The Presnensky Court of Moscow recovered more than 247 million rubles in a lawsuit filed by the Russian Authors' Society (RAO) from the organization's former general director Sergei Fedotov, who was convicted of particularly large-scale fraud. “The court partially satisfied the claim of the Russian Copyright Society for compensation for damage caused by the crime - an amount of about 247.5 million rubles was recovered from Fedotov,” court press secretary Alexey Chernikov told Interfax .

The Israeli Defense Army began to strike on Wednesday on terrorist objects in the gas sector in response to the missile shelling of the city, as a result of which two Israelis were injured. "The army currently strikes terrorist objects in the gas sector," the document says. The goal of steel was 12 objects, reports TASS.

In Moscow schools, the new academic year will begin on September 3, since the first number falls on Saturday. This was in an interview with the newspaper "Arguments and Facts" said the mayor of the capital Sergei Sobyanin. “This year, the children were lucky.

The US police on Tuesday, August 7, detained the fourth suspect of the murder of rapper Jasei Douine Onfroy, known under the pseudonym XXXTentacion. It is reported by CNN . As it became known, the 20-year-old Travon News surrendered to the authorities in the office of his lawyer in the city of Fort Loddell (Florida). The man is taken into custody. In July, the suspect of the murder of XXXTentacion was charged with the murder with the use of firearms and armed robberies.

The activist and member of the Pussy Riot group, Maria Alekhina, could not fly from Russia to the UK. She was stopped during passport control. FSB officers told Alekhina that she was prohibited from leaving the country. The activist reported this on her Facebook page . The incident occurred at the Moscow Domodedovo airport.

About a third of Russians expect that the next year will become unsuccessful for the Russian economy, and every fourth fears the deteriorations of the financial situation of their family. This is evidenced by the data of a sociological study published on the Levada Center website. The survey was conducted in July according to a representative all -Russian sample among 1600 respondents aged 18 years and older.

Egor Sedov "Managed Democracy" is a lack of democracy. And “partial liberalization” is like a “partial pregnancy”. What does not happen in nature. So we must relate to the articles of "moderately liberal" [within the framework of the existing order] journalists about the possible "partial liberalization".

A Malaysian court on Wednesday, August 8, charged former Prime Minister Najib Razak with violating the law on combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism, as well as receiving proceeds from illegal activities. This was reported by The Star . The charges stem from the embezzlement of 42 million ringgit ($10.2 million) from a small government fund, SRC International. These funds were transferred to the personal accounts of the former prime minister.

Andrey Nikulin "Recently, it has become fashionable to paint the wealth of the Ledes of the TsA, the Congo and their neighbors, the bear angle, to which for some reason, the greedy hands of transnational companies and the Chinese have not reached.

“If Lukashenko were a tyrant in some Greek polis, he would have his own philosopher. The philosopher would help him cope with the fear of death. Referring to Epicurus, Lucretius Carus and Socrates, he would convince Lukashenko that it is necessary to destroy independent media for news about your stroke is in bad taste,” writes the philosopher and publicist on his Facebook page.

In Estonia, the flight of the air -air missile was calculated in Estonia, which on August 7, the Spanish Air Force fighter mistakenly issued . “The missile flight trajectory has been currently determined, and its search territory is located in the area of ​​the island of Andla,” Colonel Riyvo Valge Estonian Radio Vikerraadio (Quote for Interfax , said on August 8. With a high degree of probability, the rocket exploded in the air, the colonel noted.

The exhibits of the exhibition "Real Bodies", which takes place from June 8 to August 19 at the National Exhibition Center ( NEC ) in British Birmingham, caused a scandal that enters the international level. At an exhibition dedicated to the anatomy of the human body, 20 human corpses and about 200 organs are represented. All of them passed the plasticization process, in which silicone rubber is used to preserve tissues. A special solution prevents decomposition and decay.

Senior Advisor to the UN unit on gender equality and expanding the rights and capabilities of women Ravi Kramar is suspected of sexual harassment. The accusations against an employee of the international organization put forward eight men, reports Newsweek . A source at the UN said that now the organization should change its culture and restore trust. An internal investigation is underway against India Ravi Karkara, but after 13 months, he was not charged.

Employees of the Russian Consulate General in New York held a meeting on Tuesday with Russian citizen Maxim Suverin, who was detained on July 30 by the FBI at Boston airport on charges of committing crimes of an economic nature. As the Consulate General told TASS, the conversation lasted about an hour. “The Russian is now in isolation at the New York Metropolitain Correctional Center,” said the Russian Consulate General.

The US State Department is studying the possibility of imposing sanctions against the chairman of the board of directors and the main owner of the AFK Holding Sistema , Vladimir Yevtushenkov . Sanctions against a billionaire can be imposed within the framework of the Law "On Combating the opponents of America through sanctions" (Caatsa), the Congressman Ilean Ros-Lietena, which published a letter from the American foreign policy, said on Twitter .