The Secret Service released the information to members of Congress during a confidential briefing on the cocaine discovery July 2 in the West Wing and confirmed the marijuana discovery to Fox News Digital. Possession of less than two ounces (about 59 grams) of marijuana is not a crime in Washington, DC, but the substance remains illegal on federal property, including the White House.

A Secret Service spokesman told the network that agents found “small amounts of marijuana” twice, in July and September of last year. It is not yet clear where the marijuana was located on the White House grounds.

“No one was arrested in these incidents because the weight of the marijuana seized did not meet the legal threshold for federal or DC misdemeanor charges,” a Secret Service spokesperson said. “The marijuana was collected by officers and destroyed,” he added.

Recall that earlier on Thursday, the Secret Service announced the end of the investigation into the case of the cocaine found in the White House and that the person who brought it into the building was not identified. Rep. Tim Burchett, a member of the House of Representatives, called the conclusion of the US presidential security service “false” and “a complete failure” of the investigation.

“The kingdom’s army has become so weak that the country’s presence in the alliance is counterproductive,” he added.

Germany, Ritter pointed out, also faced the problem of the degradation of the armed forces.

Recall, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced an increase in defense spending over the next two years in the amount of 5 billion pounds (about 6 billion US dollars).

Earlier, Major General Charles Collins said that the British army is no longer capable of fighting on its own. He urged the government to accept this “humiliating” truth, noting that the royal armed forces in the future will act only as a “supplement” to the troops of other states.

“It may not go as fast as we would like,” he said.

kyiv, Sims added, has to fight “pretty tough battles.”

Recall that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that since the beginning of the counteroffensive, the Ukrainian army had not achieved its goals in any direction and suffered heavy losses.

According to him, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since the beginning of the counteroffensive amounted to more than 26,000 military personnel and 3,000 units of various weapons.

Earlier, NATO acknowledged that Ukraine had big problems during the offensive. The White House predicted that the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in all likelihood, could drag on for many more weeks and even months.

In Spain, house prices continue to rise, but there are options to deal with the high costs. An alternative is to move to the outskirts of big cities, where great opportunities can be found for those who enjoy telecommuting. Another option is to choose prefabricated homes, which are more affordable and can be purchased from 1,000 euros, although this price may vary. More and more people are opting for this type of prefabricated housing, which can be installed on a campsite to expand the living space.

A prefabricated house is a house built on developable land, using previously manufactured materials and components that are assembled in the chosen place. Unlike traditional homes, where materials are assembled and the building structure is built on the final site, manufactured homes are shipped in sections or modules to the construction site.

Manufactured housing has gained popularity in the real estate market due to the possibility of acquiring a property on previously purchased land. For this reason, manufactured homes are gaining more and more value among real estate investors.

In the market there are some ideal proposals for about 10,000 euros but the interesting thing is that, contrary to what some people think, they can accommodate several people. Thus, some alternatives are suitable for large families, since they have at least three rooms and can easily accommodate five or more people. All this for prices from 24,000 euros.

Prefabricated house ‘Ebro’ perfect for large families

Maestro Casas, a recognized company in the sector, presents the ‘Ebro’ model, an excellent option for many families. It has a total of 80 habitable square meters, this house offers three bedrooms, a spacious kitchen and living room. In addition, it has a spacious dining room and a terrace with a porch, which undoubtedly makes it a very special prefabricated house.

Currently, this prefabricated house is available for a price of 24,729 euros. In addition, depending on the extra options that are chosen, the walls, the floor and the ceiling can be insulated, in order to establish a drainage system for water produced by rain.

‘Milk’ Prefab Model House

Without a doubt, this spacious prefabricated house is perfect for a good vacation. It has three rooms, offering comfort and capacity to accommodate five people without problems. With a living area of ​​approximately 75 square meters, this house includes a spacious area that integrates kitchen, dining room and living room.

In addition, it has a bathroom, a hall and a versatile pantry that can function as a second bathroom, an office or even as an extra room for guests. This place is available on the market starting at 24,665 euros and offers customization options, which could influence the final price.

‘Catalan’ model perfect for large families

With a total area of ​​125 square meters, this prefabricated house, built with Scandinavian wood, offers 98 square meters of living space. It has three rooms, which are separated by a hall, in addition to having the typical rooms of any other home. It has a very unique feature, this home includes an integrated garage for one car.

In addition, it offers the possibility of customizing the finishes and adding additional options, which can increase its price. This alternative, also belonging to Maestro Casas, is available from 35,854 euros.

“We know that there were some (cluster munitions – ed.) transferred earlier by third countries,” he said.

Earlier, the US Department of Defense confirmed the transfer of cluster munitions to Ukraine.

Earlier, Ukrainian Brigadier General Oleksandr Tarnavsky said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had already received cluster munitions from the United States, but had not yet fired them.

Former Pentagon adviser Colonel Douglas McGregor, in turn, pointed out that the United States is making a big mistake by sending cluster munitions to Ukraine. He also questioned the effectiveness of the group rounds. He stressed that these munitions do more harm than good, and the civilian population may suffer.

Recall that the President of the Ukrainian Air Force Yuriy Ignat said that many representatives of Western countries are opposed to the transfer of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.

Earlier, the Ukrainian authorities have already expressed their dissatisfaction with the timing of the start of pilot training, as well as with the transfer of combat vehicles. According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, pilot training could begin in August.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in turn, noted that Russia would view the transfer of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine as a nuclear threat from the West.

The news is complementing.

“Previously, a whole range of legislative loopholes could become the object of manipulation, circumventing the ‘law’, which, in fact, led to the indirect legalization of same-sex marriages, the adoption of children in such couples” commented Anna Kuznetsova. in the news on his Telegram channel: “Our bill, under which about 400 deputies have signed, we defend our common values, we establish clear priorities, we put a strong barrier against the imposition of political decisions from abroad, in which there is also a large commercial component. It’s no secret that this is a very profitable business.”

