The Ministry of Justice of Georgia on Thursday officially issued the Georgian opposition channel Rustavi-2 for businessman Kibar Halvashi, who was recognized as the legal owner of the Supreme Court of Georgia. The corresponding changes have already been displayed on the website of the register of the Ministry of Justice, reports TASS. According to the decision of the Ministry of Justice, the 60 percent share of Rustavi-2 is designed for Halvashi itself, and 40% for his company Panorama.

The police did not find grounds for initiating a criminal case against a woman detained by mail with medicines for her sick child. This was announced by TASS by the head of the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow, Yuri Titov.

The US prosecutor’s office withdrew charges against actor Kevin Spacey, who was accused of sexual harassment, and closed this case. According to the American media, during a court session in Nantakette (Massachusetts), it became known that the charges were withdrawn due to the lack of access to the evidence on which the charges were built, as well as the inaccessibility of the testimonies of the alleged victim.

Democratic leader in the US Senate Chuck Schumer announced a potential threat to US national security that the Russian application FaceApp, which allows you to realistically change people in photographs, could pose. “Millions of Americans have used the application.

The former wife of the journalist Orhan Jemal, shot down a year ago in the Central African Republic, along with Alexander Rastorguev and Kirill Radchenko, told Novaya Gazeta about the investigation of this crime, which is conducted by the Russian Investigative Committee. According to Irina Gordienko, who was recognized in the case of the victim, four investigators changed in the case in the case.

The number of foods poisoned by food in Moscow in Moscow grew to 65 people, the Moscow Agency reports with reference to the press service of the capital's department of Rospotrebnadzor. They explained that the increase in the number of registered cases is associated with the late appeal of the victims of the doctors.

The Twitter microblogging service deleted the record found by the Prosecutor General with an insult to the "people of Russia" at the request of Roskomnadzor. This was reported on the website of the RKN. "The Roskomnadzor received the requirement of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation to limit access to one of the URLs on the social network Twitter. The specified page contained an obscene insult to the Russian people.

The United States imposed on Thursday sanctions against five citizens of Iran and seven Iranian companies. This is stated in a statement by the American Ministry of Finance. Most of those who fell under restrictions are associated with the Iranian company Tesa, which develops technology for centrifuges as part of a nuclear program. Previously, restrictions have already been introduced against this company, TASS reports.

The Italian football club Juventus announced on its official website the transfer of defender Matthijs de Ligt from Amsterdam Ajax. He signed a five-year contract with the Turin club. The 19-year-old player's transfer amount was 75 million euros, the money will be paid over five years. Ajax can receive another 10.5 million in the form of bonuses. According to media reports, the defender's salary will be 12 million euros per year.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that enables citizens to appeal to courts with collective claims, including on the protection of consumer rights and challenging tariffs for housing and communal services. The document is published on the official portal of legal information, it will enter into force on October 1, 2019.

The Ukrainian team in beach football will not perform in the qualification of the 2019 World Cup, which will be held in Moscow Luzhniki from July 19 to July 27. “It was decided not to delegate the Ukrainian team for these competitions,” the Association of Beach Football of Ukraine announced. The exact reason for the team is not reported to Moscow, however, most likely, this is due to political tension.

The elderly resident of Zelenodolsk in Tatarstan Zayatun Korotkov was summoned on July 17 to the city prosecutor's office for a conversation about her speech at the Pervomaisian rally of the Communists in Kazan. Then the pensioner publicly criticized the policy of the state and President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, and also called on the people to get even with corruption officials. Representatives of the prosecutor’s office did not like the speech of Korotkova.

During the match of the 10th round of the Brazilian Football Championship between the clubs of Shapeecoens and Atletico Mineiro (1: 2), the audience witnesses the abnormal flight of the ball along a strange trajectory. In the 41st minute after serving the corner performed by the player, the ball made an unusual movement in the air, as if bouncing off an invisible barrier. The episode video has become viral, on social networks.

Paul McCartney confirmed that he began to work on the musical based on the famous film by Frank Kapra “This Wonderful Life” (“It” S A Wonderful Life). As reported on the official website of the 77-year-old musician, this will be the first musical in his career. It is reported that McCartney will become the author of music and co -author of song texts, along with the screenwriter of the musical Bayopic "Roketman" and the tape "Billy Elliot" Lee Hall. Hall will also write a musical libretto.

The contact group to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine held on Wednesday in Minsk one of its most fruitful meetings, having agreed on the summer truce in the Donbass, the preparation of a large exchange of prisoners and the repair of the bridge in the village of Lugansk - one of the few crossings through the distinction line. It is reported by RIA "Novosti" .