Jean-Claude Junker. Photo: Express.co.uk The sanctions of the European Union against Russia will be extended. This was announced in an interview with Euronews by the head of the European Commission Jean-Claude Junker. “At the moment, it is clear that in June we will extend the sanctions,” he said. At the same time, Junker noted a direct connection between the abolition of sanctions and the implementation of the points of the Minsk Protocol.

The delegation of the Russian Olympic team at the opening of the 2012 Games. Photo: Sport-express.ru The removal of Russian athletes from participating in the Olympics is a direct violation of human rights.

At the site of the disaster near Smolensk. Frame NTV The District Court of Warsaw sentenced the former deputy head of the Bureau of Protection of the Government of Poland, General Pavel Belavna, the BBC reports . He was found guilty of improper performance of his duties during the organization of the visit of senior officials to Smolensk in 2010. The court found that Belavnna did not check the destination airport and the movement route of President Lech Kachinsky.

The soldiers of the division named after Dzerzhinsky internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Photo: Odonvv.ru The State Duma in the second reading of the bill on the formation of the troops of the National Guard (Rosguard) expanded the list of powers of the new intelligence agency. This is reported by RBC The bill was adopted by the votes of United Russia, the LDPR and the Fair Russia. For its adoption, 338 deputies spoke, against - two. The Communists did not vote.

MOK summit. Photo: olympic.org The International Olympic Committee supported the decision of the International Association of athletics federations on the extension of sanctions against Russian athletes. This is stated in the declaration of the Olympic summit, published on the IOC website. Due to the decisions of the World Anti-Doping Agency against Russia and Kenya, the IOC casts doubt on the presumption of the innocence of athletes from these countries, the document is noted.

Wedding Dmitry Tokarev. Source: FB page Alexei Navalny The founder of the Corruption Foundation, Alexei Navalny, apologized to his FB page in front of Dmitry Tokarev, the son of a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Anatoly Matyushenko, for a post published the day before. The post was dedicated to the wedding of Tokarev, held in a medieval castle near the city of Saint-Tropez in the southeast of France.

State Duma. Photos of faces The State Duma Committee on Security prepared for the second and third readings the so -called "anti -terrorist package" of amendments, which provides for a significant change in the norms of deprivation of citizenship.

Anatoly Kovalenko. Photo: ptzgovorit.ru In Karelia, the head of the republican department of Rospotrebnadzor Anatoly Kovalenko was detained. As Interfax reports , the official representative of the IC Vladimir Markin announced this.

Logo RAEK The Russian Association of Electronic Communications - a non -profit partnership of the companies of the national IT industry - sharply criticized the norms of the new "anti -terrorist" package of bills in the part regulating the work of communications operators. The official statement of the RAEC is published on its website.

Jens Stoltenberg. Photo: NATO.int NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg accused Moscow of non-compliance with the "fundamental act of Russia-NATO" from 1997. In an interview with Süddeutsche Zeitung, he noted that the document implies the respect of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states, and Russia does not respect either the territorial integrity of Georgia or Ukraine.

Screenshot of the site Whoiswhos.me The structures associated with the “troll factory” are attacked by journalists, bloggers and public figures and surveillance of them. It is reported by Fontanka.ru. Behind several journalists of the publication, surveillance was installed. The editorial staff received letters from a certain user with the nickname Kriv Vetka, who tried to find out the personal data of the Fontanka correspondent Denis Korotkov.

At a rally against the Kadyrov bridge in St. Petersburg. Frame "Faces" The Gorizbirk of St. Petersburg refused to register the initiative group for holding a referendum on assignment of the name of the first president of Chechnya Akhmat Kadyrov with a bridge across the Duderhof Canal. This was reported by RBC with reference to the press service of the Horizburkom. "The application for registration was not satisfied," the press service said.

Coreper meeting. Photo: Consilium.europa.eu The Committee of Permanent Representatives of the EU countries (Coreper) at a meeting in Brussels agreed on the extension of economic restrictive measures against Russia for six months. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the European diplomatic source. "Sanctions are extended for six months, their further consideration will be associated with the implementation of the Minsk agreements," the agency’s interlocutor said.

The oath in the army of Lithuania. Photo: kam.lt Lithuanian President Dalya Grybauskaite signed the law on the introduction of universal military service on an ongoing basis. This was reported by the press service of the head of state. Amendments will enter into force on September 1. According to the law, Lithuania officially moves from a completely professional army to a mixed -type army.

Investigative Committee. Photo from the website of the department The Investigative Committee opened a new criminal case in connection with the death of children in Karelia. As Interfax reports , the official representative of the IC Vladimir Markin stated this. According to him, the case was initiated under Art. 293 of the Criminal Code (negligence, entailing the death of two or more persons), the sanction of which provides for up to seven years in prison.