He stressed that such bills are only part of the great work that still remains to be done.

According to him, the restrictions imposed since last year on inspections of stores that sell alcohol do not allow the sale of substitutes to be completely suppressed. As a result, the number of fatal alcohol poisonings has increased.

In addition, Rosalkogolregulirovanie, together with the labeling operator (the Center for the Development of Advanced Technologies), will now compare the volumes of keg-packaged beer and low-alcohol beverages put into circulation on a monthly basis. For this, the data will be checked in the information systems of the Unified State Automated Information System and GIS MT (the “Honest Sign” marking system).

The Popular Party has accused the President of the Government and Secretary General of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez, of having lied in the ‘face to face’ debate with Alberto Núñez Feijóo with the tolls on the highways from the year 2024, after the director of the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT), Pere Navarro, ensure that this payment system “by imposition of Brussels” will be implemented.

The general secretary of the PP, Cuca Gamarra, has accused Sánchez of lying and leaving the tolls on the highways “as an inheritance”. “What Sánchez did not want to recognize in the face-to-face with Feijóo, is recognized by the Director General of Traffic. Sanchismo leaves with lies and leaves tolls on the highways as an inheritance,” he criticized in a message on the social network Twitter, collected by Europa Press.

The PP’s Deputy Secretary for Institutional Action, Esteban González Pons, has spoken along the same lines. “What was Pedro Sánchez saying, that it was a lie that he had agreed to reintroduce tolls on the highways? Well, his general director of Traffic seems to disagree. The liar is caught first…”, he has also assessed in a publication by Twitter.

The PP has recorded a fragment of the debate last Monday in which the ‘popular’ leader asked Sánchez if his Executive had decided to charge a toll on all highways in Spain from 2024. “Are you going to pass the free highways a toll?”, questioned the leader of the PP. “But what does Mr. Feijóo say?” Replied the socialist leader.

After the statements by Navarro (DGT)

Subsequently, the DGT has regretted the confusion generated after the statements by its director, Pere Navarro, in which he has assured that the Spanish highways will implement tolls in the year 2024 “by imposition of Brussels” and has specified that the body does not have ” no type of direct information or powers attributed to be able to pronounce” on this matter.

Widow of Alexei Batalov Gitan

Photo: Anastasia PLESHAKOVA

This long criminal saga associated with the name of People’s Artist of the USSR Alexei Batalov still has no end in sight. There is a novel by a German writer with an appropriate title, The Neverending Story. What happened this time: on July 12, the Moscow Zamoskvoretsky Court satisfied (not in full) the claims of Natalia Drozhzhina and Mikhail Tsivin against the Batalov family. The court decided to recover about 900 thousand rubles from the widow and daughter of the People’s Artist of the USSR in favor of actress Natalya Drozhzhina and her husband Mikhail Tsivin. They really asked for more as compensation for the “unjust enrichment” of the Batalovs at their expense.

At the same time, exactly a year ago, the widow and daughter of Alexei Batalov won a civil case in the Dorogomilovsky court. His claims for recovery of the unjust enrichment of Mikhail Tsivin and his wife Natalya Drozhzhina were fully satisfied. The court ruled to return the money to Gitana Leontenko and Maria Batalova, which the entrepreneurial spouses withdrew from their bank accounts by proxy. The amount is impressive: more than 200 thousand dollars, 100 thousand euros and about 2 million rubles…

Now the coin suddenly turned the other way: it was not Tsivin and Drozhzhina who got rich at the expense of the Batalovs, but vice versa.

– For the first time, the court at least partially took the side of Mikhail Tsivin and Natalya Drozhzhina in the course of many years of litigation over the property of the family of the late People’s Artist. From the widow and daughter of Alexei Batalov, the court ruled to recover almost 900 thousand rubles, – rejoiced the lawyer Vyacheslav Makarov.

In this long process (for several years the criminal and civil courts ran parallel), the devil will break his leg. And it is no longer clear: who owes whom and for what. Natalya Drozhzhina and Mikhail Tsivin, although they won the court yesterday, are going to appeal against his decision. Not happy with the decision. The amount of his claims against the Batalovs was much larger – about 4.2 million rubles.

Now the coin suddenly turned the other way: did not Tsivin and Drozhzhina get rich at the expense of the Batalovs, but vice versa?

Photo: Larisa KUDRYAVTSEVA/EG

But the Batalovs will also appeal this decision.

– Tsivin and Drozhzhina asked to recover from the Batalovs not 4.2 million, but 7 million rubles, – Sergey Lukin, the Batalovs’ lawyer, told KP. -They presented checks to the court for food, apartment renovation, furniture, tickets, hairpins, which Batalov allegedly bought with his own money. The expenses for the burial of the mother of Gitana Arkadyevna Leontenko at the Preobrazhensky cemetery, which were in 2018, were also included there. Tsivin claims that it was she and Drozhzhina who paid for the funeral services. From my point of view, the Zamoskvoretsky Court took a strange position. The statute of limitations regarding the plaintiffs’ claims has passed. However, despite the missed deadline, Tsivin and Drozhzhina earned 900 thousand rubles. We will appeal this decision. I think they think this victory will help them in their criminal appeal…

Recall that on May 26, a guilty verdict was handed down in the Zamoskvoretsky court in the case of fraud with the property of the widow and daughter of Alexei Batalov. The judge sentenced 76-year-old Mikhail Tsivin to five years in prison in a penal colony. His wife, 75-year-old actress Natalya Drozhzhina, received 4 years of probation. They are going to appeal this decision to the court. But the Batalovs do not agree with him either. They also filed an appeal. They asked that Drozhzhina be not a conditional term, but a real one. Most likely, at the end of August there will be a meeting in the Moscow City Court on the criminal case.

The document, which contains 4,400 pages, foresees, first of all, the deployment of 300,000 military personnel in a high degree of preparation.

In addition, the commander-in-chief of NATO forces in Europe, in the event of a threat, will be able to make some decisions without additional consultation with the alliance.

