The government approved the concept of electronic passports. They can change paper in three years It seemed that this would never happen - after three years, Russians would be able to get rid of paper passports. The government today approved the concept of an electronic passport. Since 2020, the state will begin to issue electronic identity certificates, and in addition to them it will be possible to get a passport in a protected application for a smartphone.

On the Direct Line on June 20, Vladimir Putin demanded to correct the situation with jet fuel prices. On July 3, the government explained how it would be done. First Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Anton Siluanov confirmed that the government is proposing to offset the rise in jet fuel prices from oil and gas revenues. Quote.

The Russian Ministry of Defense, two days after the fire on a secret deep-sea submersible in the Barents Sea, named all 14 dead submariners. Among the dead were seven captains of the first rank, three captains of the second rank, two captains of the third rank, a lieutenant commander and a lieutenant colonel of the medical service. Two of the dead are Heroes of Russia, three are three-time holders of the Order of Courage.

The head of the Central Bank, Elvira Nabiullina, gave an interview to Reuters and spoke about the planned development of the Russian economy in the coming year. Nabiullina said that the problems of laundering illegal income have already been solved in the banking sector, and argued with Maxim Oreshkin on all issues.

The development of Russian franchising is far ahead of the country's economy: GDP in 2018 grew by 2.3%, and franchising by almost 20%. Today there are about 2,000 franchises in Russia, and the number of franchise outlets has reached 70,000, writes Forbes, which presented a new franchise rating this week.

Deputy Prime Minister for Digitalization Maxim Akimov today approved the concept of an electronic passport for all Russians. The issuance of paper passports may cease in three years, and electronic ones will operate in two versions, Vedomosti writes . Two options Russians will be able to use two versions of the passport - a physical one, on a plastic card with a chip, and a virtual one - in a special secure mobile application.

The Ministry of Agriculture wants to regulate the collection, processing and circulation of wild mushrooms, berries, nuts, birch sap and medicinal plants. This is stated in the draft government decree proposed by the department. The explanatory note to the project states that "wild plants" are a valuable food resource, and their processing is "an economically and socially significant industry with significant growth potential." More.

On July 3, Vladimir Putin signed a law suspending the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range Missiles (INF Treaty). It is officially published and comes into force from today. The decision on the resumption of the INF Treaty by Russia is made by the President of Russia, the document says. Thus, the penultimate strategic security treaty ceased to operate. The latest - START-3 - the US and Russia should extend until February 2021, but this is unlikely .

Andrey Shirov, head of the Department for Combating Illicit Drug Trafficking of the Internal Affairs Directorate for the Closed Joint-Stock Company of Moscow, has been removed from his post for the duration of the investigation in the Golunov case, Interfax reported. The dismissal of Shirov was officially confirmed for the first time - Yuri Titov, head of the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow, announced it.

Businessman Oleg Deripaska told The Hill that in 2016 he was questioned by the FBI about Russian interference in the US presidential election. Deripaska, according to him, said that he did not believe in the connection of Donald Trump with Moscow, and denied his own connection with the head of the Trump campaign headquarters, Paul Manafort. Quote. “I told them (the FBI) ​​directly: “Look, I’m not friends with him (Manafort).

Today there is new information about a fire on a top-secret submarine on July 1, which claimed the lives of 14 sailors. The Russian authorities made it clear that we may never know all the information, however, both official and unofficial sources revealed important details of the tragedy.

Former Ford and Chrysler executive Lee Iacocca has died in the United States at the age of 94, The New York Times reported , citing a family spokesman. The cause of death was complications from Parkinson's disease. He was called a national hero and a possible president of the United States. During his career, Iacocca managed to save two corporations from bankruptcy, develop several popular car models, and even restore the Statue of Liberty. Ford era.

Sberbank replaced the head of the SberX directorate, which is responsible for the development of the ecosystem. Instead of Mark Zavadsky, Andrey Vanin, who previously worked as vice president for the ecosystem of legal entities, will become the curator of this direction, writes RBC. Zavadsky will continue to cooperate with Sberbank as a consultant, bank representatives added.

July 2019 will be the 121st month of economic growth in the United States: the American economy has been growing for more than 10 years. This is the longest growth period since 1854, when the US National Bureau of Economic Research began to conduct observation. Above average. The previous record was set almost 20 years ago - from March 1991 to March 2001, the economy grew exactly 120 months.

Russians buying property abroad are increasingly choosing Turkey or Georgia - in the first half of 2019, their demand tripled in the first case, and almost five times in the second. Details. Such data is cited with reference to prian.ru Kommersant analysts . Now Georgia ranks 15th in the popularity rating of foreign housing compared to 23rd a year ago. Turkey has moved from 4th to 2nd place in terms of attractiveness for foreigners. The first place is still occupied by Spain.