The international hotel chain Marriott announced its withdrawal from the Russian market. This is reported on the company's website. The reason for the suspension of activities was sanctions against Russia, which were imposed by the US, EU and UK due to the war with Ukraine. The chain operated in the country for 25 years and consisted of more than 20 hotels.

The Ministry of Justice included in the register of media “foreign agents” the journalist and author of the YouTube channel “Redaktsiya” Alexey Pivovarov and publicist Oleg Kashin. Also added to the register were femactivist and artist Yulia Tsvetkova, who is accused of distributing pornography due to the public page “Vagina Monologues” with drawings of vulvas, and nurse and human rights activist from Crimea Irina Danilovich.

Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow arrested for seven days activist Natalya Perov, who, together with Lyudmila Annenkova, held the action “We cannot wash off from blood” near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is reported by Sota . Perov was found guilty of disobedience to the police officer (part 1 of Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), follows from the administrative case card published on the court website.

The American technology company Sandvine , which supplies Internet providers with equipment for “deep packet inspection” ( DPI) , left Russia after the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. about this Bloomberg was told by the company's press service. For Russian Internet providers, Roskomnadzor installs “Technical means of countering threats” (TSPU) - DPI equipment is also used for the operation of this system .

The Petrozavodsk City Court acquitted three police officers of negligence that led to the murder of two girls, reports the Axioma human rights project. Senior district police officer Rinat Gratia, deputy head of the regional investigative department for Petrozavodsk Ivan Voronov and senior investigator Ekaterina Khorina were accused under Part 3 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code (negligence resulting in the death of two or more people).

Internet activist Artem Zinatullin organized a collection of accounts of NtechLab employees on the social network Linkedin and posted a table with them on his website. NtechLab is an IT company that develops products for recognizing faces, silhouettes and images of people, which are subsequently used by authorities to search for suspects. In particular, the company's developments were used in the “sanitary business”.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and the head of the Lugansk administration Manolis Pilavov signed a declaration on the twinning of cities, reports . RIA Novosti The declaration was signed during Sobyanin’s visit to Lugansk, where he held several working meetings, RIA Novosti claims. The mayor also signed an agreement on trade, economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation between the governments of Moscow and the self-proclaimed LPR.

The founder of Yandex, Arkady Volozh, left the post of CEO of Yandex NV, and also resigned from its board of directors. This is stated in a company statement. Volozh’s departure became known immediately after the EU imposed sanctions against the founder of Yandex. The company noted that Volozh is the founder of a family trust, which owns 8.6% of the shares of Yandex NV., as well as 45.3% of the votes. No sanctions were imposed against the company itself.

In Krasnoyarsk, a criminal case was opened against a local resident for “fakes” about the army because of messages in the messenger (Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the press service of the regional department of the Investigative Committee. The Investigative Committee does not name the activist, but the publication Prospekt Mira, citing its own sources, writes that we are talking about Alexei Navalny’s supporter Natalya Peterimova.

The European Union imposed sanctions against 65 people and 18 companies. This was reported by the press service of the Commonwealth; the full list was published in the official journal of the European Union.

Alexander Lukashenko answered a question about the possible transfer of Russian Sofia Sapieha to her homeland. this . reports The Belta agency “I feel sorry for the girl. This issue needs to be resolved. She’s Russian... We have practice. We can transfer a Russian citizen to Russia. Let her serve her time there. Or they do whatever they want there. I think science is big for her,” Lukashenko said. In May, the Grodno Regional Court sentenced Sapega to 6 years in a general regime colony.

The Presnensky District Court of Moscow arrested Dmitry Ivanov, the administrator of the telegram channel “Protest MGU”, for two months in the case of “fake news” about the army. This is reported by Sota . The oppositionist was sent to a pre-trial detention center until August 2. Ivanov is accused of spreading “deliberately false” information about the army by a group of people motivated by political or ideological hatred. The case became known the day before.

In Yekaterinburg, the rock opera “Jesus Christ Superstar” at the Ural Music Night festival was canceled . This was reported by 66.ru with reference to the organizing committee. As the committee clarified, the reason was the lack of a license for a rock opera. “I don’t know about the reasons for canceling the rock opera, they didn’t tell me. But we were asked to change the performance.

Rosfinmonitoring added 12 people to the list of terrorists and extremists. This was brought to the attention of a telegram channel publishing list updates. The list included several people associated with the work of Navalny’s headquarters, in particular, the list included the former technical director of the YouTube channel “Navalny LIVE” Daniel Kholodny, activist of Navalny’s Arkhangelsk headquarters Olga Shkolina and former general director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation Roman Rubanov.

In Moscow, after a fire in the Grand Setun Plaza business center, the head of the local department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Sergei Zheltov, was hospitalized. this with reference to Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations Ilya Denisov. reports RIA Novosti “Two people came forward. At the moment, the head of the main department is in the medical institution. The situation on the spot provoked a massive heart attack,” Denisov said.