July 31, 2015, 16:09 / Finance The dollar ended July with its highest gain since January Vedomosti The US dollar/euro exchange rate fell 1.2% during trading on Friday, but the monthly growth of the dollar index was a record since January, Bloomberg reports. The indicator of the dollar's performance against 10 major world currencies jumped by 2.5% in July, and on Thursday its value rose to its highest since March.

Recent aviation accidents have revealed a number of systemic problems in the provision of flights by the Armed Forces aviation, including personnel issues, a representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense told journalists. "The Ministry of Defense has conducted an analysis... in connection with the latest flight accidents. "Bottlenecks" have been identified, especially in terms of training engineering, technical and flight personnel," Interfax quotes him as saying.

Megafon is ready to buy up to 50% in its future headquarters Samsung's mobile profits fall South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest smartphone maker, saw its net profit fall 8 percent to 5.75 trillion won ($4.9 billion) in the second quarter of 2015 from 6.25 trillion won in the same period a year earlier, as sales of the company's flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S6, fell short of expectations. Samsung's profit has been falling for several quarters in a row.

In the Belgorod region, train traffic on the Kharkov route has been suspended after a passenger train and a Kamaz truck collided near the village of Prokhorovka. This was reported by Interfax, citing a press release from Russian Railways. The company does not rule out that this could cause delays in passenger train traffic.

President Vladimir Putin's decree on the destruction of sanctioned goods was probably intended to demonstrate the seriousness of the state's intentions: they announce sanctions against us, we also announce sanctions. Smuggled products from countries subject to Russian administrative measures will have to be destroyed directly at the border. Officials are seeking to justify the destruction of food in a country that has suffered many famines and long-term food shortages in its history.

July 31, 2015, 01:00 / Technologies Investors did not like Yandex's financial performance Despite the fact that they turned out to be higher than analysts' expectations Anastasia Golitsyna Ekaterina Bryzgalova Yandex increased expenses on employee salaries and office rent / D. Abramov / Vedomosti Yandex's revenue in the second quarter of 2015 amounted to 13.9 billion rubles, which is 14% higher than in the same period of 2014, the company reported yesterday.

July 31, 2015, 16:19 / Business Samara Aviastar suspended production of the An-140 due to a shortage of components from Ukraine Vedomosti Samara OJSC Aviakor - Aviation Plant is suspending the An-140 aircraft production program due to the position of the Ukrainian authorities, the company's general director Alexey Gusev told reporters on Friday.

July 31, 2015, 22:35 / Economics Ukraine will spend the IMF tranche to pay for gas, debts and replenish reserves Vedomosti Kyiv intends to spend the next tranche of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to pay for gas, pay off debts and replenish the reserves of the National Bank. This statement was made by Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Gennady Zubko on Channel 5 on Friday, July 31.

The competition for the creation of the architectural concept of the multifunctional complex on Sofiyskaya Embankment, which will be held in two stages, was announced on June 22 / S. Porter / Vedomosti Six consortiums have become finalists in the international architectural competition for the concept of multifunctional development of a 3-hectare site on Sofiyskaya Embankment, Mosstroykompleks reports on its official website.

The Swiss National Bank posted a net loss of 50.1 billion francs ($51.8 billion) in the first half of 2015 due to the strengthening of the franc against the euro, Interfax reports , citing MarketWatch. A year earlier, the regulator posted a six-month profit of 16 billion francs. In the first quarter of 2015, the Central Bank's loss amounted to 30 billion francs, in the second quarter - 20 billion francs.

Due to the crisis, companies have cut their IT budgets by 30–50% and turned to outsourcing / D. Abramov / Vedomosti The cost of equipment and software from foreign suppliers has increased by 40% or more, so businesses have to revise their budgets, says Artem Saprykin, Softline's Director of Business Development in the Northwestern Federal District.

Only Rospatent can determine the owner of software rights / Pixabay Russian software should be included in a special register of domestic software only after the rights to it are registered with Rospatent, the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) believes.

July 31, 2015, 12:45 pm / Business The Ministry of Sports has identified a circle of candidates for the post of head coach of the Russian national football team Vitaly Mutko named the main candidates - Leonid Slutsky and Alexander Borodyuk Maria Solovichenko Vitaly Mutko named the main candidates / A.

How scary to live On the article “Food’s taste and weight change” (No. 130 of 20.07.2015, p. 20) I'll let you in on a terrible secret: almost all foods contain substances that are dangerous to life. Wine (especially French) contains sulfur dioxide. A poison of monstrous strength. All sausages contain saltpeter (nitride). A pinch of pure saltpeter can seriously poison the body. Ice cream cannot be made without emulsifiers - otherwise it will freeze.

Banks will begin to control the targeted use of funds collected for shared construction from January 1, 2016, said Moscow Region Governor Andrei Vorobyov, RIA Novosti reports. "From January 1, we expect that there will be control after all. That is, there will be shared participation, but under control. Today, control is very weak, and this is a risk for those who finance.