Residents left the village of Naistenjärvi, located in the Suoyarvi region of Karelia, due to a forest fire that spread to their houses. This was reported by a Mediazona correspondent with reference to local residents. Residents of Naistenjärvi say the fire in the forest started on July 14 and was extinguished by volunteers and two fire engines. The next day, July 15, was declared a state of emergency in the area.

The human rights organization Team 29 announced its closure after the project’s website was blocked by Roskomnadzor. “On Friday, Roskomnadzor, at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office, blocked the website of Team 29. We have read the notification. It follows from it that the Prosecutor General’s Office identifies Team 29 with the NPO Společnost Svobody Informace , registered in the Czech Republic, included in the list of undesirable organizations,” the message says.

The Moscow prosecutor's office demanded that the police tighten the charges against an 18-year-old girl who hit three children at a pedestrian crossing and ask the court to send her to a pre-trial detention center, according to the department's website. The accident occurred on Aviator Street on July 16. According to investigators, the driver of the Mazda did not give way to pedestrians and hit three children when they were crossing the road with adults.

Yakutsk International Airport stopped accepting and sending flights due to thick smoke from forest fires. This was reported on the airport’s Instagram account. “The airport cannot receive or depart flights until weather conditions improve,” the message says. On July 18, the local Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that 187 outbreaks of natural fires were registered in the republic. Smoke covered 51 settlements, including Yakutsk.

In 2020, the number of drug-related deaths rose to 7,316, Rosstat reports. In 2018, this figure was 4,569 people. attention to this . drew RBC Rosstat includes among drug-related causes of death mental disorders caused by drug use, accidental poisoning and poisoning “with undetermined intentions.” In total, in Russia in 2020, according to the department, 2,138,586 people died (in 2019 - 1,798,307). Overall mortality increased by almost 19%.

The police drew up a report of petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Administrative Code) against Muscovite Anastasia Zavyalova, who filmed the detention of a little girl on Chistoprudny Boulevard. about this . spoke Mediazona journalist Polina Glukhova Employees of the 2nd Special Police Regiment (SPP) detained Zavyalova on the evening of July 17. “Nastya filmed how the police brought a little girl into the paddy wagon - her dad was detained for drinking.

member Pussy Riot Nika Nikulshina left Russia after two administrative arrests of 15 days each month. about this . Nikulshina herself told Dozhd The activist decided to leave due to the systematic arrests of Pussy Riot members . She plans to return to Russia, presumably after the September State Duma elections. Nikulshina said that she headed to the airport immediately after leaving the special detention center on July 17.