Among other things, the strengthening of units equipped with heavy weapons, the development of air defense systems and the increase in stocks of long-range missiles and artillery systems are foreseen.

Recall that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that NATO’s military activities have taken the most aggressive direction. A set of measures is being implemented to increase the combat readiness of the Alliance Joint Armed Forces in Eastern Europe. Additional military contingents and military infrastructure are being deployed, reconnaissance activities and combat training are being activated near the borders of the Union State.

Furthermore, Shoigu pointed out, NATO is using the Ukraine crisis as an excuse to strengthen its groupings. The next stage of the alliance expansion has been released.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in turn, said that Russia is responding adequately and in advance to the ongoing expansion of NATO. “We are taking the appropriate steps and, I dare to assure you, well in advance,” said the Foreign Minister.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov stressed that with NATO closing in on Russia’s borders, Moscow is balancing the entire security architecture on the continent.

With the holding of the general elections in the middle of the summer season, the request for voting by mail has skyrocketed and Correos has confirmed this Thursday that it has already formalized 20,240 reinforcement contracts for the development of activities related to voting by mail for the s Comics of July 23.

In a statement, the postal entity assures that it will continue hiring “all the troops that are necessary to guarantee” the vote by mail for 23-J. Add that in these reinforcement contracts you have taken into account the increase in the number of applications for voting by mail received and the coincidence of the electoral period with the summer holidays.

Regarding this last matter, Correos has informed that it has also covered all the vacations of the staff during the month of July. The postal company recalls that the contracts have been used to reinforce all its services, such as customer service in offices, the distribution network and delivery of shipments, transport and logistics centers, which includes the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport for the management of international shipments.

Extraordinary openings on Saturdays

In this sense, more than 30% of the employees who had planned their vacations this month have voluntarily requested to delay them to be available during the campaign, which indicates, in the company’s opinion, “the high level of commitment of the workforce Post Office with the public service”.

The company has also made extensions of hours in 274 offices, especially in areas where the greatest influx is expected, such as tourist areas, a measure that may be extended to more offices in the coming days, depending on the needs. Extraordinary openings are also contemplated on non-working days such as Saturdays and holidays.

In fact, last Saturday, July 8, 225 offices were opened in towns in Catalonia, Andalusia, the Valencian Community, Murcia and the Balearic Islands and it is expected that next Saturday, July 15, they will open extraordinarily, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., 2,061 offices throughout Spain.

The opening will be exclusively to meet the needs of citizens related to the electoral process (delivery of notified electoral documentation and admission of voting by mail). These time extensions and extraordinary openings may be extended depending on how the postal voting process evolves in the coming days.

Two years ago, the artist fell ill with coronavirus pneumonia, there were serious complications and a few months of resuscitation

Photo: Artem KILKIN

On August 13, singer MakSim, 40, recorded an appeal from a rehabilitation clinic where she is being treated for alcoholism. The artist published the video on her social networks. Marina Abrosimova (this is the name of the singer) five years ago already underwent treatment for alcoholism in a private drug treatment clinic, after which she returned to a full life. But two years ago, the artist fell ill with coronavirus pneumonia, there were serious complications and a few months of resuscitation, a long recovery, and nine months later she returned to an active life of concerts and tours. A new breakdown happened much later: in the spring of 2023, at a concert in Sochi, the artist behaved strangely, the performance was canceled. The tour stopped.

Now MakSim said: “My already habitual attempt to escape from problems, ailments, unnecessary impressions (and I am very impressionable), emotions through alcohol does not lead to anything. In addition, it leads to huge losses. I came to the conclusion that it is an addiction. Done, accepted. And I decided to act, because this is not my life, it is not my story. That is why I have been in the clinic for a long time.” The artist lamented: “After my serious illness, I started touring, taking on a lot of responsibility and promising to do an unimaginable number of performances. The heyday was an unsuccessful concert in Sochi. Not only did I arrive tired, I really couldn’t stand on my feet. Before leaving, she was on a drip. And I decided that if I drink alcohol, I will work like a machine. It ended with the failure of the concert.

After such open confessions, Marina was supported by many fans. Producer Yana Rudkovskaya responded from show business. Rudkovskaya wrote on her Telegram channel: “Great support and respect for Maxim! This is a very strong decision from a truly strong woman. Not just to apologize, but to admit: where to take real, concrete steps toward healing, not for PR’s sake, but for her own sake. The video was not recorded on the first day of the sale, obviously, but after a while. I think she will succeed. And that she will return to the stage not as a car, but as herself: a talented artist that we all love.

Singer Dima Bilan wrote words of support: “Marina, such thoughts and words were very touching. It is not an easy mission to be an artist and always be in the public eye. Fragile, but how strong you are! May everything work out!” Marina replied to Dima: “Thank you very much for your support, your words and our conversations played an important role for me.”

The singer in the video looks good, recovered, speaks confidently, and the musicians from her band are sitting next to her. The recording took place in a gazebo, in the courtyard of the Moscow Region VIP department of a well-known private drug treatment center. The branch is located in a pine forest. In the VIP department, everyone is provided with an individual treatment program, psychotherapy, hypnosis, observation by doctors of various specialties (not only narcologists), etc., as well as a comfortable room where they clean and change clothes every day. The conditions are like in a 5 star hotel. And pleasant bonuses: swimming pool, gym, sauna, hammam, garden. In addition to the treatment, there are many pleasant activities: massage, drawing, etc. Marina is visited by relatives, children, musicians from her team. Prices in the VIP department of the clinic are high – a month costs 1 million 400 thousand rubles.

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It should be noted that earlier, such a forecast was made by the co-owner of Azimuth Airlines JSC, co-owner and chairman of the board of directors of Vnukovo JSC International Airport, and was later quoted by various media outlets.

The FAS stressed that such statements are unacceptable, as they may encourage other companies to increase the prices of air tickets and air travel. This can be considered as prohibited actions by competing companies, as it turns out that they set prices in the market in a concerted manner.

