The Central Election Commission ordered the Kostroma Region Electoral Commission to consider the issue of registering its list for elections to the legislative assembly.

Photo: Ekaterina Kuzmina/RBC A person comes to a shoe shop, they immediately make a three-dimensional model of his feet and offer him the perfect shoes. This is just one example of the use of cheap 3D models that businessman Konstantin Popov hopes to make money from. 3D on the cheap Entrepreneur Konstantin Popov got serious about 3D scanning in 2013, fulfilling an order from his other company, the video game development studio Biart Company.

Russia can only benefit from the devaluation of the Chinese currency: commodity markets will remain stable, and low interest rates will reduce capital outflow from emerging markets and support oil prices. New rules of war This week, the People's Bank of China devalued the yuan by a 20-year record amount of 3.5% within two days. The decision was made after the emergence of data on a sharp decline in exports by 8.3% in the annual interval and fears of a slowdown in the Chinese economy.

Russian Railways assures that Russian transit through Latvia is not cancelled. Freight transportation to Latvia is carried out as planned, there are no restrictions, the press service of Russian Railways told RBC. Information about the cessation of the use of the port of Riga for the transit of Russian coal was disseminated on the morning broadcast of Latvian television by the Deputy Mayor of Riga and Chairman of the Board of the Port of Riga Andris Ameriks.

Next week Vladimir Putin will visit Sevastopol. Until this time, the federal authorities are helping to smooth out the conflict between the governor and the speaker of the city legislative assembly that almost resulted in a mass rally.

A plane flying from China to Amsterdam was forced to land at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport due to a suspected leak in the fuel tank. RIA Novosti reports this with reference to a source in the emergency services. According to him, the aircraft landed at 05:25 Moscow time. An inspection on the ground did not confirm the suspected malfunction. According to the agency's interlocutor, there were 225 people on board.

Russian oil companies are more resilient to low oil prices thanks to the weak ruble, but their shares remain severely undervalued. Now is the best time to buy them, economists say Photo: TASS Shares of Russian oil companies are significantly undervalued relative to their global peers, although domestic companies outperform them in most financial indicators, Goldman Sachs analysts write in their Strong 2Q review to add confidence to FCF outlook; Buy Russian oils.

On Saturday, the central section of the Zamoskvoretskaya Line and the south-eastern section of the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line of the Moscow Metro will be closed to passengers. Interfax reports this with reference to the head of the metro Dmitry Pegov. According to him, trains will not run on the green line from Belorusskaya to Novokuznetskaya. This is due to track repairs. On the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line, trains will not run from Vykhino to Zhulebino.

The main shareholder and head of the board of directors of Probusinessbank, Sergei Leontyev, does not appear in the office, three sources told RBC in the bank. One of them says that Leontyev could have gone abroad, which he hinted at in his blog Photo: Oleg Yakovlev / RBC Sergei Leontyev, who through the offshore company Alivikt owns 52.9% of the shares of Probusinessbank, which lost its license from the Central Bank on August 12, does not appear at the bank.

An explosion occurred in Baghdad , killing at least 60 people. This was reported by Reuters , citing sources in the police and medical circles. According to the agency, 200 people were injured. A refrigerated car loaded with explosives exploded in the Iraqi capital. The incident took place in a crowded market in Sadr City, a Shiite neighborhood in northeastern Baghdad. No organization claimed responsibility for the explosion.

Photo: Ekaterina Kuzmina / RBC On Thursday, on the square near the Ulitsa 1905 metro station in Moscow, a rally was held in support of those arrested in the case of “an attempt to undermine the political situation”: publicist Yuri Mukhin, his colleague Valery Parfenov and RBC journalist Alexander Sokolov. In the pouring rain, about 70 people gathered behind the fence at the monument to the heroes of the Revolution of 1905–1907.

Georgia could have been included in the list of countries subject to Russian anti-sanctions, but this did not happen, Interfax reports, citing an informed source. He said that Georgia was discussed at the stage of preparing the document, as there were statements that the country could join the sanctions. However, Tbilisi did not accept any documents, which is why at the final stage Georgia was not included in the list of countries subject to a food embargo.

Chairman of the Federation Council Committee Andrei Klishas proposed to Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika to recognize foreign motorcycle clubs Hells angels and Bandidos as undesirable organizations in Russia, RIA Novosti reports. According to the senator, the upper house of parliament received an appeal from the Anti-Maidan movement, containing information about the activities of foreign motorcycle clubs.

The number of victims of the explosion in the Chinese port of Tianjin has reached 44 people. This was reported by Xinhua with reference to rescuers. Among the dead were 12 firefighters working at the scene. A total of 520 people were hospitalized, of which 66 people were seriously injured. The explosion occurred on Wednesday, August 12, due to the fact that flammable and explosive materials caught fire in the port's container terminal. The blast wave spread over several kilometers.

Photo: REUTERS Russians have begun to travel less, but they are not ready to completely give up holidays abroad. The cheapest destination, Egypt, benefited from this: against the backdrop of a general decline, the flow of tourists to this country increased in May-June. Egyptian revival Last May, 288 thousand Russians visited Egypt, which is 14% more than a year earlier, according to data provided to RBC by the statistical agency of the Arab Republic of Egypt.