Alexander Tkachev meets with the inhabitants of Krymsk. Frame of the Rain The Fair Russia faction addressed President Vladimir Putin with a proposal to resign the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Alexander Tkachev "for the improper performance of his duties." This was stated by party leader Sergei Mironov at a plenary meeting of the State Duma on Tuesday, RIA Novosti reports.

Pussy Riot in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior A group of cultural and sports figures expressed disappointment with a letter of representatives of the intelligentsia in defense of the Pussy Riot group, Interfax reports. Unhappy with the letter, in particular, the motorcyclist Alexander Zaldostanov, the head coach of the Russian national rhythmic gymnastics team, Irina Viner, singer Tamara Gverdttciteli and Nadezhda Babkin, actress Vera Glagoleva and chess player Anatoly Karpov.

Flood in Crimean The number of medical help in the flooded areas of the Kuban continues to increase. According to the Southern Regional Center of the Ministry of Emergencies, from the middle of the day of Monday, the number of people in need of medical care has increased from 800 to 1,137 people. Of these, 496 are children. 194 people were hospitalized, including 26 children.

Andrey Kostin. Photo from the site www.smoney.ru It would be useful for President Putin to free the former head of Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky. This was announced in an interview with the Air Force by the head of VTB Andrei Kostin. “Personally, I believe that it would be useful for the president to release him,” Kostin said, answering the question of the host of the Hardtalk program Stephen Sakura. “I believe that it is probably enough with him, yes.

Screenshot of the main page of Wikipedia July 10 The Russian-speaking section of the Internet Encyclopedia Wikipedia stopped working for a day in protest against a censorship on the Internet. The site is closed "by decision of the community in protest against the proposed amendments to the Law" On Information ", the discussion of which takes place on this day in the State Duma," the main page says.

Photo by Patriarch Kirill, remote from the website of the Russian Orthodox Church The General Prosecutor's Office of Russia sent an appeal to the “group of Orthodox citizens” to the Moscow prosecutor's office regarding extremist statements on the recent presentation of the Silver Kalosha Prize. This was done "in order to increase efficiency", the answer said to the applicants published on the blog of the head of the Association of Orthodox experts Kirill Frolov.

The souvenir-magnet is soft "Cathedral of Christ the Savior." Photo: pmvs.ru The Khamovnican Court of Moscow on Tuesday rejected the lawsuit of the Society for the Protection of Consumer Rights to the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. According to Gazeta.ru, the court came to the conclusion that trade in XXS is not regulated by the Law on the Protection of Consumer Rights. The plaintiff claimed that in XXS they illegally sell goods, including non -religious purposes.

Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Photo from Newsru.com For slander should not be punished by imprisonment and forced labor. This is stated in the conclusion of the president to the bill on the return of the article "slander" to the Criminal Code. The conclusion was sent to the Duma on Tuesday evening following the results of Putin’s meeting with Ombudsmen Vladimir Lukin and Boris Titov, as well as the head of the Human Rights Council Mikhail Fedotov.

Putin's meeting with Fedotov, Lukin and Titov. Photo of the Kremlin press service Non -profit financing should be increased in connection with the tightening of the law on their activities, President Vladimir Putin said. "I agree with those colleagues who believe that if we accept some more or less stringent framework of the work of these organizations, then, of course, we must increase our own financing of the activities of NPOs.

Headquarters of volunteers on Adagum Street in Krymsk. Photo from Twitter Suren Gazaryan Volunteers arrive in the Kuban. They carry humanitarian aid collected from all over Russia and get to where the officials did not reach. No one hopes for the authorities, people rely only on themselves and the solidarity of the inhabitants of other cities. It is they, and not the local leadership, who are trying to provide the victims with the most necessary: ​​drinking water, food, clothes.

TV. Image from the site glavred.info The National Association of Teleiolers turned to the State Duma chairman Sergei Naryshkin with a request to delay at least a year the entry into force of the law "On the Protection of Children from Information causing their health and development." The NAT letter is published on the website of "Echo of Moscow". The VGTRK, TV Center, NTV, STS Media, REN TV, TNT, the European Media Group, and the Prof Media holding participated in its preparation.

STO logo The State Duma adopted a resolution on ratification of the protocol on the accession of Russia to the World Trade Organization, RIA Novosti reports. In case of altogether vote, the ratification was supported only by the deputies of the United Russia faction. Representatives of all opposition factions spoke out against.

Vladimir Abarinov Of all the natural disasters that tormented Russia, the deepest mark in history, culture and folk memory left floods. For all the inevitability of misfortunes, there were among the rulers and those who blamed themselves in it. Peter I, who built his capital in a deadly place, two months after the founding of the city, in August 1703, had the opportunity to see a picture of its flooding. Three years later, the flood was repeated.

On July 10, the project "All to Court!" starts. Voters file lawsuits en masse over irregularities in parliamentary and presidential elections. {PICTURE} The initiators of the project expect "to turn the filing of lawsuits about election violations into a mass, many thousands, truly popular movement." For this, a software product has been developed that allows you to automate the preparation of claims, the filing of cassation and appeal complaints. Link to the project site.

Alexander Podrabinek. Photo: gzt.ru One of my good acquaintances recently complained of fate: a certain Western Fund allocated her a very round amount for a very worthy project, but the eminent NPO - the recipient of Grant - now refuses to take money, so as not to be listed in the lists of "foreign agents". “I understand them,” my friend said, “they have no other way out.” Is it really not?