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“Night wolves” have left without a Christmas tree Famous biker organization “Night wolves”, which is regularly since 2012, received presidential grants, not received the approval of all three applications. Two grant applications are not admitted to examination, the project “Baby Christmas tree” is rejected. This decision was approved today by the coordinating Committee on distribution of presidential grants, under the leadership of the first Deputy head of the presidential administration (AP) Sergei Kiriyenko, who summed up the first competition of grants in the current year. In “Night wolves”, “Kommersant” said that comment on the refusal only after the official publication of the results of the competition. “Night wolves” were submitted in three bids. Two of them have not admitted to the examination as non-competition requirements. So, the local organization “Night wolves Izmailovo Moscow” had failed to prove the need for the project “Your Russia”, the creation of “Maps tourist history”,

Photo: RIA Novosti The party “United Russia” will create an educational institution instead of the project “Civil University”, reports “Kommersant”. Training center of additional professional education will carry the name of the closed project. For his work will need to obtain the relevant license of the service. “Party project had a social character. It can be compared to political information for members and investigators. We now turn to the system of educational activities, choose those courses that we believe are critical to our asset and a wide circle of specialists”, — said “Kommersant” the Secretary of the General Council of the party Sergei Neverov. The first will be trained in the party school, the project leaders of the party. Training for them will be free, and upon completion of training, they will receive a diploma of additional professional education. According to Neverov, lectures will be given by freelance teachers and

Photo: RIA Novosti In the state Duma introduced the initiative, restricting the amount due for the mortgage loan percent of amounts of penalties, fines and other monetary penalties, reported TASS. It is noted that according to the authors, the assessed amount should not be more than 1.5 times the amount of the debt. The document was prepared by the deputies and members of the Federation Council headed by Chairman of the state Duma Committee on financial market Anatoly Aksakov. It is placed in the electronic database of the lower house of Parliament. Except for the option that limits the amount of the payment, the bill requires the deprivation of judicial protection of the creditor’s claim for the mortgage loan, if the loan was issued is not a professional lender. Also the court will not be able to contact the creditors who failed to comply with the first paragraph of initiatives

Photo: Reuters President trump will sign a bill to strengthen sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea, the White house said on Friday. “President Donald trump has read the original versions of the bill and discussed its critical elements. Now he became acquainted with the final version and, based on the fact that his remarks were taken into account, endorses the bill and intends to sign it”, — stated in the press service of the White house statement. The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed the law on sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea. Earlier this week the house of representatives of the United States Congress adopted by an overwhelming majority. In relation to the economy of the Russian Federation the bill expanding the number of sectoral sanctions. In particular, it reduces the maximum term of financing of Russian banks under US sanctions, up to 14 days, oil and gas

The government has launched the “Digital economy” The draft state programme was approved by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The share of foreign software and equipment purchased by the Russian state authorities, should be reduced to 10 and 50%, respectively. At the same time Russia needs to take 10% of the international market of data processing and storage. Such indicators included in the state program “Digital economy” — its a project approved by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. According to the Chairman of the government, the program consists of five modules that focus on regulatory, education, human resources, formation of research competences and IT infrastructure and cyber security. Program “Digital economy” was prepared on behalf of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin. She, in particular, suggests that by 2025, 97% of Russian households must have broadband Internet access (100 Mbps). By this time all the cities needs to be deployed mobile network

Putin signed a law to toughen control over the circulation of alcohol MOSCOW, July 31. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that increases the administrative responsibility for alcohol production and turnover of alcoholic beverages without a license. The law also prohibits the sale of alcohol through vending machines. The corresponding document was published on Monday on the official Internet portal of legal information. The amendments to the law “On state regulation of production and turnover of ethyl alcohol, alcoholic and alcohol-containing products and about restriction of consumption (drinking) of alcoholic production” was initiated by a group of Federation Council members after cases of mass poisoning by substitutes of alcohol-based hawthorn tincture in December 2016. According to the document, for alcohol production and turnover of alcoholic products without a license to establish administrative liability for officials in the form of a fine in the amount from 500 thousand to

Medvedev approved the program “Digital economy” Moscow. July 31. INTERFAX.RU Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that approved the program “Digital economy”, designed to 2024. “As a result, we must have a fully digital environment — it now develops, in recent years we have made a serious step forward. However, this movement is to accelerate, will eliminate the existing barriers for the successful development of digital infrastructure,” — said Medvedev at a meeting with Deputy Prime Ministers on Monday. The programme aims to provide support through technology, he recalled. “This so-called “big data,” quantum computers, which are now a lot of talk, but so far no one has managed to create them, but it is obvious that sooner or later it will happen; new production techniques, artificial intelligence,” — said Medvedev. In the future, according to him, the program will complement projects primarily in healthcare, public administration, the creation of “smart

The building of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation © Artyom Korotayev/TASS MOSCOW, July 31. /TASS/. US attempts to blame Russia and China in the “connivance” of a nuclear missile ambitions of the DPRK untenable, said Monday the Russian foreign Ministry. “We urge all parties involved to refrain from any steps that could lead to further escalation of tensions, – said in comments depodesta. – We regard as untenable the attempts of the USA and some other countries to shift responsibility for what is happening in Russia and China, almost to accuse Moscow and Beijing to “indulging” the nuclear missile ambitions of the DPRK.”

Photo: RIA Novosti In the Center of information security of the FSB, which specializiruetsya on cybercrime investigations, there was a change of leadership. Head Ciba was recently appointed Sergei Skorokhodov. It is reported by RBC with reference to the head of a large company working in the field of information security, and employee of Ciba. According to “SPARK-Interfax”, the Official designation has already taken place. Headed the CDC since 2009, Andrey Gerasimov, according to sources RBC, retired. Earlier, the FSB office was at the center of scandal in connection with the prosecution of his staff for treason.

Photo: RIA Novosti State Duma Deputy Oleg Nilov proposed to close Russian airspace for the Romanian aircraft as long as Romania will not be explained about the incident with the plane S7. State Duma Deputy Oleg Nilov proposed to deploy from Russian Federation all Romanian aircraft as long as the Romanian side won’t explain their actions, reported by the parliamentary newspaper . We are talking about the incident, during which the Romanian authorities banned the Russian S7 company plane EN route from Moscow to Chisinau, crossing the airspace of the country. Onboard there were 165 passengers, including Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. In response, the symmetric measure, the MP proposed to close the Russian airspace as long as the incident is exhausted, and we should start with a call to the Romanian Ambassador in Russia to tackle the situation. Earlier it was reported that Russia has summoned the Romanian Ambassador