The High Court of London, at the request of Promsvyazbank clients for interim measures, froze the assets of bankers Alexey and Dmitry Ananyev in the amount of 11 million euros and 15.6 million dollars, The Bell writes , citing a source. The funds will remain out of reach of account holders until the end of the proceedings on the investors' claim against eight companies, the beneficiaries of which were the Ananyevs.

Italy intends to campaign for lifting sanctions from Russia, said Deputy Prime Minister of Italy, Minister of Internal Affairs of the country of Matteo Salvini, reports RBC . By the end of the year, a number of measures are planned on the part of Italy that will contribute to the abolition of sanctions. According to him, Russia and Italy restored good trade relations, and sanctions do not bring benefits to Rome.

The Juventus football club sold 520 thousand “registered” T -shirts of his new striker Cristiano Ronaldo, having earned more than half of the player’s tracefect value for the first day of sales, Yahoo Sports reports citing the Italian media. The cost of one original T -shirt is 105 euros, replicas - 45 euros. The revenue amounted to from 35 to 83 million euros with a total cost of transfer of 100 million euros, the source reports.

Black rats ( rattus rattus ), spreading to many tropical islands, inflicted significant damage to the local land fauna. However, a new study shows that because of them, the number of fish and other water inhabitants of coral reefs is also reduced . Rats penetrated the islands of the Pacific and Indian oceans from ship holds, starting from the 15th century. It has long been known that because of them a number of species of island birds disappeared, since their rats ruined the nests.

Although Vladimir Putin, according to the prevailing tradition, was late for a meeting with Donald Trump, the American president, according to his words at a press conference, was satisfied with the negotiations. The Russian president also showed his good mood in every possible way. The meeting began at 14:12 instead of planned 13:20. But Putin and Trump were talked about face to face for 2 hours 10 minutes, although they initially agreed on 1.5 hours.

Two Mi-8AMTSH helicopters returned to permanent deployment points in the Novosibirsk Region as part of the withdrawal of Russian troops from the territory of Syria, Interfax said. “The crews of helicopters and combat vehicles returned home after the successful fulfillment of special tasks to combat international terrorism in the Syrian Arab Republic,” the department said .

Foreigners with a fan passport will be able to come to Russia without a visa until the end of 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin made such a statement based on the results of the World Cup. “I think we will do this: for foreign fans who currently have executed passports of fans, we will make a visa -free entry into the Russian Federation until the end of this year - multiple, I repeat, visa -free regime,” Putin said.

On July 16, 1881, Vasily Zenkovsky, theologian and religious philosopher were born Personal business Vasily Vasilievich Zenkovsky (1881-1962) was born in Ukraine, in the city of Proskurov (now Khmelnitsky) of the Podolsk province in a family of teachers. The father was a career of a 2-class city school in Yampol, he served as a church headman. Mother was also a teacher. Parents brought up their son in a traditional Orthodox spirit.

Once every ten years in Russia they conduct an examination of the authenticity of the remains of the royal family. Their authenticity was first recognized in 1998, after which, on the 80th anniversary of the execution in the basement of the Ipatievsky house, they were buried in the Peter and Paul Cathedral of St. Petersburg. In 2007-2008 An examination of new remains was conducted, which established: Found Tsarevich Alexei and Grand Duchess Maria.

US President Donald Trump said during a press conference following negotiations with Russian leaders Vladimir Putin in Helsinki that the United States and Russia will compete in the gas market of the European Union, RNS reports. Commenting on the Russian project of the North Stream - 2 gas pipeline, Trump noted: “The USA is selling liquefied gas and we will compete with the pipeline. Although they (Russia) have certain advantages - they have a close source of gas.

Russian President Vladimir Putin at a press conference during the Russian-American summit presented to US President Donald Trump an official ball of the World Cup, which was held in Russia, RNS reports. Putin made a gift after the question of whether in the situation with Syria “ball on the side of Russia”. “As for the fact that the ball is on our side in Syria. Mr. President just said that we finished and successfully held the World Cup.

The Department of Research and Forecasting Bank A of Russia published the ballot ““ What the Trends are talking about. Macroeconomics and markets ” ( .pdf ). The Central Bank analysts note that the increase in value added tax (VAT) from 18% to 20% “with great in erecy will lead to temporary acceleration of inflation slightly higher than 4% in 2019 ”. About 70% of the cost of the consumer basket falls under the taxation of VAT.

The government plans to increase in Russia the demand for aluminum in order to support Rusal, which has fallen under American sanctions. Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak approved the “road map” for the development of the Russian aluminum industry until 2023, Kommersant writes.

The State Duma Committee on the Budget and Taxes recommended to adopt in the second reading the draft law on new tariffs of social sessions and an increase in VAT from 18% to 20% introduced by the Government of the Russian Federation, TASS reports. It is assumed that the bill will be considered at a meeting of the State Duma on July 18. It is planned that through the new VAT rate the state budget will replenish by 620 billion rubles.

The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that there was no approved agenda to meet the presidents of Russia and the USA and Donald Trump. In an interview with RT, he expressed doubts that the construction of the North Stream 2 gas pipeline will be discussed at the summit. “I would not say that it will definitely be on the agenda. I don’t think this will be discussed in the first place.