainly will not be allowed to speak at the Olympics in Brazil, experts say. In their opinion, in connection with a large -scale doping scandal, the chances of the fact that at least “pure” athletes, in whose analyzes there were no traces of stimulants, are practically deprived of a chance to fate in the 2016 Olympics.

In the German Würzburg, a young man with an ax and knife attacked passengers of a suburban train, reports Focus . The offender caused severe passengers injuries, another person received mild injuries. Then the young man tried to hide, tearing a stop crank, and on the way he caused severe wounds to another woman. The criminal tried to attack law enforcement officers who blocked his path, but the police opened fire and shot the attacker.

The investigation filed a request for the arrest of the First Deputy Head of the capital's head of the Investigative Committee of Denis Nikandrov, the head of the Office of his own security department Mikhail Maksimenko and another detainee in the case of abuse of powers and receiving bribes from criminals. This was reported by Interfax by the press secretary of the Liforsky court, Ekaterina Krasnova.

Turkish President Rezhip Erdogan, listing countries that did not cancel the death penalty on its territory, mentioned Russia. It is reported by the Air Force . “Where is there no death penalty now? In America? In Russia? In China? In countries around the world? It is not only in the countries of the European Union, ”Erdogan said. After the failed coup, the Turkish president referred to the will of the people and claimed that the people of Turkey demanded the restoration of the death penalty.

The Association of International Federations of Olympic Summer Sports (ASOIF) opposed the removal of the entire Russian team from participation in 2016 games. This is stated in the statement widespread by the press service of the organization. The statement states that ASOIF assessed the seriousness of the WADA commission under the leadership of Richard McLaren and recognizes the seriousness and scale of the doping problem in Russia.

In St. Petersburg, a preliminary investigation began on the fact of detecting a man’s body in the police department, the press service of the regional department of the TFR reports. According to preliminary data, the body of a man born in 1985 was discovered on the evening of July 18 in the 10th police department in the Nevsky district of St. Petersburg. Investigators believe that a man committed suicide, whose motives are installed.

The Ministry of Sports of Russia is ready to send a delegation to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, which will consist exclusively of athletes and coaches, Interfax reports with reference to the head of the department Vitaly Mutko.

Payments QIWI and SKRill are excluded from the register of prohibited sites. This was announced by TASS spokesman for Roskomnadzor Vadim Ampelonsky. According to him, links to online casinos were removed from the mentioned sites-respectively, the reason why the services sites were found under the blocking were eliminated.

The Islamic State terrorist organization (prohibited in Russia) took responsibility for the attack on train passengers in the German Würzburg, Reuters reports with reference to the news agency AMAQ terrorists. The IG statement says that the young man who attacked was one of the fighters of the terrorist organization. He “conducted the operation in response to calls to aim at the Coalition countries (international coalition to combat terrorism, led by the United States - Note.

The media continue to discuss the terrorist attack in Nice , which occurred on the night of July 15. Initially, they wrote about him as the next manifestation of radical Islamism. Later there were materials in which parallels are carried out more likely with shooting in Orlando (USA) than with previous terrorist attacks in France. The Economist wrote that the attack in Nice was a predictable event. Nice is known around the world as a tourist center.

The head of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, Alexei Ulyukaev, said that investors' trust in the Russian economy is restored. In his opinion, such a conclusion can be drawn from the influx of capital in May, RIA Novosti reports. “The most important thing is that our capital movement has changed since May of May this year. We had a huge outflow in 2014-$ 153 billion, in 2015 it was much smaller, but still $ 57 billion, ”the minister emphasized.

Turkish Minister of Justice Bekir Bozdag confirmed the arrest of pilots, who, presumably, in November 2015, shot down the Russian bomber in Syria, as a result of which Russian Oleg Peshkov died, Haberturk reports. Earlier on Tuesday, Bloomberg reported the arrest of two military pilots in Turkey. The pilots were detained as part of the investigation of the case of an attempt by a military coup in Turkey on the night of July 16.

In Turkey, the president’s adjutant on military aviation Ercan Kyvrak was detained, reports Anadol . According to the agency, Kovrak was detained in one of the hotels of Antalya as part of an investigation of the case of an attempt by a military coup in Turkey. With the adjutant, fake documents were found. On July 17, the detention of an assistant to Erdogan in military issues was reported .

Two residents of Nice attempted to stop the truck, which the terrorist Muhamed Lauayzh Bolel directed on July 14 on vacationers walking along the embankment, reports AFP . One of the eyewitnesses named Alexander told reporters that on the day of the tragedy, he returned by bicycle to his house on the embankment. “Suddenly I saw people running in a panic and a truck that crushed them.