An unregistered candidate for the Moscow City Duma, head of the corruption Fund Ivan Zhdanov, during the court hearing for administrative arrest, announced a hunger strike, reports Interfax . “I no longer have any ways to convey my position. From this day I declare a hunger strike and refuse to eat. I will no longer answer questions, I refuse to participate in this court session,” the chief of his headquarters Boris Zolotarevsky quoted in his telegram channel.

In the Stavropol Territory, as a result of a collision of a bus with a truck, five people died, another 19 received various injuries. This was reported to Znak.com in the regional traffic police department. The accident happened on the night of August 2 at the 420th kilometer of the Astrakhan - Stavropol highway. According to preliminary data, a 59-year-old driver of a regular bus drove into the oncoming lane, where he made a collision with a Renault truck.

"So, in the case of the riots that there were no (read the definition of the concept of" mass riots "in the Criminal Code: arson, vandalism, armed violence against police officers ...) as of the state, five people are arrested in a pre -trial detention center for two months, part 2 of Article 212 (participation in the riots) is charged with all of them, - writes from 3 to 8 years," writes Libra of Aleksey Navalny. Facebook .

Out of St. Petersburg arrested a woman suspected of trading fake touches to the Artek children's camp under the guise of an employee of the Investigative Committee, reports TASS with reference to the united press service of the city ships. "The Nevsky District Court of the city of St. Petersburg issued a decision on the election of a preventive measure in the form of detention against Anna Arishina," the press service said in the official Telegram channel.

The man who attacked alcohol intoxication on police officers on Thursday evening in Surgut was an employee of the territorial unit of the Ministry of Emergencies. At the time of the crime, he was on vacation. This was announced on Friday TASS a source in emergency services of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug. "He was an employee of the territorial unit of the Ministry of Emergencies in Surgut. He worked in the local fire department N11.

The water level in the Iya river in the city of Tulun decreased by 23 cm over the past four hours and amounted to 8.6 m, reports TASS with reference to the message of the city administration. "The water level in the Iya river at 20:00 (15:00 Moscow time) was 872 cm (-12 cm), at 22:00 (17:00 in Moscow) on August 2, it amounted to 861 cm (-11 cm)," the message said. A critical mark for AI is a level of 7 m at a height of a protective dam of 9 m.

State Duma deputy Mikhail Starshinov (United Russia faction) proposed to increase fines for participating in unauthorized mass shares up to 1 million rubles, TASS reports. The parliamentarian did not rule out that such a bill "could be prepared when the deputies return from summer holidays." In addition, Starshinov proposed to prescribe in the law the opportunity to extend the period of detention of participants in unauthorized shares from three to 72 hours.

The cost of the ruble is reduced to the euro and the dollar in connection with the imposition of new sanctions against Russia. According to Mosbirzhi at 10:35, the cost of the dollar increased by 28 kopecks and is 64.64 rubles, the cost of the euro is 71.68 (+36 kopecks). The ruble weakens even despite the fact that oil is getting more expensive after the strongest collapse in four years.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan has published a comment on the trip of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev to the South Kuril Island of Iturup, adding an item containing information about the protest of the Russian side. The Japanese Foreign Department sent TASS a new statement and placed on its official page.

The Heraldic Council under the President of the Russian Federation convicted Russian officials in the unlawful use of the presidential standard, the chairman of the Council, the State General Dmaster of the Russian Federation, Georgy Vilinbakhov, told reporters in the St. Petersburg TASS press center. "We also have the responsibilities of monitoring the fulfillment of the legislation in the field of heraldry.

During the first half of 2019, 975 thousand laptops worth $531 million were sold in Russia. Compared to last year, the market decreased by 8.8% in physical terms and by 14.1% in monetary terms. The Kommersant newspaper writes about this with reference to data from the analytical company GfK. The sales leader was HP, which surpassed Lenovo and Asus, occupying 23.9% of the market in quantitative terms and 21.7% in monetary terms.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko instructed the government of the country to activate the work to resolve visa issues with the European Union and Russia, TASS reports. "The head of state instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to intensify work to resolve visa issues with the EU and the Russian Federation.

The Indian state government Jammu and Kashmir on Friday called on tourists and induration pilgrims to leave its territory as soon as possible due to security problems, TASS reports. According to the police, the militants, who, according to the Indian side, support the Pakistani army, were preparing to disrupt the Amarnath Jatra - a pilgrimage to the Amarnat Church. On the pilgrimage route, caches with weapons and ammunition were discovered, including explosive devices and a m24 sniper rifle.

Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova will stop working with Swedish coach Thomas Hogstedt, who will now begin working with 23-year-old compatriot Rebecca Peterson. Hogstedt coached Sharapova from 2011 to 2013, returning his charge to the top ten after shoulder surgery, before reuniting with the Russian last season. "There is no collaboration between us yet, but I hope to see him on my team at the US Open.

A powerful earthquake occurred near the southwestern coast of the Indonesian Island of Java. Its magnitude, according to the US Geological Service ( USGS ), was 6.9, the epicenter was in the ocean - 102 km from the banks of the Banten Province, and the hypocenter at a depth of 53 km. The control of climatology, meteorology and geophysics of Indonesia ( BMKG ) informs about the earthquake of magnitude 7.4 with a hypocrosent at a depth of 10 km, reports StormNews .