Interview with Sergey Udaltsov - about the first days at large and events that occurred while he was sitting Evgeny Feldman for Medusa Sergey Udaltsov, August 10, 2017 On August 8, the coordinator of the “Left Front” Sergey Udaltsov, one of the main Russian left-wing activists and the most noticeable participants in the protest of 2011-2012 (and before that, hundreds of other street actions for them, have tens of dozens).

Explains the economist Sergey Zhuravlev Xinhua / Sipa USA / Scanpix / Leta On August 11, Rosstat published data on the state of the economy in the second quarter of 2017. It turned out that the Russian GDP grew from April to July by 2.5% of the year (in the first quarter, growth was only 0.5%). This is the highest indicator from the end of 2013.

11th August. Cuba, Korea, the Internet - dangers everywhere Good evening! The busiest week of summer is over. Guess how? Again, almost nothing happened! List of the day The FSB needs your phone number and a list of the languages ​​you speak. As well as clothes and a motorcycle!

Russia’s Communications Ministry has published a draft order outlining the technical equipment “information distribution organizers” will be required to operate by July 2018, and the kinds of user data these “organizers” will have to share with the Federal Security Service. The mandatory requirements would apply to Russia’s growing list of instant messengers and social networks, which so far includes Vkontakte, Odnoklassniki, Yandex, Rambler, Mail.ru, and recently Telegram and Snapchat.

In the Pskov region, on August 11, a paratrooper who served in the army under a contract died during an exercise. The Ministry of Defense said that this happened "due to a violation of security requirements." The soldier died as a result of a gunshot wound. According to the website Gorod60, the deceased came under fire from a tank machine gun.

The ship of the German organization Sea-Eye, which is engaged in rescuing refugees in the Mediterranean, went to the aid of the Sea Star ship, which is carrying activists of the ultra-right movement Generation Identity, who call their goal "to protect Europe" from refugees. According to Sea-Eye executives, Sea-Star needed help due to an engine failure; their ship, as being closest to the Sea Star, was sent to the aid of the Italian Coast Guard.

The first channel filmed the release of the program “Let them talk” with the presenter Dmitry Borisov. It is dedicated to Andrei Malakhov. The issue is called "Hi, Andrey." As the source of Dozhd said, this program will be shown if Malakhov nevertheless decides to leave the TV channel. RBC reports that the release about Andrey Malakhov is broadcast, not a pilot.

Nicholas Kamm / AFP / Scanpix / Leta What did Trump say? US President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter on the morning of August 11 that military decisions of the conflict have already been prepared in the event of "stupid actions of North Korea", and they are "aimed and charged." Trump expressed the hope that the North Korean leader Kim Jong -un would “choose another way”.

In Moscow, the INION building will be restored (and that's good!) Naum Granovsky / TASS Moscow, Kalinin Avenue. June 1, 1968 In the summer of 2017, it became known that the INION RAS library building, which suffered greatly during a fire in January 2015, will be restored with the preservation of the original facade and shape.

Dogan News Agency / AFP / Scanpix / Leta In Turkey, Russian citizen Renat Bakiev was detained. It is detained for about two weeks. The detention of Bakiev , who is called a supporter of the “Islamic state”, became known on August 10 from the messages of the Turkish press. On the same day, he appeared in court. Russian diplomats requested information about the detention of a Russian, but have not yet received a response from Turkish colleagues.

The American corporation Snap said that Roskomnadzor added the Snapchat messenger to the register of information dissemination organizers without their knowledge. Snap explained that the Russian agency asked them for "very basic contact information," but did not explain for what purpose.

On August 11, the newspaper Kanobu reported that the representatives of the banker Oleg Tinkov demanded that the site delete the material with the analysis of the video about himself. The video was released by NEMAGIA video bloggers, it has already gained almost 1.8 million views. After the video, other bloggers who worked with Tinkoff Bank took up arms for Tinkov-and refused to cooperate. "Medusa" tells what is happening at all. The video about Tinkov, the Nemagia studio released on August 8.

The North Caucasus District Military Court sentenced 19-year-old Ukrainian Artur Panov and 34-year-old Russian Maxim Smyshlyaev, who were accused of plotting a terrorist attack in Rostov-on-Don. It is reported by Mediazona. Panov was sentenced to eight years in prison, Smyshlyaev, who was accused of aiding terrorism, to 10 years. Artur Panov, a resident of the Lugansk region, was detained in Rostov-on-Don in December 2015, when he was 17 years old. As .

A city councilwoman from Moscow’s Khamovniki district was attacked on Thursday evening, according to the liberal political party Yabloko. Alexandra Parushina was reportedly beat up when she confronted staff from the Teplo Tsentr Stroi construction company for illegally installing new underground power lines. It’s unclear if it was the workers themselves who attacked her. Parushina was hospitalized briefly with a mild concussion and later discharged.

In Alexandria, Egypt, there was a head-on collision between two trains. According to the Egyptian Ministry of Health, 36 people died and more than a hundred were injured. Earlier it was reported about the death of 25 people. One train followed from Cairo, the other from Port Said. There is no official information about the causes of the collision. According to Reuters sources, the accident could have occurred due to an error in the translation of the arrows.