In France, a court arrested a 16-year-old resident of the Melun district (45 kilometers southeast of Paris), who was charged with preliminary terrorism for supporting the Islamic State (an organization banned in the Russian Federation as a terrorist organization) and preparing terrorist attacks. According to the prosecutor's office, the girl was the administrator of a chat dedicated to IS in the Telegram messenger, where calls for terrorist attacks were distributed.

Photo: Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Russian Yana Yegoryan won a gold medal in individual saber competitions, defeating 14:15 her colleague in the national team and the favorite of the Sofya Great Tournament, who won silver at the Olympics in London in 2012.

At the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the Russian team won a silver medal in the men's team competition in artistic gymnastics, scoring 271.453 points. The Japanese team took first place with 274,094 points, and the Chinese team took third place with 271,122 points. The Russians were in the lead during the first four rounds, but then lost the championship to the Japanese. The Russian team included Denis Ablyazin, David Belyavsky, Ivan Stretovich, Nikolai Kuksenkov and Nikita Nagorny.

In the city of Berezovsky, the Sverdlovsk region, storage facilities lit up, in one of which pyrotechnics was stored. There is no information about the victims. “Explosions rattle every 15-20 seconds. Fireworks and black smoke are visible for several kilometers, ”Valery Gorelov, Valery Gorelov, quotes the representative of the regional police. According to the Ministry of Emergencies, at 17:32 in Moscow (19:32 local time) it became known about a fire in a warehouse with “personal hygiene items”.

Brazilian police have arrested a 22-year-old boxer from Namibia for harassing a maid in the Olympic village. Presumably, Jonas Junis grabbed her and tried to kiss her. In addition, he is suspected of offering a woman money for sex. The maid herself contacted the police. Jonas Junius competes in the super lightweight division. At the opening of the Olympics, he was one of the flag bearers of his team.

Russian fencer Yana Yegoryan won gold in the individual saber competition, beating the tournament favorite, Russian Sofia Velikaya. The match ended with a score of 14:15. Bronze was won by Ukrainian Olga Kharlan, who defeated French athlete Manon Brunet with a score of 10-15. Sofia Velikaya is a silver medalist at the 2012 London Olympics, a seven-time world champion and an 11-time European champion (in individual and team competitions).

The life of a Russian citizen who was captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan along with the crew of a Pakistani Mi-17 helicopter is not in danger. This was reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. “There are conflicting reports about the fate of the crew.

Why the Deputy Prime Minister should not declare his plane. Explains Alexey Venediktov Photo: Pavel Bednyakov / TASS The Corruption Foundation in July published an investigation from which it followed that Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov has a personal aircraft on which he himself, his wife fly, as well as their dogs of the Korgi breed. FBK demanded that Shuvalov are resigned, as the official did not declare this aircraft.

The Argentine golphist Emillano Griyo lost their clubs on the way to the Olympics. This threatens him with a pass of competition. Photo: Stuart Franklin / Getty images / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Emilyano Griyo Golphist flew from New York to Miami, and from there to San Paulo. Where the clubs were lost is unknown. According to Griho, he called the American Airlines more than twenty times, but the bag was never found.

Lyudmila Esipenko, accused of participating in the pogrom of the exhibition "Sculptures We Don't See" in the Manezh, was released from house arrest on bail. This was reported by her lawyer Oksana Mikhalkina. “The investigator changed my client’s preventive measure from house arrest to a written undertaking not to leave,” she said.

Photo: Mikhail Klimentyev / TASS / Scanpix / Leta President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with Russian participants in the Paralympics in London. Moscow, Kremlin, 2012 On Sunday, August 7, the International Paralympic Committee (MPC) removed the Russian Paralympic Committee from international work. Consequently, the Russian team will not be able to perform at the 2016 Paralympics, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro from September 7 to 18, in full force.

The High Court of London arrested businessman Ilya Reznik, owner of the Carlo Pazolini shoe chain, in absentia for 18 months, following a suit from Alfa Bank. RBC reports this with reference to the court decision. Reznik was found guilty of contempt of court. As Vedomosti previously wrote , a London court may order arrest for violation of its requirements, including the disclosure of data on one’s assets.

Photo in the announcement: Maxim Blinov / Sputnik / Scanpix / Leta Read more about the attitude of Kadyrov and Yevkurov to human rights activists - here .

Russian Vladimir Maslennikov at the Rio Olympics won a bronze medal in air rifle shooting from 10 meters. The first place was taken by Niccolo Campriani from Italy, and the second place was taken by Ukrainian Sergey Kulish. Vladimir Maslennikov is the world champion among juniors, the winner of the European Championship and the champion of Russia. For Niccolo Campriani, this is the second Olympic gold. At London 2012, he won the top honors in 50m three-position shooting.

The General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine summoned the country's President Petro Poroshenko for questioning in the case of crimes against protesters on Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv in January-February 2014. This is reported by "Ukrainian News" with reference to a source in the department.