The professor of the legal faculty of Moscow State University followed the students in support of the arrested colleague Vladimir Stepanov-Egiyants. Photo: Alexander Shcherbak / TASS Professors, Associate Professors and graduate students of the Faculty of Law of Moscow State University named after Lomonosov, following the students, made an open appeal in support of their arrested colleague-deputy dealership Vladimir Stepanov-Egiant.

A year ago, a 22-year-old investigator SK was already watching a scandalous video with torture in the colony. And I did not find violations! There is a sequel & Nbsp SK began an audit against an investigator who refused to initiate torture in the Yaroslavl IK-1 The beating of Evgeny Makarov.

The information base of Moscow courts will no longer display the names of defendants in criminal cases of treason and espionage. This is due to the marking of cases under these articles as “top secret”, reports . TASS “The websites of the capital's courts will no longer have the names of the accused or suspects who are charged with the article “Treason” or “Espionage” (Article 275 and Article 276 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, respectively).

CSKA players Alexei and Vasily Berezutsky announced their retirement, according to the club's website. “Our career has evolved in ways we never dared to dream of. An incredible number of trophies with PFC CSKA, 1033 matches for the club and 159 games for the national team for two, many individual and team awards, phenomenal support from the fans - all this will forever remain with us, ”the players said in an appeal to the fans.

In the Murmansk region, forest fires extinguish 15 volunteers. Instead of equipment, they are offered to help with a prayer Volunteer. Photo: Tatyana Britskaya / "New Gazeta" In the Murmansk region, the border checkpoint of the Lotta Finland was closed for the first time. The reason is that the checkpoint surrounded fires. The Finns, observing the spread of fire, were alarming that for a day: the flame was about to cross the border.

Three defendants in the case of the “terrorist community “Network””, arrested in St. Petersburg, were taken from local pre-trial detention centers. This was reported by Mediazona with reference to members of the Public Monitoring Committee of St. Petersburg. Viktor Filinkova and Yulia Boyarshinova were transferred from pre-trial detention center No. 6 in the Leningrad region.

A number of US oil and gas companies have asked Congress not to impose tougher sanctions against Russia that could affect their business. This is reported by Reuters, citing sources in parliament. The agency did not disclose which companies made the request to Congress, but said the Russian-American Chamber of Commerce had raised concerns about the document. Members of this non-profit organization headquartered in Houston include Shell, Exxon Mobil and Chevron.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has ratified an agreement with the Netherlands on cooperation in the case of the 2014 crash of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, according to his official website. The document was signed on July 7, 2017 in Tallinn.

The Moscow State Court refused to satisfy the claim of the former State Duma deputy Dmitry Gudkov against the Moscow Election Commission - Gudkov challenged the refusal to register him as a candidate for mayor of the capital. this He announced on Facebook. Gudkov previously wrote that he expected such a decision and did not hope for the support of the Moscow court.

Who is Maria Butina, arrested in the USA The second Anna Chapman appeared in the United States, she was also arrested, but it seems to be a little longer in the United States than the first, which was released home a few days later. Maria Butina. Photo: EPA Like Chapman in 2010, the 29-year-old native of Barnaul Maria Butina, detained by the FBI last Sunday, is accused of working in the United States as a foreign agent without proper registration in the Ministry of Justice.

Almost 50 thousand people signed a petition for an honest investigation of torture in the Yaroslavl correctional colony No. 1, which appeared on the website of Change.org after publishing a video of the beating of the prisoner Evgeny Makarov. A ten -minute video in which the crucified prisoner several colony officers take turns hitting the legs and heels with rubber batons, scored more than 1.2 million views.

Director of the research and analytical center of the United Rocket and Space Corporation (URSC) Dmitry Payson, whose office was searched on July 20 in connection with the case of treason, has resigned. This is reported by Interfax with reference to the press service of Roscosmos.

In 2018, the United States will allocate $200 million to Ukraine for military equipment, equipment and training of military personnel. This is stated on the Pentagon website.

Deputy Artistic Director of the Moscow Art Theater. Chekhov will be Marina Andreikina. It is reported by TASS with reference to the Ministry of Culture of Russia. She will serve as an administrative assistant and is expected to take up her duties at the end of August 2018. At the same time, the ministry added that the planned appointment is “an internal matter and the decision of the head of the institution”, who has the right to change the candidate without agreement.

The Walt Disney Company has fired Guardians of the Galaxy director and screenwriter James Gunn over his jokes about pedophilia and rape. It is reported by The Hollywood Reporter with reference to the statement of the chairman of the board of directors of the company Alan Horn. The reason for the dismissal was offensive tweets written by Gunn in 2008-2011, in which he joked about AIDS, the Holocaust, rape and beating of children.