Dmitry Medvedev in the grocery store of Engels, Saratov region. Photo: kremlin.ru Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev expressed the hope that the embargo for the import of food from a number of countries that have introduced sanctions against Russia "will not last a very long time." It is reported by RIA "Novosti". What are the conditions that will allow this ban in the near future, Medvedev, however, did not specify.

Oleg Sentsov and his lawyer Dmitry Dinze. Photo by D. Zizkov Judge of the Lefortovo District Court of Moscow Elena Kaneva rejected the complaint of Dmitry Dinze, the lawyer of the Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov, to the subscription to non -disclosure of the materials of the preliminary investigation, selected by the FSB. This was reported on her twitter by the activist of "Solidarity" Olga Gorelik, who was present at the meeting.

85 years ago, on August 18, 1929, writer Anatoly Vasilievich Kuznetsov was born, famous for the documentary “Babi Yar” about the extermination of Kyiv Jews by the Nazis. In 1969, during a trip in London, to collect materials for the story of the II Congress of the RSDLP to the approaching 100th anniversary of Lenin's birth, he became a defector. Later he worked for Radio Liberty. In the exile, Kuznetsov said: “To live and write - for me it is one and the same ...

Nizami Hasanov and Elshan Zamanov. Photo: Committee against torture The prosecutor of the Avtozavodsky district of Nizhny Novgorod Nikolai Govorkov signed an indictment in the case of torture, initiated against six employees of the city OP-1. This was reported by the committee against torture. The case was sent to the Avtozavodsky district court of the city. Police are accused under Articles 139 (violation of the inviolability of the home) and 286 of the Criminal Code (abuse of authority).

White House. Photo by Dmitry Borko/Grani.ru The Russian government has prepared a list of additional sanctions against the United States and the EU. Russia will introduce them only if the sanctions against it are tightened, the Vedomosti reports. According to the publication, Russia may introduce restrictions on the import of industrial goods.

Ovidiopol. Photo: MyDomik23.ucoz.ru The Ovidiopol District Court of the Odessa region sentenced a certain citizen of Russia to five years in a colony for recruiting terrorists. This was reported on the website of the regional prosecutor's office without indicating the name of the convict.

Rescue work in India. Frame BBC At least 160 people became victims of floods and landslides in Nepal and north of India, BBC reports . The spontaneous disaster is caused by the pouring rains ongoing for several days, because of which the river Himalayas came out of the shores. In Nepal, according to official figures, 101 people died. More than 130 are missing missing. Roads to many settlements are destroyed. Help there is delivered on helicopters. The authorities are afraid of cholera outbreaks.

Russian convoy. Short "Russia 1" Due to the lack of coordination of issues of guarantees of the safety of the column traffic with a humanitarian load on the part of terrorist organizations with representatives of the Red Cross, the border-soil design of the cargo was not carried out. This was reported by the press service of the National Security and Defense Council.

Installation of volley fire "Grad". Photo: mil.ru At about 9:40 a.m. terrorists near Lugansk on the highway between the cartilage and Novosvetlovka from the Grad and mortars installations fired at a column of civilians. This was stated by the speaker of the information and analytical center of the National Security and Defense Council Andrei Lysenko, reports League. “Many people died, including women and children,” he emphasized. The number of victims is specified.

Evgeny Fedorov. Photo from the site efedorov.ru The State Duma deputy Unenos, Yevgeny Fedorov, proposed to deprive the singer and composer Andrei Makarevich of all honorary titles and the Order for Merit to the Fatherland, Izvestia reported. The leader of the "Time Machine", in his opinion, supporting the new Ukrainian authorities, promotes an open anti -Russian policy.

On August 18, at 11:00 in the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow, a meeting will begin, at which Judge Natalia Susina should announce the verdict to the defendants of the "Swamp case" Alexei Gaskarov, Ilya Gushchin, Alexander Margolin and Elena Kokhtareva. The prosecutor Alexei Smirnov requested 4 years of general regime for Margolin and Gaskarov, for Gushchina - 3 years of 3 months of a general regime, for Kokhtareva - 3 years 3 months with a conditionally test term.

The checkpoint of terrorists near Donetsk. Photo: volkmedia.info The self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” approved the Criminal Code, which involves the application of the death penalty, reports Lenta.ru with reference to the press center of the DPR. The provision "On the approval of the Criminal Code of the DPR", as well as "On Military Courts of the DPR" were adopted by the Presidium of the Council of Ministers of the "Republic".

Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Photo from the official website of politics As a result of four -sided negotiations of foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany in Berlin, a little progress has been achieved about the ways of resolving the situation in eastern Ukraine. This was stated by the head of the German Foreign Ministry Frank-Walter Steinmeier, reports Spiegel. The negotiations lasting five hours were difficult, Steinmeier noted.

Central Bank. Photo by D. BORKO/Brani.ru The Bank of Russia withdrew a license to carry out banking operations at the Perm Ecoprombank and Vladikavkaz Art Bank. This is stated in messages on the official website of the Central Bank. Both banks are included in the deposit insurance system. In addition, the non -banking credit institution "Settlement Banking Center" lost licenses for banking operations.

Sergei Krivov at the appeal in the Moscow City Court. Photo by D. Bochkareva Swamp prisoner Sergey Krivov is transferred to the colony. This was reported by the ATS-INFO with reference to the activists of the "Rosuznik". As expected, Krivov was sent to the colony at the end of the last week. He himself wrote last week that he was preparing for the stage. It is still unknown to which colony is taken to the Politzek.