Crimean winemakers for the second time asked Vladimir Putin to ban the import of wines from the EU into Russia Crimean winemakers for the second time asked Vladimir Putin to ban the import of wines from the EU into Russia For the first time with this initiative, entrepreneurs performed last summer. But then not all manufacturers supported the idea: “Golden Balka”, “The Legend of Crimea” Iinkerman were against it. Maybe that's why the proposal has not passed. But this year everything has changed.

The Budennovsky City Court of the Stavropol Territory granted amnesty to the head of the “Committee of Soldiers’ Mothers of the Kumya Region” Lyudmila Bogatenkova, Intrefax reports with reference to the court’s press service. The court acquitted the 74-year-old human rights activist of one count of fraud, and reclassified the second to a less serious one and granted amnesty.

The Russian government has proposed cutting about 100,000 state-funded places in higher education institutions, reports . RBC The publication refers to the draft main directions of the budget policy for 2016 and the planning period for 2017-2018, which the government adopted last week. The document proposes to reduce the number of state-funded places in higher education institutions from 800 to 750 per 10,000 people aged 17 to 30.

State Duma deputies are going to develop a package of bills that will protect Russian assets abroad from seizure, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the head of the State Duma Committee on Property Sergei Gavrilov. The parliamentarian noted that we are talking about amending corporate legislation, legislation on property and property. Amendments to the legislation will be prepared for the autumn session of the lower house of parliament.

A 19-year-old resident of the Ivanovo region was given a two-year suspended sentence for attempting to join the Right Sector organization banned in Russia, the press service of the FSB Directorate for the region told Interfax.

Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights in case of discrepancy with the Constitution of the Russian Federation are non-binding, said the presidential representative in the Constitutional Court of Russia Mikhail Krotov. According to the official, the Constitution of any country has priority over other laws, including international ones, RIA Novosti reports . The Ministry of Justice supported the Kremlin's position.

Why did the initiative of the Russian Armed Forces on the transfer of minor crimes into the category of administrative cases have stuck in the offices of the security forces Why did the initiative of the Russian Armed Forces on the transfer of minor crimes into the category of administrative cases have stuck in the offices of the security forces At the end of 2012, the chairman of the Supreme Court of Russia Vyacheslav Lebedev at the All -Russian Congress of Judges proposed to decriminalize

At the tournament in the UK among athletes with cerebral paralysis, Russian athletes confirmed the status of the strongest football players of the planet. In the final match, our team was opposed by rivals from Ukraine (as well as at the Paralympics in London), and the outcome of the meeting decided the only goal of Alexander Kuligin.

The Russian delegation in its entirety refused to participate in the summer session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, reports . TASS On refusal to participate in the session, which will be held in Helsinki from 5 to 9 July, said the Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Sergei Naryshkin.

Anton Sachkov. Photo: Anna Artemyeva / "New Gazeta" On July 1, Judge Zhiloshin announced the completion of the judicial investigation in the Abinsky District Court of the Krasnodar Territory at a meeting in the case of Anton Sachkov. The debate that was supposed to take place today were postponed to July 8th. The prosecutor Gerasimov previously addressed such a request to the court.

Advisor to the Mayor of Moscow and State Duma deputy Vladimir Resin told Moskovsky Komsomolets that the city authorities decided not to erect a monument to Prince Vladimir on Sparrow Hills. The decision, according to Resin, is final. Now the city authorities have to choose a new place for the monument. One of the options for the location of the monument is to erect it on Lubyanka - where the monument to Dzerzhinsky stood, the source said.

On July 1, in the Abinsk District Court of the Krasnodar Territory, at a hearing in the case of Anton Sachkov, Judge Kholoshin announced the completion of the judicial investigation. The debate, which was supposed to take place on the same day, was rescheduled for 8 July. Prosecutor Gerasimov addressed the court with such a request. “The case is under the control of the regional prosecutor’s office, and the prosecution needs additional time to develop a position,” he explained.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras agreed to accept almost all the terms of the program to support the country, put forward by international creditors, according to the Financial Times. At the disposal of the publication was a letter from the prime minister, which he sent to the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and the European Commission on the night of July 1.

The number of victims of the crash of a military plane in Indonesia has risen to 141 people, reports Agence France-Presse, citing local police. “We have received 141 bodies,” police spokesman Agustinus Tarigan said at the Medan City Hospital. The deputy head of the North Sumatra police, Didit Setioboudi, clarified in a conversation with Detik that in total, 141 body bags were received by law enforcement officers, 139 of which are intact.

Young Rostovites and guests of the region will take part in the All-Russian competition "I draw the Ombudsman for Children", the Rostov television and radio company Rostov-Life reported. The company's journalists claim that the initiative to hold an action to create the image of the children's ombudsman (or his activities) belongs to Mr. Astakhov himself.