Employees of Moscow law enforcement agencies detained the coordinator of the Left Front movement Sergei Udaltsov. This was told by Interfax himself Udaltsov himself. According to Udaltsov, the detention is associated with a rally against raising the retirement age, which took place on July 28 on Sakharov Avenue in Moscow. The action was consistent.

US President Donald Trump signed a defense budget for 2019. The English -language media discusses its content and context. A strong impression on them was made by the moment that Trump, signing the budget, did not mention the name of the senator from Arizona John McCain, in whose honor this document was officially named. At the signing ceremony, writes Bloomberg , was also attended by US Vice President Mike Pence, and all this event was furnished impressively.

Kommersant in the article “Pure Water Tax” writes that the Ministry of Finance proposes to introduce an environmental tax since 2020. It is designed to replace the current fee for the negative impact on the environment. “ Flights lay on the course”: the fall of the ruble triggered the excitement demand for departure. “ The insurers were short of profit ”: the profitability of OSAGO was seven times lower than the calculated one.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service proposed recognizing a digital platform as a monopolist in the Russian -language segment of the Internet, which occupies at least 35% of the “interchangeable services” market and receives revenue more than 400 million rubles per year, RBC writes, familiarizing themselves with the new option of the fifth package of amendments to the antimonopoly legislation.

The Ministry of Economic Development believes that, despite the increase in VAT, utility bills will have to grow by no more than 4%in 2019, that is, the predicted inflation rate. Moreover, the increase is proposed to be carried out in two stages. The authorities discuss the newspaper Izvestia wrote about the fact that following the growth of VAT from 18 to 20%, which will occur on January 1, 2019, the newspaper Izvestia wrote .

In relation to the mayor of Orenburg, Yevgeny Arapov, a criminal case has been opened, TASS reports with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. According to the interlocutor of the agency, the mayor is suspected of receiving a bribe, searches were held in his office last week. As part of the same case, Deputy Arapov Gennady Borisov was previously detained and arrested. The Orenburg City Hall reported that Arapov was hospitalized on August 10.

The United States freezes the action of the open sky, accusing Russia of non -compliance with its conditions. Russia denies the accusations and promises to answer mirror. Washington freezing the actions of the contract became known on the evening of August 13. As stated in the text of the defense budget, which was signed by US President Donald Trump, freezing work under the contract will continue until the moment, “until Moscow returns to its compliance,” the Zvezda TV channel reports.

The Minister of Transport Yevgeny Dietrich said that his ministry worked out the issue of response measures for the possible introduction of Ukraine of transport isolation from Russia, TASS reports. According to the minister, it is unlikely that Kyiv will be canceled by transport communication with Russia. “First of all, such measures will lead to the impossibility of citizens of Russia and Ukraine to use the services of transport.

Employees of the University of Chicago determined one of the reasons why the elephant tumors appear significantly less often than the species with a comparable life expectancy of a person. This is the work of the LIF6 gene, which in most species of mammals does not function. The protein encoded by LIF6 quickly kills mitochondria in cells with damaged DNA, which is why these cells die. The body of any animal initially consists of one cell.

Netflix financial director David Wells announced that it would resign as soon as it would help to choose a receiver, the company's press service reports. The company has a stable financial situation, there are growth plans, and it will not be difficult to find a replacement for the place of the financial leader, the report said. “Netflix had 14 wonderful years, and I am very proud that we have achieved,” Wells said. Wells himself intends to do charity.

The ruble exchange rate to the dollar and the euro grew up when opening trading on the Moscow Exchange for the first time from August 7, it became known according to the results of trading. The dollar cost 67.8 rubles, and the euro - 76.37 rubles. On the eve of the dollar, a mark of 68 rubles was held , which was the last time in April 2016.

The Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Yevgeny Dietrich said that his department was initiative to partially compensate for the airlines additional costs due to rising prices for aviation fuel in order to prevent the rise in tickets, TASS reports. Earlier it became known that, in particular, Aeroflot from July 26 raises fuel collection on internal flights by 200-400 rubles due to the rise in price of air fuel.

The bill on the tightening of the United States Anti -Russian sanctions “On Strengthening NATO, the fight against international cybercrime and imposing additional sanctions on the Russian Federation” proposed by a group of senators, published on the website of the US Congress. On August 2, members of the US Congress Senate from both parties, democratic and republican, proposed a new package of sanctions against Russia.

In Venezuela, Colonel Pedro Sambrano and General Alejandro Peres in the case of an attempt to attempt on the president of the country Nicholas Maduro were arrested, Reuters reports. The authorities believe that the explosions of drones were an attempt on the president organized by a foreign opposition. In this regard, 14 people have already been arrested and 20 suspects remain at large, including in Colombia and the USA, said the chief prosecutor of Venezuela Tarek Saab.

According to a survey of the resident of the Skolkovo Foundation, the Diary of Diamonds, more than 30 percent of Russian schools, abandoned paper magazines and switched to electronic ones. The study was conducted according to the results of the 2017/18 academic year, with the participation of 16 thousand teachers, students and parents from 74 regions of the country.