Russian President Vladimir Putin personally thanked the Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko who was responsible for the sport for preparing the reception of the World Cup, RIA Novosti reports. “The holiday really turned out. Now I want to thank everyone who took part in the organization of this grandiose event. Vitaly Leontyevich, I want to say the words of gratitude to you.

The Moscow Garrison Military Court pleaded the guilt of the former head of the Moscow criminal investigation department Viktor Trutnev as an accomplice in giving bribes on an especially large scale, Interfax reports from the courtroom, where the verdict is announced. The investigation found that in the spring of 2017, Trutnev and accomplices received a bribe of 70 thousand dollars for terminating the criminal case against Trans -Seako CEO Yuri Kornilov.

The head of NAC Naftogaz of Ukraine Andrei Kobolev said that the Ukrainian company is ready to consider a settlement with the Russian Gazprom as part of a dispute in Stockholm arbitration, TASS reports.

The Sokolniki Park administration included a rally against raising the retirement age to the schedule of public events. The action is scheduled for July 18, from 19 to 21 hours Moscow time. The organizer of the rally is the all -Russian social movement to assist social justice “Civil Solidarity”, the declared number of events - up to a thousand people, the status of the application is “agreed”.

A special cryptocurrency tax will not be introduced in the near future, operations with digital currency are taxed on existing laws, Izvestia write with reference to the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation. A 13% personal income tax should pay from transactions with cryptocurrency, and the tax rate for legal entities depends on the type of activity, said the chairman of the Duma committee on financial markets Anatoly Aksakov.

The EU ambassadors came to an agreement on the addition of the sanctions list in Ukraine in connection with the start of the operation of the Crimean bridge, TASS reports with reference to the source. The decision to include new persons in the list will have to be approved by the EU Council at the ministerial level, the source said.

The ex-deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, the chairman of the “Party of Changes” Dmitry Gudkov appealed to the Moscow City Court with a lawsuit in connection with the refusal of the Moscow City Warrics to register him as a candidate for the mayor of Moscow, told Gudkov’s spokesman Alexei Obukhov. Obukhov specified that the lawsuit was filed on July 17. Dmitry Gudkov explained on his Facebook , which appealed to both the refusal of registration and the municipal filter.

Russia has ceased to be one of the largest holders of the US public debt, getting rid of at least a third of American government bonds. This is evidenced by the May data of the US Department of Finance. In April, Russia occupied the 22nd line in the list of the largest government holders in the amount of $ 48.7 billion. In March 2018, Russia occupied the 16th line of the list and owned government bonds twice as much. Now the last line in the list is chili with bonds of $ 30 billion.

The State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted in the first reading the amendments to the Labor Code, allowing the employee to receive an additional paid weekend for a medical examination, Interfax reports. Amendments are considered as follows: “Employees are entitled to undergo a medical examination in the manner prescribed by legislative and other regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation in the field of health protection.

The Image of the permanent population of the Russian Federation, as of June 1, 2018 , amounted to 146.8 million people - since the beginning of the year, the number of residents of Russia has declined by 77.8 thousand people , or 0.1%. This is evidenced by the data of the Federal State Statistics Service ( . DOC ). Rosstat recalls that over the same period of the previous year, a decrease in the population was also observed - by 31.1 thousand people, or by 0.02%.

And the Beach Director of the Association of Tour operators of Russia (ATOR) Maya Lomidze said that the World Cup in Russia brought the country more than 850 billion rubles - about 1% of GDP, RBC reports. Lomidze also noted that thanks to the 2018 World Cup, 220 thousand jobs were created in the country: “According to the Organizing Committee for the preparation for the World Cup, 220 thousand new jobs were created thanks to the World Cup.

The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, said that the detention in the United States Russians Maria Butina was aimed at minimizing the positive results of the meeting of the leaders of the Russian Federation and the USA Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, RIA Novosti reports. Recall that Butina is charged with a conspiracy in the United States to work as an agent of a foreign state without registration.

The State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted in the second reading a bill to increase the value of value added tax (VAT), RIA Novosti reports. The bill provides for an increase in the basic VAT rate from 18% to 20% while maintaining preferential rates at the same level and right of automakers to receive deductions for the amount of VAT paid for the acquisition of goods, works and services.

Archaeologists opened a new tomb in the megalithic funeral complex of Bru-on-Boyn, located forty kilometers north of Dublin. A 780 hectare complex consists of several dozen mounds built about five thousand years ago. Of these, the most famous are the three largest mounds: Newgrinj, Daut and Naut. In each mound there is a corridor tomb: a long underground passage lined with stone blocks leads to the central funeral chamber.

The State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted amendments to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and the Code of Administrative Violations, tightening the punishment for illegal organization and conduct of lotteries and gambling, RIA Novosti reports.