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

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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

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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

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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.

There are not many old pesetas coins that can make you a millionaire and most of them are in the hands of collectors, but just because of the money you can earn if you have one of them, it is important that you get to know them and why they are so valuable. Finding one of these lucrative Spanish coins in that box that appeared in a move hidden under a tile or in the attic of your grandparents’ house is like finding a needle in a haystack, but what if you have one of them and can win some euros, a ten or miles? Take note.

The specialist and director of the Spanish Association of Professional Numismatists, Jesús Vico details to La Información some examples of pesetas coins that do have great economic value, but he asks to pay close attention to the characteristics of each one because not all of them are worth a fortune for the simple fact that the year that appears on one of its faces coincides.

What makes the pesetas coins worth thousands of euros?

The first thing we have to know to become an ‘amateur numismastic’ for a few moments and examine our pesetas coins correctly is that we have to differentiate the year in which one coin is minted from the year that is put into circulation and appears in the other expensive. In the pesetas coins, a large face always shows a year, which is the year of “issue” and then there are smaller stars and the year of “minting” can be seen on it.

It is precisely this appreciation one of the keys for a coin of the old Spanish pesetas to have more or less value. This trait makes many people come to this association thinking they have a treasure when in fact they have current coins.

How much is a peseta coin worth?

The most difficult thing would be to find a coin of the old Spanish pesetas from the time of Juan Carlos I with numismatic value. The reason? Another of the variables that determine the value of the currency: scarcity. “Everything coined in the 20th century has a very high volume of circulation,” says the expert. “If there are millions of pieces minted, it is impossible for millions of collectors to be willing to pay a high price,” explains Vico.

“For a coin to be worth thousands of euros there has to be a strong demand.” That makes coin collectors pay thousands of euros for the most desired ones on the market. Only the so-called exceptions are next on the wish list of many numimastics. For a pesetas coin to meet this requirement, it must be part of a select group of those that were minted at the time as proof or in a different metal from the one that was put into circulation or with some characteristic that made it unique.

This is the main mistake we make when we think that we have peseta coins stored in a drawer and we start to make numbers of all the money we can earn with them. Yes, it would make our savings account happy if suddenly a 100 pesetas coin with the image of Franco appeared in that messy drawer where we kept things since we were children.

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Franco’s 100 pesetas coin that costs 210 euros

As we have explained before, any of these characteristics is not valid. And why are you only here and not all? Because far fewer coins were minted and in the midst of a market of supply and demand they are more persecuted and more valued.

Do not despair if you have found this coin but the year of minting also says 1966. In this case the coin can have the value of the silver with which it is made, which can be around 6 or 7 euros. In this case, the value is not very high, but “this coin is more common for Spaniards to find in their homes in quantity.”

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The 50 pesetas coin that is worth 22,000 euros

The 100 pesetas coin with Franco’s face is not the only one that can bring joy to savings. It is also profitable to look at the 50 pesetas from 1957. The ones that the Spaniards carried in their pockets has nothing to do with these and the biggest difference is found on one of their faces.

This is one of those examples that can be classified as a miracle if someone finds one at home, because “many people say they have 100 50 pesetas coins from 1957, but what is worth is the proof, which is rare.” Isima and is in the hands of collectors or in the Casa de la Moneda”. This one is worth leaving your eyes to find it in that box with coins, some of them rusty. Its value can reach 22,000 euros.

The most expensive peseta coin

The most expensive franc peseta

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The most expensive Spanish peseta is a peseta from the year 1946 (issue) minted during the period of the Franco dictatorship and designed by the Valencian sculptor Mariano Benlliure y Gil. In this case, it is also necessary to look at the year of minting, which has the most value because it is the one from 1948. Vico recalls that “it is not the same when a government issues a new coin with the year in which it is actually minted. A It is one thing to approve it legislatively and another to coin it”.

The value of this peseta also resulted from another of the keys that gives a more or less price to a coin. It is about its preservation. A well-preserved peseta can reach around 2,200 euros.

