German human rights organizations awarded former CIA employee Edward Snowden a prize for his whistleblowing activities, writes the website of the German branch of Transparency International . The prize was funded by the Association of German Scientists and the German branch of the International Association of Lawyers Against the Use of Nuclear Weapons. The prize amount is €3 thousand. Read about how Edward Snowden will protect us from the Internet in the Kommersant-Vlast article.

The investigation into the Su-24 crash has been completed The military investigative department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Chelyabinsk garrison has completed the investigation of the criminal case against the former head of the technical and operational unit of the second aviation squadron of military unit 69806, senior lieutenant Yuri Peshkin, and the engineer of the aviation complex of the said squadron, captain Sergei Shchapov.

Today, Governor of the Saratov Region Valery Radaev, as part of a working trip to Moscow, met with Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes Andrei Makarov and Director of the Department of Interbudgetary Relations of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation Larisa Eroshkina.

The film company Sony Pictures has announced the start of work on a film adaptation of Dan Brown's new book "Inferno". The film's release date is set for December 2015, and the main character, Harvard professor Robert Langdon, will be played by Tom Hanks for the third time (after The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons). Dan Brown's next film adaptation will not do without spectacular outdoor views.

NASA specialists are actively using the capabilities of 3D printers, says Alexander Levy. Thus, with the help of these technologies, a rocket injector was created and even tested. Photo: REUTERS/NASA/Handout via Reuters, Reuters Each of us has heard about printing on a 3D printer. Some managed to independently create small figurines, cases for smartphones, and some even used technology to get weapons. 3D printers are confidently becoming personal.

The Chinese automobile manufacturing concern Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely) signed an agreement with the government of Belarus to create a joint venture to assemble Geely cars in Belarus. Geely's partners in assembly production will be the Belarusian manufacturer of mining dump trucks BelAZ and the manufacturer of large-unit components Soyuz. The design capacity of the new enterprise will be 120 thousand cars per year.

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A passenger car crashed into the Yauza River at the intersection of Krasnokazarmennaya embankment and Krasnokazarmennaya street, reports the main department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in Moscow. The driver of the fallen car got out on his own before rescuers arrived, the report says, the car has already been removed from the river. The driver himself was not injured. According to Interfax , the driver of the Nissan car lost control.

In addition to the work to simplify existing environmental regulation procedures, which should be carried out as part of the implementation of the “roadmaps” for improving the business climate signed by Dmitry Medvedev, the problems of relevant law enforcement practice identified by entrepreneurs, according to Arkady Dvorkovich’s instructions, will be further addressed at the Open Government platform (OP).

BY BIG SCORE 77,274 people have died in the Syrian civil war. Such data was presented by the Violations Documenting Center organization last week. According to the organization: Photo: AP 50,647 people were civilian casualties; 15,739 people were casualties among the rebels; 10,888 people were casualties among government troops.

Designer Artemy Lebedev was hospitalized with a diagnosis of malaria. As the founder of Artemy Lebedev Studio reported on his blog, he became infected during a trip to Africa. “All sorts of fancy Moscow hospitals don’t want to bother with people like me at all, even for how much money a day. They simply don’t have infectious diseases departments (although malaria would only be contagious if I were a mosquito),” the designer wrote .

63 1 min. ... Plus France continues to attract more and more stars to its football championship. Last week, the capital's PSG signed a 5-year contract with one of the best forwards in the world, Uruguayan Edison Cavani, who previously played for the Italian Napoli. The transaction amount could reach 64 million euros.

Context The bill “On Amendments to Article 36 of the Criminal Code (regarding the expansion of the limits of necessary defense)” was prepared and submitted to the Verkhovna Rada by People's Deputy Nikolai Katerynchuk (Batkivshchyna). He proposes to expand the scope of necessary self-defense to the use of so-called “deadly violence,” causing the death of the attacker.

The Russian company acquired 85% of the authorized capital of the Greek Sekap, media reports. The cigarette manufacturer plans to export the product to the Middle Eastern, European and North African markets. Donskoy Tabak will be able to create competition for tobacco companies abroad, experts are sure. Photo: Vasily Deryugin, Kommersant / buy photo Russia's largest tobacco manufacturer Donskoy Tabak has bought a controlling stake in the Greek tobacco company Sekap. Prime agency reports this.

Lyudmila Usova - about the Accounts Chamber and its place in the system of Russian government The Duma went on summer vacation without electing a new head of the Accounts Chamber, but proposing three candidates to the president. According to Ogonyok, the choice has been made: in September the joint venture will be headed by Tatyana Golikova, and serious changes are coming in the corps of auditors - almost half of it will be renewed.