Six candidates to the Moscow City Duma from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation appealed to the Investigative Committee with a demand to initiate criminal cases due to falsification of signatures for pro-government candidates and violations when refusing opposition candidates. It is reported by "Kommersant".

The investigative team for the case of mass riots at the July 27 rally in Moscow was headed by the senior investigator for especially important cases under the chairman of the Investigative Committee, Major General of Justice Rustam Gabdulin. This was reported to Dozhd by lawyer Maxim Pashkov . He did not specify where he got this information from.

Chinese authorities are pulling troops to the border with Hong Kong, US President Donald Trump tweeted, citing US intelligence data. He didn't go into details. On August 12, Yang Guang, a spokesman for the Office of Hong Kong and Macau Affairs under the State Council of the People's Republic of China, condemned the clashes between demonstrators in Hong Kong and police and noted that "signs of terrorism" had begun to appear during the protests.

Russian senator breaks with political establishment and criticizes Moscow’s police crackdown on protesters Alexey Golovshchikov / Kommersant On August 12, Vyacheslav Markhaev wrote on his Instagram page : “Instead of hearing out [protesters’] claims by organizing a dialogue, the administration found it easier to rely on force that was excessive in many cases.” The text was remarkable because Makhaev is a member of Russia’s Communist Party and a sitting senator in the Federation Council, as well

Krasnodar beat Porto 3:2 in the second match of the Champions League qualifying round. The first game ended with a score of 1:0 in favor of Porto. Thus, Krasnodar, which is participating in the Champions League for the first time, entered the qualifying playoffs of the tournament. The next opponent of the Russian club will be the Greek Olympiacos. The Match TV channel canceled the broadcast of the Porto - Krasnodar match.

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has declared an employee of the Consulate General of Ukraine in St. Petersburg persona non grata, TASS reports citing the Foreign Ministry. This was done in response to the expulsion of an employee of the Russian Consulate General in Lvov, the ministry said. They claim that the Ukrainian side did not provide any evidence of the illegal activities of the Russian.

Sebastian Pani / AP / Scanpix / Leta candidate of Argentina President Alberto Fernandez speaks to supporters in Buenos Aires. August 11, 2019 On the first day of exchange trading this week, the Argentinean national currency fell by 30.3% - from 46 to 65 pesos for the US dollar. The key index of the Argentine Stock Exchange Merval decreased by a record 37.93%; On the New York Stock Exchange, the securities of Argentinean companies lost up to 59% of the price.

The Moscow Department of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) opened a case of false advertising against the Kinopoisk service. The Yandex search engine was also involved in the case as an interested party. The reason for the claims of the FAS was the advertisement of Kinopoisk, which was distributed through Yandex.

The Moscow City Court ordered the election commission of the 43rd district of Moscow to register as a candidate for the Moscow City Duma Sergei Mitrokhin, a member of the federal political committee of the Yabloko party. This was reported to Interfax by the press service of the court. The OIC refused to register Mitrokhin, invalidating too many signatures in his support. The Moscow City Electoral Committee reversed this decision, but the OIC again refused to register Mitrokhin. Updated .

By court order, the Dozhd TV channel removed material from 2018 in which State Duma deputy Andrei Skoch was mentioned in connection with the Shakro Molodoy case. The page now says that a court in Belgorod found one of the statements in the text to be “not true and defaming the honor, dignity and business reputation of Skoch.” What phrase exactly?

Two applications have been submitted to the Moscow City Hall to hold a rally and a procession on August 24, according to the telegram channel of Dmitry Gudkov, who is currently serving an administrative arrest. “The first option is Victory Square. The second option is Sakharov Avenue, ”the message says. A rally is expected on Victory Square, on Sakharov Avenue the organizers ask to coordinate the procession or, if this is not possible for some reason, the rally.

The Vyborg District Court of St. Petersburg has overturned the decision to register independent candidate Daniil Ken , who is supported by Navalny's city headquarters, in the municipal elections. Ken himself told Novaya Gazeta about this. Ken was removed from the elections based on claims by the Svetlanovskoye Municipal District Electoral Commission (SVDC), which registered him, and United Russia candidate Oksana Shuvalova.

That the Western press writes about the White Sea incident, where a rocket with a nuclear reactor has perhaps exploded Sergey Yakovlev / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Military town in the village of Nenox. October 2018 The largest world publications devoted editorial columns and analytical publications to the explosion of a military missile on August 8 near the village of Nonox in the Arkhangelsk region.

Senator and former commander of OMON Vyacheslav Markhaev supported the protesters in Moscow.

The Judicial Collegium for Administrative Cases of the Supreme Court approved the refusal to allow the head of the Anti-Corruption Fund, Ivan Zhdanov, to vote in the Moscow City Duma. According to Vyacheslav Gimadi, a lawyer representing him, the Supreme Court, like previous instances, did not check the statements of voters who were ready to confirm that they left signatures in support of Zhdanov.