New White House Chief of Staff John Kelly has been sworn in. A cabinet meeting is expected to follow the swearing-in ceremony. During the ceremony, US President Donald Trump said he had "no doubt" that Kelly would "do a fantastic job." In this position, he replaced Reince Priebus, who held this position since the beginning of Donald Trump's tenure. The 67-year-old J. Kelly himself has until now headed the US Department of Homeland Security. J.

The Electoral Council of Venezuela estimated the turnout in the elections to the new government body, the Constitutional Assembly, at 41.5%. According to the president of the council, Tibisay Lucena, 8,089,320 people came to vote. She declared the elections valid. The opposition claims that the turnout did not exceed 12%, its leaders did not recognize the results of the vote and called for new protests, the BBC reports . In total, about 19.5 million voters are registered in the country.

Vladimir Bogdanov. Strastnoy Boulevard. Moscow, 1992 / MAMM Vladimir Bogdanov's retrospective is taking place at the Multimedia Art Museum in the Classics of Russian Photography series. And it just so happens that almost every exhibition in this series is nostalgic, the past is captured there in the best possible way. This was the attitude of photographers who worked for newspapers - and Bogdanov photographed for newspapers - this was their attitude, external, and perhaps internal.

Rostourism has published recommendations for Russian tourists vacationing in Turkey, as well as in other countries with hot climates. "According to the Russian Foreign Ministry's Situation and Crisis Center, five Russian tourists died at various resorts in Turkey last weekend. Four died while swimming, including due to health problems," the department said in a statement .

The Moscow Department of Capital Construction has begun an investigation into an incident during landscaping work on Zatsepsky Val, in which a Muscovite suffered severe burns. This is reported by Ekho Moskvy. The day before, a friend of the victim reported that a criminal case had been opened on the fact.

The supply of apartments is still much greater than the demand, but the rental market is clearly reviving / PhotoXPress According to the Moscow Department of Economic Policy and Development, the number of city residents renting out apartments and reporting this in their tax returns has increased by 68% since 2012, i.e.

US President Donald Trump has made it clear that he intends to sign the congressionally approved bill on sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea "very soon," Vice President Michael Pence told Fox News. He made this statement while he was actually on the Russian border, on a visit to Estonia, the host emphasized.

July 30, 2017, 22:57 / Business Exclusively by subscription Said Kerimov pledged a controlling stake in Polyus to Sberbank This is necessary to fulfill loan obligations to the bank Polina Trifonova The collateral is necessary to fulfill loan obligations, the package remained the property of the company, as well as the right to vote shares and receive dividends, Polyus Gold writes in a message / "Polyus Gold" Almost immediately after the consolidation of Polyus Gold for $5.4 billion in 2015 (at

Employees of the US Embassy in Russia have not been allowed into the building of the embassy dacha in Serebryany Bor for two days now, the diplomatic mission told Interfax. "That's right, access is blocked both yesterday and today," embassy spokeswoman Maria Olson said when asked to confirm that U.S. officials were unable to enter the building.

If someone uses Bitcoin mining as a substitute for playing computer games, that's a good thing. But if someone mortgages their apartment to invest everything in mining, that's a mistake. The development of cryptocurrencies has entered, it seems, the bubble stage. For those who invest money and efforts now, the main gain will consist of investments of money and efforts of those who will come tomorrow.

In 2016, Stroytransneftegaz (STNG; Volga Group of Gennady Timchenko - 31.5%, Gazprombank - 10%) concluded with Gazprom and its subsidiaries, according to SPARK-Interfax, contracts for almost 238, 6 billion rubles. and became the new leader among Gazprom contractors.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs states that the law adopted in Russia on simplifying the procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship by Ukrainian citizens contains provisions that contradict Ukrainian legislation. As reported, the new Russian law provides for Ukrainians to obtain Russian citizenship on the basis of a notarized renunciation of Ukrainian citizenship.

The launch of the first Angolan satellite, Angosat, from the Baikonur cosmodrome has once again been postponed. Now the launch is scheduled for the end of autumn, Interfax reports, citing a source at the cosmodrome. Read on vedomosti.ru “The launch of the Angolan communications satellite Angosat using a Zenit launch vehicle with a Fregat-SB upper stage has been postponed from the end of October to November,” he said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree awarding the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 2nd degree, to People's Artist of the USSR Edita Piekha. "For her great contribution to the development of national culture and many years of fruitful activity, to award the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 2nd degree, to Edita Stanislavovna Piekha, soloist-vocalist of the interregional public organization "Union of Concert Workers", city of St. Petersburg," the Kremlin press service reported.

July 31, 2017, 17:40 / Business Ukraine expects 700,000 tons of coal from the United States by the end of the year undefined Vedomosti The Ukrainian company Centrenergo with state participation signed an agreement with the American Xcoal Energy & Resources for the supply of 700,000 tons of thermal coal by the end of 2017. This was announced by the general director of the Ukrainian company Oleg Kozenko.