After the Central Election Commission rejected the opposition's complaints and refused to register them as candidates for Moscow City Duma, the commission's chairperson Ella Pamfilova admitted that the signature collection procedure was outdated and "contrary to common sense." As Vedomosti writes, after the campaign ends, the Central Election Commission will insistently propose changes to the legislation, she promised.

The Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow arrested Ilya Yashin for 10 days for an action on July 14 near the Moscow City Electoral Committee, MBKh Media reports . Yashin was charged with organizing the rally because of the call to come to the rally posted on Twitter. “I understand that the decision has already been made. You have already received a call and just voice the decision. Is it possible to prepare things so clumsily?

The bank accounts of the Anti-Corruption Foundation and the headquarters of Alexei Navalny have been blocked. This was reported by the press secretary of the opposition Kira Yarmysh. “According to the decision of the Presnensky Court, an interim measure in the form of an arrest was imposed on the account of FBK and some employees in the amount of 75 million rubles. This is the amount that is considered “laundered” (not a billion, as the UK writes).

The Investigative Committee announced that it plans to charge Sergei Fomin with organizing mass riots on July 27 and petition for his detention. “The investigation established that Fomin directed the actions of other participants, being one of the organizers of the riots,” the Investigative Committee said in a statement . Fomin himself came to the police the day before , having learned that he had previously been put on the wanted list.

US Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman, who announced his intention to leave the post, in a letter to President Donald Trump advised him to stay on guard with Moscow and not be under any illusions. writes about this Radio Liberty . The letter also says that the US embassy has experienced "unprecedented expulsions of diplomats, forced departures and enormous difficulties in carrying out professional activities" in the past two years.

Extrapolation of Levada Center data shows that the scale of protests (ceteris paribus) may increase sharply in September The details of the Levada Center's Moscow poll on attitudes towards the protests are of great interest. And they explain a lot about what is happening. Extrapolation of these data shows that the scale of protests (ceteris paribus) could increase sharply in September. But - in order a few key things. Awareness and involvement.

Sergei Fomin, who had previously been put on the wanted list in connection with his participation in the "mass riots" on July 27, came to the police himself. According to Fomin, he did not want the security forces to have the opportunity to say that he was hiding and he was “caught” - he did not do anything illegal and is sure that he is right, Mediazona reports . Fomin spent his last days on vacation, and upon learning that he was put on the wanted list, he returned to Moscow.

Several employees of the Kresty pre-trial detention center in St. Petersburg have been suspended from their duties due to numerous violations, said Valery Maksimenko, deputy head of the Federal Penitentiary Service. According to him, believers revealed violations "above the roof." The materials are transferred to the investigating authorities and the prosecutor's office, Interfax reports .

Rector of the RSUH Alexander Bezborodov, commenting on the letter of students and graduates of the university, who pointed out to him the inadmissibility of threats against the participants in the rallies, said that the participation of students in illegal actions is unacceptable. “Students have every right to express their agreement or disagreement. They will come to class, if someone has questions, I will talk to them. I will try to reassure the students.

The Telegram channel Baza has released an editorial statement alleging that the journalists are being monitored by the security service of the Rosneft company. “We are being watched and listened to. Our computers, according to sources, are monitored on a daily basis, and personal correspondence is no longer personal. Who is doing this? It is difficult to say for sure, but our sources say that we are being developed by the security service of Rosneft, ”the statement says .

Former President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambaev was detained during a repeated assault on his house in the village of Koi-Tash. According to Akipress , he was taken to Bishkek on a detour, as the road from Koi-Tash was blocked by Atambaev's supporters. According to the Ministry of Health of the country, five victims were admitted to the Bishkek Center for Traumatology and Orthopedics: four law enforcement officers with gunshot wounds and one civilian who was injured by a stun grenade.

Sergei Fomin, whom the Investigative Committee planned to accuse of organizing mass riots on July 27, was charged with participation in the riots. OVD-Info reports this, noting that he faces from three to eight years in prison. Today at 16:00 in the Basmanny court there will be a hearing on the measures of suppression. Fomin himself came to the police the day before, having learned that he was wanted. According to him, he did not do anything illegal and is confident that he is right.

With a search, they came to the office of the Anti-Corruption Fund. This was announced on Twitter by the fund's lawyer Alexander Golovach. Earlier it was reported that searches were being carried out in the apartments of FBK lawyers Alexander Pomazuev, Yevgeny Zamyatin and Vyacheslav Gimadi, as well as at the video editor Vitaly Kolesnikov. The searches are being carried out as part of a criminal case on money laundering (Article 174 of the Criminal Code).

There is no billion in the case, the billion is only in the press releases of the UK, in the case there are 75 million rubles deposited into accounts through ATMs The essence of the “laundering case”, in which four searches with the seizure of equipment have already taken place this morning, is that all donations to the FBK for 2016-19 (about 300 million rubles), and all donations to Navalny’s presidential campaign for 2017 -18 years (about 360 million rubles), and all donations for the

Popular blogger Yuri Dud posted on his social networks an appeal to join the protesters and go to a rally on August 10 in support of candidates who were not allowed to participate in the Moscow City Duma elections and against police brutality. “In recent years, young people in Russia have been as uninteresting as possible to touch on elections, protests, Basmanny justice, political prisoners, that’s all. The last two Saturdays have shown what our inertia has led to.