The FSB officially commented on the new aggravation on the border between Russia and Ukraine (this time in Crimea) on the afternoon of August 10, after the negotiations between the presidents of Russia and Turkey that took place the day before. According to the FSB, a series of terrorist attacks prepared by Ukrainian saboteurs were prevented in Crimea, in which two Russian servicemen were killed.

Three candidates from the federal list of the Rodina party indicated in their declarations that they have real estate abroad. This follows from the information about the candidates published on the CEC website. Veteran of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Alexei Novgorodov, included in the federal top ten list of “Motherland,” owns apartments in Italy and Portugal with his wife.

The Zenit Arena stadium in St. Petersburg will be completed by the Metrostroy company. Metrostroy CEO Vadim Aleksandrov told TASS on Wednesday. "Yes," he said when asked about the company's victory in the relevant competition. It was previously reported that three companies bid to complete the stadium. The initial price for the work to complete the construction of the football stadium is 5.38 billion rubles.

Finding sources of growth is a favorite pastime of domestic economists. But they all agree on one thing: our country has everything necessary for this. And almost inexhaustible reserves of natural non-renewable resources, and access to financial resources (there are temporary difficulties here due to sanctions, but they will not last forever), and the ability to attract labor resources with a competitive price/quality ratio.

The mayor of the capital of Ingushetia, Magas, Beslan Tsechoev, has decided to give the 2016 Olympic champion in judo in the weight category up to 81 kg, Khasan Khalmurzaev, an apartment. Tsechoev told a TASS correspondent about this. On the fourth day of competition, 22-year-old Khalmurzaev won Olympic gold, defeating American Travis Stevens in the final. Bronze medals went to Japanese Takanori Nagase and Sergiu Toma from the UAE.

Unknown assailants attacked Belgian judoka Dirk van Tichelt in Rio de Janeiro. This was reported by several media outlets, which published several versions of what happened. The incident occurred late Tuesday evening on the famous Copacabana beach, where the athlete went with his teammate to celebrate the victory that brought him the bronze medal won the day before in the 73 kg weight category.

Liquid crystal display company Japan Display said Tuesday it lost about $115 million in the second quarter and that it had to turn to its leading shareholder, the public-private fund Innovation Network Corp., for support. of Japan (INCJ). Japan Display CEO Mitsuru Homma said that the company's largest shareholder, INCJ, will provide it with full assistance. He hopes the company will not have to issue new shares to INCJ, which already owns 35.6% of Japan Display.

Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) Oleksandr Turchynov believes that Russia is preparing to disrupt the implementation of the Minsk agreements on the settlement of the conflict in Donbas.

Russian cyclist Olga Zabelinskaya won the Olympic silver medal in the time trial. She covered the 29.9 km distance in 44 minutes 31.97 seconds. American Kristin Armstrong won the gold medal in this discipline for the third Olympics in a row (her result was 44 minutes and 26.42 seconds). Third place went to Dutchwoman Anna van der Breggen (44.37.80). The fate of the gold medal was decided in the last seconds of the race.

In Stavropol, near the Continent Hotel, there was an attack on the leader of the Parnas party, Mikhail Kasyanov. This happened before his meeting with residents of the region, Parnas candidate for the State Duma Andrei Zubov told Dozhd. He flew to Stavropol together with Kasyanov.

The contract with the new general contractor for the construction of the stadium in St. Petersburg will be concluded within seven days. This was stated by the general director of the ANO "Center for Planning and Monitoring - 2018" Sergei Ambarnov at a meeting of the working group under the coordinating council of the program for preparation for holding the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, TASS reports. "The contract with the new contractor will be concluded within seven days.

The scandal surrounding Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's statements about teachers' salaries was deliberately inflated and the story "is obviously a paid one," the presidential administration believes. This was reported by RBC, citing sources in the Kremlin. According to one of them, the scandal broke out only the day after the prime minister's meeting with participants in the Territory of Meanings on Klyazma forum.

Rostelecom's net profit in the second quarter of 2016 amounted to 1.6 billion rubles. - this is 73.9% less than in the same period last year. For the first half of the year, this figure amounted to 4.6 billion rubles. (minus 44.1% compared to the same period last year). About 3.5 billion rubles. the loss in the first half of the year was accounted for by T2 RTK Holding (operating under the Tele2 brand), explained Rostelecom CFO Kai-Uwe Melhorn.

You have to pay for everything in the world. As British journalist and writer Tony Parsons noted, “Do not trust politicians, prostitutes and those who offer you to change your tariff plan, mortgage, Internet provider, country of residence, wife for absolutely no fee. There is always a fee." Today, Russians are paying the price for the lack of structural reforms, growth in quality of life and GDP, achieved largely due to high energy prices and increased lending.

Russian Sports Minister and head of the 2018 World Cup organizing committee Vitaly Mutko said it was time to begin imposing sanctions for failure to meet deadlines for the construction of facilities for the 2018 World Cup. Read also: Why Zenit Arena has a new general contractor He admitted that there is a lag in a number of regions. "This is largely due to a lack of coordination with governors and contractors. We cannot keep postponing deadlines.