Banknot of 5000 rubles. Fragment During the trading on the Moscow Exchange, the dollar exchange rate exceeded a psychological mark of 60 rubles. On 10.08, the exchange rate of the American currency grew by 42 kopecks to 60.08 rubles. The euro rate was strengthened by 28 kopecks - up to 66.45 rubles. The collapse of the dollar continued to weaken against the backdrop of a fall in Brent oil prices below 53 dollars per barrel, the Alfa-Bank report said.

Rospotrebnadzor. Frame of Channel One Rospotrebnadzor supports the initiative to destroy sanctions products on the Russian border. According to TASS, this was stated by the head of the department Anna Popova. According to her, they do not see another option for solving the problem in the department.

The FSB building on Lubyanskaya Square. Photo by A. Karpyuk/Grani.ru A 75-year-old scientist, an employee of the Central Research Institute of Engineering Vladimir Lapygin is accused of treason, Interfax reports with reference to a source familiar with the situation. "Lapigin is accused of transmitting secret information abroad," the agency’s interlocutor said.

Igor Kalyapin. Frame Grani-TV The Committee against torture will cease its activities from August 3, after which the torture prevention committee will work, created in 2014. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced by the head of the committee Igor Kalyapin. "We have two news today. One sad news - the news that the committee against torture ceases to exist.

225 years ago, on July 28, 1794, Maximilian Robespierre, Louis Antoine Saint-Just and 20 of their associates were executed in Paris in front of a jubilant crowd of people. All of them were outlawed by the Convention and executed without trial. Robespierre lay down under the knife of the guillotine penultimate. When the executioner's assistant tore off the bandage that supported his jaw, shattered by a bullet during his arrest, he screamed in pain.

Logo of the National Fund in support of democracy The American NPO "National Endowment for Democracy, Ned) became the first organization to recognize" undesirable ". According to the website of the Prosecutor General’s Office, the corresponding decision was signed by the deputy head of the department Vladimir Malinovsky. The paper is sent to the Ministry of Justice, which should include NPOs in the list of "undesirable".

In the restaurant. Photo from the site kudaexat.ru The State Duma deputy from the Communist Party Vadim Solovyov is preparing a bill, which is proposed to establish for restaurants and a cafe the obligation to have at least half of the dishes of traditional Russian cuisine on the menu, Izvestia reports . The bill will be submitted in the fall. We are talking about catering establishments that are not cafes and restaurants of national cuisine.

Press conference of Viktor Yanukovych. Frame of the video broadcast The fugitive ex-president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych said that he was ready to give evidence to the Ukrainian court in his criminal case. This was reported by TSN with reference to lawyers of the former head of state. According to lawyers, they have an appropriate document signed by Yanukovych and certified by a notary.

Radio. Photo from the site http://radio.audiophile.ru The sale of the "Russian media group" to the "state -owned" for "nurturing new patriotic artists" caused protests by the largest Russian musical producers and popular performers. According to Kommersant, they ask President Vladimir Putin to intervene in order to "prevent a dubious deal", after which most of the musical industry will not be able to cooperate with the holding.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi. Frame BBC The court in Libya sentenced the 43-year-old Saif al-Ilanam Gaddafi, the son of the overthrown and murdered dictator of the country Muammar Gaddafi, to be shot for involvement in the murders of citizens who peacefully protested against his father's regime. It is reported by the BBC. Eight more accomplices of the dictator, including the former head of intelligence, Abdullah, AS-Sanushi and ex-Prime Minister Baghdadi Al-Mammudi, were also condemned to execution.

Headquarters of Rusnano. Photo: Tesli.com The Board of Directors Rusnano previously approved the creation of the joint fund with the SMP Bank Arkady and Boris Rotenbergs, Vedomosti reports. The total size of the Rusnano I fund will be 30 billion rubles, and its original size is 12 billion. Rusnano will invest 5.94 billion rubles in it, the same number of SMP Bank will invest, the newly created project company will invest another 120 million.

Alexander Alexandrov. Photo: Novayagazeta.ru The Russian authorities do not allow the mother of Alexander Alexandrov - a sergeant of the special forces of the GRU, who was captured in Ukraine - to go to Kyiv to meet with his son. This is stated on the Twitter of the SBU. Meanwhile, adviser to the head of the special services, Yuri Tandit, said that the trial of Alexandrov, as well as captain with him captain Evgeny Erofeev, is planned for September.

Column of the Russian military. Frame NTV 26 percent of the inhabitants of Russia believe that Russian troops operate in Ukraine, 52 percent believe that they are not there. These are the data of the Levada Center survey, prepared for Gazeta.ru. To the question "How do you feel about the fact that Russian volunteers are fighting in the ranks of militias?" 53 percent replied that they estimate this positively, 27 percent is negative.

Evgeny Erofeev (left) and Alexander Alexandrov. Frames of video recordings of the SBU Information that Kyiv exchanged captain Evgeny Erofeev and Sergeant Alexander for captured Ukrainian military personnel detainees in Ukraine does not correspond to reality. This was on the air of the 112 Ukraine television channel was announced on Tuesday morning SBU SBU Elena Gitlyanskaya. "It is very strange that the Ukrainian media so actively picked up Russian fakes," she said.

Andrey Pivovarov. Photo by E. Mikheeva/Grani.ru In Kostroma, Andrei Pivovarov, head of the democratic coalition headquarters, was detained. According to RBC, this was announced by the deputy chairman of the PARNAS party Ilya Yashin, who heads the list of coalitions in the elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Kostroma region.