The military prosecutor's office for the Southern Federal District confirmed that the pilots of the Su-25 training attack aircraft that crashed in the Stavropol Territory were killed. Their bodies were found in the crashed plane, Interfax reports . Earlier it was reported that the pilots ejected, a search operation was launched. The Su-25UB crashed on September 3 while performing a planned training flight.

The head of the Central Election Commission, Ella Pamfilova, said that the commission sees no violations in the Smart Voting project of Alexei Navalny. “The guys are having a discussion. They are hacking at each other. This is good. Thank God, the flag is in their hands, let them discuss it, let them campaign,” she said, Interfax reports .

UPD: "Apology of protest" reports that the information on the preparation of protocols in relation to Daniil Konon and Sergei Abanichev is not true. Daniil Konon, Sergey Abanichev and Valery Kostenok, who had previously been cleared of charges of riots, were charged with administrative protocols. According to MBKh Media, citing lawyers, Konon and Abanichev are charged with participation in an unauthorized action that interfered with the movement of vehicles or pedestrians.

The story of how the authorities canceled the elections in two capitals URL: https://www.proekt.media/narrative/vybory-mosgorduma-2019/ In the summer of 2019, Russian officials solved two difficult tasks: to elect a person by the governor of St. Petersburg, whom they laugh even in the Kremlin, and not to let the opposition into the Moscow parliament. The Project tells how much it was done.

The Tverskoy Court of Moscow arrested Alexander Solovyov, an unregistered candidate for the Moscow City Duma, for 20 days because of an uncoordinated march on August 31. It is reported by MBH Media . Solovyov was charged with a repeated violation of the rules for holding a rally. The case materials contained photographs that allegedly prove Solovyov's participation in an unauthorized action on August 31.

On the booklets and other products of the Eastern Economic Forum, which opened in Vladivostok, instead of the bridge to Russky Island, they depicted the Rama IX cable-stayed bridge in Bangkok. The Ministry of Industry and Trade admitted the mistake on Instagram. “We thank the guests of the event for their attentiveness, fair criticism and pointing out the mistake. An unfortunate misunderstanding will be corrected as soon as possible.

"Smart Voting" is the least understood, frankly obnoxious, and most effective strategy available. Something I'm not sure that I can say something new about the "smart voting" proposed by Alexei Navalny and Lyubov Sobol, although I seem to be a voting specialist. Simplifying, I understand this as a vote “against all”: since there is no “against all” option on the ballot now, voting “for anyone but the candidate of the authorities” is the closest.

Agree, it's fun that the authorities have already got into their heads the understanding that they can no longer win elections in our country. Let's somehow fix this depressing thought for them in each of their representatives. I have five personal reasons to support Smart Voting. Oddly enough, they are slightly different from those voiced by other supporters of this idea. Reason 1. Guerrilla battle of attrition The authorities have a short bench.

The story of how the authorities canceled the elections in two capitals URL: https://www.proekt.media/narrative/vybory-mosgorduma-2019/ In the summer of 2019, Russian officials solved two difficult tasks: to elect a person by the governor of St. Petersburg, whom they laugh even in the Kremlin, and not to let the opposition into the Moscow parliament. The Project tells how much it was done.

The Federation Council Commission for the Protection of State Sovereignty and Prevention of Interference in the Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation saw a danger in criticism of the harsh police actions at protests in Moscow by Western media and embassies. According to Dozhd , unlike the meeting of a similar commission in the State Duma, it was open, and journalists were presented with facts that are considered evidence.

In the internal "list of 35" employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs include all those brought to justice for violations of the rules for holding mass actions. This was stated in court in the case of activist Konstantin Kotov by police major, senior district commissioner of the Novokosino department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Kudryashov, Mediazona reports . “We have a professional accounting base, a Russian base, it is interfaced with other bases.

The Tverskoy Court of Moscow sentenced Kirill Zhukov, a defendant in the Moscow case, to three years in a penal colony, finding him guilty of using violence against a government official during a protest on July 27. It is reported by Mediazona . According to the version of the prosecution, announced in court the day before, Zhukov delivered one blow to the head of a National Guard fighter with his left hand, trying to rip off the protective helmet by force.

The Moscow Endocrine Plant has purchased about 10,000 packages of the anticonvulsant drug Frizium, which is not registered in Russia, said Minister of Health Veronika Skvortsova. According to TASS , Skvortsova said that the Ministry of Health plans to restore the registration of the drug in Russia "as soon as possible." Earlier, the minister reported that approximately 2,000 to 3,000 children with epilepsy are in need of this drug in Russia.

The court sentenced in absentia the former prosecutor of the Perm Territory Alexander Kondalov for exceeding his official powers with causing damage to the regional budget by 100 million rubles and punished him with a fine of 80 thousand. 59.ru. _ A criminal case against Kondalov was opened in March 2017. Then he left for Israel.

Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam announced the withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill that sparked mass protests. It is reported by Reuters . A bill that would allow extradition to mainland China, where the courts are controlled by the Communist Party, has sparked months of unrest in Hong Kong. This threatens to persecute dissidents in Hong Kong, opponents of the law say.