Turkey's national intelligence organization warned the General Staff of the impending coup a few hours before it began. This is stated in the statement of the head of the General Staff Hulusi Akar. According to Akar, intelligence reported the plans of the rebels around 16:00 on July 15 (the first reports of a coup in Turkey appeared late in the evening of the same day).

FC Krasnodar decided not to include in the application for the match of the 3rd qualifying round of the Europa League midfielder of the Russian national team Pavel Mamaev, who was transferred to the youth team due to the scandal surrounding the party in Monte Carlo, which he attended with the player " Zenith" by Alexander Kokorin.

Photo: Artem Korotaev / TASS In Moscow, the FSB detained senior employees of the Investigative Committee of Russia. Denis Nikandrov, Deputy Head of the Main Investigation Department (GSU) in the capital, head of the Office of his own security, Mikhail Maksimenko and his subordinate Alexander Lamonov are suspected of abuse of official powers and receiving bribes. There are no other details about the case against employees of the SK officially.

The state-owned Russian company Avtodor is in the midst of negotiating a deal on the construction of high-speed highways in Russia with several companies in Jinan, China, including the Shandong Hi-Speed Group, one of the leading state-owned companies in road construction and operation, says Avtodor's head, Sergey Kelbakh. The companies are discussing various large-scale projects across the country.

The Yekaterinburg diocese has finished gathering all the necessary documents for the canonization of the servants of Russia’s last tsar Nicholas II, who were shot alongside the royal family in the basement of Ipatiev House on the night of July 17, 1918. Among the servants were the family’s doctor Yevgeny Botkin, the cook Ivan Kharitonov, the servant Trupp Aloysius, and the maid Anna Demidova. Of them, only Dr. Botkin was canonized in February 2016.

The Lefortovo Court of Moscow arrested until September 15 the deputy head of the main investigative department of the Investigative Committee for Moscow, Denis Nikandrov, who is suspected of taking a bribe on an especially large scale. The meeting was held behind closed doors.

The American company Algorithmia introduced an online service painting black and white photos. To process the pictures, machine learning algorithms are used: the neural network on test data has learned to “predict” the most suitable color for a particular element of photography. To paint a black and white photo in the Algorithmia service, just insert a link to it in a special field.

In Yerevan, four policemen were injured as a result of clashes with a group of people who were trying to enter the territory of the department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs seized on July 17. It is reported by Interfax. Radio "Azatutyun" reports three victims. The victims were hospitalized. Yerevan Police Chief Ashot Karapetyan stated that no one was detained after the incident.

The European Court of Human Rights ordered the Russian Federation to pay 1,500 euros in compensation for moral damages to Murat Shavaev, who was convicted of involvement in the terrorist attacks in the Moscow metro. This was reported by Mediazona with reference to the human rights organization Legal Initiative.

On July 19, the Moscow Arbitration Court rejected the claim of the low-cost airline Pobeda, which demanded the cancellation of the Rostransnadzor order to change the rules for the carriage of hand luggage in the aircraft cabin. The order concerned situations in which Pobeda obliged passengers to pay for the carriage of personal belongings, which, according to the law, should be transported free of charge.

The Lefortovo Court of Moscow arrested until September 15 the head of the main department for interdepartmental cooperation and own security of the RF IC, Mikhail Maksimenko. The meeting was held behind closed doors, Interfax reports.

The International Olympic Committee has announced that Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko will be denied accreditation for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. This is reported by TASS with reference to the representative of the IOC. Earlier, the Committee issued a statement saying that accreditation would be denied to all officials mentioned in the World Anti-Doping Agency report . Mutko's last name was not directly mentioned, although he is mentioned in the WADA report.

Oleg Navalny, who is imprisoned in a colony in the Oryol region, was transferred to a punishment cell for the fifth time on July 13. It is reported by Mediazona. The reason for the transfer to the ShIZO was that Navalny "sat on the bed during the day," his brother, oppositionist Alexei Navalny, reports , citing a lawyer.

Turkish authorities have revoked the licenses of 21,000 teachers teaching in private schools, according to the Daily Sabah. They are suspected of links with the followers of Fethullah Gulen, whom the Turkish authorities consider the ideologue of the rebellion committed on the night of July 16. In addition, 15.2 thousand employees of the Ministry of Education were suspended from work. Investigations have been launched against them, writes Hurriyet Daily News.

The Moscow subway system says its doors are open to Pokémon Go players. “We are prepared for fans of the game to make active use of the Moscow metro as location points,” a spokesperson told the news agency TASS , adding that the subway expects the stations at Vystavochnaya and Vorobyovy Gory to be especially popular gaming spots.