The owner of the Russian Forbes, Alexander Fedotov, filed two lawsuits against the former editor-in-chief of the publication, Nikolai Uskov, Dmitry Ozman, director of public relations for Fedotov's ACMG, said. lawsuit was registered in the court file at the time of writing Only one . Uskov was fired in June 2018, the official version was absenteeism. He himself stated that the reason for the dismissal was a conflict with Fedotov and filed a lawsuit in court for reinstatement.

Anton Angel, a 33-year-old resident of the city of Zarinsk, Altai Territory, reported on his VKontakte page that a criminal case had been opened against him for extremism because of the reposts of posts on a social network. According to Angel, the Investigative Committee found in his records "signs of a hostile attitude towards a group of persons on the basis of their Jewish affiliation." The case was filed in April 2018.

Supporters of politician Alexei Navalny re-submitted documents to the Ministry of Justice for registration of the Russia of the Future party. The Ministry of Justice suspended the registration of the Russia of the Future party in mid-July. The department pointed out that some provisions of the charter contradict the federal law "On Political Parties". Alexei Navalny has been trying to register his party since 2012.

VimpelCom, Megafon and MTS will cancel fees for incoming calls in Russian roaming. At VimpelCom, incoming fees will be canceled from August 20, at Megafon - gradually throughout September. MTS does not give an exact date, noting only that all technical work has already been completed, and roaming will be canceled “in the near future.” The decision is made under pressure from the Federal Antimonopoly Service.

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on abuse of power (Article 201 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) in the Foundation "Fair Assistance of Doctor Lisa", the Moscow agency reports, citing a source in law enforcement agencies. According to investigators, unidentified persons from the management of the fund entered into contracts with two lawyers at once for the provision of the same services. As a result, the fund suffered damage in the amount of 1.79 million rubles.

Cases under the article on insulting the feelings of believers should, if possible, be closed after the parties have reconciled, said Vakhtang Kipshidze, deputy chairman of the Synodal Department for Church Relations with Society and the Media. According to Kipshidze, if the person against whom the case is being conducted admits his guilt and regrets his actions, believers and Orthodox public organizations should petition to end the criminal prosecution.

August 6th Mukha is against dominoes, Mail.ru is against criminal cases for likes News The Ministry of Economic Development proposed to raise housing and communal services tariffs due to the increase in VAT (starting!). The Mail.ru company publicly opposed criminal cases for likes on social networks (it owns VKontakte, a social network in which cases are started one after another due to meme reposts).

Russian hospitals temporarily halt abortions, a modern tale fit for Gogol, and Internet hurt feelings Monday, August 6, 2018 This day in history. On August 6, 1914, Austria declared war on Russia. Twenty-six years later, in 1940, during World War II, the USSR annexed Estonia.

Mail.ru, the parent company of Vkontakte (Russia’s most popular social network), has issued a public statement condemning the country’s growing propensity to press criminal charges against Internet users for reposting or even liking supposedly “extremist” content. The company is also calling on officials to amnesty everyone “unjustly convicted” and decriminalize this behavior, so more innocents aren’t prosecuted.

Vladimir Anikeev, the former leader of the hacktivist group “Anonymous International,” has gone free from jail. The group is known for hacking and leaking the private correspondence of several prominent state officials and business people, including Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s press secretary, pro-Kremlin TV pundit Dmitry Kiselyov, and Kremlin administrator Timur Prokopenko.

Regional officials have refused to register Alexander Shestun, the jailed head of Moscow’s Serpukhovsky district, as a candidate for re-election. According to the chairman of the regional election board, Shestun violated regulations by financing his signatures-collection drive with money outside a formal election fund. Shestun’s wife will be running in his place .

Natalia Gryaznevich, the press secretary for the opposition movement Open Russia (founded and funded by the former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky), says she was recently approached by a recruiter from Russia’s Federal Security Service. The man, who didn’t reveal his name, reportedly came to her door on August 3 with a bouquet of flowers. “He was calm, he smiled, and he answered very gently and evasively, letting on that he knew more about me than I thought.

The staff at Forbes Russia is refusing to produce content for the magazine’s September issue, until the owners pay their salaries, which were due a week ago. A source told the Telegram channel Open Media that Alexander Fedotov, the magazine’s owner, is trying to use the wage arrears to “purge” the newsroom of malcontent employees on behalf of the new chief editor, Andrey Zolotov, who has no experience working in business journalism.

FBI agents have detained four Russians on suspicion of money laundering and conspiracy to commit fraud. This was reported by the Russian Consulate in New York. The detentions were carried out from 1 to 3 August. It is not yet clear how they are related. One of them was arrested in Boston and transferred to New York, two, as it turned out later from the information of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, are in Los Angeles, the location of the fourth is being investigated.

Sandor Ujvari / EPA / Scanpix / Leta Hungarian kindergartens in carnival costumes, February 8, 2018 Since the beginning of the new school year in Hungarian kindergartens, "the patriotic component of education will intensify." According to the German newspaper Die Welt with reference to the opposition Hungarian publication Nézprava, such a decision was made by the government of the country at the end of July.