The Competition Law prohibits actions that could lead to the establishment and maintenance of a high-priced monopoly, the agency’s press service said.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled this Thursday that it must be guaranteed that consumers with a mortgage referenced with the IRPH received sufficient information about the method of calculating the index. In addition, it ensures in the ruling that the data was not accessible. However, it has left it in the hands of the Spanish courts to verify this case.

The court indicates, however, that a 1994 Bank of Spain circular from which it follows that a negative differential had to be applied to the IRPH is pertinent, something that is not communicated to the consumer in the case. court, as well as that the national judge will have to ascertain whether an average consumer could be required to obtain that information himself.

The IRPH protagonist of numerous resources

The Reference Index for Mortgage Loans (IRPH) has been the subject of numerous appeals and judgments in recent years, both by Spanish courts and by the CJEU, whose verdicts have given rise to different interpretations by national judges regarding its opaque nature. or abusive of it.

The sentence published this Thursday responds to the questions by a court in Palma de Mallorca about a mortgage in the hands of Banco Santander, loans in progress, but includes the rates and commissions in calculation, so it is usually more expensive than other indices such as the Euribor .

The court asks if the positive differential that is applied when calculating the IRPH is contrary to community legislation, given that, according to its interpretation, the Bank of Spain urged in a circular of 1994 to apply a negative differential and, if so, if this constitutes an unfair practice that must be taken into account to assess whether the clause that referred the mortgage to the IRPH is abusive.

Response from Santander Bank

Banco Santander defends that the clause in question was negotiated individually with the client and that the IRPH is an official and public index and, therefore, accessible to consumers. In its ruling, the CJEU recalls that it is up to the national judge to rule on a specific clause depending on the case, but it provides certain “indications” to be taken into account.

In the first place, it points out that in order to assess the transparency and possible abusive nature of the clause, the 1994 circular is pertinent, from which it is inferred the need to apply a negative differential to the reference index to equalize the interest rate with the interest rate. market interests.

It recalls that the disputed clause indicates that the index is described in another officially published 1990 Bank of Spain circular and asks the Spanish judge to verify whether the information thus provided was sufficient to allow an “average consumer, normally informed and very carefully reasoned and insightful actually had knowledge of the benchmark index calculation methods”.

Although he points out that it is the Spanish judge who must determine the importance of the circular to draw the attention of the entities to the type of IRPH in relation to market rates and the need to apply a negative differential.

add that, although this information was published in the Official State Gazette, it appears in a 1994 circular and not in the 1990 one to which the clause referred, so the judge must verify whether obtaining this information meant carrying out an activity that, being in the field of legal research, could not be required of an average consumer.

Finally, regarding the possible abusive nature of the clause, he points out that Banco Santander will have to prove that it was negotiated individually and, if not, the Spanish judge will have to assess whether the requirement of good faith was breached and the possible existence of a significant imbalance to the detriment of the consumer taking these indications into account.

Hersh drew attention to the fact that the American media no longer write about the “counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.”

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The American journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh, published an article in which he assessed the results of the visit of the President of the United States to Europe.

Hersh admitted that “Biden worked his way up before the NATO summit by turning the tables on Erdogan in a way.” Turkey’s consent to Sweden’s admission to NATO, the journalist called bribery. And he gives a secret, according to him, the background of what happened: Biden promised that Ankara would receive an emergency loan from the IMF in the amount of $ 11-13 billion.

“Biden needed a win, and Turkey is under acute financial stress,” a White House official familiar with the deal told Hersh.

The journalist is sure that Washington was afraid that Erdogan would stand his ground and delay Sweden’s admission to NATO by all means, and therefore, Hersh writes, “fear and hatred reigned on board No. 1 which I was flying to Vilnius.”

Hersh also drew attention to the fact that the American media no longer write about the “counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.” And he mentions the reason for this – the failure of the actions of the Ukrainian army. As for the cluster bombs promised to Washington by kyiv, as the journalist writes, these munitions will not change the course of the conflict, especially since the White House “already screwed up in Ukraine.”

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The report simulates the impact on the valuation of office space by 2030 in nine cities around the world. Owners are expected to suffer losses of $800 billion: the total value of such property will fall 26% compared to 2019 levels, while the amount could drop as much as 42%, analysts say.

“The impact on value could be even greater if it is exacerbated by rising interest rates,” McKinsey said. they own”.

The shift towards hybrid work during the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a decrease in the need for office space while vacancy rates have increased. According to McKinsey forecasts, in a moderate scenario, demand for office space will fall by 13% by the end of the decade. Attendance will still be 30% lower than it was before the pandemic, with only 37% of people returning to the office each day.

SW/St. Petersburg invites you to spend the weekend in St. Petersburg. The space was designed by the renowned Italian designer Antonio Citterio. In Saint Petersburg, he was inspired by the work of Carl Faberge. Inside, the mysteries of the Faberge house are revealed in a modern interpretation and the image of a jeweler is formed from the details.

In addition to luxurious interiors, each room has such features as a separate set of cosmetic accessories for him and her, a courtesy mini bar with snacks and soft drinks, a special sleeping menu, according to which each guest can choose a pillow to taste, as well as order a mask to sleep or ask for a relaxing bath.

In SW/St. In St. Petersburg, there are 137 rooms and suites: from small SO Cozy to SO Lofty penthouses and SO VIP apartments with their own fireplace, double bathroom and a bar with a separate entrance for staff. Guests will also enjoy the views of Saint Isaac’s Cathedral, the Just Say SO service concept, the philosophy of peace in the Urban Wellness Zone SPA, as well as the trendy SO parties in the MIXO lobby bar and on the terrace. summer HI-SO. The latter is a real highlight of the hotel with a memorable design and panoramic views. The terrace menu changes every year, but its sunset parties remain the same.

