The Memorial human rights center recognized the activist Konstantin Saltykov, who is accused of applying violence against the police officer at the Voter strike, political prisoners. This was announced on the air of the Echo of Moskvy radio station by the head of the Political Promoted Public PCS Memorial Political Program Sergey Davidis. “The political motive associated with the intimidation of participants in peaceful protest actions is quite obvious.

The fortieth day of commemoration of a deceased person is considered a certain line that shares earthly and eternal life. And from the spiritual point of view, this date can be considered more tragic in comparison with physical death.

Today, September 3, amendments to the law “On the Fundamentals of Tourism Activities” came into force, which will allow Rostourism to forcibly exclude companies that do not fulfill their obligations from the register of tour operators. The State Duma adopted the corresponding bill on May 22. Previously, the company itself had to file an application to terminate its activities, or this decision was made by the court.

Dmitry Gudkov "Inappropriate behavior." "Behaving inappropriately." "Undecorative actions." Do you know what this is about? This is what the Federal Penitentiary Service calls torture. Today, Deputy Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service Maksimenko spoke in exactly these terms about the investigation into the actions of his “employees.” And he never once uttered such a short word as “torture,” the politician writes on his Facebook page.

The depressurization of the Soyuz MS-09 ship, which turned out to be a leak of air at the International Space Station (ISS), occurred due to production marriage. This was announced by the source of RIA "Novosti" in the rocket and space industry. "The reason for the appearance of the hole in the internal corps of the household compartment of the Soyuz MS-09 ship is established. It arose on the ground. Responsible for negligence is established," he said.

In the Irkutsk region, the wreckage of the Mi-8 helicopter missing on the eve of the helicopter was found. At the crash site in the Kazachinsko-Lensky district, the bodies of all three crew members were found, Interfax was told on Monday, September 3, at the Siberian Aviation Rescue Center for the Federal Air Transport Agency. As stated in the message of the Siberian regional center of the Ministry of Emergencies, when falling, the aircraft fell.

The Russian pilot of the Williams team Sergey Sirotkin scored the first point in the World Cups in the Formula-1 car class after excluding the Haasa racer Romen Grozhana from the Italian Grand Prix of the Italian Grand Prix. Recall that in the Sunday race, Lewis Hamilton won the Mercedes pilot , Grozhan finished the sixth, and Sirotkin - the 11th.

In the Netherlands, investigators established the motives of an attacker who arranged a stabbing at the Amsterdam station a few days ago. As it turned out, the man acted from religious beliefs. As a result of the attack, foreign tourists suffered. During the interrogation, the detainee said that the reason for the attack was an “insult to the Prophet Muhammad” and the Islamic religion in the Netherlands, the official website of the country's prosecutor's office reports.

“Surprisingly and, I’ll even say, it’s a shame to read messages,“ over the past year, 14 Russian oligarchs from the Forbes list have become richer by $ 25 billion, ”the former politician writes on his Facebook page. "The country in a difficult situation, the income of the workers of Russians" fall ", according to President Putin, and they, you see," became richer.

The director and artistic director of the Gogol Center Kirill Serebrennikov, contained under house arrest, completed the acquaintance with the materials of the criminal case of the theft of budget funds. "Today we completed the familiarization with the materials of the criminal case, which we signed the relevant protocol," Dmitry Kharitonov, lawyer Serebrennikov, told Interfax .

Russian activist from the group Pussy Riot Maria Alyokhina appeared at the Venice Film Festival with a poster with the inscription in English “Freedom for Sentsov.” A photo with this poster was published on Alekhina’s page on the social network Facebook. “Oleg Sentsov’s hunger strike lasts 113 days. And I spoke about him at the Venice Film Festival,” the activist wrote.

VTB CEO Andrei Kostin apologized to former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, whom he referred to in offensive terms while speaking to students at a prestigious Moscow university. The reason for the banker’s emotional statements addressed to the British ex-minister was “deep disappointment” from the crisis in relations between the two countries, Interfax reports with reference to the VTB press service.

The central defender of Spartak Moscow, Frenchman Samuel Gigot, was seriously injured in the 6th round away match with Zenit St. Petersburg (0:0) . The 24-year-old player was diagnosed with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, the red-and-white press service said in a statement. Gigot was injured in the first half of Sunday's meeting after a collision with the hosts' striker Artem Dzyuba and was replaced in the 27th minute. Instead, Georgy Dzhikia entered the field.

The goal of the midfielder of the Russian national football team Denis Cheryshev, scored against the Croatian team in the quarterfinals of the 2018 World Cup, was one of the applicants for the Ferenc Pushkash International Football (FIFA) Award. It is traditionally awarded for the most beautiful goal of the year. Cheryshev opened an account in a quarter-final match with the Croats by a blow from the penalty limits.

The Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) of Russia recognized as insufficient official verification conducted in the Yaroslavl colony N1, where the facts of torture and beatings of prisoners were discovered. The results of the measures were canceled, a new audit was scheduled for the leadership of the regional department of the department. This was announced in an interview with TASS by Deputy Director of the FSIN Valery Maksimenko.