4 journalists explain how Russian television transformed into a ‘propaganda machine’ Photo: Mikhail Mettsel / TASS / Scanpix The website Colta.ru has published a new series detailing the emergence and transformation of Russia’s modern-day TV propaganda machine.

Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov recommended that the People's Freedom Party, which was not allowed to participate in the regional elections, not to “push their bureaucratic miscalculations” onto the Kremlin. “There are rules; not only Parnassus, but also other parties have problems in their observance. The identification of the CEC with the Kremlin was wrong, and remains wrong,” the spokesman added.

Islamists attacked a hotel in the city of Sevare in Mali and took hostages, including a citizen of Ukraine. This information was confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. on the air of the 112 Ukraine TV channel The representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maryana Betsa, said that three South African citizens and one Frenchman were also taken hostage. According to various sources, from one to seven people were killed in the attack on the hotel.

The founder of Russian Radio, Sergei Arkhipov, who will soon head the Russian Media Group, invited Mikhail Kozyrev to head Radio Maximum. Arkhipov wrote about this on his Facebook. “We all don’t like him,” the manager clarified ( author’s spelling — approx. Meduza ). Met with Fedun. Agreed. Invited Misha Kozyrev to lead the Maximum. Promised to call back. For the first time in my life I ask for a repost. Schaub did not forget. We all need it.

The Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) has published a new survey measuring the country’s attitudes about various political and religious symbols. According to the group’s findings, Soviet iconography remains relatively popular in Russia today, with the Hammer and Sickle and the Five-Pointed Red Star enjoying 73 percent and 66 percent approval ratings, respectively.

The Leninsky District Court of Grozny overturned the decision of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, which refused to open a case on the murder of Dzhambulat Dadaev, a resident of Chechnya, by Stavropol policemen. Zaurbek Sadakhanov, the lawyer of the mother of the murdered man, reported this.

18-year-old Briton studied in North Korea for four months and was surprised Photo: Comradeanatolii / Flickr 18-year-old Briton Alessandro Ford spent four months at the University of North Korea, where he lived in a hostel with Koreans. Returning, he spoke about some features of life in the most closed country in the world and communicating with peers. An interview with the future student of the University of Bristol went to The Guardian and BBC .

Reports from the first two days of Russia’s food-destruction campaign Photo: Viktor Tolochko / RIA Novosti / Scanpix Vladimir Putin has ordered any banned food imports discovered on Russian territory to be destroyed on sight. His executive decree, however, is short on details on how exactly officials are meant to carry out this massive undertaking.

Continuation: Peskov recommended "Parnassus" not to push their miscalculations on the Kremlin The CEC confirmed the decision of the Novosibirsk Regional Electoral Commission, which refused to let the "Democratic Coalition" in the elections, rejecting some of the signatures collected in support of the opposition. CEC Chairman Vladimir Churov acknowledged at the meeting that the Novosibirsk Electoral Committee made "mistakes and typos", but this fact did not affect the final decision.

Interview of the writer Lyudmila Ulitskaya Photo: Grigory Sysoev / TASS / Scanpix Lyudmila Ulitskaya Prochrevsky activists consider the fifth column: she speaks out against the authorities, stoods behind Mikhail Khodorkovsky, condemns many processes in the country. All this does not prevent Ulitskaya from remaining a successful writer, whose books are sold in huge print runs.

Economist Yevgeny Yasin will become a member of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for the development of civil society and human rights (HRC). Yasin's candidacy, said the head of the Human Rights Council, Mikhail Fedotov, was approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Eccentric billionaire "stole" the debate Photo: Brian Snyder / Reuters / Scanpix On August 6, the American conservative television channel Fox News held the first debates of ten main candidates of the US president from the Republican Party. The main star of the debate, as expected, was billionaire Donald Trump, who is fighting with political correctness, migrants, American leadership and even his own party.

The Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation Vitaly Mutko said that Leonid Slutsky would not receive a salary for his work as the head coach of the Russian national football team. According to Mutko, Slutsky will only receive a bonus if the team reaches the finals of the 2016 European Football Championship. “We won’t even have a salary, but a certain bonus for solving problems,” Mutko told reporters.

Probusinessbank has been disconnected from the banking electronic urgent payments (BESP) system of the Bank of Russia, a source in one of the bank’s counterparty companies told Interfax. Probusinessbank has not yet commented on reports of disconnection from BESP. The Central Bank, in turn, does not give any comments about the situation in operating banks.

The long -term host of The Daily Show, John Stuart, spent its last broadcast. He said goodbye to the audience and thanked everyone who helped him to make a program. “The show does not end. This is only a pause in a conversation, ”said Stuart. At the end of the show, its host spoke with a monologue about nonsense. “Brad is everywhere. In life, we hardly face something that is not nonsense, ”Stewart is sure.