The head of the Pushkin district of the Moscow Region Evgeny Zhirkov was charged with receiving a bribe on an especially large scale at a time when he served as mayor of Balashikha. This was reported on the website of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. On Friday, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow arrested Zhirkov until August 13, writes New Gazeta with reference to the press service of the court. On the same day, it became known about the bribe of what size.

Grigory Yavlinsky “The goal of the next“ direct line ”of Putin is to create a bright picture in which there are a number of problems, but they are“ eliminated ”(“ but in general everything develops favorably ”), and, in addition, the solution of important image tasks for the Kremlin for the near future. The main form of“ communication ”with the president is the places about achievements and solitary regional issues.

The commander of the aerospace forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Corps (KSIR) General Amir Ali Hajizade on Friday showed journalists the wreckage of the American intelligence drone, previously shot down, according to Tehran, in the airspace of the Islamic Republic. The photographs published by the Tasnim agency represent the units of the MQ-4C Triton Demoller Demoller, which is in service with the US Naval Forces.

Argentine footballer Ezequiel Ponce, whose rights belonged to the Italian Roma, signed a contract with Moscow Spartak. According to the press service of the capital team , a long-term agreement has been concluded with the 22-year-old striker, the duration of which is not specified. The amount of the deal is not disclosed, but the media estimates it at 7-8 million euros.

The American company JD Power and Associates, engaged in customer satisfaction research, presented the latest annual rating of automakers in terms of car reliability. The list was topped by the South Korean company Genesis for the second year in a row. The rating was compiled based on a survey of over 76 thousand owners of new cars, who were asked to talk about problems identified during the first three months of vehicle operation.

When filling with water, a section of the Moscow channel in the area of ​​the Tushinsky automobile tunnel, where an accident occurred on January 10, a water leak was again discovered. As Interfax was told in the press service of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Moscow Channel", the leak was discovered during the regulatory work to fill the channel, its reasons are clarified.

The Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Vladimir Kolokoltsev instructed to prepare proposals to create a structure to combat abuse in the investigation of drug crimes, TASS reports with reference to the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk.

The defender of the Russian national football team Fedor Kudryashov leaves the Turkish club "Istanbul Bashakshehir", in which he spent only half the season. "We would like to thank the Russian football player Fedor Kudryashov for his contribution to the results of the team," the team’s press service said. Kudryashov moved to Istanbul Bashakshekhir in winter from Kazan Rubin as a free agent.

The Blue Origin space company conducted the first successful fire tests of the BE-7 engine, which plan to equip the Blue Moon lunar landing module, presented in May at a special presentation. The founder of Blue Origin Jeff Bezos announced the tests in his microblog, clarifying that they were held at the George Marshall space flight center.

Former defenders of the Russian national football team Alexey and Vasily Berezutsky will continue to work in the Dutch “Vitesse” as assistants to the team’s head coach Leonid Slutsky. The club's press service reported this on Friday. The Berezutskys, 37, joined Slutsky as trainees in early January after passing their UEFA Category A coaching license exams. The 47-year-old Russian specialist himself has been working with the team since the beginning of the 2018/19 season.

Moscow authorities issued the first conclusions to developers for the completion of residential buildings without switching to new rules for shared construction, providing for bank financing and the use of so-called escrow accounts, Interfax reports. As the press service of Moskomstroyinvest reported on June 21, conclusions on compliance with criteria (ZOSK) were issued for 35 objects with a total area of ​​over 1.5 million square meters. 15 thousand shareholders will live in these houses.

Alexey Roshchin "Previously, at least outwardly, Putin on such" lines "has always been sowned to depict a sort of non -systemic power," God from the machine ", as in an ancient Greek theater; a simple person likes like a fly, in bureaucratic trains, his problems are not solved, he only gets deeper and blesses, but there is no salvation, but Putin appears, all in thunder and lightning, he beats a width.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Friday, according to which a temporary ban on passenger aircraft with Georgia has been introduced from July 8. About this, as TASS reports, the Kremlin press service said. "Since July 8, 2019, Russian airlines are temporarily prohibited from carrying out air transportation (including commercial) citizens from the territory of the Russian Federation to the territory of Georgia," the document said.

In Saratov, a criminal case was opened against the director of the Russian Post branch, which, threatening dismissal, forced his subordinate to educate his children. As reported on the website of the regional department of the Investigative Committee, the case under part 1 of Article 285 of the Criminal Code (abuse of power) was opened after checking the district prosecutor's office.

The 17th “Direct Line” with Vladimir Putin, during which the president answered in four hours and seven minutes to 81 question, traditionally becomes the main news theme for several days - various political scientists, analysts and experts begin to talk about the meaning of the president’s words, their influence on the life of the country, on its economy, on the life of citizens and their daily everyday life.