Vitaly Portnikov. Courtesy Photo The 38-day stay of the American defector Edward Snowden in the transit zone of Sheremetyevo Airport ended as it should have ended: the actual refuge in Russia , moving to a certain mysterious apartment under the close observation of employees of the most humane department in the modern world; In a word, the great reverer received a reliable roof and can count on the position of "VKontak" programmer .

Nikolai Kavkazsky in the Moscow City Court 06.24.2013. Photo by Lyudmila Barkova/Grani.ru The Presidium of the Moscow City Court transferred the defendant in the "Twelve case" Nikolai of the Kavkazsky from the pre -trial detention center under house arrest for a period of October 2. This was reported by RAPSI with reference to Vadim Kluvant, an activist's lawyer. Thus, the court satisfied the supervisory complaint about the choice of a preventive measure to Caucasian.

Vladimir Popovkin. Photo from the site www.defense-network.com Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced the head of Roscosmos Vladimir Popovkin, accusing him of improper performance of his duties. This was reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to the press service of the White House. Popovkin has been heading the department since 2011.

Evgeny Roizman and Aksana Panova. Photo: Newtimes.ru Aksana Panova, chief editor of Znak.com, headed the election headquarters of the head of the city without drugs, Evgeny Roizman, candidate for mayors of Yekaterinburg from the Civil Platform party. Roizman reported this on his Facebook page. “Because it is the best,” the candidate explained his decision. Panova is the civilian wife of Roizman. Roizman was nominated to mayor of Yekaterinburg on July 19.

Alexander Chernogorov. Photo: mcx.ru The deputy head of the Ministry of Agriculture Alexander Chernogorov was resigned, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the government. "Chernogorov was unacceptably delayed by the implementation of important instructions of the president and prime minister, which led to a number of negative consequences," the White House said.

280 years ago, on August 2, 1733, Prince Mikhail Mikhailovich Shcherbatov, a historian and publicist, a real secret adviser, author of the 15-volume “History of the Russian from ancient times” and a pamphlet “On damage to customs in Russia”, first printed by Herzen’s grandfather, grandfather of Peter Chaadayev, was born.

Vadim Pokrovsky. Photo: argumenti.ru Rospotrebnadzor will carry out mass testing of homosexuals and prostitutes in Russia on HIV, Izvestia reports with reference to the initiator of the project - the head of the Federal Scientific and Methodological Center for the prevention and combat of AIDS Academician Vadim Pokrovsky. This will be the first state study of this kind in Russia. As expected, it will begin in 2014. Pokrovsky estimated the cost of the project at several million rubles.

Alexander Zaitsev. Photo: Pytkam.net The Nizhny Novgorod District Court of Nizhny Novgorod condemned the activists of another Russia Alexander Zaitsev and Dmitry Isusov by 10 and 7 days of administrative arrest, respectively, for participation in the strategy rally-31. This was reported on his twitter by their party colleague Ekaterina Zaitseva. The decision against Zaitsev was made by Judge Alexei Gorovinsky, in relation to Isusov - Vyacheslav Chigiev.

Yuri Chaika. Photo from the site upmonitor.ru Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika, in a letter to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, accused the airline of overstating ticket prices. This was reported by Vedomosti, at the disposal of which there is a letter sent on July 18. The press secretary of Medvedev Natalya Timakova confirmed the receipt of the letter and said that Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich was preparing on him.

The protest in Moscow on the day of the sentence Navalny. Photo by Nicky Maksimyuk/Grani.ru Vladimir Putin expressed bewilderment in connection with the verdict in the Kirovles case. It seemed strange to him that someone was given 4.5 years conditionally, and for someone they broke for 5 years really, ”RIA Novosti quoted Putin’s performance at the Seliger-2013 forum.

Alfred Koch. Photo from a personal page on Facebook Former Deputy Prime Minister Alfred Koch was summoned for interrogation in the TFR in the case of insulting and slander against State Duma deputies Elena Mizulina and Olga Batalina. He reported this on Facebook. Koch published correspondence with Mizulina. “I was already informed informally that next week I should be during interrogation in the UK,” Koch Mizulina wrote.

Leonid Razvoszhaev in the Basmanny Court. Frame Grani-TV The judge of the Basmann District Court of Moscow Valentina Levashov extended the “Swamp Prisoner” by Leonid Razvozhaev, the term of detention in the pre -trial detention center until October 6, Rapsey reports. Thus, Levashova satisfied the application of the investigation, rejecting the arguments of the defense that insisted on choosing a prisoner of a milder preventive measure.

will be held on Palace Square in St. Petersburg On the Day of the Airborne Forces, August 2, a rally in support of the LGBT movement . Several picketers will gather at the Alexander Column with thematic posters at 15:00. Four activists are going to participate in the action. They do not identify themselves with any of the St. Petersburg LGBT organizations.

Sergey Polonsky. Photo from his page on Facebook The Tver District Court of Moscow will consider the issue of the absentee arrest of the developer Sergey Polonsky, reports RAPSI with reference to Diana Tatosova, a businessman’s lawyer. The meeting will take place on August 6, beginning at 9:30. The petition for the absentee arrest of Polonsky on Friday was submitted by the Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In St. Petersburg, an attack on the gay activist Kirill Kalugin was attacked, who went to Palace Square with a rainbow flag on the Airborne Forces Day. According to the correspondent of the "faces", police officers stood up for the picketer, they caused reinforcements. As a result, a fight between the paratroopers and riot police started. Kalugin and several participants in the fight were detained.