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The Russian veto did not exclude the possibility of creating an international tribunal to investigate the reasons for the fall of the passenger Boeing in the Donbass last summer. According to Reuters with reference to the Netherlands Foreign Ministry, at present five countries that initiated the creation of the tribunal - Malaysia, the Netherlands, Australia, Belgium and Ukraine - are considering three alternative options for its convocation.

In the first half of 2015, Russian banks issued half as much loans than in the same period last year, the United Credit Bureau reports . So, if the number of loans issued in the first six months of 2014 was 14.2 million pieces, then this year this indicator decreased to 6.8 million pieces. Even stronger - 2.5 times - the volume of extradition decreased: from 2.2 trillion. rub. up to 870 billion rubles.

Russian-Turkish negotiations regarding the construction of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline are suspended on the initiative of Turkey. According to Reiter agency with reference to representatives in the official circles of Turkey, the reason for the suspension was the lack of a key agreement on Ankara discounts on Russian gas.

On Thursday, the US authorities replenished anti -Russian sanctions lists by a number of legal entities and individuals. According to Interfax with reference to the message of the American Ministry of Finance, this time the structures of VEB, Rosneft, in particular, the leading company of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIP), Globes, VEB-Liding, VEB Capital, Svyunskneftegaz,, in particular, the Rosneft.

Photo - Lizaveta Nesterova/Facebook The metropolitan police did not allow a charity auction in support of the political prisoners, which was supposed to be held at the Chinese pilot club. As one of the organizers of the event of Lizavet Nesterov reported on her Facebook page, even before the auction began, police officers came to the club accompanied by riot police and demanded that everyone leave the premises.

Today, the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky called on the leadership of the state heading "to engage in his profession and not give his own assessments to archival documents." The Minister himself, known for his very specific views on Russian history, said that he was trying to "never give any assessments." Medinsky’s reproach against the leadership of the state resort followed after the director of the State Housing Office Sergey Mironenko gave several interviews in which, on the basis of