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The coin of a Franco duro that is now worth 20,000 euros

Another coin that generates a lot of confusion for Spaniards who go to experts in numismatics, coin collecting and other related objects such as bills, titles, value and medals, is the 50 pesetas with Franco’s face. It was first seen in the year 1949, but then there are several consecutive minting years (1949, 1950, 1951 and 1952).

Here the most valuable are those with the year 1949 in large and the years 51 or 52 appear on the minting star. “They are the rarest to see because there was very little circulation.” Its price in the market can reach 20,000 euros. However, those that appear in the star in the years 49 or 50 “are the most common” and their value can be two euros.

The Russian leader listed point by point what is meant by the data economy. Photo: Sergey Karpukhin / TASS

On Thursday, Vladimir Putin came to the Forum on New Technologies. This is a scientific meeting where scientists discuss the country’s prospects for technological development.

NON-FUNDAMENTAL SPEECH

First of all, the president looked at the exhibition of quantum technologies. He even ran an algorithm to simulate the lithium hydride molecule on the most powerful Russian quantum computer. This is a new class of computing devices capable of solving problems that are inaccessible to conventional supercomputers. For example, they can model the behavior of complex molecules to develop new drugs and materials. This, in fact, was done by Vladimir Vladimirovich.

And then the Russian leader spoke in the plenary session. True, he immediately admitted that the speech would not be so “fundamental”.

– I will not talk about purely scientific things, this is the business of those who sit next to me. But I will tell you how we build jobs at the state level,” Putin said.

– It is important to focus on priority tasks: the nuclear industry, artificial intelligence – in critical areas where we must necessarily have our own competencies, equipment, element base, software and personnel! he added.

DATA ECONOMY

Then the head of the country explained how we are going to achieve all this. Russia will have a new national project to create a data economy until 2030. Not so long ago, the president was talking about building a supply-side economy. The data will now be added to it.

– We are talking about roadmaps for the development of quantum technologies. It is necessary to build a comprehensive mechanism for the creation and implementation of advanced technologies, – explained Vladimir Vladimirovich.

The president immediately instructed the government and the Duma to approve the national project for the development of drones before September 1 of this year. The Russian leader then went on to point out what is meant by the data economy:

1. Data Collection.

“Highly sensitive sensors, including quantum sensors, are capable of solving positioning and disease determination problems,” explained the president.

2. Data transmission and development of communication systems.

– The technologies of the next generations will be able to transmit data almost in real time, – noted the head of the country.

3. Sovereign infrastructure for computing and data storage.

“We need home cloud platforms, computing power using quantum and photon technologies,” Putin instructed.

4. Data security. Vladimir Vladimirovich recalled the importance of encryption and quantum communication technologies. They make communication systems resistant to cyberattacks.

5. Sovereign and national standards for working with data.

6. Data processing and analysis algorithms.

“We need code repositories and platforms for programmers to work together,” the Russian leader said.

UP TO HALF A BILLION FOR RESEARCH

Mega grants will have to spur the creation of a data economy. World-renowned researchers will be able to receive up to 500 million rubles for breakthrough discoveries over 5 years if they come to work in Russia. Well-known scientists who come to Russia to teach and create departments at universities will receive up to 250 million rubles.

The mayor of Moscow spoke after the president. He talked about building a quantum cluster in Zelenograd.

– The central project will be the creation of photonic integrated circuits. The technology enables 100 times faster data transfer. That is what is being implemented in many countries, and if we do not have time with the technologies, we are going to receive finished products online for the technologies, said the mayor of the capital, adding that the first products should appear in 2025.

The United States Secret Service closed the case of the discovery of cocaine in the White House. Investigators were unable to identify its owner. Zakharova compared this to the 2018 Skripal poisoning investigation.

“Such a case cannot be solved from a photograph of dead ducks in a pond in a couple of days. Here it is a complicated matter, you can get away with it,” he emphasized on his Telegram channel.

“Do you think it will be the same with the blowing up of the Nord Stream?” Zakharova concluded.

Earlier Thursday, CNN reported that the US Secret Service had examined visitor logs and security camera footage. However, they were unable to identify the suspect among the hundreds of people who visited the West Wing in the days before the cocaine discovery. He also failed to pinpoint the time or day the cocaine was left in the White House storage room.

