The only purpose of the opposition may be a parliamentary republic in Russia Peter Sarukhanov / "New" Two fears are present in the public consciousness on the eve of the 2018 presidential election. The first (supporters of the current president): everything in the country is held on Vladimir Putin, only he can solve problems facing the country. There is no one to replace it, if he leaves - everything will collapse, a complete disaster will come.

The UN, without the participation of Russia and the United States, approved the first multilateral treaty on a total ban on nuclear weapons. It is reported by Reuters. According to the agency, 122 countries participating in the negotiations voted "for" the adoption of a document on a complete ban on nuclear weapons. The Netherlands voted against, Singapore abstained.

The first meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and American leader Donald Trump has ended. It lasted 2 hours and 20 minutes, according to RIA Novosti. Putin said that he had discussed with Trump the situation in Ukraine and Syria, the fight against terrorism and cybersecurity, the agency said. “I had a very long conversation with the President of the United States. A lot of questions have accumulated - there are Ukraine, Syria, and other problems, some bilateral issues.

The US and Russia have reached a ceasefire agreement in southwestern Syria, the Associated Press reported , citing unnamed US officials. According to the agency, the ceasefire will come into force at noon on July 9 in Damascus. An agreement on this was reached at a meeting of the presidents of the two countries. The AP clarifies that the interlocutors were not authorized to publicly discuss the ceasefire and spoke on condition of anonymity.

The Delovye Linii group of companies reported the seizure of some of the campaign materials that the carrier was supposed to deliver to the headquarters of the opposition politician Alexei Navalny in several cities of Russia, reports . Interfax “In some cities, the cargo was seized by the police.

From a personal diary Photo: Interpress/TASS His death is a heavy stone on the soul. I understand: not for me alone. Dozens of people who knew him. Thousands, if not millions, his readers.

The place of the explosion. Photo: "Luganskinskinform Center" In Lugansk, the second explosion thundered in a second, TASS reports . The first explosion occurred around 15:30 local time. As a result of the incident, the captain of the medical service died, another five people were injured. The national police of the self -proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic qualified what happened as a terrorist attack.

Monologue of Alexander Turovsky, cruelly beaten by the police at the headquarters of Navalny Alexander Turovsky. Photo: Vitaly Seerukanov / Twitter - On the night of 5 to 6, I stayed at night on duty so that they would not get to us. We cannot close the headquarters, because we were cut off the locks. I had to install the Skokolds, and someone should close the headquarters from the inside every evening. In the morning I had to change me.

Video from the G20 summit in Hamburg Updated & Nbsp Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin Shake Hands for the First Time Pic.twitter.com/XJ5TGCMCKS - The Telegraph (@telegraph) July 7, 2017 And here is the long -awaited moment of the first handshake of Putin and Trump. The first video appeared from the Big Twenty summit, where Russian President Vladimir Putin and American leader Donald Trump are for the first time so close to each other.

The court dismissed the case against the Environmental Watch for the North Caucasus, initiated because it did not recognize itself as a foreign agent, Maxim Olenichev, head of the legal department of the NGO Lawyers' Club, told Novaya Gazeta. Consideration of the case in the courts lasted more than six months. Organizations no longer face a fine of 300 thousand to half a million rubles.

Deputy Minister of Economic Development Igor Podguzov has been appointed to the post of General Director of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Russian Post. This was reported in the press service of the Ministry of Communications. The initiative to appoint Podguzov to this position was made by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. According to the prime minister, Podguzov has experience in managing large companies, including infrastructure monopolies.

The dissertation council on the history of Belgorod State University (NRU "BelGU") did not deprive Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky of his academic degree, reports . Interfax The Discussion Council examined the disputed doctoral dissertation of the minister and did not find any violations in his obtaining a degree.

State Duma deputies adopted in the second reading a bill according to which bailiffs can restrict a Russian citizen from traveling abroad if his debt is more than 30 thousand rubles, reports . Interfax Thus, the debt threshold has tripled. In the previous version of the bill, it was 10 thousand rubles. The agency notes that the deputies did not raise the bar for debtors for alimony and compensation for harm to health, it also remained at the level of 10 thousand rubles.

The Dissertation Council on Historical Sciences of Belgorod State University (BelSU) issued a draft resolution stating that the work of the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky "fully complies with the requirements, (...) there are no formal violations in obtaining a doctoral degree by the author," Interfax . reports It is also noted that “the conclusions of the applicants cannot be formally accepted, (...) it is confirmed that the dissertation was completed by the author independently.

The Sverdlovsk Regional Court reduced the term of conventional imprisonment to the video blogger Ruslan Sokolovsky from 3.5 years to 2 years and 3 months, Znak.com reports . The regional court also changed the wording of an episode with a fountain pen equipped with a video camera.