The Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) warned that increasing value added tax (VAT) by 20% from January 1, 2019 could lead to uncontrolled growth of housing and communal services tariffs, RIA Novosti reports. The corresponding letter President of the RSPP Alexander Shokhin sent the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, proposing to introduce a number of changes to the legislation in the field of housing and communal services.

Enter registration of personal electric vehicles, such as Sigvei, gyro scooters, monocoles, was proposed in the State Duma. The author of the initiative also proposed supplementing the rules of the road with points on the behavior of the owner of the electric vehicle. The proposal to register personal electric vehicles and supplement the SDA was nominated by the State Duma deputy from the LDPR faction Vasily Vlasov.

The Russian government will form a “general vision of the issue” at the proposal of the assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Andrei Belousov on the seizure of over the supernivorities of the companies of mining-metallurgical and chemical complexes on August 17, TASS reports. Recall, Belousov proposed to withdraw from 14 companies as excessive income for 2017 513.7 billion rubles. This money is proposed to be directed to the implementation of May decrees.

The Leninsky District Court of Orenburg chose a preventive measure for the mayor of the city of Yevgeny Arapov-an arrest for a period of two months, reports AiF-Orenburg . The official is accused of receiving a bribe in the amount of 600 thousand rubles, he himself rejects the charges. Arapov was detained on August 14, being in the hospital for treatment. On the same day, the regional Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against him.

The General Director of the Russian Council for International Affairs (RSMD) Andrei Kortunov commented on the Kremlin’s attitude towards US President Donald Trump in the light of Washington announced by Washington against the Russian Federation. According to Kortunov, in Moscow they do not see a direct connection between the preparations of the US Congress on the tightening of sanctions and the American leader Donald Trump.

Chinese archaeologists spoke about the tomb they found, relating to the rule of the Mongolian dynasty of the Yuan (1271 - 1368). The tomb is located in the urban district of Yangzjuan the province of Shanxi. It was discovered back in 2012, and four years later the archaeological report was published in Chinese. Now the article in English has been dedicated to this find. The tomb is an octagonal room with a pyramidal arch.

Simon Zhavoronkov Combat robot :: ys [waiz]:: /flickr.com Russia is ready to support the proposal of France and Germany about the adoption of the Declaration to the UN, which would have said the importance of maintaining human control over autonomous weapons systems. This initiative in late August in Geneva will be discussed by representatives of more than 80 countries and international organizations.

The head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Infrastructure Vladimir Omelyan wrote on Facebook that "today he signed a historical document", according to which "only bears will go to Moscow, as in the good old days." Subsequently, the minister explained to reporters that the new restrictions that he wrote about will be affected not only by the railway passenger message.

The American Ministry of Finance has published a report on the maintenance countries of the US state debt bonds. It states that in June, Russia owned Treasuries treasury papers totaling $ 14.9 billion, and in July no changes occurred, Associated Press reports . However, in general, in comparison with the trend that traced from March to May, Russia stopped reducing the share of the American public debt, which is at its disposal.

A new study showed that at least six species of the Atlantic Ocean are able to eat river -eel larvae traveling through the ocean to the fresh rivers of Europe. It was previously believed that the features of the appearance of larvae allow them to avoid predatory fish. The results of the study are important in planning measures to save European river eels, because now this species is on the verge of extinction. Larvae of acne are known under the special name - leptocephalus.

The Minister of Education of the Russian Federation Olga Vasilieva said that she would offer the government to tighten the requirements for adoptive parents - including by reducing the "limit" of adoptive children in one family, TASS reports . “Now we have [maybe] up to eight [children]. This is not a kindergarten, this is not a family orphanage. This is another form, ”Vasilieva explained.

The conditions of adoption in Russia will be tightened, said the head of the Ministry of Education of Russia Olga Vasilieva. It is supposed to make more strict requirements for potential adoptive parents, as well as limit the number of adoptive children in the family. Currently, more than eight children cannot be adopted.

Scientists from the Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Sciences (HOT) RAS developed a new two -layer membrane with accelerated oxygen transfer. It can be used in micro and nanoelectronics, pharmaceutical industry and the field of biotechnology. An article on the study is published in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interface. The work was supported by a grant of the Russian Scientific Fund, briefly about its results is described in the press release of the fund.

The Ministry of Economic Development does not support the proposal of the assistant to the President of Russia Andrei Belousov on the seizure of “superprofits” of metallurgical and chemical companies.

The Ukrainian authorities introduced three Russian writers, including Zakhara Prilepin, in the list of cultural figures, “the actions of which pose a threat to the national security of Ukraine,” RNS reports. Prilepin was an adviser to the head of the self -proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic Alexander Zakharchenko. In February 2017, Prilepin became deputy commander of the battalion for working with personnel in the DPR, in the summer of 2018 he left this post.