Arrested in the United States on charges of working as a foreign agent without registration, Russian woman Maria Butina was in contact with representatives of the Republican Party through the mediation of the Rockefeller heir, publisher of the American Conservative magazine and supporter of closer ties with Russia George O'Neill Jr., writes Bloomberg. It is O'Neal Jr. who is the "US Citizen No. 2" mentioned in the first version of the court documents.

After 18.00, the editorial office of the Russian Forbes was left without access to the website of this magazine - forbes.ru, a source in the editorial office told Vedomosti. According to him, editorial staff cannot log into the publication system using their logins and passwords. Forbes managing editor Ekaterina Eremenko posted on her Facebook a screenshot from the system, which indicated that she, as a user, was blocked or not activated.

The US National Counterintelligence and Security Center named Russia - along with China and Iran - as one of the leaders in cyber espionage aimed at US government agencies and industrial facilities. this . reports ABCnews “China, Russia and Iran stand out as the most skilled and active cyber actors involved in economic espionage and the potential theft of trade secrets and proprietary information,” the report says.

Puma's revenue for the first half of 2018 increased by 18.3% to 2.2 billion euros, net profit increased by 37.8% to 98.5 million euros. This was said in a statement. It also notes that sales in all major regions showed double-digit growth. Puma raised its profit forecast three times last year, notes Bloomberg . According to the agency, this was influenced by the fashion for sportswear.

Performing at the rock festival “Invasion” is not included in the plans of the Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of the Russian Army named after A. V. Alexandrov, artistic director of the group Gennady Sachenyuk told TASS. Earlier, the Kommersant newspaper, citing a source in the Ministry of Defense, wrote that the ensemble named after. Alexandrova will replace the artists who refused to perform at the “Invasion”.

The tenth BRICS summit kicked off in Johannesburg on Wednesday. Its participants will discuss the development of joint economic projects, opposition to the aggressive US trade policy and security cooperation, in particular measures to combat cyber terrorism.

Forbes magazine has published its annual ranking of Russian show business and sports stars. When compiling the list, we took into account income for the year, media attention and the interest that the star arouses among the audience on the Internet. First place on the list, as in 2017, was taken by Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin. According to Forbes, he earned $14.5 million for the year.

founder Facebook Mark Zuckerberg lost $16.8 billion amid investor dissatisfaction with the results of the social network's quarterly reporting, calculated Bloomberg . At the close of trading, the company's shares fell by 20%. If the decline continues after the opening bell, Zuckerberg could lose third place on Bloomberg's list of billionaires. At the beginning of July, his fortune was estimated at $81.6 billion, but now it is less than $70 billion.

Greek authorities have reason to believe that catastrophic fires near Athens that killed at least 82 people were the result of deliberate arson, reported . Bloomberg Greek Minister of Law and Order and Citizen Protection Nikos Toskas said that firefighters, after analyzing satellite images and inspecting fire sites, concluded that the fire started at short intervals in at least 22 places. “There is significant evidence of criminal activity and an investigation is underway,” Toscas said.

The last six members of the banned extremist sect Aum Shinrikyo were executed today in Japan. this NHK reports with reference to its sources. The broadcaster gives the names of those executed: Kazuaki Okazaki, Masato Yokoyama, Satoru Hashimoto, Yasuo Hayashi, Toru Toyoda and Kenichi Hirose. “Aum Shinrikyo” became known throughout the world after the nerve gas sarin was sprayed into the Tokyo subway during the morning rush hour in March 1995.

The editors of the Russian edition of Forbes today filed a statement with the Moscow prosecutor's office, two employees of the magazine told Vedomosti. According to them, yesterday, July 25, the editors received from the press the latest issue of Forbes for August, where they did not find the article “Family Matters” by journalists Sergei Titov and Elena Berezanskaya about the business of the brothers Ziyavudin and Magomed Magomedov.

Two British Eurofighter Typhoon fighters stationed at an air base near Constanta, Romania, closed in on a Russian Su-24 bomber over the Black Sea today. According to the Royal Air Force, the Su-24 has approached NATO borders, writes the Daily Mail. fighters that flew out to intercept Both of the duty flight Typhoon belong to the 135th Expeditionary Air Wing of the Royal Air Force.

Commissioner for Entrepreneurs' Rights Boris Titov on his Facebook page criticized the proposals of the Ministry of Labor to mitigate the consequences of raising the retirement age. Most of the ministry’s proposals boil down to preventing employers from laying off older workers, Titov noted.

Dreams often come true when their implementation becomes a political project and is combined with the interests of major entrepreneurs, who are usually considered to be among the president's closest friends.

Sberbank clients will have to choose an insurer based on personal preference, Popov noted / Sergey Porter / Vedomosti In August, Sberbank offices and Sberbank Premier, which serves premium clients, will begin selling auto insurance policies in a pilot mode, but not from its subsidiary Sberbank Insurance, but from third-party companies, said Dmitry Popov, acting CEO of Sberbank Insurance.