Documents of crew members of the shot down Mi-8. Photo: @todeyinSyria In the Syrian province of Idlib, the Russian Mi-8 helicopter is shot down. As TASS reports , the Ministry of Defense press service reported this. According to the department, the helicopter was shot down as a result of shelling from the ground. Three crew members and two officers of the Russian reconciliation center were killed on board.

Vladimir Abarinov 16 years ago, the Russian issue suddenly worsened in Washington suddenly worsened in Washington. Vice President El Mountains, elected to the presidency, was responsible for the administration of Bill Clinton for relations with Russia. Together with Viktor Chernomyrdin, he was the co-chair of the American-Russian intergovernmental commission for economic cooperation. He, according to the Republicans, completely ruined this work, which caused enormous damage to America.

The alleged Russian agent is leading to execution. Hard of propaganda video ig The Islamic State published a video message with a call to jihad against Russia. According to Reuters, in a published nine -minute video, distributed through the channels of militants in Telegram, a mascot man, who is driving a car, states that the supporters of the IG will come to Russia, and also calls on the "brothers" to start a sacred war.

15 years ago, on August 1, 2001, the law on registered civil partnerships came into force in Germany. Individuals of the same sex have gained the right to enter into such partnerships. Subsequently, they were equalized with heterosexual couples in all rights, with the exception of the right to adopt children. Currently, members of same-sex civil partnerships can only adopt the children of their partners.

"Russian planet": screenshot of the main page The release of Internet newspapers "Russian Planet" was suspended indefinitely. It is reported by Rambler News Service with reference to an unnamed source close to the publication. At August, all employees of the Russian Planet are sent on vacation in connection with the "reorganization of the publication," the agency’s interlocutor said. Whether the newspaper will continue work in September is unknown.

The arrest of Efremov. Frame Grani-TV Judge of the Pechersky District Court of Kyiv Vladimir Karaban, at the request of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, arrested Alexander Efremov, who was the head of the Party of Regions in the Verkhovna Rada, for two months without the possibility of liberation on bail. This was reported by UNIAN.

Olga Sechin. Photo from a personal page on Instagram Rosneft President Igor Sechin belongs to the yacht St. Princess Olga, built to order in 2013 in the Netherlands. This was reported by the "New Gazeta" based on the results of the investigation based on publications on Instagram Olga Sechina (on the girlishness of Rozhkova), the second wife of the oligarch. St. Princess Olga takes 72nd place in the ranking of the largest yachts in the world - its length is 85.6 meters.

The Church of the Nativity of Christ in Bratsk. Photo: Pikabu.ru The message about the use of slave labor on one of the sawmills in Bratsk has not yet been confirmed. This was reported by "Russian Newspaper" with reference to the press secretary of the Irkutsk regional headquarters of the Investigative Committee of Karina Golovachev.

Alexey Navalny in the office of the FBK. Photo: George Alburov The Lublin court of Moscow refused to replace the conditional punishment to the founder of the Fund for the fight against corruption Alexei Navalny to the real one. According to Mediazon, the court did not see in the actions of Navalny systematic and malice, not finding grounds for the abolition of conditional punishment. The judge listed the dates when Navalny, according to the FSIN, was noted by the inspector later than necessary.

At the entrance to the Banquet Hall "Lily". Photo: kavkaz-uzel.eu 28 women were injured in the explosion of household gas in the kitchen in the basement of the Makhachkala banquet hall "Lily." This was reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to the Ministry of Health of Dagestan. According to the "Caucasian Knot", 21 victims were hospitalized; Most of them are in serious or extremely serious condition.

Patriarch Kirill in Antarctica. Photo: Patriarchia.ru The Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill approved the idea of ​​erecting a monument to Ivan the Terrible in Orel. This was reported on the website of the regional administration. Last week, said the governor of the region Vadim Potsky, Cyril visited the Oryol region and met with him and Metropolitan Oryol and Bolkhovsky.

Hillary Clinton. Photo: HillaryClinton.com The US presidential candidate from the Democratic Party Hillary Clinton accused that when he was in 2009-2013, she personally contributed to the involvement of investors in Skolkovo. This was reported by RBC with reference to the article by The Wall Street Journal, prepared by the President of the American NGO "For the Accounts for the Power" (Government Accountability Institute, GAI) Peter Schweitzer, and at the same time a published GAI report.

A rally in defense of education and science. Photo: Grani.ru The lack of budget funds for the implementation of state programs for science and education will lead to mass dismissal of scientists. According to Gazeta.ru, by 2019 it is proposed to delete 8,300 researchers from the salary statement of the Federal Agency of Scientific Organizations.

Alexey Navalny in the Lublin District Court, 05/13/2015. Photo by Alexandra Ageeva/Grani.ru The prosecutor's office supported the FSIN demand to change the conditional punishment to the founder of the Corruption Fund Alexei Navalny in the case of Yves Rocher for a real period of imprisonment. As TASS reports , the representative of the Lublin District Prosecutor's Office stated this. "I support the FSIN's application in full," he said.

80 years ago, on August 1, 1936, the XI Summer Olympic Games opened in Berlin. Before that, the idea of ​​a boycott of the Olympics because of the totalitarian and racist regime established in Germany was widely discussed, but was ultimately rejected by the Olympic committees of all countries. The main argument was that the representatives of the "inferior", from the point of view of the Nazis, races will be able to prove at the Olympics that they are able to defeat the "true Aryans".