Most fires in Siberia are located along roads, which indicates careless handling of fire, said Deputy Head of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations Igor Kobzev, . RIA Novosti reports According to Kobzev, this is the main cause of fires. Read on vedomosti.ru Kobzev said at a working meeting in the State Duma that Emergencies Ministry specialists came to this conclusion after analyzing the places where dry thunderstorms were recorded.

Dmitry Skvortsov / TASS A fire broke out in a warehouse containing missiles and artillery ammunition on the territory of a military unit in the Achinsk District of Krasnoyarsk Krai (150 km from the regional administrative center), TASS reports, citing the district's unified duty dispatch service. Due to ammunition explosions within a radius of 20 km from the emergency site, local residents are being evacuated, the Ministry of Emergency Situations told Interfax.

British bank HSBC announced that its CEO John Flint has resigned, according to a statement on the credit institution's website. It is noted that the resignation occurred “by mutual agreement with the board.” Read on vedomosti.ru In addition, the board has asked Noel Quinn to assume the role of interim CEO. Quinn is Head of Global Commercial Banking, a position he has held since 2015, and has been with HSBC for 32 years in total. HSBC Holdings plc, formed in 1990, employs 238,000 people.

Russian software developer ABBYY bought the American company TimelinePI, the creator of a business process analysis platform. This is stated in messages from ABBYY and TimelinePI. We are talking about buying 100% of the company. The parties did not disclose the transaction amount. Read on vedomosti.ru Business process analysis is a new direction for ABBYY. The platform provides real-time detailed information about employee performance and possible risks to the business.

Authorities continue to play out a force scenario / Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti An uncoordinated protest in central Moscow in support of independent candidates removed from the Moscow City Duma elections was once again met with harsh action by law enforcement on Saturday. This is the fourth such protest since July 14, and only one of them, on July 20, was coordinated with the mayor's office.

Moscow region blogger Vladislav Sinitsa admitted in court that he threatened the children of employees of the Russian Guard and the police, making a post on Twitter under the nickname “Max Steklov,” TASS reports . Sinitsa denies the accusation of extremism. As a result, the court arrested him for two months. Read on vedomosti.ru According to investigators, on July 31, Sinitsa called on his subscribers to commit violent actions against the children of security forces after identifying them.

Regional authorities distorted statistics on forest fires, said Roman Fedosov, prosecutor of the main department for supervision over the implementation of laws in the field of environmental protection. “We can reliably talk about distortions in the Irkutsk region and a number of other regions...” said Fedosov ( quoted from RIA Novosti). Read on vedomosti.ru According to him, data on fires, their elimination, as well as the distance from the fire sites to populated areas were distorted.

An explosion occurred and a fire started on the territory of a military unit in the Achinsky district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, TASS reports with reference to the Unified Duty Dispatch Service (EDDS) of the district. The unit's personnel were evacuated. Local residents are being evacuated within a radius of 20 km from the emergency site.

The Presnensky Court of Moscow chose a preventive measure against the seventh defendant in the case of mass riots in Moscow on July 27. The court placed Vladislav Barabanov under arrest until September 27, TASS reports . Barabanov did not admit his guilt and refused to answer the judge’s questions, citing Article 51 of the Russian Constitution. He called his persecution politically motivated.

Vincent Cassel's striking appearance and extraordinary acting range allow him to play aristocrats and degenerates with equal success / Still from the film In Russia, Vidocq's name is associated primarily with Pushkin's phrase "It's a shame that you're Vidocq the Figurine," which was quite difficult for Soviet schoolchildren to decipher. The footnotes explained that Vidocq was a synonym for informer.

05 August 2019, 13:23 / Technologies / News Roskomnadzor demanded that Otkritie explain the situation with the leak of customer data undefined Vedomosti Roskomnadzor sent a letter to Otkritie Bank demanding clarification of the situation with the leak of data from clients of B&N Bank, which was merged with Otkritie at the beginning of the year, the reported department’s press service .

Aeroflot Deputy General Director for Customer Relations Vadim Zingman resigned after more than ten years of work at the airline, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the carrier’s press service. Earlier, a source at the airline told Interfax that Zingman left on August 2. He decided to change his field of activity, the source added. He did not specify what exactly the top manager will do now. According to a RIA Novosti source in the company, Aeroflot respected Zingman’s decision.

August 05, 2019, 21:18 / Business / News Brent oil price fell below $60 per barrel for the first time since June undefined Vedomosti The price of Brent crude futures for October delivery fell 3.3% to $59.85 per barrel during trading on the ICE exchange in London, according to exchange data. The last time oil of this grade was cheaper was $60 per barrel on June 18. Again Capital LLC partner John Kilduff, in a conversation with Bloomberg, linked the decline in oil prices to the US-China trade war.

Composer Sergei Berezin, author of the songs “Snow is Spinning” and “I’ll Get Off at a Distant Station,” died at the age of 81, poet Larisa Rubalskaya announced on Instagram. She called him a wonderful person and a talented composer. Read on vedomosti.ru Berezin was born on October 31, 1937.

Sixteen people were killed and 21 more were injured when an oxygen cylinder exploded in the center of Cairo, the local publication Egyptian Streets reports , citing an official representative of the Egyptian Ministry of Health. Read on vedomosti.ru It is noted that the incident occurred on the territory of the Cairo Cancer Institute in the center of the Egyptian capital. According to the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs, an oxygen tank exploded due to the accident.