The beginning of the year was marked by the opening of a new Italian restaurant on the first floor of the hotel, Fresa’s. The experience of staying in the SO/St. Petersburg would not be complete without a visit to the Urban Wellness Zone spa. Experienced massage therapists will relieve all fatigue and stress.

The general director of Traffic, Pere Navarro, has been in charge of affirming this Thursday in an interview, the entry of Spain in 2024 in the process of implementing tolls on the highways “by imposition of Brussels”. The person in charge of the DGT has considered that this new process will mean “a great issue for an agreement between the two big parties, to prevent it from entering the electoral debate, which in the end we all lose,” he declared on the “Els Matins” program. from TV3.

Likewise, Navarro has said that the only interest that moves him, for the sake of road safety, is good conservation and maintenance of Spanish roads.

“Brussels imposes, demands of us, to put tolls”, explained Navarro, who added that the Community Executive “tells us” that the money they send “is not for upkeep and maintenance of roads, it is for other things, with which you have to put tolls as a requirement if you want to receive more money,” he added.

a question of months

In November 2022, the Secretary of State for Transport, Mobility and the Urban Agenda, Isabel Pardo de Vera, said that the project to establish tolls on Spanish highways would be ready in a matter of months.

A month before, the Executive assured that there would be no tolls during this year, in 2023, while admitting that it would analyze different alternatives that, in any case, would only be applied with the consensus of the administrations and the agents involved, and in the “proper economic and social” moment.

For its part, the Association of International Road Transport (ASTIC) earlier this month asked the government to leave the polls after the general elections on July 23 that it not impose tolls on the highways, which it considers a “repayment” .

Among fans of Turkish TV series, and there are a lot of them, the controversy surrounding the Russian adaptation of the popular TV series “Knock on my door” does not subside. As soon as it became known that the project would be filmed with us again, the audience immediately began to wonder who and what roles would play. Sensing this interest, TNT and Okko, who took over the adaptation, began to give the viewer a slice of various characters.

The least interesting were first – female supporting characters (well, who follows them in Turkish TV shows?): Alexandra Tulinova, Yulia Serina and Ekaterina Shumakova will play the girlfriends of the main character Masha (in the original – Eda)

After the authors of the project removed the mask from another minor character – the native aunt of the main character. She will be played by Anna Nevskaya (“The Siberian Barber”, “Dyldy”).

“Now it is difficult to say unequivocally what my character will become, because we are only at the beginning of the journey,” the artist intrigues. – Together with the creative team and the director, we searched for an image and a character. And how it will turn out – to judge the viewer. It is clear that for the beloved niece of her, my heroine will do everything possible and impossible to make her happy.

Then it became known that even the singer Vlad Sokolovsky joined the series. He was entrusted with the image of Oleg, a friend of the protagonist Sergei (Serkan, in the original), although the blue-eyed blond auditioned for several roles at once. Including the main one.

“I auditioned for two roles: the main character and his best friend Oleg,” Vlad honestly admitted. – Inwardly, I myself felt that I liked the character of Oleg more. This hero responded to me immediately. I get it, because sarcasm and humor in general are very inherent in me. And in the series this is just the area of ​​​​responsibility of my hero. I like characters that dilute the general vibe, and Oleg is exactly that.

Then the Internet was flooded with false stories that the main role was given to the son of the head of Gazprom-Media, which includes TNT, Leo Kandelaki. A Georgian who really looks like a Turk got into the project, but he’s not playing the Russian analogue of Serkan. And, most likely, the actor of the Leningrad City Hall Theater Nikita Volkov.

It was with him that paparazzi pictures appeared on the network, which show that Nikita is participating in one of the scenes, apparently, from the Russian TV series “Knock on my door” together with a young actress Liana Griba (“Monastery”, “Crystal”). Most likely, this couple will play our version of the architect Serkan Bolat and the florist Eda Yildiz.

Liana really resembles a Turkish woman with cut eyes and the outlines of an oriental appearance.

But Nikita, who became famous after the Internet series “Difficult Teenagers”, can hardly even remotely resemble the red-haired Kerem Bursin, who glorified the image of Serkan Bolat all over the world: tattoos, stand-up performances are dedicated to him and printed on t-shirts.

However, the creators of the Russian adaptation of “Knock on My Door”, it seems, are not going to achieve absolute visual similarity. For which they can only be respected.

“In preparation for the autumn-winter period, large-scale works are being carried out to repair the road surface on key roads, streets, passages within the neighborhood and courtyards,” said Petr Biryukov. completed in 469 installations of the road network, including Borovskoye highway, Olimpiyskiy prospect, Nizhegorodskaya, Pyalovskaya and Tamanskaya streets, in the Lefortovsky tunnel. In total, more than 13 million square meters of asphalt were laid, which is more than 50% of the planned volume of 23 million ” grid”.

One of the main tasks is the removal of ruts, which were formed due to heavy traffic and temperature changes. It can negatively affect road safety.

“We are now working to replace the asphalt concrete pavement at more than 500 road network facilities, including Leningradsky Prospekt, Dmitrovskoye Highway, Vernadsky Avenue, Akademika Anokhin Street and Novocherkassky Boulevard,” said Petr Biryukov. He clarified that the repair is carried out with modern technologies, we use our own asphalt mixes produced in 10 plants in the city. In total, these companies produce more than 2 million tons of the mix per season.

The main time of work – night. The work is progressing according to schedule.

Sporty & Rich collaborated with the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France to create a capsule collection. In it, the brand’s founder, Emily Oberg, was trying to rethink hotel linen. Hypebae writes about it.

“I have always been fascinated by the photographs of the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc taken in the 70s. This is elegance and elegance that has no equal. I am proud to be associated with this iconic establishment,” says Emily.

The capsule contains 25 pieces of the classic Sporty & Rich silhouette. These are T-shirts, comfortable sweatshirts and polo shirts, as well as striped pajama sets and boxer shorts. The design uses the logo of the hotel brand. The collection is inspired by the hotel’s pine forest, swimming pool and rose gardens and is made in soft colours.