Recall that the cocaine was discovered on June 2 in a storage room in the West Wing of the White House near the Oval Office and US President Joe Biden’s administration offices.

Four-time NBA champion LeBron James announced at the 31st ESPY Sports Awards today that he has no intention of retiring from professional sports. The basketball player received an award in the “Record Performance” nomination and climbed to first place in the number of points in the NBA. Hypebeast writes about it.

“I don’t care how many points I get or what I can or can’t do on the court. When I can’t do my best during the game 100 percent, I will end my career. Luckily for you, that day is not today,” said the athlete upon receiving the award. In his speech, James added: “I want to take a moment to say what I’ve said a million times and I’ll never get tired of saying: I love this game. I like basketball. In the 20 years I’ve been in the sport, I’ve never betrayed it or taken it for granted.”

Recall that previously LeBron James, with an annual income of 121.2 million dollars, ranked second among the 50 highest-paid athletes on the planet according to the American Forbes. We talk about it in more detail here.

Iberdrola, through its subsidiary ScottishPower, will repower the ‘Hagshaw Hill’ onshore wind farm, one of the oldest in Great Britain, which will allow it to generate five times more ‘green’ electricity with almost half the number of turbines. The park, which has a total power of 16 megawatts (MW), will thus go, with its 14 new and more powerful turbines -almost half of the current ones-, to add an installed capacity of more than 79 MW once the repowering work.

In operation since 1995, the ‘Hagshaw Hill’ wind farm, located in South Lanarkshire, was at the forefront of wind energy production in Scotland, discovering more than 895 megawatt hours (MWh) during its 28-year lifespan, reported the energy ethics

The repowering of ‘Hagshaw Hill’, Scotland’s first commercial wind farm, is part of Scottish Power Renewables’ strategy to maximize the efficiency of its existing projects by replacing older turbines with new, more powerful and efficient models.

The project is expected to maintain more than 100 jobs at its peak, and even more indirect opportunities during decommissioning and construction of the supply chain. Work is currently underway to dismantle the turbines and prepare the ground, for which the Scottish firm Forsyth of Denny was awarded the dismantling contract. This decommissioning process will continue through the summer and early fall with delivery of the first new turbines expected in May 2024. The new farm should be fully operational by early 2025.

The general director of ‘Onshore’ of ScottishPower Renewables, Barry Carruthers, stressed that repowering allows wind farms that are reaching the end of their operational life to have a new opportunity and also become “more efficient and maximize the energy we get from them.

“Hagshaw Hill is a great example of this. We have worked in this area for almost 30 years, we know how good this site is and we will now be able to produce enough electricity to power almost 61,000 homes every year, almost half of the homes in South Lanarkshire. “, said.

Expedite legislation to repower old parks

In addition, he stressed that repowering is “essential to achieve the ambitions of ‘Net Zero'”, although he detected the need to be able to do it “faster than current legislation allows”.

“We know these sites, we know how to look after them and we know how much more they can offer to the UK if we can repower them fast enough,” he added.

The Biden administration managed to consolidate the positions of the so-called “collective West” on the anti-Russian platform; this is a very important and long-term factor.

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Russian experts summarized the main results of the NATO summit held in Viljuns on July 11-12 as part of a round table discussion at the press center of the Rossiya Segodnya media group. According to the participants in the discussion, the fact that the summit, contrary to the expectations fueled by the media, did not become historic, indicates that the members of the alliance are not ready for further escalation. In addition to the already detailed results of the NATO summit, the experts also highlighted less obvious consequences of the meeting in Vilnius.

CONSOLIDATION

“The Biden administration managed to consolidate the positions of the so-called “collective West” on the anti-Russian platform; this is a very important and long-term factor,” said Sergey Rogov, scientific director of the Institute for US-Canadian Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Developing this thesis, Dmitry Danilov, head of the Department of European Security at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, emphasized: “In fact, this means the inability of most European countries to have a significant impact on decisions taken at the summit.” At the same time, the expert also said about the “reverse of the coin”: “If consolidation had to be sought, it means that everything was not going so well before. For a real consolidation, new mechanisms and tools are needed that, apparently, do not exist”.

