Update from 01:45 on August 6 : Rocketbank and Otkritie Bank announced that the violations in their work have been eliminated. On the Facebook page of Otkritie , it is claimed that the workers carrying out repairs on Smolenskaya Square immediately damaged two cables that led to the main data center of the bank; The bank is considering going to court in this regard.

The Constituent Assembly of Venezuela on the first day of work decided to dismiss the country's Attorney General, Luis Ortega Diaz, who the day before asked the court to suspend the work of the body due to violations during the elections. During the voting, members of the assembly shouted “traitor!” at the Attorney General, reports the Associated Press.

Swiss authorities dropped a 2015 money laundering case against former agriculture minister Elena Skrynnik and unblocked her bank accounts. The Swiss prosecutor's office said that the decision was due to the fact that there was not enough evidence to confirm the facts of money laundering. The Swiss edition of RSI writes that the prosecutor's office could have in mind the lack of cooperation in the investigation of the Russian authorities.

In Irkutsk, the police detained five volunteers from the headquarters of Alexei Navalny, who were distributing campaign leaflets. For two of them, protocols were drawn up under Article 5.10 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (“conducting an election campaign outside the campaign period”; Meduza explained why the police interpret the law incorrectly). In addition, a campaign cube was confiscated from the activists.

The editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, Dmitry Muratov, said that journalist Ali Feruz (Khudoberdi Nurmatov) had heart pains after being beaten by guards. He wrote about this after visiting Feruz in the temporary detention center for foreigners, where he is after the decision of the Basmanny Court to deport him. “As a result of these beatings, Feruz is experiencing severe heart pain, he has high blood pressure, and he cannot eat normally for three days,” Muratov said.

The Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation stated that it was waiting for clarification from the European Union in connection with the inclusion in the sanctions list of two employees, Deputy Minister Andrei Cherezov and head of the department Yevgeny Grabchak. The ministry said the decision was "bewildering" and was made "only for political reasons" and without legal grounds.

Moldovan President Igor Dodon asked Russia to "refrain from measures and sanctions" in response to the announcement of Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin persona non grata in the republic. He wrote about this on Facebook after meeting with Rogozin in Tehran. “It is not the ministers and deputies of the ruling group that will suffer from possible trade and migration sanctions, but ordinary Moldovan citizens who are not to blame for anything,” Dodon wrote.

What is known about the fate of the miners and the rescue operation in the diamond mine Mikhail Postuev / TASS / Scanpix / Leta On August 4, a breakthrough of water occurred in the city of Mirny in the city of Mirnaya in the city of Mirny in Yakutia. At this moment there were about 150 people on the shift; Most managed to evacuate, but the whereabouts of another eight people are still unknown.

In Moscow, on the morning of August 4, businessman Andrey Chernov, the general director of the oceanarium located in the Crocus City shopping center, was killed.

In early August, President Vladimir Putin spent several days in the Republic of Tuva. There, the head of state was resting : he visited the taiga, went fishing and engaged in upwater hunting. Alexey Nikolsky / Sputnik / Scanpix / Leta He caught a pike under water-according to the press secretary of President Dmitry Peskov, Putin was chasing fish for two hours, but in the end he nevertheless shot it.

Chevapchichi and four more Serbian cuisine dishes with charming names (and one sauce!) Serbian cuisine, perhaps the main gastronomic insanity of the season is not least because of Chevapchichi. Ground -fried sausages due to their name and commercial about grandfather with grandchildren became a meme ; It's time to recognize them better. In addition, the weather finally has picnics and country feasts in the garden.

The Lokomotiv football stadium, where the Moscow club of the same name plays home matches, is now called the RZD Arena. This was announced by the president of FC Lokomotiv Ilya Gerkus. As follows from the message, the renaming is timed to the Day of the Railwayman, which is celebrated on the first Sunday of August (in 2017 - the 6th). It was decided to rename the Lokomotiv Small Sports Arena to the Sapsan Arena.

The clip for the song by Luis Fonci and Daddy Yankees “Despacito” has become the most popular video on the YouTube service. At the time of publication of this text, the video has three billion and ten million views. Luissfonsivevo luis fonsi - Despacito FT.

On August 6, the Netherlands will end in the 12th Rice of the European Football Championship among women, in which the Russian team also took part. To women's football is a traditionally more skeptical attitude than to male-it is considered less spectacular and fascinating (not to mention the fact that athletes in the world are still more often evaluated by appearance, not achievements).

Vladimir Klitschko completed a boxing career Gerry Penny / EPA / Scanpix / Leta The Ukrainian boxer-Stylaves Vladimir Klitschko announced the departure from sports. Three months ago, he was knocked out by British Anthony Joshua, who is 14 years younger than Vladimir. Under the contract, Klitschko had the right to revenge, and last week sports sites reported that a second battle could take place in November in Las Vegas.