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August 13th. VKontakte is against criminal cases for reposts, a schoolboy is against the church

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The dollar is already 68. And the euro is 78. Everyone got used to the idea of ​​new sanctions, but a new trouble came from where they did not expect - from Turkey. There are very big problems with the local currency, which fell by 20% in two days, so bidders around the world are panicking and selling the currencies of developing countries. Including the Russian ruble - this time he was really just unlucky.

VKontakte opposed criminal cases for reposts. Following its parent company, Mail.ru, the social network itself unexpectedly decided to oppose the repressive system. Firstly, they said that it was not good to plant for reposts, and secondly, they promised to give users the opportunity to create private pages , with access only for friends. The feature will be coming soon. for VKontakte The idea is certainly a good one, but we still have questions .

11 Russian businessmen lost three billion dollars in a day. For this, one letter was enough - Andrei Belousov, assistant to the President of the Russian Federation, wrote it a few days ago. He suggested that the excess profits of large companies be withdrawn to the budget in order to ensure the implementation of the "May Decree". Investors did not like it very much , and their shares fell sharply on the stock exchange.

A 15-year-old schoolboy was suspected of setting fire to a church in Karelia. The reasons that prompted the teenager to destroy the monument of art of the 18th century are called different : either he was inspired by Herostratus, wanting to "become famous all over the world", or by Varg Vikernes, deciding to burn the church "because he simply did not like it." In the near future, the teenager will be sent for a psychological and psychiatric examination.

A march will be held in Moscow in support of the defendants in the New Greatness case. Or it won’t pass until it’s clear: the organizers initially did not intend to coordinate the action with the authorities, but Anna Pavlikova’s lawyer said that any violation of the law by people who express support could harm the girl. The Moscow Mayor's Office calls for the action to be cancelled .

Stories of the day

• The New York Times spoke about the life of an Iraqi who was infiltrated by the secret services into the Islamic State. In less than four years of undercover work in a terrorist group, he was able to prevent fifty terrorist attacks . A year and a half ago, he disappeared - probably, in the IG they still figured him out and killed him.
• In Samara, since May, concrete pyramids weighing three tons with the inscription "The debtor lives here" began to be installed in front of private and apartment buildings. Public utilities claim that they do this only in extreme cases and only if they see that the debtors actually have money . The debtors themselves, of course, say quite the opposite.
• The Tunisian, who lived in Germany for several years, the authorities decided to deport to his homeland after being suspected of having links with Al-Qaeda. He filed appeals, stating that he could be tortured in Tunisia. As a result, the complaint was granted, but too late - they managed to put him on a plane and transfer it to Tunisia. Now the court in Germany has recognized his case, and he was returned the permission to enter the country. But there is one problem - the Tunisian authorities are now saying that they will not let him go anywhere.

Bonus. Video of the day

Speaker of the Duma Vyacheslav Volodin at a meeting with residents of Saratov is trying to joke about the pension reform .

Sometimes chewing is better than talking (this is about Volodin's joke). Grisha Levchenko