The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Buryatia explained the dispersal of the rally in the center of Ulan-Ude, saying that the protesters used tear gas. Earlier it was reported that the security forces threw a smoke bomb into the bus.

A court in Ulan-Ude ordered blogger Dmitry Bairov, who was detained during a protest on September 10, two more five-day administrative arrests. On Wednesday, the court ordered Bairov to be arrested for five days, and on Thursday for two more days, Interfax reports . The blogger was found guilty on administrative charges of violating the procedure for holding a rally and petty hooliganism. A spontaneous rally in Ulan-Ude began on 9 September.

The RTVI television channel published a photograph of the former employee of the Russian Presidential Administration Oleg Smolenkov, whom the media called the CIA agent. The TV channel interviewed the father of the child Smolenkov Antonina from his previous marriage Evgeny Agafonov. According to him, his son, who was 13 years old, was taken away by deception.

UPD: The Metropolitan asks to recover 272 thousand rubles from politicians, Mosgortrans - 657 thousand, and the State Budgetary Institution "Highways" - 3 million 22 thousand rubles, Interfax reports . Mosgortrans, the Moscow Metro and the State Budgetary Institution "Avtomobilnye Dorogi" have filed new lawsuits against FBK lawyer Lyubov Sobol and Georgy Alburov, an FBK investigative officer, because of the August 3 action. “It looks like this is a series of lawsuits until August 3rd.

Rosfinmonitoring has included Yegor Zhukov, a student of the Higher School of Economics, on the list of extremists. This is stated on the website of the department. The listing of extremists suggests that Zhukov's bank accounts will be blocked. Zhukov was initially accused of participating in the riots on July 27, but the charge was later dropped .

The European Union extended for six months, until March 15, 2020, sanctions against 170 individuals and 44 legal entities of Russia. This is stated in the message of the Council of the EU. Those under sanctions are restricted from entering the EU countries, their European assets are frozen.

Businessman and friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin Gennady Timchenko came in second place in terms of wealth among the richest Russians. This is evidenced by data from the Forbes Real Time counter, which reflects the wealth of dollar billionaires around the world in real time. Now Timchenko's fortune is $22.1 billion, it has grown by $268 million in a day. Timchenko's partner in Novatek and Sibur, Leonid Mikhelson, remains the richest Russian.

VKontakte has concluded an anti-piracy memorandum with the largest book publishing houses in Russia and their online stores. As Vedomosti writes, the agreement actually introduces pre-moderation of files with books when downloading. To do this, the social network will use the so-called Copyright Check, an analogue of Content ID, which recognizes pirated video content by its digital fingerprint.

The Department of the Investigative Committee for Buryatia opened a criminal case on the use of violence against a representative of the authorities at a spontaneous protest in Ulan-Ude. “According to the investigation, on September 12, 2019, participants in an unauthorized rally, while on a bus in the pedestrian area of ​​Sovetov Square, refused to comply with the lawful demands of the police and the National Guard.

Investigation of how Russia is involved in the Civil War in Libya The material was prepared in conjunction with the Dossier Center and The Daily Beast In Libya, there is a Russian military contingent, led by Airborne Troops, andrei Kholzakov, follows from the correspondence of the emissaries of the “Kremlin cook” Evgeny Prigozhin.

Today's act of mass political repression is a desperate attempt to somehow prevent the implementation of the inevitable scenario of the loss of control of United Russia over regional legislatures Finally. Searches were confirmed this morning at the headquarters coordinators, headquarters staff and the premises of the headquarters themselves in 39 cities, here is the list.

The Prosecutor General's Office of Russia is checking information about the interference of employees of a number of diplomatic missions of foreign countries in the internal affairs of the country. This was stated by the head of the legal department of the supervisory agency Artur Zavalunov at a meeting of the working group of the relevant temporary commission of the Federation Council, TASS reports .

Repression, on the one hand, works to slow down the processes of change in our country - depriving the protest of institutions and resources, and on the other hand, to accelerate it, causing a wave of indignation and thereby strengthening protest moods Mass searches across the country. The state has moved to large-scale terror against those who, as it seems to it, are behind the discontent of the people.

The searches took place in the apartments of the coordinators of the departments of the "Voice" movement in Saratov and Tatarstan. According to the movement, the search at the coordinator in Saratov, Alexander Nikishin, began at about 6 am. It is sanctioned by the decision of the Basmanny Court of Moscow.

Chairman of the Board of Rosnano Anatoly Chubais launched his podcast Nanosvod. The first issue is devoted to renewable energy. “From the first issue, you will learn how renewable energy is developing in Russia and why European countries are massively switching to solar and wind energy. We will also discuss measures of state support for the energy sector in the country, ”Rosnano said in a message on VKontakte.