This happens once every five years. Sailboats from all over the world come to the capital of Holland to participate in Europe's largest sailing festival SAIL AMSTERDAM. Parades, concerts, fireworks decorate this event and attract millions of visitors. A five-day marathon along the embankments of Amsterdam takes a lot of energy, but leaves in the soul wonderful emotions from meeting with the sail, which, along with the wheel, played a crucial role in the development of our civilization.

The surge of the Balkan traffic of illegal immigrants found by surprise The surge of the Balkan traffic of illegal immigrants found by surprise Refugees on the Greek-Macedonian border. Photo: EPA Europe was overwhelmed by a stream of refugees.

The “Party for Justice!” is registered for the elections to the Kostroma Regional Duma. (“Parzas”), Ilya Yashin, deputy chairman of the Parnassus party, said on Twitter, calling it his spoiler. “The Regional Electoral Committee registered the Parzas party, we consider it our spoiler, it allegedly also collected signatures. In this we see the political technologies of the 90s, ” Interfax quotes Yashin.

against the mayor of Veliky Novgorod, Yuri Bobryshev has been initiated A criminal case of negligence . This is reported by the website of the Novgorod Regional Department of the Investigative Committee. A case was initiated against the head of the city under Part 1 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation negligence, that is, improper performance by an official of his duties.

The Moscow City Court commuted the sentence of Irina Egorova, a defendant in the Oboronservis case, for two months, from four years to three years and 10 months, Interfax reports . The appeals of other defendants: Larisa Egorina (4 years and 3 months), Yuri Grekhnev (4 years) and Maxim Zakutailo (3.5 years) were left without satisfaction. Yevgenia Vasilyeva's lawyers did not file a complaint. After this decision, the verdict of the Presnensky Court of Moscow entered into force.

Immediately after the trial on parole, defendants in the Oboronservis case, human rights activists tried to visit her in the colony Immediately after the trial on parole, defendants in the Oboronservis case, human rights activists tried to visit her in the colony - Andrey , tell me , have you seen Evgenia Vasilyeva ? - Yes, I was invited to the colony, I was taken to the school where Yevgeny Vasilyeva works, and we met there. I introduced myself, she introduced herself.

In Moscow, a monument to the victims of political repression will be erected at the intersection of Sakharov Avenue and the Garden Ring, Interfax reports . “The place is good, it’s just a parking lot now, and the projects that were submitted for the competition take into account the surrounding architectural environment,” says Mikhail Fedotov, head of the presidential council for human rights. According to Fedotov, the height of the monument will be six meters.

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation has included the non-profit organization "Human Rights Center of the Chechen Republic" in the list of "foreign agents". This was reported on the official portal of the department. It is reported that the fact that the organization performed the functions of a "foreign agent" was established during inspections by the prosecutor's office and the department of the Russian Ministry of Justice in the Chechen Republic.

State Duma Vice Speaker Nikolai Levichev asked Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to ban the use of the Windows 10 operating system in public authorities, reports . RBC In the appeal, Levichev indicates that the operating system will collect password data, credit card security codes, IP addresses, location information without the consent of the user, and Microsoft will also process multimedia files, voice messages and e-mail.

Today, August 21, by decision of the Rostov Regional Court, it was decided to conduct a judicial investigation into the case of the Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko in the court of Donetsk, Rostov Region. This came as a complete surprise to the Donetsk court itself, where such high-profile trials had not taken place before. The petition was considered by the Rostov Regional Court.

The regional branch of the opposition Parnassus party in the Ryazan region filed complaints with the prosecutor's office and the election commission demanding that the United Russia party be removed from participation in the upcoming elections. The corresponding statement was published on the website of the party.

The state prosecution has asked for 13 years in prison for former State Duma deputy Mikhail Glushchenko, who is accused of complicity in organizing the murder of politician Galina Starovoitova, reports . Interfax The representative of the state prosecution in court stated that the statute of limitations had expired in the case, but according to the prosecution, there was no reason to stop the prosecution of this crime, which poses a great danger to society.

Brothers Arkady and Boris Rotenberg are involved in the appointment of Oleg Belozerov as the new head of Russian Railways, a source close to the government told Vedomosti. The publication does not specify what exactly the Rotenbergs’ participation is.

Sources of Novaya Gazeta in the Federal Penitentiary Service reported that representatives of the colony supported parole for Yevgenia Vasilyeva, convicted in the Oboronservis case. This position of the colony was not voiced at today's short meeting of the Sudogodsky District Court of the Vladimir Region, which resulted in the postponement of the issue of Vasilyeva's parole to August 25, it was only announced that the colony was not against the postponement of the hearings.