Rock collapsed at a mine in the Sverdlovsk Region, killing one worker. This was reported to Interfax by a source in the administration of the mine. In total, there were 131 people in the face. The miners were not evacuated; the mine is currently in operation. According to preliminary data, a safety violation was the cause of the incident, writes Interfax. “Rock collapsed on the horizon minus 250 meters.

Mikhail Tereshchenko / TASS / Vida Press Exhibition of Banksy works in Moscow on the eve of the opening, June 1, 2018 On August 15, the street artist Banksy published a screenshot of correspondence on Instagram , from which it follows that he did not know about the exhibition of his work in Moscow. The interlocutor sent him a photo of a billboard with an advertisement for the exhibition, saying that the entrance fee is 20 pounds (about 1700 rubles).

How a Siberian city prosecutes Russian Internet users for ‘criminal’ memes Alexander Kryazhev / Sputnik / Scanpix / LETA Maria Motuznaya at a hearing at Barnaul’s Industrial District Court, August 15, 2018 On August 15, judges in Barnaul heard arguments in the criminal cases against 19-year-old Daniil Markin and 23-year-old Maria Motuznaya, two locals charged with inciting extremism and insulting religious sensitivities because they shared satirical Internet content.

Tverskaya metro station. Rain. Three hundred people under umbrellas, a few police (mostly women). SERB activists shout at the co-organizer of the action, Tatyana Lazareva: "You are justifying crimes!" She turns away. A downpour begins — a march begins. The crowd stretches along the boulevard toward Arbat. Wet clothes stick to the body; the wind blows. There are no slogans or posters, but someone is carrying toys.

August 15. March of mothers in Moscow; Ministry of Communications against "landing for reposts"; Eduard Uspensky died Theme of the day: The New Greatness Case. Today in Moscow there was a "March of Mothers" in support of the arrested Anna Pavlikova and Maria Dubovik. The action was uncoordinated, but, apparently, the police were ordered not to detain the crowd.

In Karachay-Cherkessia, a man named Rasul Adzhiev, accused of murder and acquitted in 2012, turned himself in for the second time. This is reported by the regional department of the UK. Adzhiev insists that in March 2010 in Cherkessk he killed Aslan Zhukov, whom the "Caucasian Knot" called an activist of the Circassian youth movement "Adyge-Khase". In 2011, Adzhiev turned himself in to the police and confessed to the murder; the investigation argued that his motive was jealousy.

How did the inconsistent action in defense of Anna Pavlikova and Maria Dubovik What happened: “Mother March” in Moscow (as well as shares in Yekaterinburg and St. Petersburg) Promotion Requirements: to free the defendants of the case of "new greatness" The action was agreed: no Number of participants: several hundred people Data data: no one was detained August 15, 2018 18:15:26 On the eve of the campaign of the organizers, the rally warned of the inadmissibility of the Mother Mother.

The US Treasury has imposed sanctions against a number of foreign companies, including the Russian Profinet LLC, as part of sanctions against the DPRK. The list also includes the head of the company, Vasily Kolchanov. Profinet LLC, according to the official website , is engaged in servicing ships in Russian Far Eastern ports.

A 25-year-old resident of Barnaul, who arrived in the capital, spent almost a year in a rehabilitation center for minors. This was reported by the city news agency "Moskva" with reference to a source in the police. The director of the center, located in the north-east of Moscow, turned to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to her, in September last year they were approached by a woman who introduced herself as Natalia, born in 2001.

The Ministry of Communications has sent a positive response to the bill on the abolition of criminal liability for reposts on the Internet. Deputy head of the department Alexey Volin told RNS about this. Updated . The Human Rights Council (HRC) under the President of the Russian Federation has begun working on amendments to the legislation on extremism, said the head of the HRC, Mikhail Fedotov. Mail.ru has called for an amnesty for social media users convicted of extremism.

AvtoVAZ will issue a loan of 10 billion rubles to Renault Finance by March 2023. The agreement, the terms and objectives of which are not disclosed, has already been concluded, the Vedomosti newspaper reports . Vedomosti notes that this is the first time that AvtoVAZ has given a loan to its shareholders' structures. Previously, the Russian automaker only received loans from them.

Police have arrested an SUV driver who fatally hit a cyclist after a Reddit user was able to identify part of the headlight of the car involved in the crash. On August 9, Washington State Police spokeswoman Jonna Batiste tweeted about the death of a cyclist who was hit by an unidentified black car. She attached to the message a photo of a small metal piece found at the scene of the accident.

An administrative audit conducted in the spiritual and educational center of Alexander Men near Moscow concluded that the museum "does not fulfill the funding that it receives from the state." The inspection began a week after the deputy director of the museum, Father Viktor (Grigorenko), criticized plans to build a landfill near Sergiev Posad.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has ruled to transfer to the Presidium of the Moscow City Court a cassation appeal against the arrest of 18-year-old Anna Pavlikova, a defendant in the "New Greatness" case. This was reported by RAPSI. The Supreme Court requested materials on Pavlikova’s arrest in early August.

Caleb Kenna / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta, Democrats Candidate Christine Holculus player conducts a campaign in Berlington, Vermont. August 8, 2018 The 62-year-old woman-transgender, Christine Kolkuist, who until December 2015 was a man named Dave, will take part in the elections of the Governor of Vermont.