Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree appointing the director of the Russian Guard as commander of the Joint Group of Forces for conducting counter-terrorist operations in the North Caucasus. The commander exercises unified control over all formations included in the group, including those drawn from the Armed Forces, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the FSB, the FSO and other bodies, the document says.

The Center for Combating Extremism of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Chechnya (Center "E") began an investigation in connection with the statements of one of the women in the video of the conflict between police officers and a Chechen family in Voronezh. This was reported by Kavkaz.Realii with reference to the press service of the Chechen police.

Several Russian scientists have sent an appeal to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation against the first decision in Russia to award a degree in theology. We are talking about the defense of the dissertation by Archpriest Pavel Khondzinsky at the St. Cyril and Methodius General Church Postgraduate and Doctoral School on June 1, 2017.

Russian President Vladimir Putin pardoned on July 29 two women convicted for state treason - Annik Kesyaan and Marina Dzhanzhgava. The presidential decrees dated July 28 were published on the official Internet portal of legal information.

What podcasts does Meduza listen to? What else are podcasts? Podcasts, conversational shows that are convenient to listen to on the phone, have been around for a long time, but an incredible surge of interest in them happened in 2014 after the release of Serial , an audio-recorded documentary investigation of the murder. This is probably the most popular podcast in the world. It has been downloaded over 100 million times.

The scientist, public figure and diplomat Yuri Ryzhov died. He was 86 years old. The death of Ryzhova was reported by the Moscow Helsinki group. Ilya Talev / TASS Farewell to Yuri Ryzhov will take place in the Sakharov Center. We will inform you about the time and date later. Moscow Helsinki Group. Since the 1980s, Yuri Ryzhov has been a member of the Academy of Sciences.

What is a large terror? What were repressions for? Stalin personally gave orders for executions? Kirill Chaplinsky / TASS Russia. Tver region. Copper. February 29. Memorial complex "Copper". 30 июля 1937 года был подписан секретный приказ НКВД № 00447.

Russian President Vladimir Putin pardoned Marina Dzhandzhgava and Annick Kesyan , convicted of treason. The relevant decrees are published on the official Internet portal of legal information. They will enter into force ten days after publication. Marina Dzhandzhgava and Annick Kesyan were convicted of treason for text messages about Russian military equipment they saw on a railway in Sochi shortly before the conflict in South Ossetia.

The Gudermes City Court sentenced three defendants in the case of an attempt on the life of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, to 6.5 years, Rosbalt reports, citing a source. The verdict was handed down on July 28, writes Rosbalt. There is no information on the verdict for that day on the court website.

Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Tesla Model 3 On July 28, Ilon Musk arranged at the Tesla factory in Fremont (California) a presentation of serial models of Tesla Model 3 electric vehicles. The company produced the first 50 cars, and in the next one and a half years he was going to release another half a million. In honor of the presentation, Tesla made it possible for reporters to ride Model 3.

The European Commission sent Poland a formal letter about the violation of European law due to the ongoing judicial reform in the country. In the letter, the European Commission indicates that the reform threatens the independence of Polish judges, as it gives the Ministry of Justice the right to appoint and dismiss court presidents and to renew (or not renew) the powers of judges who have reached retirement age.

In Buryatia, during a mass brawl, 20-year-old wrestler Yuri Vlasko, a two-time European champion in freestyle wrestling among juniors, was killed. This was announced by a representative of the regional department of the UK. “The circle of suspects has been determined, the investigation is complicated by the fact that it was a mass brawl,” he told Interfax. The body of a wrestler with stab wounds was found at night on the shore of Lake Baikal near the village of Goryachinsk.

In the Moscow region on the morning of July 29, 16 people were detained in a tent camp of the unregistered Revolutionary Workers' Party (RRP). This was reported to OVD-Info by activist Alexander Zimbovsky. According to him, about 50 OMON officers took part in the detention. The detainees were taken to the Kotelniki police station and after some time they were all released , except for one minor. According to Zimbovsky, she was threatened with hospitalization in a psychiatric hospital.

Fragment from the book by Nina Yeltsina "Personal Life" Vladimir Rodionov, Sergey Velichkin / TASS The Sinbad publishing house with the participation of the Presidential Center Boris Yeltsin published a book of memoirs of the wife of the first president of Russia Nina Yeltsina - Personal Life.

The Federation Council Committee on Science, Education and Culture will ask the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation and the FSB to check the publishing activities of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). It is reported by RBC with reference to a member of the committee, Senator Viktor Kondrashin.