The federal district court in Washington denied bail to Russian woman Maria Butina, who is accused of conspiracy and conducting activities in the interests of a foreign state without registration. Butina herself at the court session formally refused to admit her guilt. According to American media, Butina tried to organize an unofficial channel of communication between the Republican Party and the Kremlin before the 2016 elections.

The Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee approved the program for the 2022 Winter Olympics, which will be held in Beijing. The program includes seven new disciplines: women's singles bobsleigh, men's and women's freestyle events in the "big air" discipline, mixed relay in short track, as well as mixed team competitions in freestyle, ski jumping and ski jumping. snowboard cross.

Oksana Aleshina / Photobank Lori unfinished business center "Novator" in Khimki, 2010 The United States talked about the "tower" of the GRU in Khimki. Nobody knew about her before On July 13, the American Ministry of Justice published an indictment , which describes in detail how 12 GRU employees named by names allegedly tried to intervene in the American elections in 2016 and hacked the server of the US Democratic Party.

The full glory of Russians on ‘Musical.ly’ is laid bare The Twitter user “slava_daylight” has tweeted his way into the hearts of many Russians by collecting amusing clips shared on the Chinese service “Musical.ly,” where any Joe or Jane Schmo can post roughly edited short videos, paired with popular songs.

Dawn Sturgess, who died as a result of the Novichok poisoning in Amesbury, had lesions on her face and hands, Sky News reports. Investigators believe the woman sprayed the poison on herself, thinking it was perfume. According to the TV channel, Sturgess and her friend Charles Rowley picked up the bottle on the street. Rowley has previously told relatives he remembers giving Dawn what he thought was a small bottle of perfume before the pair were exposed to the nerve agent. Sky News

Singer Lisa Monetochka became the new hero of the Utuub-show “VSSU” . In an interview, she spoke about the pursuers, attitude to feminism and opposition, and also showed how she broke the window in her own apartment. VSSU VSSO and Monetochka - about the glory of the CPSU, feminism in Russia and the best date Here are the six most interesting moments of the interview Monetochka has "a little psycho -backed subscribers" They pursue her and look for her at home where Lisa moves.

On July 18, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin gave an interview to the Moscow 24 TV channel, which was founded in 2011 on his initiative and belongs to the capital's mayor's office. It was a typical conversation about "the formation of a modern urban environment," during which the head of the city talked about how "it is important for a person to live comfortably in this city." Typical, but not so! One of the cameramen filming Sobyanin hung real boiled noodles on his ear.

In St. Petersburg, police officers detained several participants in a rally against pension reform, Dozhd reports. The action was not approved by the authorities, so the participants did not have posters and did not shout slogans. Instead, they held up red cards in protest against the actions of the authorities. In total, about 150 people attended the event. According to OVD -Info, 14 people were detained, two of whom are minors.

July 18. The Washington Regional Committee is not involved in pension reform News The Ministry of Justice suspended the registration of the new batch of Navalny (we expected that this would happen again). Trump personally ordered Trump personally to charge the GRU to the Summit with Putin (but this is unexpected!). The Channel One Employee quit due to the publication of the caricature on Nicholas II on Facebook (and right him).

AP / Scanpix / Leta Russian woman Maria Butina, arrested on charges of illegal lobbying of Russia's interests, was connected in the United States with employees of the Russian special services. According to The New York Times, this is stated in the petition of the US Department of Justice about the maintenance of Butina under custody without collateral. The document says that in the notebook, Butina had an email address registered on a domain related to the FSB.

Krasnoyarsk artist painted blockbusters posters with heroes of Soviet animated series Krasnoyarsk artist Bogdan Timchenko posted in his group in VKontakte a series of illustrations, the heroes of which were the characters of Soviet animated series.

The Public Chamber of Crimea will create a list of Russian and Ukrainian politicians, artists and journalists who do not publicly recognize the Russian status of Crimea. The "Crimean dossier" will include, among others, Boris Akunin, Aleksandr Sokurov, Mikhail Efremov, Liya Akhedzhakova, Andrey Makarevich and Ksenia Sobchak. In addition to them, the list is planned to include several former Crimean officials and deputies of the Verkhovna Rada.

The second teaser of the Iron Heaven 2 came out - the satirical comedy of the director Timo Voorensols about the Nazis flew to the moon. The video shows Hitler-Sotiloid and curtain (convincing!) Evidence that the Earth is not a ball, but a sphere, hollow inside. Iron Sky "Iron Sky 2". Trailer The action of the "Iron Heaven 2" occurs 20 years after the events of the first part. The earth became unsuitable for life and people had to go to the moon captured by the Nazis.

Before the voting in the State Duma, according to the draft pension reform, the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Russia Maxim Topilin met with members of the specialized parliamentary committee. The Communist Party deputy Nikolai Kolomeytsev told him that he had recently been in the cemetery and saw the graves of men aged 25 to 50 years. Kolomeytsev said that they were substituted, and he himself substitutes the president of the country.

GERALD EICHSTYD, Seán Doran / Msss / Swri / JPL-CALTECH / NSAS The International Astronomical Union, uniting the astronomical communities of the whole world, announced on July 17 that scientists managed to discover 12 new satellites of Jupiter - now their total number is 79. The publication Wired spoke with astronomer Scott Sheppard, who led the study, and told why one new satellite of Jupiter differs from all the previous ones.