Let’s remember that this is not the first collaboration of Sporty & Rich. Recently, the brand collaborated with Lacoste and released a collection in the style of the 80s. We talked about it in more detail here.

After reaching 288,500 million euros, Amazon has become the most valuable technology brand in the world. It thus surpasses the company led by Tim Cook, Apple, which has a value of 286,800 million euros. This report, ‘Tech 100 2023’, has been prepared by Brand Finance, which annually analyzes the 5,000 most important firms in the world by carrying out analysis and sector classifications. The authors of the analysis have stressed that Amazon has increased its value by 36% since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and that it is the most valuable brand in all sectors.

“Amazon’s global dominance as the world’s leading technology brand cannot be ignored. The brand’s relentless pursuit of customer-focused innovation has not only transformed the way we shop, but has challenged and revised business models of traditional business”, has valued the general director of Brand Finance, Richard Haigh. “The tech giant must now try to maintain its competitive edge amid a rapidly changing landscape, especially as eyes are on the brand now more than ever,” he warned.

Complete the Top10

The third position within the classification of the most valuable technology brands in the world is for Google (271,200 million euros), followed by Microsoft (184,600 million) and Samsung (79,700 million euros), so that the ‘top 5’ is dominated by four American companies and one South Korean. In sixth place is TikTok (63.3 billion euros), which surpasses Facebook (56.8 billion euros), WeChat (48.4 billion euros), Instagram (45.7 billion euros) and Huawei (42.7 billion euros).

About the fact that Huawei is in the ‘top 10’ of the most valuable technology brands in the world, Brand Finance has highlighted that the company has managed to be there “despite the headwinds derived from global political challenges, the shortage of semiconductors and the global drop in demand for smartphones. “Huawei remains in the top ten most valuable technology brands, although its brand value has fallen by 30%, to €42.7 billion. Huawei’s consumer business, which offers smartphones, tablets and other consumer electronics, was the most affected by various challenges. However, other operations of the brand, such as its carrier business and its enterprise business, performed relatively well,” the report authors added.

NTT DATA

The analysis also shows that the Japanese NTT DATA According to Brand Finance, it is because NTT Corporation and NTT DATA are formally integrating their offers more closely and launching a combined brand to accelerate the global modernization of information technologies and transformation digital.

“This is a new beginning for the NTT DATA brand as it seeks to accelerate growth outside of Japan and further increase its diverse offering of digital services and applications to customers,” the report said. On the other hand, LinkedIn (whose value increased to 14,900 million euros) is the brand in the technology sector that “grows the fastest”, something that the authors of the document attribute mainly to its “better position” as a recruitment and advertising tool for notifications

Amadeus, the most valuable Spanish

As regards software technology brands, Amadeus is the most valuable Spanish company and ranks 14th out of the ‘top 15’ in this segment. “Amadeus (whose brand value is suspected to be 4% in 2023) has posted solid operating and financial results in the first quarter of 2023 thanks to the good evolution of the sector and the increase in air traffic,” Brand Finance highlighted.

In this sense, the most valuable software brand in the world is Microsoft (184,600 million euros), followed by Oracle (38,100), SAP (20,300), SalesForce (18,400), Adobe (12,400), VM Ware (6,100), ServiceNow (6,000), Quickbooks (4,400), Turbotax (4,000) and RedHat (3,900), which closes the ‘top 10’.

Vladimir Vladimirovich assured that the supply of Western weapons is not capable of turning the tide on the battlefield.

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Vladimir Putin spoke briefly about his thoughts on the latest NATO summit and Western arms supplies to Ukraine.

– Ukraine’s NATO membership represents a threat to Russia’s security. One of the reasons for the NWO is the threat of Ukraine joining NATO. I am not sure that this will increase the security of Ukraine and in general it will make the world much more vulnerable,” the president said.

– As for the supply of weapons, we see how much hope was pinned on the supply of missiles of a sufficiently long range. Yes, they deal damage, but nothing critical happens in the war zone. The same applies to foreign-made tanks, infantry fighting vehicles. Since July 4 alone, 311 tanks have been destroyed, a third of which are Western-made, including Leopards. The Ukrainian military refuses to enter these tanks because they are a priority target for our guys. This is an unfortunate circumstance. And they burn just like the rest, even better! he added.

Vladimir Vladimirovich assured that the supply of Western weapons is not capable of turning the tide on the battlefield. On the contrary, the conflict will continue further.

– Regarding security, any country has the right to guarantee security in the way it deems most appropriate. There is only one restriction: the security of one country must not pose a threat to another country. Therefore, we start from the understanding that this principle will be taken into account. And Ukraine, of course, has the right to guarantee its security,” said the head of the country.

Putin noted that the Istanbul agreements “described in detail the issue of Ukraine’s security.”

– We still had to think if we agree. But overall, this document was acceptable,” the president said. – Now NATO and the “Seven” made statements. We are not against the discussion, but under the obligatory condition of guaranteeing the security of Russia.

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“They (the amendments) are already in the Duma. Yesterday they were presented to the Duma. The committee tomorrow,” the TASS deputy minister quotes.

Damper tuning provides a 50% reduction in payouts. The new rules are expected to go into effect on September 1. The buffer mechanism compensates part of the difference between the export prices of petroleum products and the internal prices. Oil companies receive money from the budget when export prices exceed the indicative price set by the state. And, conversely, oil companies pay the budget if export prices are below the indicative prices, but this only happened in 2020, when oil prices in the world fell to their lowest values.

This year, on average, the oil industry spent from the budget from 79 to 109 billion rubles per month. This is, on average, almost two times less than last year’s payments, but the budget deficit has already exceeded 3 trillion rubles, so the government wants to reduce these costs.

According to most experts, the damper adjustment will lead to an increase in wholesale, and then retail prices for automobile fuel.