AVOID CLIMBING

Natalia Markushina, a professor at the Department of World Politics at the Faculty of International Relations at St. Petersburg University, drew attention to the halftones of some summit decisions: “Questions of the conditions for Ukraine’s entry into NATO they are vague and can be interpreted in different ways. Such an underestimation suggests that the path of escalation was not taken.

“Inviting Ukraine to NATO at this summit would mean going to war with Russia,” Sergei Rogov said. “This prospect does not inspire enthusiasm in either Biden or other members of the alliance.”

Dmitry Danilov noted that despite the fact that NATO does not consider Russia a partner, the members of the alliance are ready to negotiate in order to reduce the risks of direct confrontation and nuclear war.

Researcher, Center for International Security, IMEMO RAS COMER. Primakov Dmitry Stefanovich drew attention to the fact that NATO in its documents speaks of a threat from Russia, but ignores the fact that NATO’s expansion to the north through new members also poses a threat to Russia, including strategic nuclear deterrence forces in the region: “Disrupting that security balance is a path to escalation.”

“CHINESE THREAT”

Dmitry Danilov drew attention to the list of threats set out in the summit documents: “Russia is again indicated by a direct military threat, but it is interesting that China is not on the list with a comma, but is separated by other challenges. as international terrorism. According to him, this is significant from the point of view of the Chinese file on the NATO agenda. “A year ago, the thesis was that there was no need to perceive the threats from Russia and the challenges from China as similar, but if it comes to the development of military-technical cooperation between countries, then NATO will make adjustments in its perception of The Chinese challenge”, recalled the expert. “At this summit, NATO countries refrained from talking about the potential for synergies between these challenges, apparently unsuccessfully inviting China to participate.”

BALTIC REGION

As Natalya Markushina said, “the summit only underlined the difficult situation that has developed in the Baltic region.” According to Sergey Rogov, “The Baltic Sea has turned into a NATO lake, the Arctic Ocean is turning into a NATO lake, which creates additional threats to the security of our country.” The expert especially highlighted the vulnerability of Kaliningrad, which was completely surrounded by the alliance countries.

“The documents of the summit openly include the issue of the Arctic and the Far North and say that it is necessary to take into account the desire and capabilities of Russia to counteract the strengthening of NATO’s potential in this region, including the access of countries of the alliance and partners of the Northern Sea Route”, emphasized Dmitry Danilov.

Natalya Markushina also reminded that the term “security” is not limited to the military sphere, but includes a whole range of topics, from the economy to the environment. Solving these problems without a dialogue with Russia seems difficult. According to her, the situation in Ukraine has divided politics in the Baltic region into a before and after: “It is difficult to correct the anti-Russian rhetoric, but if we are talking about positive scenarios, then we must strive to avoid further escalation. The most optimistic option is to resume dialogue with Russia on security issues, but much depends on the stabilization of the situation in Ukraine.”

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The relevant law was initiated by Governor Igor Babushkin and entered into force on May 1, 2023.

Astrakhan residents who have entered into an agreement on the connection (technical connection) of gas equipment to the gas distribution network as part of additional gasification after December 31, 2022 are eligible for a subsidy.

The contract must provide for the connection (technical connection) within the boundaries of the land, and (or) the design of a gas consumption network, and (or) the installation of gas equipment, and (or) the construction or reconstruction of an internal gas pipeline of a capital construction facility, and (or) the installation or supply of a gas metering device, and (or) the supply of gas equipment.

The amount of the subsidy is determined equal to the amount of the applicant’s expenses for the purchase and installation of gas equipment and work within the limits of his land as part of the connection of gas equipment and capital construction facilities to the gas distribution networks during additional gasification periods, provided for in the agreement concluded. The amount is limited – no more than 100 thousand rubles.

It should be noted that the subsidy can be used for the purchase and installation of equipment that uses gas and for works within the limits of the land. This support measure is provided to participants of the Great Patriotic War, veterans and invalids of military operations, relatives of fallen (deceased) participants and invalids of the Great Patriotic War, veterans and invalids of military operations, families with many children, as well as families in need of support and single citizens.

