Maria Alekhina at Sheremetyevo Airport. Photo from personal twitter Former Pussy Riot participant Maria Alekhina was able to leave Russia despite the ban. She flew to London, according to Pussy Riot Twitter. How the activist managed to leave the country is not specified. Typically, non -traveling people go abroad through Belarus - local border guards do not check with the Russian base of those who are prohibited from leaving. Alekhina goes to Edinburgh.

US State Department. Photo: Wikipedia The new sanctions that Washington plans to introduce against Moscow will be affected by the oil and gas sector of Russia. It is reported by Reuters with reference to an unhappy senior official of the State Department not named after a senior. It is a ban on the supply of equipment for oil and gas industries. It is also supposed to ban the export of a number of electronic goods to Russia.

Evgeny Efimov. 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 19-year-old Petersburger Evgeny Efimov to five years of strict regime with a fine of 100 thousand rubles on charges of preparing a terrorist attack in the Kazan Cathedral. It is reported by Fontanka.ru.

On August 9, at 16:00, in the Dorogomilovsky District Court of Moscow, a hearing is expected to extend the arrest of the 18-year-old person involved in the “New Greatness” case Anna Pavlikova. She is in the hospital of "Sailor's silence." Another defendant of the case was transferred there - the 19 -year -old Maria Dubovik. Both have serious health problems.

Auder Saledinov. Source: FB page "Crimean solidarity" The judge of the Supreme Court of the annexed Crimea Oleg Lebed extended the person involved in the Simferopol case by Khizb Ut -Tahrir, Ayer Saledinov, the term of stay in jail for another month, and for a period of 1 year 11 months from the date of detention - until September 11.

Hazrathon Dodokhonov. Frame NTV The judge of the Moscow Regional Council Natalya Valikova sentenced the four members of the GTA gang - Sherzhon Kodirov, Anvara Ulugmuradov, Umar Hasanov and Khazrathon Dodokhonov - by life in a special regime colony. This is reported by Interfax. The fifth defendant - Zafarjon Gulyamov - was sentenced to 20 years in a strict regime.

Investigators at the headquarters of Open Russia. Photo: Twitter @polinanem In Moscow, investigators of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee, accompanied by Sobrovtsev in masks, came to the headquarters of Open Russia. It is reported by "MBH-Media". As TASS specifies with reference to the investigation department, the search is carried out in the third case of Yukos.

Moscow Exchange. Photo from the FB page of the institution The dollar exchange rate at the opening of trading on the Moscow Exchange against the background of the news on the preparation of the United States new anti -Russian sanctions exceeded 66 rubles. According to Kommersant, this happened for the first time since November 2016. Since the closing of trading on Wednesday, the dollar rate has grown by 71 kopecks. The euro went up by 71 kopecks - up to 76.93 rubles.

White House. Photo from Whitehouse.gov The White House prepared the draft of the new executive decree of the US President Donald Trump on sanctions for foreign interference in the American elections, reports The Washington Post with reference to a copy of the eight -page document.

Gennady Limeko. Photo: krymr.com Lviv, Gennady Limeko, convicted of annexed Crimea by eight years of general regime in the fabricated case of weapons, was transferred from the Simferopol SIZO-1 to Krasnodar on August 6. This was announced on Thursday by the wife of Politsyk Irina Limeko at her FB page. From Krasnodar, the publication says, Limeko will be sent to the colony. It is not known where exactly the political prisoner will be taken to serve the deadline.

Andrey Bursin in court. Photo: Sibreal.org Kemerovo Fireman Andrei Bursin, arrested in the case of the Winter Cherry, tried to commit suicide into a pre -trial detention center. It is reported by Kommersant with reference to Tatyana Bursina, the wife of the accused. On Tuesday, August 7, Bursina had to be delivered to a psychoexpertise, his wife said. However, as a result, the arrested was sent for treatment.

Ilya Milstein. Courtesy Photo Vladimir Putin kills Oleg Sentsov. The situation with the hunger strike of the Ukrainian director, dying in the Russian prison, can be described differently. Given the military everyday life, the current Russian legislation, public moods, the political situation and other things. And you can describe one phrase - and the whole plot will fit in it - about the executioner and the victim.

Photo by Jemal, Rastorguev and Radchenko at the central house of a journalist. RTVI frame Employees of the Investigative Committee flew to the capital of the Central African Republic of Bange and interrogated the driver of the dead Russian journalists Orhan Jemal, Kirill Radchenko and Alexander Rastorguev, Mediazon reports with reference to a source in Banga, familiar with the course of the investigation.

Vladimir Putin. FOX FOX News The number of Russians who declare the support of the foreign policy of Vladimir Putin decreased from 22 percent of the surveyed in March 2016 to 16 percent. This was reported by RBC with reference to a new survey of the Levada Center. Only 17 percent of the respondents agree that Putin protects the country's state interests. In 2016, 25 percent of respondents agreed with this.

Anna Pavlikova in court, 08/09/2018. Photo: zona.media The judge of the Dorogomilovsky District Court of Moscow, Julia Rudakova, again extended the 18-year-old defendant of the “New Greatness” case of Anna Pavlikova, the term of detention in jail until September 13th. It is reported by "Mediazona".