Siemens will stop supplying generating equipment to Russian companies controlled by the state. This was reported by Prime with reference to the official statement of the German concern. The company emphasized that they will break licensed agreements for the supply of equipment for power plants and develop new control measures. All four gas turbine installations delivered for the power plant in Taman were moved to the Crimea illegally, Siemens said.

The new press secretary of the White House will be Sarah Sandres, said the Communications Director of the US Presidential Administration Donald Trump Anthony Skaramucci, Reuters reports. “Sarah will be a press secretary,” he said. Previously, Sanders was a deputy of Schon Spicer that fired. Spicer announced retired on July 21. He called “honor and privilege” the opportunity to cooperate with Trump “for the good” of the United States and clarified that he would work until the end of August.

The Lefortovo court arrested a former employee of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Moscow Denis Bogoroditsky in the case of a thief in the law of Shakro Molodoy (Zakharia Kalashova). It is reported by RIA Novosti. Bogoroditsky is suspected of mediation when transferring a bribe from Shakro young for the release of his assistant Andrei Kochuykov (Italian). The FSB petitioned for the arrest of Bogoroditsky.

As a result of an earthquake of magnitude 6.7 near the coast of Turkey and Greece, two people died. This was announced by the mayor of the Greek island of Kos, George Kiritsis, reports BBC. As the Associated Press added , about 100 people were injured. Rostourism later said that the Russians were not injured during the earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was recorded 12 kilometers north-east of the braid and 10 kilometers from the resort of Bodrum in the Turkish province of Mugla.

Elena Zubov, the owner of the publication of Alexander Fedotov, extended the journalists who spoke at the complaint of the Forbes journalist, exert pressure in the editorial office, write Vedomosti. Forbes journalists Maria Abakumova and Elena Berezanskaya performed in court. The latter is now on vacation. “According to Abakumova, I know that the unexpected reaction of employers to a performance as a witness in court forced her to go on an unplanned vacation,” Zubova said.

UAC has already entered into an agreement for the supply of five SSJ 100 to Zambia The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) together with the African export-import bank (Afreximbank) and VEB will create a “leasing platform” for the supply of Sukhoi Superjet 100 to the African countries, the head of the UAC Yuri Slyusar said, Interfax reports.

Schlumberger agreed to buy a 51% stake in the largest drilling company of Russia Eurasia Drilling (EDC). This was reported in the press service of Schlumberger. “The agreement expands successful long -term relations established by two companies in 2011,” said Schlumberger. As Interfax emphasized, the federal antimonopoly service (FAS) should now be approved, the amount is not disclosed.

The Russian currency will significantly become cheaper due to changes in the Ministry of Finance of the currency procurement formula. This is stated in the review of Raiffeisenbank, which cites RBC. According to analysts, a change in the budget rule will lead to the fact that with an increase in oil price in dollars, the volumes of procurement will increase, and in the fall, it will decrease.

The former head of the SECO Security Service Alexei Pichugin was refused pardon. This is stated in the response of the commission on pardon in the Orenburg region, RBC reports with reference to RIA Novosti . Pichugin filed a petition in May.

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about his attitude to Bitcoin. It is quoted by Prime . “There are bitcoins, all sorts of currencies, our attitude today is very wary, because almost nothing is adjusted in this area today,” he said. The President recalled fluctuations with the course of this cryptocurrency, which, in his opinion, could lead to serious losses. @widget type = post-home id = 85128 In July, the total market value of all traded cryptocurrencies decreased by almost 47%.

At the end of 2016, the Russian authorities 13.2 thousand times asked Google to delete information from the search engine. Thus, Russia became the leader of the Transparency Report rating , in which the company analyzes the number of data deletion requests. As noted by RBC, which drew attention to the study, this indicator in the year in the country grew by 478%. At the same time, more than half of the total number of requests around the world (22.5 thousand) accounts for requests from Russia.

The FSB was a client of the lawyer Natalya Veselnitskaya at least eight years. It is reported by Reuters . She represented the interests of “military unit 55002” in the proceedings about real estate in the north of Moscow. According to the data, this military unit was founded by the FSB, and its legal address is located behind the headquarters of the special services in Lubyanka. The FSB allegedly wanted to evict private companies that were in an elite building.

One of the main candidates for the post of curator of the youth direction in the "All -Russian Popular Front" (ONF) was the chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Council of Aikido Russia (NSAR) Igor Kastyukevich. About this writes "Kommersant". The chairman of the Presidium of the NSAR is the first deputy head of the presidential administration Sergey Kiriyenko.

In Volgograd, the coordinator of the headquarters of the opposition Alexei Navalny, Alexei Volkov, became a suspect in the case of the photograph of the Motherland monument, painted green. He wrote about this on Twitter. https://twitter.com/volkov_alx/status/888021806178848769 The accusation of Volkov must be charged on July 26; Investigators took from him a recognizance not to leave him.

Igor Strelkov and Alexey Navalny. Photo: Evgeny Feldman / Project "This is Navalny" Since no sensations of the format “Igor Strelkov joins the Party of Progress” or “Alexei Navalny gives the Donbass armored personnel carrier” on the debate and the host Mikhail Zygar quite rightly said that the show failed, then the main outcome of the Debats of Navalny and Strelkov should be considered their fact.