A passenger bus collided with a car on the A-146 highway near Novorossiysk and fell off a cliff, Interfax reports, citing an informed source. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, there were 41 people in the bus and four people in the car. The Ministry of Health of the region confirmed the information about four dead, two of whom are children. The Ministry of Health also said that 30 victims were taken to hospitals, and several more passengers are being treated on the spot.

‘Meduza’ analyzes the rise of a new wave of protest movements Alexander Nemenov / AFP / Scanpix / LETA For three weeks in a row, Moscow residents have taken to the streets to demand fair elections for their City Duma. The Russian capital’s government has done its best to ban the protests, and police have dispersed them as violently as ever, but that hasn’t stopped thousands of people from taking part even when the marches aren’t protected by a permit.

‘Meduza’ analyzes the rise of a new wave of protest movement Alexander Nemenov / AFP / Scanpix / LETA For three weeks in a row, Moscow residents have taken to the streets to demand fair elections for their City Duma. The Russian capital’s government has done its best to ban the protests, and police have dispersed them as violently as ever, but that hasn’t stopped thousands of people from taking part even when the marches aren’t protected by a permit.

Robin Worrall / Unsplash Last year, new “anti-terrorism” regulations authored by State Duma deputy Irina Yarovaya entered force in Russia. Since July 1, 2018, communications providers have been required to store copies of the last six months of all clients’ telephone conversations, text messages, and electronic correspondence. Additionally, since October 1, Russian telecoms have had to store the past 30 days of clients’ Internet traffic history.

Football club "Krasnodar" lost the first match of the qualifying round of the Champions League to the Portuguese "Port". The meeting, held in Krasnodar, ended with the score 0:1. Sergiu Oliveira scored the only goal in the 89th minute. The second leg will take place in Porto on 13 August. The match with Porto was the first for Krasnodar in the Champions League in the history of the club.

As a result of clashes between special forces and supporters of the former President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev, 43 people were injured during an attempt to storm his residence, the country's Ministry of Health reported. One of the injured special forces officers, who received bullet wounds, later died in the hospital, despite the operation. Special forces attempted to detain Atambaev after he failed to appear three times for interrogation in a criminal case, where he is a witness.

Monica Lewinsky will co-produce the third season of the American Crime Story anthology series, which will focus on the 1998 impeachment attempt against US President Bill Clinton. The story will be based on Jeffrey Toobin's The Big Conspiracy: The True Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Killed the President. The role of Lewinsky herself in the series will be played by Beanie Feldstein. The reason for the start of Clinton's impeachment proceedings was his sexual relationship with Lewinsky.

Special Representative for the DPRK Stephen Biegun and Ambassador to Germany Richard Grennel are being considered for the position of the new US Ambassador to Russia. The Wall Street Journal writes about it. According to the publication, Bigan has known Russia since his work as vice president of Ford. Grennel, according to a newspaper source close to him, is not interested in being transferred to Moscow.

Samsung has officially unveiled a new version of its flagship smartphone with a Galaxy Note stylus. The updated smartphone will be available in two sizes: the Galaxy Note 10 model will have a diagonal of 6.3 inches, and the Galaxy Note 10+ will have a diagonal of 6.8 inches. The display occupies 94 percent of the front surface of the smartphone. Both models will support data transmission in 5G networks.

Two defendants in the so-called "Moscow case" about the riots at the protests on July 27 are wanted, according to an official statement from the Investigative Committee. One of them is Sergey Fomin, the UK specified. The surname of the second department was not named in the official statement. Thus, from the message of the Investigative Committee it follows that the number of defendants in the "Moscow case" is now 11 people.

Readers "Medusa" say that their pets ate their pets Lightfield Studios / Shutterstock Recently, we asked readers to tell stories about our pets. More precisely, about how once they ate or gnawed something inedible-and this was not a tragedy, but a comedy. We have collected the funniest cases in this material - together with our partner, Hillʼs , which produces food for dogs and cats of different ages and with different needs.

Journalist Katya Fedorova - about Alla Verber, who opened the country's most famous fashion brands Marie Simonova / Getty images In Italy, on August 6, the fashion director of the Moscow Tsuma Alla Verber, a man who first brought Western fashion brands to Russia: Giorgio Armani, Dolce & Gabbana, Chanel and many, many others, died.

Shamil Zhumatov / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta 1. Police and the Russian Guard beat people After the action for free elections in Moscow on July 27, the OTD-Info publication reported more than 25 cases of beating demonstrators. Baza reported that 77 people were injured. Among them - designer Konstantin Konovalov, the developer of the logo of the Moscow metro. He was beaten by the fighters of the Russian Guard during a run even before the start of the action. Konovalov broke his leg.

The Ulyanovsk Regional Court overturned the decision of the court of first instance to block the application of the American store iHerb in the AppStore and Play Market. The decision was overturned due to procedural violations: in particular, Google (the owner of Play Market) was not formally notified of the consideration of the case by the court of first instance. The case was sent for a new trial.

In Kyrgyzstan in the evening of August 7, special forces officers stormed the residence of the former president of the country Almazbek Atambayev in the village of Koy-Tash. The former head of state intended to delay, but his supporters gathered at the scene did not give law enforcement officers to do this.