Kyiv is ready to provide guarantees for the transit of Russian gas to Europe, subject to the signing of a new trilateral “winter package”. According to it, last year Russia provided a discount of $100 per thousand cubic meters of gas Kyiv has named the conditions under which it guarantees the transit of Russian gas to European countries. “Last year we signed a trilateral agreement at the Ukraine-EU-RF level on guarantees of gas supply and transit, an annex to the contract.

Train services in the Channel Tunnel have been disrupted following the death of a migrant trying to get through the tunnel into the UK. This was reported on Twitter by the Eurotunnel operator. “We expect there will be delays for trains from the UK for three hours and trains from France for an hour,” the operator said in a statement.

The state search engine Sputnik wants to oust Google: by the end of summer the Russian company will release its browser for Windows. The mobile browser already released by the company did not cause a stir Photo: Lori By the end of summer, the state Internet search engine Sputnik will launch its own web browser. This was stated on July 7 by Sputnik Product Development Director Mikhail Kozlov at a forum with the participation of the BRICS and SCO countries in Khanty-Mansiysk, TASS reports .

The new camera from GoPro is almost half the size of previous models. The Hero4 Session is the size of an ice cube, easy to use and costs $400 GoPro has shrunk its miniature cameras by another half. The new Hero4 Session, the size of an ice cube and weighing 57g, can fit between the spokes of a bicycle or on the end of a fishing rod, writes The Wall Street Journal. The camera will go on sale on July 12 at a price of $400, comparable to the Apple Watch smartwatch.

The print version of the British music magazine NME will be free from September 2015. A circulation of 300 thousand copies will be distributed at railway stations, universities and through the retail chain, according to the publication’s website. In addition, changes will affect the appearance of the nme.com website.

Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem said Greece had not submitted new proposals to resolve the crisis by today's meeting of euro zone finance ministers. According to him, the updated Greek reform plan will become known on Wednesday, July 8, the Greek publication Kathimerini reported on Twitter. Dijsselbloem also said that a letter from the Greek authorities is expected by the morning of July 8, in which they will ask for support through the European Stability Mechanism (ESM).

The golden times of consumer lending are in the past, stated Sberbank Deputy Chairman Alexander Morozov. In the coming year, the driver of growth will be mortgages due to subsidized rates from the state Photo: Ekaterina Kuzmina / RBC “In June we saw some recovery in demand for consumer loans. However, there is no need to say that we are seeing a reversal of the trend. I think that the golden times of consumer lending are in the past,” Alexander Morozov, deputy chairman of Sberbank, told RBC.

Photo: Ekaterina Kuzmina/RBC Dmitry Zhurba, ex-financial director of RAO UES and long-time partner of former Rusnano general director Leonid Melamed, was summoned as a witness to the Investigative Committee in the case of embezzlement of more than 220 million rubles. Former president of IFC Alemar and financial director of RAO UES Dmitry Zhurba, a student friend and long-time partner of Leonid Melamed, will testify in a criminal case about the embezzlement of more than 220 million rubles.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that in recent months Moscow has transferred more than 1 thousand heavy weapons to the militias. According to him, air defense systems, tanks and artillery are being supplied to Donbass NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (Photo: REUTERS 2015) NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that Russia continues to provide support to the self-proclaimed republics in Donbass.

United Russia intends to intervene in the election situation in the Samara region.

Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko spoke out against the introduction of criminal liability for governors for PR. “Bringing them to criminal liability is completely crazy. Who needs this now? We can’t even talk about criminal liability,” she told reporters. Earlier , RBC wrote that deputies from all factions have prepared a bill that prohibits local authorities from spending money on informing citizens about their work.

The Basmanny court arrested the former financial director of Rusnano Svyatoslav Ponurov. He came from Finland to Russia specifically for questioning by an investigator and is suspected of embezzling 220 million rubles. together with Leonid Melamed Financial Director of Rusnano Svyatoslav Ponurov (Photo: Vladimir Persiyanov/RBC) On Tuesday, the Basmanny court arrested the former financial director of Rusnano, Svyatoslav Ponurov. He is suspected of embezzling 220 million rubles.

Alfa-Bank, together with the international payment system MasterCard, has released a wristwatch with a built-in debit bank card. The gadget is released in two colors - black and white; a special chip with a payment application is built into the watch case, according to a press release from the bank. To make a payment, the watch must be brought to the screen of the contactless terminal. At the same time, purchases worth up to 1 thousand rubles.

Greece is asking creditors to accept an interim agreement with creditors that would resolve Athens' problems by the end of July. Angela Merkel believes that the EU has “a few days, not weeks” to resolve the Greek issue Photo: Oleg Yakovlev / RBC “The proposal from the Greek side is aimed at solving the problem until the end of the month, during which time it is expected to prepare a large-scale viable agreement,” Reuters reports , citing a source in the Greek government.

Carelessness and theft are now penetrating into the most critical sectors of the Russian economy, where they are fraught with enormous risks - aviation, energy, roads. How will we survive in such conditions? It is believed that the Russian economy is largely parasitic on the Soviet legacy and over time this potential will be exhausted.