As the head of the National Energy Security Fund Konstantin Simonov previously pointed out to RG, if the adjustment is carried out, as planned, in the fall, and such tough measures are taken as announced – a reduction in payments in 50%, then prices will go up again, even in retail. There can be no miracles here.

According to Kirill Rodionov, an expert at the Institute for the Development of Complex Fuel and Power Technologies, payments for the damper in the first half of 2023 have already decreased by 58% (to 542.6 billion rubles, compared with the year past). A further reduction in subsidies coupled with an increase in excise duties will inevitably hit oil refining margins, which have already been hit by rising transportation costs associated with the reversal of exports to Asia and the Middle East. .

But since gas station prices are controlled by the state, which tries to keep them from rising above inflation, the gas stations will end up suffering. The profitability of your work will fall to zero or enter negative territory, as it did in 2021.

Since the end of December last year, gasoline at gas stations has risen in price by 3.1%, slightly higher than inflation – 2.97%. On the stock market, growth is more serious, AI-92 prices have grown by almost 70% since January and AI-95 by 63%.

In addition, the amendments sent to the State Duma provide for an increase in excise duties on gasoline and diesel within the limits of inflation in the next two years, as well as the transfer of benefits for depleted deposits.

Hermès has opened its 28th boutique in China. It is located in the MixC luxury shopping complex in the Chinese city of Tianjin, which is a half-hour drive from Beijing. The French brand has returned to this city after a 12-year hiatus. WWD writes about it.

The store offers a full range of the brand: bags, silk products, shoes, accessories, jewelry, watches, perfumes and cosmetics. The interior features 21 works of art, including contemporary photographs from the Hermès collection, as well as illustrations from the Emile Hermès archive. The façade of the building in which the boutique opened is made of locally produced multi-colored glazed ceramic bricks. According to the brand, the new space emphasizes “the identity of the Parisian house and its connection with the Asian region.”

We will remember, earlier Hermès became the second most expensive luxury brand. The mark is second only to LVMH. We talk about it in more detail here.

The Foundation of the savings banks has launched the alert voice on the situation of the national public accounts a few months after Que lam Les (The Obligation that Members Stick to Deficit and Debt Targets). Funcas warns that Spain should start reducing the public debt to GDP ratio “quickly”, to anticipate “potentially adversary” situations in the financial markets, recover the margin for fiscal policy and stop the increase in the cost of its liability due to the rise in interest rates applied by the European Central Bank (ECB).

In an article in ‘Cuadernos de Información Económica’, Santiago Lago stresses that several eurozone countries agree to a reduction of one point per year in the debt-to-GDP ratio for the most indebted countries, as is the case of Spain. The author has commented that in the next decade fiscal sustainability is at stake, the European Commission considers our risks high in the medium term. All of this makes it necessary to “urgently” design and implement a gradual, but continuous and sustainable consolidation plan.

Funcas has insisted that public debt is one of the main vulnerability factors of the Spanish economy. In the current context of the application of new European fiscal rules and the withdrawal of support from the ECB, Raymond Torres and María Jesús Fernández also raise the need to initiate a progressive reduction in the debt to GDP ratio.

The persistence of a high public deficit is a vulnerability factor for Spain, especially when it is expected to increase public debt issues this year, they warn. Added to this is the rise in yields, which will mean an increase in interest payments in relation to GDP.

GDP will weaken in the second half

In addition, for the authors, in the short term there will be a sharpening of the signs of weakening as a consequence of the monetary tightening cycle, so that growth will register a slowdown during the second part of the year. This slowdown, together with the measures to fight inflation, the indication of pensions and the increase in financial charges, will make it difficult to correct budgetary imbalances.

In the absence of adjustments, Funcas has stated that the deficit will stand at 3.7% in 2024, above the 3% estimated by the Government, and public debt will exceed 108% of GDP, 10 points more than before the pandemic . The imbalance between public revenue and spending ended last year at 4.8% of GDP, while Spanish liabilities stood at 113.2% of GDP.

All this despite the resilience shown by the Spanish economy in the first half of the year and which the authors attribute to the competitiveness of the export sector, the absence of a real estate bubble and the low level of household debt. For his part, José Ramón Diez Guijarro warns that the double mandate of the central banks will be put to the test once the intense tightening of financial conditions begins to cause sources of tension.

The crisis episodes experienced in some medium-sized North American banks and in Credit Suisse revealed both the weaknesses of the business models of some financial institutions with solvency and/or liquidity problems, as well as the failures in their regulation and supervision. Although the crisis “seems fairly stabilized, it is a warning to central banks.” From Funcas, they have indicated that the positive news is that one quarter after the start of tensions in the US, the focus of financial stress “seems quite controlled.”

The ‘wishmaster’ who was put on trial gave an intriguing pause

Photo: Mikhail FROLOV

The headliner of multiple business conferences, a student of Tony Robbins, the author of personal growth courses, the most popular blogger and graduate of a construction school, Elena Blinovskaya, was arrested in April this year on suspicion of evasion taxes, money laundering. on an especially large scale “or other property acquired by a person as a result of his committing a crime” (part 2 of article 198, paragraph “b” of part 4 of article 174.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The amount was called cosmic: with an official profit of more than 300 million rubles, according to Forbes, the tax authorities found Blinovskaya’s non-payment in the amount of more than 918 million rubles! The 41-year-old internet star was detained almost in the woods, in the Smolensk region, on the border with Belarus, where she tried to force her way through for no reason.

Elena was often called a fraudster and even a “90s belch”, but such accusations did not go beyond the limits of the Internet – only investigators of the RF Investigative Committee managed to substantiate Blinovskaya’s illegal activities. The blogger was placed under house arrest and denied access to the Internet. However, incomprehensibly, ads about fundraising continued to appear on Elena’s accounts anyway. Subscribers were shocked and perplexed: was it really that even a serious criminal case could not stop her, or was it the inertial effect of a chicken with its head cut off? Or maybe a form of media kleptomania?

