Evgeny Feldman for "Medusa" On August 17, in Moscow and St. Petersburg, the already traditional Saturday shares for honest elections and in support of the detainees in previous protest performances were held . In addition to the coordinated rally of the Communist Party on Moskovsky Prospekt Sakharov, single pickets took place in both cities.

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has launched a disciplinary case against the head coach of the Russian women's team Sergio Buzato. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the federation. In early August, the South Korean Volleyball Federation complained to the FIVB about Buzato. After the qualifying match for the Olympics between Russia and South Korea, the coach stretched his eyelids with his fingers, depicting narrow eyes.

The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation suggested that employers develop a system of fines and rewards for smokers and non-smokers. Such recommendations are given in the corporate model program "Promoting Public Health" ( .pdf ). The agency has asked employers to study how smoking affects productivity and determine the form of smoking fines and cessation bonuses.

The director of the cinema and the animation, the animator Richard Williams died in his house in Bristol on August 16, reports The Guardian with reference to his family. Williams was 86 years old. Richard Williams Productions / Scanpix / Leta Richard Williams is known for working on the animation in the feature film “Who substituted Roger’s Rabbit” by Robert Zemiekis. He created the characters of Rabder Roger and his wife Jessica Rabbit.

The Finnish authorities have granted political asylum to Ilya Kapustin, who was a witness in the "Network" case . The Rupression project was the first to report this. Kapustin told MBKh Media that he applied for asylum in February 2018. He is currently in Helsinki. Kapustin plans to enroll in an educational institution in Finland. In January 2018, Ilya Kapustin told Mediazona that FSB officers had shocked him with a stun gun while asking him about the defendants in the Network case.

Update. Around 19:30, the detained Dmitry Baturo left the police station, the Apology of Protest project reports . No protocol was drawn up against him. Moscow police detained a participant in a march in the Old Arbat area, MBKh Media reports. Before that, the protesters had walked along the pedestrian street several times. Dmitry Baturo, an activist of the " Indefinite Protest ", was detained. The police van with the detainee left Arbat. He was taken to the Arbat police department.

Subscribe to our YouTube crew of the Ural Airlines aircraft, which made an emergency landing on the corn field in the suburbs, on August 17, opened the Urals - Wings of the Soviets in Yekaterinburg. 22 thousand fans standing greeted pilots and flight attendants.

One person died and 32 more were injured after the passenger bus crashed into the wall of the store in Perm. Among the injured 10 children. Six people, including one child, are in serious condition. According to 59.ru, the accident occurred at the entrance to the Gayv region. According to the publication, the bus crashed into the wall due to the fact that he had a “wheel”. The regional Ministry of Health reported that the accident occurred due to the technical malfunction of the bus.

Warning about a possible conflict of interest. Leonid Zhegulev is the brother of Meduza special correspondent Ilya Zhegulev. Ilya Zhegulev did not take part in writing this news. On August 15, the Lgovsky District Court of the Kursk Region granted the petition of Leonid Zhegulev, a resident of Moscow, for parole. He will leave the colony on August 27, said his brother, Meduza special correspondent Ilya Zhegulev.

The Investigative Committee has denied information that appeared in the media that looters were spotted at the site of the emergency landing of the Ural Airlines Airbus A321 in the Moscow region. The Investigative Committee emphasized that investigators are working around the clock at the site of the emergency landing, including in the aircraft cabin. The area is cordoned off by police. No outsiders have entered the area since the accident, the department said.

Nine people died and 10 more were injured in a fire at the Tokyo Star Hotel in Odessa, Ukrayinska Pravda reports. According to preliminary information, people died from carbon monoxide poisoning. The police are considering three versions of what happened, said the chief of police in the Odessa region Oleg Bekh. This is arson to cover up the murder, violation of fire safety rules and careless handling of fire.

Update: Police released Sergei Belyaev just over three hours after his arrest. Four posters prepared for single-person pickets in St. Petersburg were confiscated from him. St. Petersburg police detained Sergei Belyaev, an activist of the “ Indefinite Protest ,” MBKh Media reports, citing the detainee’s words. The police told Belyaev that they had detained him because of a report that he was preparing to organize mass riots. The activist was taken to police station No. 5. At 2 p.m.

The Investigative Committee for St. Petersburg began checking media reports that a policeman allegedly beat Elena Kondrashova, a candidate for municipal deputies from the Party of Growth. The Investigative Committee's report says that investigators are going to interview the woman. “She will also be explained the norms of the legislation on criminal liability for knowingly false denunciation,” the department said. The Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St.

What: a rally of the Communist Party and single pickets for free elections Where: in Moscow: the Communist Party - on Academician Sakharov, pickets - on a boulevard ring. In St. Petersburg - Pickets at the Gostiny Dvor Coordinated? Rally ✅, pickets ❌ Has a lot to the rally? unofficially - 4.2 thousand people, officially - "about four thousand" Detention: in Moscow - one person, in St. Petersburg - 12 What to do if you were detained: Medusa cards . Phone "OTD Info": +7 (800) 707-05-28.

The Russian Defense Ministry has filed a lawsuit to recover more than 45 million rubles from two military personnel who accidentally launched an Kh-29TD air-guided missile, Kommersant reports, without citing a source. Military personnel Alexei Chebanov and Nikolai Zverev launched the air-to-surface missile on October 1, 2017, while testing it in a hangar at an airfield near the city of Saki in Crimea.