On July 9, the exhibition “Advertising and covers of American magazines of the late 19th - early 20th centuries” opened at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. It continues a series of exhibitions dedicated to the art of illustrated advertising - Alphonse Mucha's posters, French posters, and English posters.

You know what. I will say things that people in my circle will not really like. Well, what to do? So. I really don’t like the campaign of Moscow mayoral candidate Alexei Navalny. I don’t understand why it was necessary to nominate from the Parnassus party, and not collect signatures from Muscovites. Moreover, Moscow is the Internet, and Navalny has no shortage of support on the Internet.

NASA conducted the first tests of the GROVER polar explorer robot. The solar-powered device carried out radar scanning of Greenland's glaciers for five weeks, and periodically lost contact with it due to the satellites going beyond the horizon. GROVER's work, which is reported on the agency's website, was carried out in a completely autonomous mode. The 363-kilogram robot was powered by two solar panels mounted on the sides of a tracked cart.

In Irkutsk, the silver medalist of the All-Russian Olympiad in Informatics was detained, who tried to steal 75 thousand rubles from a payment terminal using a handwritten program, the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports . Now the police are identifying possible accomplices in the crime, as they believe that the detainee did not act alone. No case has been opened against him yet.

A third of the price of food in Russia comes from corruption costs of producers. reports this Interfax with reference to a statement by Anton Pominov, deputy director of the Russian representative office of Transparency International.

The ministers of economy and finance of 28 EU countries approved Latvia's accession to the eurozone. reports this Agence France-Presse . Now Latvia can freely introduce the euro. It is assumed that the country will join the currency bloc on January 1 next year. Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis tweeted that the transition to the euro will be carried out at the rate set by the country's Central Bank. It is expected that one euro will cost about 0.7 lats.

The Moscow authorities decided to provide the movement “For Human Rights” with a new office. reported this on Tuesday, July 9, RIA Novosti with reference to the head of the Presidential Council for Human Rights, Mikhail Fedotov. Fedotov explained that on July 6, he and the leader of the movement, Lev Ponomarev, met with the acting mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, who made the appropriate decision. Now the mayor's assistants will have to find suitable premises.

On July 9, former American intelligence officer Edward Snowden agreed to the offer of the Venezuelan authorities to move to this country and receive political asylum there, said on his Twitter . Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Alexei Pushkov “As one would expect, Snowden agreed to Maduro’s offer of political asylum. Apparently, this option seemed to Snowden the most reliable,” the deputy wrote.

One of the country's largest cultural events - a general celebration of song and dance - has ended in Latvia. The festival has been held in the country every five years since 1873. This year over 40 thousand people took part in it. The main events traditionally took place in Riga (in the entire history of the festival in another city - Jelgava - it was held only once, in 1895). For seven days, the best choirs, dance groups and vocal and ethnographic ensembles performed there.

Liberal economist Hazem al-Bablawi has been appointed prime minister of Egypt. This Reuters reports. was announced by Egyptian state media on the evening of July 9, In parallel with the appointment of al-Bablawi, interim head of state Adly Mansour appointed liberal opposition leader Mohammed ElBaradei as vice president for foreign affairs.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) upheld the appeal of three British lifers, recognizing that their lack of opportunity to seek early release was a violation of their fundamental rights. The text of the decision is posted on the court's website. The court agreed with the applicants, who considered that such sentences violated the prohibition of inhuman or degrading punishment contained in the European Convention on Human Rights.

The number of accidents and emergencies at housing and communal services facilities (HCS) should be reduced by at least one and a half times by 2017. This is stated in the list of instructions of Russian President Vladimir Putin following the meeting of the State Council on May 31 of this year.

The death toll from a crude oil train accident in the Canadian province of Quebec has risen to 13. reported this on July 8 Reuters . The bodies of eight victims were found while clearing the rubble on July 8. According to police, about 50 more people remain missing. Earlier it was reported about 5 dead and 40 missing. According to Agence France-Presse , Quebec authorities warned local residents that about 100 thousand liters of oil ended up in the St.

Deputy Alexey Pushkov received information that Edward Snowden agreed to asylum in Venezuela from the evening broadcast of the Vesti 24 TV channel (officially the channel is called Rossiya 24). about this The deputy wrote on Twitter, noting: “For any questions, contact them.” At the same time, Pushkov deleted an old tweet in which he announced Snowden’s decision. Instead, the deputy wrote : “As Vesti 24 reported with reference to Maduro, Snowden accepted his offer of asylum.

In Riga, a drunk 24-year-old girl called the police and asked to be taken home. As Delfi reports, after the caller was explained that law enforcement agencies do not provide such services, she came to the station in person. The girl brought a python with her. It is not specified who the animal belongs to. It is known that the police asked a drunk woman from Riga (her blood alcohol level at the time of the incident was 2.59 ppm) to give up her pet, but she refused.