Dmitry Medvedev "We must do everything to ensure that the launch is successful. This is more important than the deadlines. However, no one has changed the existing deadlines." During his visit to the Vostochny Cosmodrome, the Prime Minister recalled that the first rocket launch from the site should take place before the end of the year.

The ruble continues to fall. The current devaluation does not look shocking – it is slow, gradual and hopeless in the medium term. Yes, the ruble is a classic commodity currency, the behavior of which is directly linked to the price of oil. On Friday, the dollar exchange rate reached 69.12 rubles, the ruble has been falling for nine weeks in a row . And oil has been falling for eight weeks in a row.

The aerobatic team "Wings of Tavrida", created this year, will perform in the flight program of MAKS-2015 / Vladimir Sergeev / RIA Novosti On Monday, the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2015 will open in Zhukovsky near Moscow – the First Eurasian Aerospace Congress will be opened. The official opening is scheduled for Tuesday – President Vladimir Putin will attend the salon. Two years ago, he did not go to MAKS – the salon was opened by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

The cause of the losses was the death of fish, which was attacked by salmon lice / "Russian Aquaculture" The net loss of the major Atlantic salmon producer Russian Aquaculture in January-June 2015 was 325.5 million rubles with revenue of 6.8 billion rubles (-24% year-on-year, see also chart), according to the company's semi-annual report.

Yuri Bashmet Festival to be held in Italy's Prosecco region The Yuri Bashmet International Music Festival will be held for the third time in Italy in the Prosecco region. The festival will last from August 25 to 30, the Russian Concert Agency (RCA) told TASS on Friday.

To punish violators of the peace, the Ministry of Internal Affairs asks for money and powers / S. Grachev / SPT In order for the police to have the right to draw up reports on citizens for violating regional codes on administrative offenses (for example, for night noise), special agreements with the subjects of the Federation and revision of regional legislation are required, the Ministry of Internal Affairs insists.

August 23, 2015, 21:18 / Finance Since 2008, 25 global banks have spent $260 billion on legal fees. And they will spend another $60 billion, Morgan Stanley believes Laura Noonan The five largest U.S. banks and 20 European banks have paid $260 billion in fines since the 2007-2008 financial crisis, according to a Morgan Stanley /Richard Drew /AP study. The five largest U.S.

The second largest shareholder of Vozrozhdenie Bank, Otar Margania, sold 19.7% of its shares to the structures of Promsvyazkapital of brothers Dmitry and Alexey Ananyev / Valery Levitin / RIA Novosti The buyer of his share was the structure of the company "Promsvyazkapital", through which the brothers Dmitry and Alexey Ananyev control 88.2% of Promsvyazbank.

Two planes collided at an air show in the town of Dittingen in northern Switzerland (half-canton of Basel-Country). According to the latest information, one person died in the incident. Local police have not specified whether it was the pilot or someone else. It is known that one of the pilots managed to eject and land safely. Nothing is reported about the fate of his colleague. According to eyewitnesses cited by the media, none of the spectators were injured.

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has resigned from his post as chairman of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). According to Al Arabiya TV channel, more than half of the 18 members of the PLO executive committee resigned along with Abbas. The reasons for the resignation were not given. Abbas became chairman of the PLO executive committee in 2004 after the death of Yasser Arafat.

The Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Astrakhan Region has not yet officially confirmed reports of the possible suicide of the head of the Astrakhan Region Prosecutor's Office, Oleg Dupak. A law enforcement source told TASS on Saturday evening that "the prosecutor was found dead in his own apartment." "According to preliminary information, he committed suicide by shooting himself in the head," the source said.

August 23, 2015, 21:28 / Business The Ministry of Agriculture wants to limit the import of raw materials for wine production Russian winemakers may not survive this Maria Kunle Even if Russian vineyards are expanded annually by 10,000 hectares, the shortage of wine-making raw materials will be noticeable for a long time / Andrey Rudakov / Bloomberg The import of wine materials - raw materials for wine production - should be limited, Russian Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev said in an

Around a thousand people clashed with police in a suburb of Dresden, Germany, protesting against migrants. Police said demonstrators threw bottles and stones at a bus carrying refugees from Syria and Iraq. Thirty-one police officers were injured in the scuffles. Tear gas had to be used to disperse the crowd. The spontaneous rally began after information emerged that migrants would be housed in empty city buildings.

Over the past week, the ruble has fallen by 7% in dollars / M. Stulov / Vedomosti Chief economist of BCS Vladimir Tikhomirov believes that the realistic range of oil prices is wide – from $30 to $70 per barrel and, therefore, the dollar by the end of the year may cost either 50 rubles or 100 rubles. But BCS has not changed its average annual forecast yet – it is $58.2 per barrel of Brent and 57.3 rubles per dollar.

Falling oil prices complicate Russia-China talks on second gas contract.