Biologist Martin Nyffler from Basel University, together with colleagues from the USA and Turkey, calculated that annually birds eat from 400 to 500 million tons of flies, mosquitoes, butterflies, beetles, ants, aphids, grasshoppers and other insects. The calculations are based on analysis of 103 previously published scientific works, which considered the volume of extraction of insectivorous birds in seven main natural zones of the Earth.

The State Duma Committee on the Budget and Taxes supported the proposal to establish a zero VAT rate on air transportation in the Crimea and the Far East until 2025, RIA Novosti reports. The Duma committee agreed to reduce passengers and baggage to zero for the development of transport of the Far Eastern Federal District to zero for the internal air transportation of passengers and baggage, at which the departure point and/or destination is located in the Far Eastern region.

The Ministry of Finance calculated the income that can receive the Pension Fund of Russia as a result of the transfer of retirement age. At the same time, the regions are in no hurry to give positive reviews on the draft pension reform, the media note.

The Moscow Credit Bank, which won the competition for the receipt of part of the assets and obligations of the Sovetsky Bank, will transfer obligations to all creditors of the first stage, except for individual entrepreneurs, the Central Bank said. The transfer of obligations will fully maintain the deposits of individuals who were “Soviet” customers, including deposits exceeding the insurance amount (1.4 million rubles), the report said.

On July 9, the Vladivostok International Airport accepted only a weekly flight from Pyongyan, other aircraft from the DPRK did not arrive, TASS reports with reference to the press service of the airport. “Yesterday, from the North Korean ships, we had only the R-885 flight Air Koryo, which is operated on Mondays and Thursdays,” the report said. Earlier it was reported that the private plane of the leader of North Korea Kim Jong -un was noticed at the airport of Vladivostok.

The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation recognized the Rules for the Constitution of the Constitution to pay payment for heating: Art. 157 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation and some clauses of the rules approved by the Government to the provision of utilities to owners and users of premises in apartment buildings. A resident of the Moscow region, Sergei Deminets, filed a complaint with the Constitutional Court against the actions of the management company.

The State Duma of the Russian Federation approved in the first reading a bill on the elimination of national and intra -network roaming in Russia, RIA Novosti reports. The bill was submitted to the lower house of the Russian parliament by a group of deputies from Fair Russia, led by party leader Sergei Mironov.

The head of the investigative group in the case of a fire in the Winter Cherry shopping center Rustam Gabdulin said in court that the cases of pressure on the victims were recorded.

US President Donald Trump called some employees of his administration “stupid people”. So during the March telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin Trump spoke about those who discouraged him from this call, writes The New York Times with reference to a source in the White House.

Appointed to the post of Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt said that his predecessor, Boris Johnson, was a great driving force in British policy, in particular, in creating an “important response” to Salisbury, Sky News reports. According to the minister, Boris Johnson made considerable efforts to prepare a response to the incident with the former GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia, who, as the British authorities said, were poisoned by neuro-paralytic substance.

The chairman of the Commission of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation to support family, motherhood and childhood Sergei Rybalchenko proposed reducing the retirement age for each child, RNS reports. It is proposed to take into account special conditions for large mothers when setting the age of retirement. The Public Chamber was offered to reduce the retirement age for the first child by a year, for the second - by two, for the third - by three.

The Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology (Rosstandart) approved a document fixing the requirements for checks and quality of mobile applications. Preliminary national standard 277-2018 “Russian quality system. Comparative tests of mobile applications for smartphones ”will be enacted on October 1 for a period of 3 years. After testing, in 2021, the standard will be assigned the status of GOST R.

The Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Maxim Oreshkin said that special administrative areas (SARs) on Russian islands in Vladivostok and Oktyabrsky in the Kaliningrad region with a special tax regime for companies from offshores will begin work, TASS reports. According to the minister, international holding companies will be able to re -register with minimal costs to Russian jurisdiction in the SAR, completely retaining the rights and obligations.

France beat Belgium in the semifinals of the World Cup with a score of 1: 0. #Fra 1-0 #bel ✅ Played Standard ✅ Bulge in Lloris ✅ France goes further pic.twitter.com/mx9xzzwdx - World FIFA 2018🏆🇷🇺 (@fifaworldcup_ru) July 10 , 2018 The only goal in the 51-minute of the match held in St. Petersburg was scored by the player of the French national team Samuel Umtiti. The France team for the third time enters the final of the World Cup.

State Duma chairman Vyacheslav Volodin said that from the bill on liability for the execution of sanctions they can remove the norm on criminal punishment, Interfax reports. “We believe that this article should either be within the framework of administrative responsibility, or in principle this article can be taken and excluded,” said Volodin.