Previously, at the initiative of the governor of the Astrakhan region, material assistance for gasification was doubled for certain categories of citizens of the region, now it amounts to 100 thousand rubles. The corresponding decree of the head of the region entered into force on January 1, 2023.

This money can be used for the purchase of gas equipment and the installation of networks within the limits of the land. In 2022, more than 400 people took advantage of this opportunity. This year, the potential number of beneficiaries of the social support measure will be at least 2,000 people.

Let’s clarify that war invalids, veterans of the Great Patriotic War, veterans of military operations, relatives of dead (deceased) war invalids, participants in the Great Patriotic War, relatives and parents of war veterans dead (deceased), disabled people are entitled to specific financial assistance for gasification of homes not gasified as a result of the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, non-working retirees and recipients of old-age insurance (disability) pensions.

Beneficiaries also include single citizens and families in need of support, as well as families with many children and families raising children with disabilities.

In order to receive a subsidy or material assistance, Astrakhan residents should contact the Center for Social Support of the Population at their place of residence.

Mary Poppins Returns star Emily Blunt revealed on the Table for Two podcast that she is taking a year off work to spend more time with her family. Along with actor John Krasinski, she has two daughters. NME writes about it.

When podcast host Bruce Bozzi asked Emily how she manages to balance her career and motherhood, Emily said: “To be honest, it doesn’t always work out. When people ask me how I manage to do everything, I answer that it only seems to them. That’s why I decided not to take on new projects for a year.” According to the actress, she feels that lately she has been working too much and needs to spend time with her daughters.

After the birth of children, Emily managed to star in a number of major projects: two parts of the film A Quiet Place, the TV series The Englishwoman and the romantic comedy The Wild Couple.

Recall that among the projects Emily Blunt starred in before announcing a sabbatical was Christopher Nolan’s biopic Oppenheimer. Critics have already called the film the director’s best work to date. We talk about it in more detail here.

This Thursday the United States authorities have arrested Alex Mashinsky, the co-founder and former CEO of the Celsius cryptocurrency lending platform. He has been arrested after being accused of fraud after discovering the collapse of his company, in addition, he has agreed to pay a penalty of 4.2 billion euros.

Celsius, currently in bankruptcy, will not pay that penalty until it has repaid the money it owes to its users and will also be prohibited from ever managing client assets again, according to an agreement announced by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). ). ).

Mashinsky lied to customers

Mashinsky, meanwhile, faces seven federal counts for alleged schemes to defraud Celsius clients and to inflate the price of its cryptocurrency, CEL, according to another indictment made public today by the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. Prosecutors say the businessman lied to clients about the basics of the Celsius business, including its profitability and the type of investment funds that were being made with those deposited by users.

According to the indictment, while Mashinsky sold Celsius as a kind of bank where users could safely deposit their cryptocurrencies and earn interest, it actually operated as a risky investment fund without their knowledge. In parallel, the Prosecutor’s Office accuses him of illegally manipulating the CEL price for his own benefit, in collaboration with other company employees. Earlier this year, the New York state attorney general’s office had already sued Mashinsky, claiming he “defrauded hundreds of miles of investors” on his cryptocurrency exchange.

Celsius is a cryptocurrency lending platform where investors can deposit their cryptocurrencies in exchange for promises of high returns on those digital assets, and Mashinsky was the public face of this company, which filed for bankruptcy in July 2022. Along with former CEO Another former Celsius senior official, Roni Cohen-Pavon, was also charged today in criminal proceedings. If found guilty, both face a possible sentence of several decades in prison.

“It is of fundamental importance to systematically look at the next technological paradigm. To create industries and markets of the future. It is on this logic that the national project for the development of unmanned aerial systems is built, ”he said addressing the participants. of the Future Technologies Forum.

“As we agreed with our colleagues, I ask you to approve it before September 1, 2023, and also take this priority into account when drawing up the budget for 2024 and the planning period until 2026,” added the head of state.

