Jeff Bezos spent 10 minutes in space, which cost him $ 7.5 billion. But this is only the beginning of his ambitious plan The summer program "Billionaires in Cosmos" has been successfully completed.

The European Commission proposed to ban anonymous transactions with cryptocurrency and limit cash payments on the territory of the European Union in the amount of 10 thousand euros. The measures are part of a plan to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism. The proposals of the European Commission say that all transfers of crypto assets, including bitcoins, should be fully traceable - this will detect and prevent their possible use for money laundering.

Studying certificates issued by Gosuslugi for vaccinated and recovering Russians, Meduza (included in the register of foreign media agents), Kholod and Mediazona found that the closed register of the Ministry of Health already contains more than 29 million records of coronavirus cases. This is five times more than the numbers given by the operational headquarters on the number of cases.

The Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia Vladimir Kolokoltsev dismissed from his post the head of the main department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Territory, Major General Sergei Shchetkin. The regional minister lost his post after a scandal with the detention of the head of the regional traffic police department and a golden toilet bowl found in his possession.

The United States and Germany are close to concluding a deal on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline: it provides for the immediate imposition of sanctions by the German authorities against Russia if the country tries to use the pipeline as a weapon against Ukraine, Bloomberg . learned According to the draft document, Germany will take vague measures against Russia if the country tries to use gas as a weapon or commits an act of aggression against Ukraine.

The flight of the richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos, to the edge of space was completely normal and took 10 minutes and 20 seconds from start to soft landing. "Impossibly good!" the multibillionaire himself commented while still in the capsule. The entire flight of the New Shepard rocket was broadcast in real time.

The price of bitcoin has collapsed below $30,000 — the cryptocurrency is trading at monthly lows. Analysts called this bar a psychological mark, upon reaching which the cryptocurrency will intensify the fall. At 15.30 Moscow time, bitcoin was trading at $29,677 — the drop in quotes was 3.4% or about a thousand dollars per day. The Bloomberg Galaxy Crypto Index fell by about 4%.

In mid -April, at the International Exhibition of Industrial Technologies and Innovations, the German Hannover Messe, the world's first cyberismon gateway for the industrial Internet of things took place. Among the more than 6,500 exhibits, the organizers of the exhibition included a gateway among the 16 most interesting innovations and technologies for the Highlight Tour exclusive session.

Today Vladimir Putin examined the highlight of the exposition of the MAKS-2021 air show that opened in Zhukovsky, a mock-up of a new fifth-generation single-engine fighter. During the presentation to the head of state, details unknown so far were revealed. The fighter is called LTS - a light tactical aircraft (in the TASS news it is called the LTS "Checkmate"). The first flight of the prototype is scheduled for 2023, the construction of prototypes - for 2024.

In China, a train was shown that can accelerate to 600 km/h - according to the authorities, this is the first similar model in the world. At maximum speed, the train will be able to overcome the distance between Beijing and Shanghai in 2.5 hours, which is faster than by plane.

Smoking rooms have reopened at Moscow's Vnukovo airport. Last year they were returned by the Sheremetyevo airport. Four smoking rooms at Vnukovo are located in the landing areas of domestic and international flights, said the press service of the airport . Two are located near the ladder No. 18 and between the ladders No. 28 and No. 29, two more are near the ladders No. 8 and No. 17.

At a meeting on Friday, July 23, the Council of the Central Bank may immediately raise the key rate by 1% to 6.5%, expect many of the experts interviewed by RBC . A sharp jump in the rate could spur the strengthening of the ruble, economists say.

The founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos today is preparing to go on suborbital flight after the pioneer of space tourism among the participants of the Forbes list - Sir Richard Branson . For the richest man, the Bezos state, according to Forbes, exceeds $ 200 billion-this journey will become not only the realization of a children's dream, but also the first step towards the realization of the ambitious science fiction concept about the colonization of other planets.

The Russian authorities preferred to keep reserves in the pandemic and help citizens even less than other developing countries. A kind of “compensation” for the Russians for this was expressed in mild restrictive measures against the backdrop of false signals of a real danger, but they had to pay for this with high excess mortality - about 220 thousand lives were lost that could have been saved. The country approached the third wave without using the available opportunities.

Yandex.Market unexpectedly changed the terms of cooperation with partners who open branded pick-up points (PICs) for the company. Entrepreneurs wrote an open letter to the head of the service and warned that because of this, 96% of pickup points were at risk of closing. The company explained that the new rules will only help the business make money, the owners of the pickup point doubt it.