In the north of Crimea, near the city of Armyansk, the Internet was turned off “for security purposes,” the Dozhd TV channel reports , citing Olga Kovitidi, Senator from Crimea, member of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security. According to the channel, the Internet was turned off after a shootout on the border with Ukraine. “For security reasons (the Internet was turned off - ed. ). This is necessary so that certain special services ... there is no penetration ...

"New Gazeta" collected versions of what happened in Crimea Stop frame with a video, the Center for Public Relations of the FSB of Russia. RIA Novosti FSB version No. 1 "Attempt for first persons and elections" Published: FSB website, Rossiyskaya Gazeta On August 10, the FSB published on its website a message that the “sabotage-terrorist groups”, equipped with fighters of the “special forces of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine”, tried to break through the Russian-Ukrainian border in two places.

The first reaction of the official Kyiv to the incident in Crimea Photo: press service of the President of Ukraine The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine denied the information widespread by the FSB of the Russian Federation regarding the participation of the departments of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine in sabotage activities in the territory of the annexed Crimea.

The alleged leader of the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group, Yevgeny Panov, admitted during interrogation that the sabotage operation in Crimea was planned by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. This was reported by the REN TV channel. According to him, the saboteurs were preparing to undermine Russian military equipment in the Crimea, for this a cache of explosives was laid on the peninsula.

Almost all self-nominated candidates failed to collect the signatures required for nomination to the Duma Regional election commissions are starting to sum up the results of the collection of signatures by self-nominated candidates. Several well-known candidates have already learned that a lot of defects have been found in their signature lists.

The St. Petersburg Electoral Commission refused to register for the elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Parnassus party. It is reported by Interfax with reference to the press service of the city election commission. The reason for the refusal was a large number of unreliable signatures and shortcomings in the execution of documents. According to the decision of the commission, not a single Parnas candidate will participate in the elections.

As a result of the accident near Feodosia in the Crimea, five people died. It is reported by Interfax with reference to the representative of the traffic police of the region. “Five dead, approximately 20 injured. Whether there were children on the bus, we are now investigating, ”the source said.

The 18-year-old SHI fled from military unit No. 13821 in Gorelov was found hanged in the southern cemetery in a cemetery. Photo: RIA Novosti - His body was discovered by employees of the Southern Cemetery around 10 a.m. on August 8. However, when the death of a soldier came, it is still unknown, since he escaped from the unit on July 27, Novaya Gazeta was told in the military investigative department of the RF IC for the Western Military District.

The damage inflicted by Kiev on the Russian side will not remain without consequences. This is stated in the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. “We would also like to warn both Kyiv and its foreign curators that the damage inflicted on the Russian side, the death of Russian servicemen will not remain without consequences,” the ministry said.

How Siberia lives and who rules it. Signs of political struggle on the West Siberian Plain Photo: "New Gazeta" The first thing that meets me in Smoga Omsk is a sophisticated station: they remove asphalt on all platforms and put tiles. The imitation of the “cleaning performance” of the capital, sung by urbanist Grigory Revzin, comes to mind.

Andrey Romanovich Zakhtey was detained in the case of planned sabotage in Crimea, said in a statement. the Russian Foreign Ministry “Citizens of Ukraine and Russia who assisted in the preparation of terrorist acts were detained. Among them are Panov Evgeny Alexandrovich and Zakhtey Andrey Romanovich. All of them give confessions,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Previously, was called the name of only one suspect - Ukrainian Yevgeny Panov.

A passenger bus crashed near Feodosia. It is reported by RBC with reference to the press service of the regional Ministry of Emergency Situations. According to the ministry, the passenger bus took off from the highway. At least 4 people died, 15 more were hospitalized. The accident occurred on the Feodosia-Sudak highway.

Ukraine has strengthened the grouping of the armed forces on the border with Crimea, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Viktor Muzhenko wrote about this on his personal Facebook page. “Units and military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which perform tasks in the area of ​​the administrative border with Crimea, are put on high alert. An increase in the corresponding grouping has been carried out, ”he said.

The property of the bankrupt JFC company of Vladimir Kekhman, including a yacht and a Rolls-Royce, was sold at auction for almost 85 million rubles. This amount turned out to be almost half as much as the creditors expected, the Vedomosti newspaper writes , citing information from the Unified Federal Register of Bankruptcy Information. According to the publication, the yacht Bonanza! sold for 27.5 million rubles, for the Rolls-Royce Phantom car they managed to get 4.8 million rubles.

The contraction of the Russian economy in the second quarter of 2016 slowed down by half. This is evidenced by preliminary data from Rosstat. According to Rosstat, the decline in GDP in April-June amounted to 0.6% in annual terms. In the first quarter of 2016, GDP decreased by 1.2%. Thus, the rate of economic contraction slowed down by half. Earlier Thursday, Bloomberg reported that the Russian economy is beginning to emerge from its longest recession in 20 years.