The Moscow City Court on Thursday rejected the request of the representative of the candidate for mayor of Moscow, oppositionist Alexei Navalny, to conduct a handwriting examination of President Vladimir Putin’s signature on a document confirming the consent of the head of state to the participation of acting mayor Sergei Sobyanin in the elections of the capital’s mayor, RAPSI reports .

The Federation Council Committee on Science, Education, Culture and Information Policy was unable to obtain a response from the administration of the microblogging service Twitter regarding the claims against the service and threatened to transfer the relevant materials to Roskomnadzor, committee member Ruslan Gattarov reported on Thursday.

The Moscow City Election Commission will soon consider the issue of possible cancellation of the registration of oppositionist Alexei Navalny as a candidate for mayor of Moscow in the September 8 elections, RIA Novosti reported on Thursday , citing the press service of the election commission.

The LDPR faction has submitted to the State Duma a draft resolution on declaring an amnesty for the 20th anniversary of the Russian Constitution, ITAR-TASS reported on Thursday with reference to the head of the Duma Committee on Public Organizations Yaroslav Nilov. According to the project of the Liberal Democrats, it is proposed to declare an amnesty for minors, pregnant women, and women raising children under 18 years of age. “About 200,000 people may be eligible for amnesty,” Nilov noted.

photo by Dmitry Ternovoy for Forbes Vadim Khazov owns several bicycle workshops, and in his spare time he restores bicycles for orphanages Having received an email from an unknown address on Saturday night, Sergei Borozdenkov, head of the Velobike project at the Bank of Moscow, was about to press delete. But something made him read the message. “I was told in confidence that you are looking for a contractor to service rental bicycles. And our company specializes in just this!

head of the Central Bank's financial markets service on Wednesday Deputy Chairman of the Bank of Russia Sergei Shvetsov, who was appointed , called rumors about the weakening of the ruble exaggerated, the Prime agency reported on Thursday. “The ruble is quite strong and stable,” Shvetsov told reporters on Thursday. He noted that the dynamics of the ruble in recent months are fluctuations associated with the movement towards free floating of the ruble.

Gazprom has chosen a company that will create a tablet computer for the head of the holding’s board, Alexey Miller, for 114.5 million rubles, according to a protocol posted on the gas holding’s website. According to the document, a total of six companies submitted applications to participate in the tender. Envelopes with applications were opened on July 22.

The Russian Foreign Ministry accused the Bulgarian authorities of insufficiently responding to the desecration of monuments to Soviet soldiers in this country, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said at a briefing in Moscow on Thursday. According to him, another incident of desecration of a Russian monument in Bulgaria occurred on August 21, when hooligans stained the figures of warriors on one of the bas-reliefs of the monument with colored paint and inscriptions.

The Ministry of Energy considers the introduction of a ban on the export of gasoline to saturate the domestic market to be an unnecessary measure, Energy Minister Alexander Novak said in an interview with the Prime agency . According to him, existing fuel reserves will allow this period to pass without incident. “Oil companies increased fuel balances from 1.24 million tons to 1.48 million tons.

on Wednesday WikiLeaks whistleblower Bradley Manning, sentenced to 35 years in prison for passing classified documents to Julian Assange and his supporters, said he wants to start hormone therapy and change his gender, the Associated Press reports . According to Manning, he plans to become a woman and take the name "Chelsea". "Given how I feel and have felt since I was a child, I want to start hormone therapy as soon as possible.

Acting mayor of the capital Sergei Sobyanin opposed the removal from the election race of any of the registered candidates in the Moscow mayoral elections, he made such a statement on Thursday on the radio station “Echo of Moscow”. “I have said more than once that I think everything possible must be done to ensure that those candidates who are registered reach the finish line,” Interfax quotes Sobyanin . He noted that Muscovites should have a choice in the upcoming elections.

Firefighters near Angarsk on Thursday extinguished an oil tank that had been burning for more than a day, according to the website of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Irkutsk Region. The fire area was 2100 square meters. m. The fire was completely extinguished thanks to a “foam attack,” the report notes. Firefighters continue to work at the scene of the emergency, as high temperatures pose a risk of re-ignition.

photo Rex features/Fotodom According to unofficial data, Microsoft received a message that its partners paid bribes to the management of one of the Russian state-owned companies in exchange for a contract US authorities are studying information received that resellers of products from the American corporation Microsoft in Russia paid bribes to Russian officials in order to obtain a contract, The Wall Street Journal wrote on Thursday , citing informed sources.

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was released from custody on Thursday and left Tora prison by helicopter, where he had been held for 2.5 years, the BBC reports . The Associated Press reports that 85-year-old Mubarak was flown by helicopter to the Maadi military hospital, where he is expected to be placed under house arrest. According to the agency, the helicopter is equipped with special medical equipment.

Investments during stagnation: there is a lot of money, but where to get ideas? The financial world has been turned upside down. Markets do not rise on good news and fall on bad news. Classic rules like “sell when everyone is buying and buy when everyone is selling” do not work. Investment ideas have run out, despite the huge amount of money, as the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank have taken care of.