In April this year, Putin held a meeting on the development of drones. Instructions were given a month ago as a result of the discussion of this topic. Some of them relate to the national project for the development of unmanned aerial systems for the period up to 2030. The Russian government was instructed to provide for the creation of support centers for the design, testing, production and preparation for certification of unmanned aerial systems in the regions of Nizhny Novgorod, Ryazan, Samara, Sakhalin, Tomsk, Tula, the Republic of Bashkortostan, the Republic of Tatarstan, as well as in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Sevastopol. These centers, the document states, should operate on the principle of “one-stop shopping.”

The most secular premiere of the summer took place in the Khudozhestvenny cinema – Russian viewers saw the film Jeanne Dubarry with Maivenn and Johnny Depp in the main roles. The film was introduced at the premiere by Konstantin Elkin, producer of the film and director of the Russian film company World Vision, and Elvira Dmitrievskaya, producer and content director of the online cinema Okko. The film will be released on July 20.

Jeanne Dubarry is a film about the last love of King Louis XV of France for a commoner. The film opened the 76th Cannes Film Festival and was greeted with a seven-minute standing ovation there. The film was directed by Maiwenn, Luc Besson’s muse. She also played the lead female role paired with Johnny Depp, who embodied the image of Louis XV. Legendary French actor Pierre Richard appeared as the Duke of Richelieu. It was thanks to the image that Johnny Depp made a triumphant return to world cinema after a three-year break.

The premiere was attended by famous guests: Ida Galich, Ksenia Dukalis, Vlad Lisovets, Natalia Rudova, Irina Khakamada, Glafira Tarkhanova, Olga Kabo, Sergei Shakurov, Masha and Veronika Fyodorov, Denis Shvedov, Alexei Zhidkovsky, Vladimir Marconi, Liza Shakira, Evgeny Borodenko, Elena Zakharova, Alexander Rogov, Yana Krainova, Alexander Anatolyevich, Ilya Bachurin, Lina Dembikova, Serdar Kambarov, Alexandra Kiseleva, Snezhina Kulova, Masha Tsigal, Nadezhda Ruchka, Alika Smekhova, Vera Volt, Maria Minogarova and others.

Vodafone will supply the Canal de Isabel II with 315,000 water meters and the use of its IoT connectivity for more than 25 million euros. Thus, Vodafone will make both the meters and their connectivity available to the Canal, incorporating “state-of-the-art technology” to respond to the digitization needs of Canal de Isabel II, as indicated by the telecommunications company.

The IoT meters, manufactured by Sagemcom, perform hourly readings with daily shipments of information, which represents an amount of data greater than 1,440 times the actual process of manual reading every 2 months. Canal de Isabel II, the public company responsible for the integral water cycle in the Community of Madrid, is immersed in a project to renew its park of meters that will allow the implementation of remote reading.

This commitment by Canal to digitization will bring benefits such as better knowledge of the uses of water or increase transparency in water management, among others. Vodafone Spain’s IoT director, Daniel Barallat, highlighted that the control and proper management of water use in Spain is a constant and vitally important challenge these days.

Vodafone water metering

The telecommunications company has created the Vodafone Water Metering solution to respond to the digitization needs of water management companies. This initiative makes it possible to digitize the consumption measurement process of households, industries and public entities through the use of smart and connected devices, which collect a greater amount of information and which is processed with data analysis tools.

From Vodafone, they have pointed out some of the advantages of this system, such as the ability to detect fraudulent uses such as reverse flow, predict user consumption patterns, automatically identify leaks within the sector and allow the consumer to know day to day. day its consumption. The company’s solution consists of a ‘middleware/device manager’ with three main benefits: the simplification and optimization of the collection of consumption readings in a supply network, the remote management of the devices and the simplification of the integrations with the s customer water management systems.

Vodafone exceeds 5.2 million lines in IoT

According to possible figures from Vodafone Spain, the company has added almost one million net lines corresponding to IoT in the last year, exceeding 5.2 million active lines in the Spanish market as of March 31. In this way, the operator ensures that it once again positions itself as the leader in this sector in Spain, with a share of more than 40%. Vodafone also claims that it is also a world leader in IoT, connecting more than 160 million devices and platforms over more than 580 networks in 190 countries.

Currently, the company integrates the IoT in markets such as security and connected alarms, banking, logistics operators, connected fleets, renewable energies, agriculture, waste management or comprehensive water management.