KP has already written in detail how and why a new generation of rich people has been formed in Russia and how crazy money blogger moms earn, who then order artists of any level for their birthday, up to Lube and Philip Kirkorov. So, Blinovskaya’s income, which fed gullible subscribers with advice about “successful success”, although phenomenal, is not entirely sensational. Surely the Public Treasury and the special services, which have firmly seized the bloggers, have to learn a lot of interesting things.

Another thing is funny: now Elena Blinovskaya, after four months of investigation, has closed all her “activities” for soft extortion of money from the population. On July 13, subscribers noted that it is no longer possible to pay for webinars, courses and marathons on the official Blinovskaya website. When clicking on the payment link, the site gives an error. Maybe a technical glitch? Suddenly, everyone considered it a symbolic gesture or even a step towards a new life.

Although the actual suspension of courses occurred back in May of this year -then Elena’s “products” could be paid for-, but then nothing happened, the client was left on the waiting list.

And it’s not even that Blinovskaya has already promised to cover up “wish marathons” in early 2022 after a scandalous interview with Ksenia Sobchak. And even earlier, in 2020, she claimed that her energy would soon be closed to new business.

“I am at the peak, and my course is not going to turn off now,” Elena wrote then on social networks. “But I already feel like this mission is letting me go, and for the next year everything I do will morph into at least…that I won’t be around for this. How to be even more precise, I don’t know.

The question is, how long will Blinovskaya last this time? There is a strong suspicion that the “failure” and “closing” of all marathons is just a misleading “warm-up”. Bloggers resort to this technique when they need to raise interest in the upcoming course: they artificially escalate and escalate the intrigue, the special value of the “product” that they have already prepared, or not yet, or want to release, or have not yet decided. In a word, he manipulates and cheaply pressures psychology. A naive audience easily swallows the bait and begins to persuade the guru to still give a little more successful advice for success and the fulfillment of desires; after all, they are so exclusive and unique (saving money, counting income, washing hands before eating, giving up fast food, etc.)! And at the climax, having collected, of course, a tribute from the faithful public, the “opinion leader” nevertheless shoots a new, super-motivating course. Not like all the previous ninety-nine are the same.

It is difficult to get rid of the underlying feeling that this awaits all of us after Blinovskaya solves the problems with taxes and receives permission from RF IC investigators to use social networks. We can see a new special course “How to restart life and start everything from a blank form of the Federal Tax Service.” Or: “Wish marathon in action: from under arrest to kings. Return of the Queen. Or: “Media business errors when filing a tax return.” Many options.

Well, if not, then the situation with an unpaid billion rubles to the treasury can really play a crucial role in the life of a graduate of a construction school.

On the blue carpet on the air of MUZ-TV, you can see Philip Kirkorov, Klava Koka, JONY, Igor Nikolaev, Timati, Sevilla (Artik & Asti), IOWA, MOT, Mary Gu, Alsou, Valya Karnaval and many other stars . . Famous hosts will meet celebrities: Roman Kagramanov, Alla Mikheeva, Anastasia Ivleeva and Ilya Sobolev.

This year’s blue carpet concept is a fusion of nature, contemporary art and technology. The theme was not chosen by chance: the heart of the festival will be the Gorky Park Arts Square, surrounded by a picturesque landscape, next to which is the center of contemporary art. High-tech lighting solutions and special effects will emphasize the concept of the show, and performances by artists will connect all the components.

Konstantin Sidorkov, co-organizer of VK Fest, comments on the event: “Last year, we launched the blue carpet format for the first time as part of VK Fest, and the result exceeded all our expectations. This time we have strengthened the track program , both in terms of content and stage. It will be a stylish and technological zone created by the best industry experts in Russia. The performances of the artists will definitely amaze the audience: Alsou will sing with a jazz band and SALUKI will perform accompanied by special effects. Guests will be able to hear hits performed by the choir and see more than 70 celebrities, many of whom will present new special effects performances.”

Meanwhile

The social network “Odnoklassniki” conducts a series of exclusive broadcasts of the annual international festival of arts “Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk”. The live broadcast of the 32nd edition of the festival can be seen from anywhere in the world in high quality exclusively on OK from July 11 to 17. Last year, broadcasts of “Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk” were viewed more than 10.5 million times on the social network.

You can see it in the official group of “Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk”. Viewers can access a series of broadcasts from the International Pop Song Performers Competition, the International Children’s Music Competition, and a press conference with stars answering popular questions from festival guests about their work. Among the artists: Stas Piekha, Dmitry and Yuri Malikov, Eteri Beriashvili and many others.

Sergey Minaev leaves the post of editor-in-chief of Rules of Life (formerly Esquire Russia), moving to the post of editorial director of the publication. He talked about this on his Telegram channel. Trifon Bebutov, former editor-in-chief of Afisha Daily, becomes the new editor-in-chief and digital director.

Minaev noted that about a year ago he and the editors launched the Rules of Life magazine from scratch. Earlier this year, he began the creation of two new areas: a full video production and a conference room.

“It is impossible to play all three pianos alone, there are only twenty-four hours in a day. New directions require new professionals and a new management structure,” Minaev explained about the personnel changes.

He noted that Trifon Bebutov began his career in the media at the same time “with his release in Esquire, then he directed Afisha, began to shoot docks,” and now the journalists decided that “it’s time to join forces.”

“In my new position, I will be involved in the strategic development of our brand, together with the new editor-in-chief, we will oversee the magazine, develop and produce our video formats, which of course does not negate my involvement in all other ongoing projects of the project,” Minaev said.

Bebutov commented on his appointment as follows: “There are many things ahead, we will rebuild all the digital content of the publication: from website themes to educational videos, films and series. And of course we are going to build a great offline. Together with Sergey Minaev, we will continue to develop the print version of the magazine”.

Recall that on March 10, the American conglomerate Hearst revoked the licenses of Independent Media for the release of the Russian version of Esquire and other magazines. They continued to appear in Russia under new names.