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In the first 6 months of 2019, bailiffs returned 5.1 billion rubles of salary debts to Russians. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP) of Russia.

The Rosselkhoznadzor has suspended the import of pome and stone fruits from China on August 10. This is stated in the message of the department, received by RBC.

Specialists of Avialesokhrana began to artificially rain in the Krasnoyarsk Territory and the Irkutsk Region to combat forest fires. This was reported on the website of the institution.

The All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion conducted a study that showed which companies, according to Russians, are the best employers in the country.

Ex-President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko expressed a desire to become a deputy of the European Parliament.

The number of Russians trusting television has fallen from 79% to 54% in ten years. At the same time, less and less people also receive information via TV.

According to the agency, the reason was insufficient measures to extinguish the fires.

US intelligence received information about the death of Hamza bin Laden, the son of former "terrorist number one" Osama bin Laden. This was reported by NBC.

The development of a robot to help astronauts in outer space under the Cosmorobot project has been suspended due to the sequestration of the Roskosmos budget, and work will not resume in the near future.

The Russian army was able to test the long-range "military Internet", which involves the high-speed transmission of data over an extremely long distance.

US President Donald Trump, in a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin, offered Russia assistance in combating forest fires that swept across a number of regions of the country, RIA Novosti reported.