Explanatory note by the Secretary of the Union of Journalists of Russia (UJR) Pavel GUTIONTOV to the readers of Novaya Gazeta on whether the UJR supported the return of criminal liability for libel At the end of last week, the Internet exploded with reports that the Union of Journalists of Russia strongly supported the new version of the libel law.

Among those present were Olga Romanova, Boris Reznik, Lev Ponomarev, businessman Nikolai Kudelko and his wife Larisa Kudelko, lawyers Yuri Lysenko, Elena Lysenko, Lyubov Blagushina, as well as journalists Zoya Svetova, Irek Murtazin, director of Transparency International Elena Panfilova. Kudelko was presented with a brochure detailing the circumstances of the criminal case fabricated against the Lithuanian businessman.

One of Russia's most ferocious thugs gets an amazing sentence The Krasnoyarsk regional court sentenced recidivist Vladimir Tatarenkov to 13.5 years in prison in a penal colony.

Message to the Presidential Human Rights Council Dear Colleagues! The rather impulsive, if not nervous, dissolid actions of all participants in the current process of forming our Council, which the whole country is now frantically following, prompted me to express my personal point of view in the form of several questions, as well as the theses of my answer to them. 1. Do you really think that our activities were not in demand?

The Federal Drug Control Service may be liquidated before the end of this year, as the department's activities are recognized as ineffective. This was reported to Rosbalt by several high-ranking sources in the government. According to them, the issue of liquidating the Federal Drug Control Service has already been practically resolved. Interlocutors of the agency give the following statistics.

From January 1, 2013, a single investigative committee will appear in Russia, which will unite the current Investigative Committee and the investigative department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This is reported by "Rosbalt" with reference to a source in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The Investigative Committee, as part of the investigation of a criminal case on the mass death of people in the Kuban during the flood, received photographs of the flood sites from satellites of the Russian Federation, the USA and Italy. told Interfax today that a number of photographs were taken using a specialized software filter, which made it possible to identify the entire area of ​​flooding, as well as places where water accumulated.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree "On the Economic Council under the President of the Russian Federation." This was reported by the press service of the Kremlin. The Council was created "in order to coordinate activities to ensure the sustainable socio-economic development of the Russian Federation." Its main function will be advisory activities in the main areas of Russia's socio-economic policy.

Now the chairman of the Supreme Court of Tatarstan, Ilgiz Gilazov, must resolve the issue of changing the territorial jurisdiction of the criminal case against the former operative of the central apparatus of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tatarstan. During the preliminary hearing, Ildar Shamgunov, chairman of the Aviastroitelny District Court of Kazan, recused himself and challenged the entire composition of judges of the district court.

Acting President of the Russian Football Union Nikita Simonyan confirmed the appointment of Fabio Capello as head coach of the Russian national football team, ITAR-TASS reports . According to Simonyan, the contract with the 66-year-old Italian specialist will be signed in the near future.

Work to clean up flood-affected Krymsk will be completed within a week, ITAR-TASS reports . This was stated today by the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia Vladimir Puchkov at an extraordinary meeting of the Public Council under the Ministry. He also said that the repair of socially significant facilities has already begun today.

On July 14, Ilya Ponomarev, a member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation from the Just Russia party, published the concept of the draft Federal Law “On Volunteering” on his blog.

The prosecutor of Novorossiysk appealed to the court demanding that the inaction of the city administration during the liquidation of the consequences of the flood be declared illegal, Lenta.ru reports . The inaction was expressed in the fact that the authorities did not take measures to restore the sewerage system on Vodnaya Street.

Today, during a meeting of the Public Council under the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, Deputy Minister Alexander Chupriyan, who leads the operational headquarters for the elimination of emergencies in Krymsk, said that 166 victims of the devastating flood have been identified, and those who are missing remain, RIA Novosti reports . “We use the figures of forensic specialists.

The government army sent several columns of armored vehicles to the southern regions of Damascus, where fighting continues between rebels and supporters of the Bashar al-Assad regime, RBC reports citing Reuters. The national armed forces are firing mortars at neighborhoods that have been occupied by opposition troops. Citizens again leave areas of Damascus, which have become a target for Assad's bombardments.