St. Petersburg hosts a new round of LGBT persecution in education Photo: PhotoXPress In St. Petersburg, activists from the Russian Orthodox movement National Union recently succeeded in getting fired Dmitry Isaev, the head of the medical university's department of clinical psychology. Isaev also led a medical commission that addressed issues relating to sex changes and supported Deti-404 , a project founded to offer support to LGBT teenagers.

French President Francois Hollande said that at the moment there is no agreement with Russia on the Mistrals. “The discussion continues. I will make a decision within a few weeks,” the head of state said. On the evening of July 30, Assistant to the President of Russia for Military-Technical Cooperation Vladimir Kozhin said that the amount of compensation for the refusal to supply the Mistrals had been agreed upon. Kommersant wrote that France would pay Russia $1.2 billion.

Three books about the variety of the world: review of Galina Yuzefovich Literary critic Galina Yuzefovich tells at Medusa about the most interesting book novelties published in Russia. In the current review, there are three books calling for travel and the study of the world around us: “What Africa” is Kirill Babaev and Alexandra Arkhangelskaya, Robert Kaplan's revenge and “Brief History of the United States” by Robert Rimini.

The head of the 242nd training center of the Russian Airborne Forces, Colonel Oleg Ponomarev, was transferred from the pre-trial detention center to house arrest. The corresponding decision was taken by the West Siberian District Military Court. Ponomarev is involved in the case of the collapse of the barracks in his center. The collapse killed 24 people. Oleg Ponomarev could not personally attend the meeting, so communication with him was carried out via Skype.

An Embraer 120 passenger plane made an emergency landing at Moscow's Domodedovo airport, with its front landing gear not extended. According to the Federal Air Transport Agency, the plane landed on two main landing gear, and then lowered its nose onto the runway. The fire was avoided. On board the Embraer were 28 passengers and three crew members. No casualties have been reported. The plane of the airline "RusLine" operated the flight Ulyanovsk-Moscow.

The Russian Foreign Ministry promised that the new US sanctions against Russian companies and citizens will not go unanswered by Russia. “The United States has once again demonstrated that they have made a choice in favor of intensifying confrontation.

The "Democratic Coalition" decided not to hand over signatures in the election commission in support of its list, which must be provided by law. According to a statement from the People's Freedom Party, from which candidates were supposed to be nominated, the oppositionists themselves found too many invalid autographs in the collected signatures.

The Samara enterprise Aviakor suspends work on the production of An-140 cargo-passenger aircraft due to the situation in Ukraine. According to the general director of the plant, Alexei Gusev, it will be possible to assemble several aircraft from the remaining parts, but in the future it will not be possible to establish a replacement.

Why the priest will lead the “Chersonesos Tauride”. Short Photo: Artem Geodakyan / TASS / Vida Press On July 29, Governor of Sevastopol, Sevastopol, appointed Archpriest Sergius Khalyut, director of the National Reserve Tauride. He explained his choice by the fact that Chersonesos is a holy place that the pilgrims should attract, and it is better if the priest leads to them.

Is it true that Russian teams in basketball were driven out of European championships Photo: Alexey Filippov / RIA Novosti / Scanpix This week it became known that Russia can fall under sanctions in the most unexpected field: basketball teams risk being beyond the board of international competitions. The removal from the competition is mentioned in a letter that the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) allegedly sent the Russian (RFB).

Preliminary studies of the VSV-EBOV vaccine have shown high efficiency in combating Ebola, caused by the virus of the same name. The first results of the study show one hundred percent effectiveness, according to the World Health Organization. Authorities in Guinea, where studies are being conducted on the effectiveness of the vaccine, have allowed its trials to be extended.

Roscosmos has decided on the composition of the crew that will fly to the ISS on September 2. Instead of singer Sarah Brightman, who refused to fly, Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov will go to the ISS. He will be the second flight engineer. Sergei Volkov was appointed as the crew commander. Dane Andreas Mogensen will be the first flight engineer. At present, the crews are completing the training course for the flight to the ISS.

Police captain Alexei Nikanorov said at a confrontation that he had slandered Andrey Pivovarov, head of the campaign headquarters of the Democratic Coalition in Kostroma. This was stated by politician Ilya Yashin, who heads the electoral list of the "Democratic Coalition" in the Kostroma region.

The post of director of the All-Russian State Library for Foreign Literature (VGBIL) will be taken by Vadim Duda, a source in the Russian Ministry of Culture told TASS. According to him, Duda has already been relieved of his post as rector of the Academy for Retraining Art, Culture and Tourism Workers, which he has held since 2013. “On Saturday [August 1], an order will be signed to appoint him director of the All-Russian State Library for Foreign Literature,” the source said.

Where the convicted official of the Ministry of Defense disappeared Photo: Mikhail Postuev / TASS / Scanpix The former official of the Russian Ministry of Defense Yevgeny Vasiliev, about whom practically nothing was heard since she was sentenced to five years in May 2015, was again in the spotlight. Firstly, she was allegedly noticed at large; Secondly, she suddenly abandoned the appeal against the verdict. The main question to which there is no answer is where Evgenia Vasiliev is located.