Foreign passports are being confiscated from the mayors of cities in the Sverdlovsk region, writes Novye Izvestia . According to the newspaper, foreign passports were confiscated from the mayor of Kashkanara, Sergei Nabokikh, from the mayor of the city of Berezovsky, Vyacheslav Brozovsky, and also from his subordinates. The regional administration denies the facts of seizure of documents.

On July 14, public hearings and the next protest rally against the construction of a veterinary and sanitary plant were held in the Moscow Region Resurnssesk. Source: Voskressensk.ru Details

The Central Bank considers possible further changes in the dollar. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Gennady Melikyan. “There is no need to react violently to fluctuations in the ruble exchange rate. There is nothing wrong with the fact that if the dollar costs not 31 rubles or 32 rubles, but 33 or 35 rubles,” Melikyan said during a discussion of the OECD report on the Russian economy.

In the Chelyabinsk region, the case of a former priest who is accused of kidnapping three children has been brought to court. It is reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to the regional department of the UPC. The prisoner suffers from a mental illness. According to investigators, he was going to involve the children in the community.

In the Moscow metro, the train stopped due to the fact that the driver lost consciousness while moving. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies of the capital. On Tuesday evening, the driver became ill on the haul between the stations "Kyiv" and "Vystavochnaya". The train was stopped and after 10 minutes drove to the station "Vystavochnaya". None of the passengers were hurt. The driver was taken to the hospital.

According to updated data, on board the Tu-154 aircraft that crashed on Wednesday in Iran were 154 passengers and 16 crew members. According to RIA "Novosti", this was reported by an employee of the Yerevan office of the Iranian airline Caspian Airlines, which owns the plane. An airline spokesman confirmed that there were two children among the passengers. He also added that there is still no information about the Russians on board the aircraft.

During the spring draft into the Armed Forces, which ended on July 15, human rights organizations recorded a record number - 14,000 - of violations of the rights of citizens. In particular, those who were unfit for health were called up, students were raided, Radio Liberty reports.

Vladimir Gandelsman. Photo from the site Polit.ru "Evil and good, it hurts, it hurts, the face is puffed up ..." Joseph Brodsky, 1966. A statement on the topic of good and evil is just a replica. She was provoked by the poet and philologist Olga Sedakov with her article "There is no hood without good." First of all, I note that in this article an offensive mistake is made.

The Russian economy in the first six months of 2009 contracted, according to preliminary estimates, by 10.1 percent compared to the same period a year earlier. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by the Minister of Economic Development Elvira Nabiullina. Earlier, Rosstat reported that in five months the country's GDP decreased by 10.5 percent. The Ministry of Economic Development also stated that industrial production in Russia decreased by 14.9 percent over six months.

The US State Department does not believe that the Russian president's trip to South Ossetia was a step towards achieving stability in the region. At a briefing in Washington, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly acknowledged that Russia and the United States still have differences over the situation in Georgia. And the very fact of Medvedev's visit to Tskvinvali is a vivid example of these disagreements, the official added.

From July 15, it is impossible to import a used car into Russia without passing through phytosanitary control twice. According to Vedomosti, imported vehicles will not pass customs control without the permission of Rosselkhoznadzor. This department recommends washing cars thoroughly before crossing the border. Used cars and trucks, tractors and some types of special equipment are included in the new list of regulated products and goods subject to state phytosanitary control.

Speech by Natalia Estemirova at the funeral meeting dedicated to the deaths of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova. Moscow, February 15, 2009. Filming Grani-TV.

The Moscow City Court on Wednesday sentenced two senior investigators of the Department of Internal Affairs at the Moscow-Belorusskaya station to seven and eight years in prison. According to ITAR-TASS with reference to Anna Usacheva, head of the press service of the Moscow City Court, the policemen were found guilty of taking a bribe of $250,000 from bankers to stop criminal prosecution.

The governor of the Kirov region Nikita Belykh asks local entrepreneurs to support his undertakings with money. As writes Kommersant , a non-profit Fund for Supporting the Initiatives of the Governor of the Kirov Region has been set up to collect donations. The fund was headed by the assistant to the governor Alexei Navalny. Businessmen have already begun to receive letters offering to help.

The Ministry of Justice has prepared a draft law on compensation for civilians who have suffered during the counter-terrorist operations of the special services. This writes "Rossiyskaya Gazeta". As the representative of Russia in the European Court of Human Rights, Georgy Matyushkin, explained to the publication, if the law is adopted, the victims will be able to apply for payment, after which compensation will be assigned to them.