Maria Butina, accused of illegally lobbying the interests of the Russian Federation in the United States, received financial support from Russian businessman Konstantin Nikolaev. This, according to The Washington Post, Butina said, speaking at a hearing of the US Senate Committee on Intelligence in April. Nikolaev, Butina said, funded the Russian Right to Arms organization, which she founded.

The revision of the terms of punishment after the entry into force of the law, which equated a day in a pre-trial detention center to one and a half days in a colony, will affect about 100 thousand prisoners, Deputy Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service Valery Maksimenko said in an interview with MK. Approximately 14 thousand prisoners, according to preliminary estimates of the Federal Penitentiary Service, will be able to immediately be released, Maksimenko said.

TsNIIMash researcher Viktor Kudryavtsev was taken into custody, Interfax was told in the press service of Roscosmos, which includes the scientific institute. The official representative of Roskosmos, Vladimir Ustimenko, did not specify any other details. According to Kommersant, on July 20, TsNIIMash was searched in connection with a treason case related to the leak of information about Russian hypersonic weapons to the West.

Alexander Stepanov / " 7 × 7 " Entrance to the Yaroslavl correctional colony No. 1, July 21, 2018 On July 20, the New Gazeta published a 10-minute video torture of the prisoner Evgeny Makarov in the Yaroslavl colony No. 1. The video was shot a year ago-June 29, 2017-on the DVR of one of the FSIN employees. On it, colony staff beat a prisoner with a club, removing pants and panties from him, water with water and insult.

The arrested head of the Serpukhov district of the Moscow region, Alexander Shestun, complained about the "barbaric conditions of detention" in the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center. “There is no hot water, no emails, no gym, no cafe, and the store only works once a month,” says the letter Shestun sent to Kogershyn Sagiyeva, member of the Public Monitoring Commission and Dozhd journalist. The head of the Serpukhov district also said that a lawyer could not get to him.

Netflix at the San Diego Comic Con International festival presented the trailer for the animated series "Disenchantment" from the creator of "The Simpsons" and "Futurama" Matt Groening. In the trailer, Princess Bean flees her own wedding, along with the demon Lucy and the elf Elfo, to "choose her own destiny." NetflixDisenchantment | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix The first season of Disillusionment will premiere on Netflix on August 17, 2018.

In Russia, 794 thousand people are in modern slavery , according to the compilers of the annual Global Slavery Index . The Russian Federation thus entered the list of 10 countries in which the largest number of modern slaves live. In the overall ranking of the prevalence of slavery, which takes into account a number of parameters, including the ratio of slaves to free citizens, Russia took 64th place out of 167.

In Togliatti on July 21, it rained heavy, some streets were flooded. Two local residents took advantage of the moment - and staged a swim on an inflatable mattress! 63ru swim along the streets of Togliatti The video was shot at the intersection of Lenin and Leo Tolstoy streets. The participants in the swim were not injured. A few days ago, heavy rain flooded the streets in Krasnodar. Residents of the city drove through the streets in boats, and the children bathed right on the flooded sidewalk.

Maria Butina, who is accused of illegally lobbying the interests of the Russian Federation in the United States, met with Fed Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer and Deputy Treasury Secretary Nathan Sheets in 2015. Both meetings took place during a visit to the United States by Alexander Torshin, a former senator who currently holds the post of deputy chairman of the Central Bank, Reuters reports.

Tvnz On New Zealand television, a large premiere: the comedy series “Paranormal Wellington” has started, in which two cops are expelled from the inhabitants of the pastoral country of demons and cursing with aliens from behind corn fields.

Darya Polyudova and Kirill Kotov were detained in the center of Moscow on Revolution Square while holding single pickets against raising the retirement age and VAT rate. Picket against Raising the Retirement Age and VAT Published by Nikolay Igrokov Sunday, July 22, 2018 The video of the arrest was published by Nikolai Igrokov. According to OVD-Info, the detainees are to be taken to the Kitay-Gorod police department.

Kimimasa Mayama / EPA / Scanpix / Leta in Tokyo announced the names of the talismans of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which will be held in 2020. The blue-white talisman of the Olympics received the name Miyaitov, consisting of two hieroglyphs “Future” and “Eternity”. The white-red symbol of the paralympiad-2020 called Sumateit, which means one of the types of flowering sakura and in tune to English “so mighty” (so mighty).

"Medusa" chose 10 best songs and clips of the week Every week, Medusa employees listen to new songs, watch new clips - and take the best. In this issue: the return of the main rappers of the Caucasus, the old new rave from The Prodigy, the Pussy Riot dance paradise, the female version of James Blake - as well as the new Russian romance performed by Komsomolsk and Toshi Chaikina. Subscribe to updated playlists in Apple Music and Yandex.Musik !

The Russian Defense Ministry recorded two attempts to attack the Khmeimim airbase in Syria using drones - on Saturday evening, July 21, and early Sunday morning. The drones, according to a statement issued by the defense department, were shot down by Russian air defense forces on approach to the base. According to a representative of the air base, in both cases no one was injured during the attack, there was no material damage - the Russian Khmeimim air base is functioning as planned.

London may refuse to pay the EU 39 billion pounds if the parties fail to conclude a trade agreement. This was stated in an interview with The Daily Telegraph by the new Minister for the UK's exit from the European Union, Dominic Raab. Raab said the UK intends to make the conclusion of a new trade agreement with the EU a prerequisite for Brexit payments. “It cannot be that one side fulfills its obligations and the other does not,” Raab said.