The Moscow police considered the distribution of campaign materials in support of Alexei Navalny in different areas of Moscow to be a “hidden form of collective event.” This follows from a fragment of an administrative protocol drawn up for one of the detained activists, which was published by the deputy head of Navalny’s Moscow headquarters, Vitaly Serukanov.

An anonymous website is identifying Russians who attended Alexey Navalny's June 12 anti-corruption protests Demonstrators at unsanctioned rallies in Russia risk detention by the police, and nobody knows that better these days than Alexey Navalny’s supporters. These people used to have reason to exhale and count their lucky stars, if they made it home from a protest without landing in the back of a police van.

Police of the American city Palm-Beach Gardens said that at the moment she does not consider tennis player Vinus Williams guilty of an accident, as a result of which a 78-year-old man died. It is reported by Associated Press. The police reported that the video from the surveillance camera confirms that Williams went to the intersection to the green light.

Alexander Ryumin / TASS / Scanpix / Leta From July 7 to 9, in the village of Zavidovo, Tver Region, the largest music festival of Russia - “Invasion”. This year, fans of Russian rock with the weather were especially unlucky: the air temperature does not rise above 12 degrees, besides it is constantly raining. Due to the rainfall, the festival sites were blurred-the territory of the "invasion" turned into one large mess. But it seems that this does not bother visitors.

In the Primorsky Aquarium, on July 8, the common dolphin Ami died, according to the instagram of the complex. The report says that Ami, along with other dolphins, was poisoned in October 2016; then she "managed to resuscitate", but she never fully recovered. “Who did this and why ( poisoned the dolphins. - Approx. Meduza )? The answer to this question will be given by the investigation. It is not over yet,” the aquarium wrote.

Maxim Zmeyev / AFP / Scanpix / Leta On July 8, in many cities of Russia, the Big Subbotnik was held - the action of supporters of the opposition politician Alexei Navalny, during its implementation they distributed campaign materials. At least 82 people were detained on stocks, most of all - 51 people in Moscow. Many were taken to the police simply because they walked or stood with balloons with the inscription “Navalny 2018”. The Big Subbotnik took place throughout Russia.

On July 8, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a press conference in Hamburg following the results of the G20 summit. In addition to questions about the progress of negotiations with other world leaders, primarily with US President Donald Trump , he was asked questions about domestic politics. In particular, a foreign journalist asked Putin how he relates to the opposition Alexei Navalny and why he never mentions his name.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, at a press conference following the G20 summit, said that "[U.S. President Donald] TV Trump is very different from a real person." The press conference is broadcast by RT. “He is specific, absolutely, absolutely adequately perceives the interlocutor, quickly analyzes enough, answers the questions posed or about some new elements that arise during the discussion,” he said.

The reason for the postponement of the premiere of the ballet "Nureyev" by Kirill Serebrennikov at the Bolshoi Theater was the poor readiness of the performance. This follows from the video, in which the director of the Bolshoi, Vladimir Urin, explains this decision to the theater staff. The video was posted on YouTube on July 8. “We understand that today, in the form in which the performance is, it is impossible to show it on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater,” says Urin.

In the Italian region of Apulia, 38-year-old native of Chechnya Eli Bombataliyev was detained, who is suspected of recruiting suicide bombers and of involvement in the attack on the Press House in Grozny in December 2014. According to the Italian police, Bombataliev was a member of a group of militants associated with terrorists from the Caucasus Emirate who attacked the Press House. In 2014 and 2015, he fought in Syria on the side of the terrorist Islamic State.

The return of "Game of Thrones", other "friends", a glossy Shakespeare and a little blood Aidan Monaghan / TNT "Will" American television stubbornly refuses to go on vacation. Throughout July, interesting TV shows will be published on it: about the cocaine boom in the California of the 1980s, vampires in Texas, Shakespeare's youth, forty-year-old friendship and much more. Medusa chose 12 new shows, which should spend time even in the midst of summer.

In Moscow, on July 8, 51 volunteers from the Moscow headquarters of Alexei Navalny were detained, who participated in the distribution of campaign materials. Head of Staff Nikolai Lyaskin told Meduza about this. After 19:00, the Moscow police reported that "about 70 people were detained for committing offenses related to violating the procedure for holding public events," Interfax reports . The news was updated at 17:27 Moscow time. Initially, it reported the arrest of 31 people.

The Bolshoi Theater announced the postponement of the premiere of the ballet Nureyev directed by Kirill Serebrennikov from July 11. Why the premiere is postponed and when the ballet will be shown is not reported. A press conference on the rescheduling of the ballet will be held on July 10. Instead of "Nureyev" on July 11-14, the ballet "Don Quixote" will be shown on the historical stage of the theater, according to the theater's website.

US President Donald Trump said on July 8 that his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit was "colossal". This is Trump's first and so far only comment on his first meeting with the President of the Russian Federation. Earlier, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who was present at the meeting , told reporters that there was "positive chemistry" between Putin and Trump, and neither wanted to end the talks, which ended up lasting more than two hours.

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