The International Olympic Committee has sent Moscow an official invitation to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, which will be held from July 24 to August 9, 2020. The announced Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) this. A photograph of the document is attached to the message. Read on vedomosti.ru The invitation also assumes the participation of Russian athletes who have official clearance from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the ROC noted.

Apple will acquire most of Intel's modem business, according to reports published on the Apple and Intel websites . The transaction amount is estimated at $1 billion. The deal will close at the end of this year. Read on vedomosti.ru According to the agreement signed by the parties, Apple will receive more than 17,000 patents for wireless technologies, including various protocols for cellular standards and modem architectures.

Lyubov Sobol, an unregistered candidate for deputy of the Moscow City Duma and a lawyer for the Anti-Corruption Foundation, was released from the Tverskoy district police station in Moscow. this Sobol reported on her page on the social network Twitter. “I still don’t know on what basis and for what reason I was detained,” she said.

Employees of the Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR) and police came to the office of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) of politician Alexei Navalny in Moscow. about this FBK director Ivan Zhdanov wrote on his Twitter. Read on vedomosti.ru Zhdanov later clarified that a search had begun at the FBK office. According to the search warrant, which was read to fund employees by a law enforcement representative, the visit of investigators and police is related to a criminal case under Art.

Those evading military service will be looked for at an uncoordinated rally on July 27 in support of unregistered candidates for the Moscow City Duma, told TASS. the press service of the Moscow Department of Regional Security and Anti-Corruption Read on vedomosti.ru An analysis of mass public actions held in Moscow showed that among their participants there were many evaders from military service, the department said.

July 26, 2019, 16:03 / Business Bank Rus notified of its intention to demand bankruptcy of Utair undefined Vedomosti The Orenburg mortgage commercial bank "Rus" intends to file for bankruptcy of the airline Utair , follows from the SPARK-Interfax database. The notification was submitted to the Unified Federal Register of Significant Information on the Activities of Legal Entities. By law, a bank can file for bankruptcy of a debtor 15 days after such notification.

Hot air from Europe, which experienced a heat wave this week, looks set to move towards Greenland and could trigger a record melting of the world's second-largest ice sheet. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the United Nations (UN). Read on vedomosti.ru The air temperature in European countries in recent days has not only risen to a record high, but has exceeded the previous record by 2-4 degrees.

July 26, 2019, 12:15 / Business / News Reuters reported Russia's plans to extend the gas transit agreement through Ukraine for a year undefined Vedomosti Moscow plans to renegotiate a deal with Kiev on gas transit to the European Union for a short period of time in order to gain time to complete the construction of pipelines bypassing Ukraine, Reuters reports , citing four sources. The agreement on gas transit from Russia through Ukraine expires at the end of 2019.

Andrey Gordeev / Vedomosti On the last day of the spring session, State Duma deputy Anton Gorelkin from United Russia submitted amendments to the parliament that limit the right of foreigners to own and manage Internet resources that are informationally significant for the development of infrastructure. As in the situation with officially registered media, the ownership of foreigners and foreign companies is limited to 20% of shares or stocks.

The initiation of criminal cases after rallies against the removal of independent candidates for Moscow City Duma deputies, night interrogations and searches in their apartments look like not only an attempt to intimidate both the unwanted and the protesters. Here we see the bureaucracy's desire to criminalize the participation of persons it does not approve of in public politics and to protect the exclusivity of its rights to govern and the political agenda.

Alexey Ananyev not only actually, but also formally lost control over Technoserv / Evgenia Novozhenina / RIA Novosti Alexey Ananyev sold a Cypriot company through which he owned 10.01% of the large Russian IT integrator Technoserv Group, a representative of the businessman told Vedomosti.

Crew members of the Russian tanker Nika Spirit, detained in the port of Izmail in the Odessa region, arrived in Moscow, reports an Interfax correspondent . According to him, they arrived at Domodedovo airport on a flight from Chisinau. Read on vedomosti.ru According to data on the airport’s website, a combined flight of Air Moldova and S7 arrived there at 3:37 Moscow time. The baggage claim is over, the message says.

The oppositionists, who were not allowed to participate in the Moscow City Duma elections, intend to hold an action at the Moscow City Hall that was not coordinated with the authorities on the afternoon of July 27. Politician Alexei Navalny stated this last week, speaking at a rally for the admission of independent candidates to the elections, which took place on July 20 on Sakharov Avenue and attracted 22,500 people.

The board of directors of Lukoil approved a guarantee agreement with Citibank, according to a statement on the company’s website. In accordance with it, Lukoil will be the guarantor for a credit line from Citibank and Societe Generale for $1 billion, which is attracted by Lukinter Finance BV (owned by Lukoil). Read on vedomosti.ru Lukoil's net debt at the end of the first quarter of 2019 amounted to 197 billion rubles, which is 36.8% lower than the previous year.

US President Donald Trump has instructed the US Trade Representative to take measures to ensure that some countries are no longer recognized as developing countries by the WTO, according to the presidential memorandum. Read on vedomosti.ru The WTO today uses an outdated division between developed and developing countries, which allows some members of the organization to gain unfair advantages in the international trade arena, Trump said.