Mikhail Tolstoy (Givi). Photo: Gruz200.net The murder in Donetsk commander of the battalion of the "Somali" battalion Mikhail Tolstoy (Givi) committed four of his subordinates. This was stated by one of them, Russian citizen Igor Myltsev, reports New Gazeta. According to Myltsev, who served in Somalia as a volunteer and had the call sign “Frenchman”, this was Givi revenge for betrayal during the fighting near Avdeevka at the end of January.

White House. Photo: History.com The United States does not intend to cancel sanctions against Russia associated with the annexation of Crimea. According to the German Wave, this was stated by the representative of the White House Sean Spicer. "We are dealing with two packages of sanctions. One of them is in the Crimea. And I think that the US Permanent Representative Haley spoke out very clearly to the UN, that until Russia is leaving Crimea, these sanctions will not be reviewed," Spicier said.

NATO headquarters. Photo: NATO.int NATO will increase political pressure on Russia in connection with the escalation of hostilities in the Donbass. This decision was made at an extraordinary meeting of the Ukraine-NATO commission, according to the website of the Ukrainian Mission to the Alliance. "The allies noted that NATO clearly understands that Russia and the militants supported by it are behind the latest escalation.

Destruction of sanctions products. Photo: Kazanfirst.ru The Ministry of Culture does not support the introduction of a new holiday, the day of patriotism, TASS reports with reference to the press service of the department. It was proposed to celebrate on August 6, on the day of the introduction of a grocery embargo in response to the sanctions of the West. “Based on the results of the study of this issue, the department concluded that the introduction of this holiday is excessive.

120 years ago, on February 9, 1897, the First General Census of the Russian Empire took place (without the Grand Duchy of Finland outside of Helsingfors). In total, 125,640 thousand inhabitants were registered in the empire, of which 13.4% lived in cities. Great Russians made up 44.3%, Little Russians - 17.8%, Poles - 6.3%, Belarusians - 4.3%, Jews - 4.0% of the total population.

Aksana Panova. Photo znak.com The Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Yekaterinburg requested a bank account from the ZNAK.com news agency and constituent documents. This was reported on the website of the publication. Aksana Panov, director and chief editor Znak.com, have already been invited to the PM Ekaterinburg Ministry of Internal Affairs and asked to provide information on financing the publication.

Elvira Nabiullina. Photo by the presidential press service The Central Bank works out options for changing the current procedure for access to banking secrets. As the head of the regulator Elvira Nabiullina stated in an interview with TASS, such measures are considered for a more effective combat of the withdrawal of assets from banks. "Now, when we identify fraudulent actions in banks, the withdrawal of assets, we transfer materials to law enforcement agencies.

Vitold Vashchikovsky. Photo: msz.gov.pl Poland will never agree to the European division into zones of influence and will not accept the Russian vision of the continent, said the country's foreign minister Vitold Vashchikovsky. The text of his performance in the Sejm was published on the website of the Polish Foreign Ministry. According to the minister, Russia seeks NATO to refuse to be in Eastern Europe and to create a "gray zone" in this region.

Big Ben and parliament. Photo from the site www.travelone.ru The House of Communities of the British Parliament adopted in the third, final reading an act that approves the launch of Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty on the procedure for the country's withdrawal from the European Union. According to the BBC, the government of the government on leaving the EU was supported by 494 deputies, 122 opposed.

Turkish military in Syria. Photo: sol.org.tr The Russian military aircraft mistakenly struck the building in the Northern Syrian city of El Bab (Muhafaza Haleb), where the Turkish military were stationed. It is reported by Hürriyet Daily News with reference to the command of the Armed Forces of their country. Three Turkish military were killed, another 11 were injured. The incident occurred around 8:40 am. It was reported that the wounded was immediately taken to hospitals.

Information Security Center of the FSB. Photo: wikimapia.org A criminal case has been instituted against another deputy head of the FSB information security center. According to Kommersant, Dmitry Khraikov, who headed the unit engaged in examinations in the investigation of crimes in the field of high technology, is suspected of receiving a bribe. “Claims for some act that he signed with a meager amount,” one of the interlocutors of the publication explained.

The "Point-U" missile system. Photo: mil.ru This week, Russia put 50 points in Syria in Syria. It is reported by Fox News with reference to American officials. According to the television channel, the missiles were delivered in two days to the Syrian port of Tartus. Fox News calls this supply of the largest of all of all possible from Russia to Syria.

National Bolsheviks in Avtosak. Photo: vk.com/drugoross In Moscow, 12 activists of another Russia were detained, who tried to hang out a banner on the building of the main office of Rosneft on Sofia Embankment. According to Mediazon, according to the press secretary of the party Alexander Averin, on Thursday night, three activists climbed onto the roof of the building adjacent to the Rosneft office, but did not manage to place a banner with the inscription: "Capitalism - Shit".

Mark Halperin. Frame Grani-TV The court of the city of the city of Reutov appointed civil activist Mark Galperin 10 days of administrative arrest, activist Alla Frolova said . A protocol was drawn up on it under Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (disobedience to the legal requirement of a police officer). On Thursday, on Thursday, Ruetov’s police officers detained Halperin in the building of the local branch of Sberbank, where he was with his father, reports OVD-Info.

Dmitry Rogozin. Photo from the site rusnation.org The Russian Guard must be “armed to the teeth with modern weapons,” said Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. As Interfax reports , he explained this by the fact that the service is constantly "fighting", performing tasks to prevent terrorist threats.