The buildings where Larry and Palmerston work are not far from each other, so it was not difficult for the animals to stumble upon each other and start to sort things out. Larry's career as Chief Mouser began in 2011. The family of David Cameron, the former Prime Minister of Great Britain, adopted a cat from the Battersea shelter. In 2012, Cameron wanted to stop Larry's services, as he did not work well - he caught only one mouse. The cat was to be replaced by Freya the cat.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation reported that opponents of the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad prepared a video about the use of "prohibited ammunition loaded with chemicals" by Russian and Syrian aircraft. “According to our information, the “film crew”, in the best traditions of Hollywood, captured the “air raids”, as a result of which children are killed.

Photo: Valery Hache / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Police and rescuers from a truck who crashed into a crowd of celebrating Bastille Day in Nice July 14

‘Meduza’ takes a hard look at FindFace and the looming prospect of total surveillance Photo: Alexander Utkin / Meduza The FindFace mobile app, which makes it possible to find a random person's social-media page on Vkontakte after taking a photo of them in the street, has made news headlines for its use in experimental art projects and bullying women who appear in pornography.

Roskomnadzor has included the sites of Qiwi and Skrill payment services in the register of banned sites due to links to online casinos and accepting payments for gambling. The representative of the department Vadim Ampelonsky told RBC about this. “Internet casino activity is prohibited by law. Resources have three days to remove illegal information,” he said.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin signed a law allowing the City Day celebration to be postponed. Earlier, the city authorities said that the holiday could be postponed due to the coincidence with the Day of Solidarity in the Fight against Terrorism, which is celebrated on September 3, the anniversary of the terrorist attack in Beslan. According to the document, City Day can be celebrated on the first or second Saturday of September.

The founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, Alexei Navalny, a suspect in a libel case, refused to testify in a confrontation with the editor-in-chief of the Ekho Moskvy website Vitaly Ruvinsky. Ruvinsky reported this on the radio station. Navalny’s lawyer Vadim Kobzev explained to Interfax that he considers the confrontation illegal. “Alexey Navalny has not yet given any testimony on the merits of the case and, thus, they cannot contradict anyone’s testimony,” he said.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation published a video of air strikes inflicted by distant Tu-22M3 bombers at the Islamic State (the organization is prohibited in the Russian Federation as terrorist) in Syria. The video appeared on the official account of the YouTube department. The Russian Ministry of Defense is a blow of the Tu-22M3 bombers on the newly identified ISIS objects in the District of the East.

Graduates of the FSB Academy who participated in the rally in Gelendvagens in Moscow will be assigned to serve in the Urals, Forbes reports, citing a source close to the department. Those who refuse such distribution will be fired. Another Forbes interlocutor, close to the FSB Academy, denied the existence of such a practice of punishment.

The Real Madrid TV club channel was convicted by the Catalan TV3 Channel in editing photography by Cristiano Ronaldo - in Photoshop, the Portuguese football player was smeared with a press and navel. The host of Real Madrid TV Phil Kitromilides spoke about the photograph of the football player. Zidane rueeda de Prensa 90 minuti #21 el Media Punta 07.13.2016 | Real Madrid Televisión

The Court of Appeal of Rome refused to extradite to Portugal the Russian Sergei Pozdnyakov, who was detained in May on suspicion of espionage. This was reported by the Italian agency askanews. The judges deliberated about making this decision for about three hours, askanews writes. According to the agency, now Pozdnyakov will be able to go free. this Earlier, RIA Novosti reported , citing a source familiar with the situation.

The independent radio station Echo of Moscow has complied with orders from the Federal Security Service to hand over a list of all employees “responsible for administering and moderating the [station's] website,” according to Alexey Venediktov, Echo 's chief editor. Federal agents recently seized correspondence between Echo 's editorial staff and the publicist Andrei Piontkovsky. The station's online chief editor, Vitaly Ruvinsky, has been called in for questioning, as well.

The Alexei Navalny Anti-Corruption Foundation has published an investigation about Igor Shuvalov's private jet. FBK employees found out that Olga, the official's wife, takes her corgi dogs to exhibitions on this plane. The investigation published photos of dogs lying in the seat of a business jet. It was Corgis who became the main subject for jokes on social networks on July 14, even pushing Pokemon and a hurricane in Moscow.

The euro fell below 70 rubles in trading on the Moscow Exchange. This is the lowest value since December 2015. The dollar fell below 63 rubles. The European and American currencies fell by almost a ruble in a day. The euro and dollar are declining against the ruble amid rising oil prices. At auction in London on July 14, a barrel of Brent oil costs more than $47. During the day, it has risen in price by about one and a half percent.

Ekho Moskvy provided the FSB with a list of all employees "responsible for the administration and moderation of the website." The editor-in-chief of the radio station Alexei Venediktov told RIA Novosti about this. “This request came to the name of the general director from the investigator who is conducting the so-called Piontkovsky case,” he said.