Foil fencer Timur Safin won a bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. It became the fourth award won by the Russians in a day. Earlier on August 7, Russian athletes won a silver medal in archery in the women's team event, a bronze medal in women's judo and silver in air pistol shooting. Judoka Beslan Mudranov won the only gold award in the Russian national team so far. On August 6, he became the Olympic champion in the weight category up to 60 kilograms.

The Russian women's team won a silver medal in archery at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. In the final, the Russians lost to the South Korean team. On August 7, at the Rio Olympics, Russian athletes won three medals - silver in archery, bronze in women's judo and silver in air pistol shooting. The first gold medal of Russia was brought by judoka Beslan Mudranov. On August 6, he won the weight category up to 60 kilograms.

Russian judoka Natalya Kuzyutina won the bronze medal of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. In the fight for third place, she was stronger than the Chinese Ma Yinan in the weight category up to 52 kilograms. Russian athletes won three medals at the 2016 Olympics - gold, silver and bronze. Rio gold was won by judoka Beslan Mudranov, who won in the weight category up to 60 kilograms. In the medal standings, the Russian team shares fifth place with the South Korean team.

In Istanbul, more than a million people came to a rally of supporters of the current government. It is reported by Reuters. The action takes place on Yenikapı Square and is called "Rally of Democracy and Martyrs". The organizers are the ruling Justice and Development Party, as well as the opposition Republican People's Party and the Nationalist Movement Party. The fourth party represented in parliament, the leftist Peoples' Democratic Party, was not invited to the rally, notes .

A Boeing 737 of Uzbekistan Airways made an emergency landing at St. Petersburg Pulkovo Airport with a failed engine. There were about 180 people on board, none of them were injured. The plane was supposed to fly from Pulkovo to Fergana, Uzbekistan. During takeoff, one of the engines failed, and the pilot decided to return to St. Petersburg airport. According to Rosbalt, before landing, the Boeing made nine circles to burn off fuel. The Investigative Committee began checking the incident.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has decided to suspend the Russian team from the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro due to doping scandals. The decision was made after studying the report of an independent commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), prepared under the leadership of Richard McLaren. “The anti-doping system in the Russian Federation is broken, corrupted and completely compromised.

Russian Vitalina Batsarashkina won the silver medal in 10m air pistol shooting. Batsarashkina scored 197.1 points. The first place was taken by the Chinese Mengxue Zhang with 199.4 points. Anna Koraki of Greece placed third with a score of 177.7. Another representative of Russia, Ekaterina Korshunova, took eighth place in the final standings. This is Russia's second medal at the 2016 Olympics. The first - gold - was won by judoka Beslan Mudranov.

In the crash of a Mi-2 helicopter in the Krasnodar Territory on August 7, two people died. This was stated by the official representative of the Southern Investigation Department for Transport of the RF IC Sergey Boyko. “One of them is a pilot, information on the second deceased — whether he was a member of the crew or a passenger — is being specified,” Boyko said. There is no information about the possible causes of the crash.

The "Islamic State" (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) claimed responsibility for the attack with a machete on policemen in Charleroi, committed on August 6 by a native of Algeria. It is reported by AFP with reference to the Amaq news agency associated with the Islamists. On August 7, the prosecutor's office reported that the attacker was from Algeria, he was 33 years old. His name is not called.

A Mi-2 helicopter crashed in the Belorechensky district of the Krasnodar Territory. The pilot, according to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, died. “The accident occurred around 15:25 Moscow time near the village of Shkolnoye,” Interfax quoted a representative of the department as saying. There is no information about the reasons for the crash.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, in a televised speech, named more than 150 government officials linked, he said, to the drug trade. The list includes judges, deputies, city mayors, police and military. As noted by the Associated Press, in some cases the president did not give the full names of people, in others - what position they hold. According to the agency, Duterte announced the removal of the named police and military from their posts.

Rock collapsed at the Yubileinaya mine in Novokuznetsk. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, 172 people were evacuated. There is no connection with the two workers, they are wanted by rescuers, Interfax reports. The cause of the incident is unknown. Now the evacuation continues at the mine, 12 mountain rescuers descended into the ground. The rescue operation involves 31 people and seven pieces of equipment, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said.

Iranian authorities have confirmed that nuclear physicist Shahram Amiri, who was imprisoned for treason, has been executed. According to Iranian Prosecutor General Gholamhossein Mohseni Ezhei, Amiri "provided the enemy with vital information for the country." Earlier, his relatives told the BBC about the execution of the scientist. In 2009, Iranian nuclear physicist Shahram Amiri went missing while on a pilgrimage to Mecca.

In the western German city of Saarbrücken, an armed man barricaded himself in a restaurant. There is no information about hostage taking. According to police, he ordered all the people inside to leave the establishment. Blood stains are reportedly visible on his clothing. The police are trying to establish contact with the man. The area around the building has been cordoned off. According to unconfirmed reports, the man is the brother-in-law of the owner of the restaurant.

In Crimea, on the morning of August 7, traffic was suspended on the border with Ukraine. According to the Border Service of Ukraine, at about 7 am the checkpoints "Kalanchak", "Chaplinka" and "Chongar" were closed at the initiative of the Russian authorities. Later, traffic through the Chongar checkpoint was restored, said the department . This information was confirmed to the publication "Crimea. Realii" in the Crimean customs. The reasons for the closure of the checkpoint are unknown.