Julian Assange. Photo: usasnich.com The Intelligence Committee of the American Senate proposed the founder of Wikileaks Julian Assange to testify to Russia's intervention in the 2016 presidential election. The letter of the Committee Assange is published on WikiLeaks Twitter. Assange is asked in closed mode to answer the vogros of representatives of the intelligence committee - members of the Republican and Democratic Parties.

Maria Alekhina. Photo with personal FB page The former Pussy Riot participant Maria Alekhina did not allow to fly from Russia at the Moscow Airport Sheremetyevo. This was written on Twitter by the former activist of the art group "War" Peter Verzilov. Alekhina tried to sit on a flight to London - from there she was supposed to go to Edinburgh, where a theater performance under her book Riot Days was planned as part of the Edinburgh festival.

Dmitry Makarov. Photo with personal FB page In Moscow, a participant in the nationalist association "Black Bloc" Artem Vorobyov and former participant of the organization Lawyer Dmitry Makarov was detained. This was reported by the ATS-Info, citing the coordinator of the Association of the People's Resistance of Dmitry Karasev and the lawyer Makarov Igor Popovsky.

Ten years ago, on the night of August 8, 2008, in response to the entry of Russian troops into South Ossetia, which began on August 7, through the Roki tunnel, the Georgian army bombarded and stormed Tskhinvali. During the outbreak of the war, Georgia was defeated. Russian troops captured not only the whole of South Ossetia, but also the cities of Gori and Zugdidi, as well as the Kodori Gorge in Abkhazia. The fighting continued for five days.

430 years ago, on August 8, 1588, the English fleet of admirals Charles Howard and Francis Drake defeated the remnants of the Spanish Invincible Armada in the English Channel under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia, which had previously been battered by a storm. The British, who had more long-range guns and also used fireships, sank and captured 66 of the 130 Spanish ships without losing a single one of their own.

Dagestan: After the federal raid to Chechen positions. Hard video The case of the residents of Stavropol Batyrbek Bakiev, the 46-year-old Marat Dautov, 41-year-old Damir Mukhatdinov and 47-year-old Ruslan Adzhibrahimov (Issy Chaban), who were declared participants in the campaign in Dagestan undertaken in August 1999 under the command of Shamil Basayev and Khattaba, was sent to the court. This was reported on the website of the TFR.

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Helsinki. Photo: kremlin.ru Vladimir Putin at a meeting on July 16 at Helsinki handed over to US President Donald Trump Memorandum on weapons. This was announced on Tuesday by Politico with reference to the text of the document received from Russian officials.

The building of the Central Election Commission. Photo: Er.ru The Central Election Commission approved the formulations of questions for the referendum on pension reform proposed by three initiative groups. It is reported by RBC.

Feruz of the Insalers. Photo of the press service of St. Petersburg ships The collegium of the Moscow District Military Court, chaired by Roman Kivosenko, at the exit session at the premises of the Leningrad District Military Court, sentenced the native of Uzbekistan Feruz Nakova, arrested after the attack in the St. Petersburg metro in April 2017, to six years of general regime. This was reported by the press service of St. Petersburg courts.

Vladimir Yevtushenkov. Photo ippnou.ru The US State Department and the US Department of Finance study whether the activities of Russian billionaire Vladimir Yevtushenkov falls under the norms of the Law "On Countering the Enemies of America through sanctions" (Caatsa). This is stated in the answer of the assistant to US Secretary of State Mary Waters for a deputy request from members of the House of Republican Republicans Ileana Ros-Lietinen and Mark Waker.

Igor Sechin. Photo: Vedomosti.ru Oil companies intend to discuss the tax maneuver with Vladimir Putin, which would allow them to get an additional 3 trillion rubles. This was late in the evening on Tuesday was reported to Vedomosti. As expected, the meeting will be held after a meeting of the commission on the issues of the fuel and energy complex, which Putin intends to hold on August 27 in Kemerovo.

Alexander Valov. Photo: kavkaz-uzel.eu The Investigative Committee completed the investigation of the case of extortion, fabricated against the editor -in -chief of Blogsochi, Alexander Valov. As the lawyer of Agora, Alexander Popkov, told the Franes, the lawyer, the case was referred to the prosecutor to approve the indictment. If the supervisory authority approves the conclusion, the case will be sent to the court.

Antonina Zimin. Photo with personal FB page In Moscow, the security forces searched in the apartment of the father of the arrested defendant of the "spy" case Antonina Zimina. This was announced in his blog by a member of the capital's PMC Evgeny Enikeev. The search was also arranged in the capital's office, where the arrested husband works - political scientist Konstantin Antonets. He lives in the apartment of his father -in -law.

Kirill Romanovsky. Photo with personal FB page The Russian journalists Orhan Jemal, Alexander Rastorguev and Kirill Radchenko, killed in the Central African Republic, introduced the release of the publication of the Federal News Agency (FAN) Kirill Romanovsky. This was reported by "Medusa" with reference to the acquaintances of Rastorguev and Romanovsky. The fan is associated with the St.

US State Department. Photo: state.gov The US State Department announced new sanctions against Russia in connection with the poisoning of ex-colonel of GRU Sergey Skripal and his daughter Julia, CNBC reports with reference to the representative of the department of Heiser Neurt. According to Neuert, the States found that Moscow used a chemical or biological weapon against its citizens, thereby violating international law.