Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to draw organizational and personnel conclusions to those who are delaying the production and supply of military products for the army and navy, Interfax reports . He said that he had heard the report of Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov and problematic issues related to supply disruptions. The President asked to carefully examine each of these cases, draw conclusions and correct the situation.

A battle took place in one of the districts of Bishkek on Thursday. Kyrgyz special services announced an operation against militants of an “international terrorist organization.” The source admitted that these were supporters of the Islamic State. Photo: Begimai Ibraimova/Kloop.kg A fierce firefight began in one of the districts of Bishkek on Thursday afternoon. Eyewitnesses reported gunshots and the sound of grenade explosions.

Immediately after the start of trading on the Moscow Exchange, the dollar exchange rate exceeded 57 rubles, rising to a maximum of 57.232 rubles, which is 29.4 kopecks. higher than the closing level of yesterday's trading. The euro exchange rate during morning trading reached 62.489 rubles, which is 11.4 kopecks. above Wednesday's closing level.

Oleg Savelyev, who headed the abolished Ministry for Crimean Affairs, was appointed executive secretary of the government commission for Crimea and Sevastopol. this on his Facebook page . announced Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev “The Ministry of Economic Development will take responsibility for the peninsula. The head of the abolished ministry, Oleg Savelyev, was appointed executive secretary of the commission for the affairs of Crimea and Sevastopol,” he wrote.

State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev is confident that no country will extradite him at the request of Russian law enforcement agencies. RSN about this He told . “Any country in the world will refuse extradition to Russia. It's not worth a damn. This is pure politics. I think that those who make this request understand this perfectly,” Ponomarev said.

The Summa group of Ziyavudin Magomedov terminated the contract for the construction of an oil terminal in the port of Rotterdam. The reasons for the decision were the situation on the oil market and the situation in the macroeconomics Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Summa Group of Companies Ziyavudin Magomedov (Photo: TASS) RIA Novosti reported the termination of the contract with reference to a company representative.

ATMs and other self-service devices of the Moscow bank of Sberbank of Russia on Thursday, July 16, do not accept banknotes with a face value of 1 thousand rubles. Interfax was informed about this by the call center of the credit institution. “Today you will not be able to deposit a thousand rubles, only through a specialist. It is on the territory of the Moscow bank Sberbank,” explained the call center specialist.

The State Duma proposed sending beggars who use young children to collect alms to jail A woman with a child begs (Photo: Lori) In accordance with the bill proposed by LDPR deputy Alexander Kurdyumov, those who beg with young children will face a prison sentence of up to six years. The initiative was also supported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which considered that such a measure would make it possible to more effectively combat begging, reports .

A man with a gun in his hands raided a Sberbank branch in the Pechatniki district in the south-east of Moscow. The robber stole 300 thousand rubles. and disappeared Photo: Oleg Yakovlev / RBC In the south-east of Moscow, a man robbed a Sberbank branch located on Shosseynaya Street, 33 (Pechatniki district), the press service of the capital's Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs told RBC. The incident occurred around 09:15 Moscow time.

Starting July 18, IKEA will resume selling salmon in its restaurants and stores, which it suspended due to sanctions in August 2014. Salmon will be brought from the Faroe Islands, which are not subject to the food embargo. At the IKEA restaurant. Archive photo (Photo: Russian Look) The company's press service announced plans to resume supplies of salmon for sale in Russia on Thursday. We are talking about the sale of a sanctioned product in IKEA restaurants and Swedish Products stores.

Former US President George H. W. Bush was hospitalized with a fractured cervical vertebra. His press secretary Jim McGrath announced this on his Twitter page . The politician's representative stressed that the injury does not pose a threat to life. According to CNN , Bush was injured when he fell at his home in Kennebunkport, Maine. He is currently in a Portland hospital. Doctors assess his condition as stable, but the ex-president will have to wear an orthopedic bandage for some time.

The court arrested the head of the company Remeksstroy LLC, Alexander Dorofeev. According to investigators, it was this company that was involved in the repair of the barracks that collapsed near Omsk, said the official representative of the Investigative Committee, Vladimir Markin.

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov commented on the telephone conversations between Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama. He told reporters that the conversation took place at the initiative of the American side. Peskov described the negotiations as constructive. Such communication, although it does not eliminate all contradictions, is, in his words, “very useful from the point of view of demonstrating readiness to resolve controversial issues through dialogue.

The Guards missile cruiser of the Black Sea Fleet (BSF) "Moscow" fired a cruise missile at a surface target in the Atlantic Ocean. This was reported to TASS by the official representative of the Black Sea Fleet, Captain 1st Rank Vyacheslav Trukhachev, TASS reports . He said that the Moskva crew fired missiles with the main complex at a target position simulating a surface ship.

Olympic champion Tatyana Navka will marry the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov on August 1. The skater spoke about this in an interview with Tatler magazine, which was published on Thursday, July 16, RIA Novosti reports . According to Navka, initially she “didn’t even like Peskov” and perceived him as a friend. “But he’s great – he took it with elegance and perseverance. Somehow he did everything cunningly,” Navka explained.