Russia is not a leader in matters of spiritual values ​​and the preservation of family traditions. This was stated by the Chairman of the Accounts Chamber, Alexei Kudrin, at a meeting of the Presidential Council for the implementation of state policy in the field of protecting families and children, reports .

Evgeny Shchepin produces 3,000 ice cream cones per month / Daniya Gaysina / for Vedomosti Before starting to make ice cream, Tyumen resident Evgeny Shchepin worked as a programmer at a bank for eight years. The 29-year-old man spent all day sitting at the computer, which caused his back to hurt. And in early 2014, Shchepin decided to change his life dramatically – he quit and went to Bangkok for two months, where he took massage courses.

Donald Trump's speech on the occasion of Independence Day, which the United States celebrates on July 4, will cost the American budget $2.5 million, which will be a record amount in the history of the celebration, writes the American newspaper The Washington Post. However, it could also be attended by a record low number of spectators, several sources in the presidential administration told the newspaper on condition of anonymity.

Official representative of the Prosecutor General's Office Alexander Kurennoy confirmed information about the initiation of a criminal case against the former head of Avtodor Sergei Kelbakh, Interfax reports. “On March 11, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under Part 3 of Article 285 (abuse of authority) of the Criminal Code <...> on the facts of unlawful expenditure of advance payments during the construction of the Central Ring Road,” Kurennoy explained.

Some kind of not cold, but a mock war. Donald Trump, our US President, in Trumpian honesty admits that, um... well, let's say, he borrowed the idea of ​​a military parade on Independence Day from French President Emmanuel Macron - but we know who it really came from! Of course, in Russia! A parade is, first and foremost, a demonstration of military might. And France is an ally, what is there to share with it?

Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko proposed banning students from carrying phones to school, since there are no necessary conditions for storing them. She made this statement at a meeting of the Russian Presidential Council for the implementation of state policy in the field of protecting families and children, reports .

05 July 2019, 00:19 / Economics China has something to offer investors in the debt market The yields of its government bonds are significantly higher than those of developed countries Alexey Nevelsky The Chinese debt market is becoming increasingly important for foreign investors / REUTERS Yields on government bonds in the United States and leading European countries this year have fallen to their lowest levels in recent years or even to a record low.

Employees of the Russian automaker GAZ staged a protest in front of the residence of the American ambassador in Moscow on US Independence Day, RIA Novosti reports. The action was coordinated with the Moscow mayor's office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs clarified for the agency. Demonstrators chanted calls for sanctions against the company to be lifted.

July 04, 2019, 19:41 / Business / News Russian Helicopters decided to launch an air taxi in Moscow undefined Vedomosti The Russian Helicopters holding company, part of the Rostec state corporation, plans to launch a helicopter taxi in Moscow and the Moscow region after 2025. The this to RBC . reported company’s press service Three types of transportation are expected.

04 July 2019, 16:43 / Business The Ministry of Transport proposed that the Czech Republic postpone the dispute over the conditions of air transportation to September undefined Vedomosti The Russian authorities suggested that the Czech Republic postpone the final decision on the conditions for air transportation until September. A representative of the press service of the Russian Ministry of Transport told reporters about this, explaining this with concern for passengers.

Alessandro Di Meo/Pool via REUTERS Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Pope Francis for the third time. The talks took place in the Vatican and lasted about an hour. Putin was about 40 minutes late for the meeting, which lasted exactly an hour. Both Putin and the pontiff refrained from making statements following the talks, but they did exchange gifts. The Pope gave Putin an engraving of an 18th-century view of St. Peter's Square. " And this is so that you don't forget Rome," he noted.

The main cause of the accident on the deep-sea vehicle, which killed 14 sailors, was a fire in the battery compartment, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Read on vedomosti.ru The nuclear power plant on the deep-sea vehicle is in working condition, the minister noted. According to him, the crew took all necessary measures to protect her. The device itself can be restored in a fairly short time.

Kursk has a stellar cast, but even the accomplished Colin Firth (pictured, center) has little room to show his skills / Belga Productions The Kursk tragedy was comprehended by foreign filmmakers earlier than by Russians. Perhaps, as with Chernobyl, distance plays a role here: these stories are too close to Russians and returning to them is psychologically difficult. So far, only Alexander Mindadze has dared to do this, in 2011 he made a film about the Chernobyl disaster, On Saturday.

The Central Bank does not exclude the possibility of financial recovery of problem banks that are systemically important for the regions. Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Vasily Pozdyshev told reporters about this at the International Financial Congress. Read on vedomosti.ru According to Pozdyshev, the largest problem banks have already been financially restored.

The head of the Central Bank, Elvira Nabiullina, said that she would invite bankers to discuss the issue of creating self-regulatory organizations (SROs), reports Interfax . “There is a fork here that we also want to discuss with the market, which we must go through, in our opinion. We can think about having associations begin to partially perform the function of self-regulatory organizations and develop standards, but the Central Bank will control the standards.