Friends of Serebrennikov talked about the arrest of the director The Basmanny Court was held by the promotion of the director Kirill Serebrennikov. He is accused of embezzlement of 68 million rubles allocated by the state for the Platform project. By a court decision, until October 19, the director will be under house arrest without communication. The meeting lasted more than three hours. At this time, Kalanchevskaya Street was filled with people on both sides.

Members of the contact group to resolve the situation in eastern Ukraine agreed on the terms of another truce. The truce will be timed to coincide with the beginning of the new academic year, it will be of an indefinite nature. This was reported by Interfax, citing a source in the negotiation group. Later, this information was confirmed by Russia's plenipotentiary in the contact group, Boris Gryzlov.

In relation to the former Deputy Minister of Finance and the former First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank, Sergei Aleksashenko, a criminal case was opened under article 226.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Smuggling of cultural property”). The deputy minister was detained at Domodedovo airport for trying to take state awards to the United States, the newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets writes , citing the customs control of the airport.

In Ingushetia, while clearing the rubble of a house where law enforcement officers killed four people, an underground bunker was discovered in which they made improvised explosive devices (IEDs). This was reported by the information center of the National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC). The fact that there was a workshop for the manufacture of explosive devices in the basement is evidenced by the components found in the bunker and ready-to-use IEDs, the NAC notes.

27 people were injured in an accident involving a bus in the Yegorlyksky district of the Rostov region. This was reported to RIA Novosti by the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the region. According to the agency, the Neoplan bus, en route from Stavropol to Moscow along the Rostov-Salsk highway, overturned after a collision with two cars - a Daewoo Matiz and a VAZ-2111. According to police, there were 35 people on the bus, including two drivers.

Murmansk blogger Alexander Serebryanikov told Novaya Gazeta that he was receiving threats in connection with a journalistic investigation into the family of Governor Marina Kovtun. “They promise to either kill or plant drugs,” he explained the nature of the warning received.

The court sent the artistic director Gogol-Center under house arrest until October 19 Svetlana Vidanova / "New Gazeta" The Basmanny Court of Moscow sent director Kirill Serebrennikov under house arrest until October 19. Thus, the petition of the prosecution was satisfied. The director himself asked the court to let him go in order to be able to work.

The Arbitration Court of Bashkiria decided to recover 136.4 billion rubles from AFK Sistema in favor of Rosneft and its Bashneft, reports . Interfax Thus, the judge partially satisfied the claims of the plaintiff, who asked for 170.6 billion rubles. As Sistema's lawyer said, the court's decision will be challenged. Earlier, Sistema announced the arrest of a number of assets as part of the proceedings on the suit of Rosneft and Bashneft, including a large stake in MTS.

Director Nikita Mikhalkov said that he had decided to leave the Board of Trustees of the Cinema Fund because of the "irresponsibility of the Fund's management", including his own. This is reported by Interfax. “I am leaving the board, from the board of trustees of the Cinema Fund, because I feel my irresponsibility, I speak only for myself, and, unfortunately, the irresponsibility of the Fund’s leadership,” the director said at a meeting of the board of the Russian Ministry of Culture.

The defense intends to appeal the house arrest of the artistic director of the Gogol Center, Kirill Serebrennikov, RIA Novosti reports , citing lawyer Dmitry Kharitonov. “We will file a complaint within three days,” Kharitonov said. Earlier, the Basmanny Court of Moscow placed Serebrennikov under house arrest until October 19. He was allowed to communicate only with close relatives, and visit the theater - only with the written consent of the Investigative Committee.

Director Kirill Serebrennikov tried to destroy part of the documentation in the case of embezzlement of budget funds, the prosecution said in court. Investigators also said that in December 2014, producer Ekaterina Voronova destroyed part of the "black documentation". The prosecution insists that the cultural figure tried to hide from the investigation, he allegedly violated the obligation to appear and went on a business trip to St. Petersburg.

The Ninth Arbitration Court of Appeal overturned the decision on the claim of Transneft against Sberbank to recover from the bank losses on derivatives for 66 billion rubles due to the weakening of the ruble, reports . Interfax In addition, the court ordered Transneft to pay Sberbank three thousand rubles of court costs. The ruling may be appealed to the Court of Cassation. On the eve it became known that Transneft received an offer from Sberbank to conclude a settlement agreement.

The prosecution asked in the Basmanny Court of Moscow to be sent under house arrest until October 19, director Kirill Serebrennikov. This was reported by the correspondent of Novaya Gazeta from the courtroom. The director of the director Dmitry Kharitonov asked to let Serebrennikov let go on bail of 68 million rubles. He explained that the director had no reason to leave: he has a schedule for August 23, he was not hidden from the investigation, there is no passport.

A GAZ worker in the Avtozavodsky district of Nizhny Novgorod stabbed five colleagues, three of them died, according to the official website of the Russian Interior Ministry. A criminal case has been opened on the murder of two or more persons. “Two men and a woman died at the scene of the incident from their injuries, two more victims were taken to a medical institution,” the report says.

The leaders of the Normandy Four countries - French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko - had a joint telephone conversation. The heads of state said they support the forthcoming decision of the contact group to declare a new ceasefire in Donbass from September. This was reported on the Kremlin website.