In one of the districts of New Moscow, Shcherbinka, two candidates for municipal deputies Maxim Marutenkov and Alexander Menyukov, as well as a volunteer of the Open Russia movement Anna Vetrova, were detained for illegal campaigning. This was reported by the Dozhd TV channel with reference to Tatyana Usmanova, a member of the Moscow branch of the movement. According to the activist, all three were detained at the request of the local administration.

Actor Steven Seagal has been appointed special representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry for Russian-American humanitarian relations. This was reported on the department's Facebook page. Segal's tasks will be "to promote the further development of Russian-American relations in the humanitarian sphere, including interaction in the field of culture, art, social and youth exchanges, and so on." The department also notes that Seagal's position does not imply any monetary reward.

A Washington District Court has ruled that the Trump administration must renew the Children of Irregular Migrant Children's Deportation Act (DACA), reported . Reuters Federal Judge John Bates, who reviewed the new arguments presented by the Trump administration, said he did not intend to change his decision to renew the law. Bates issued an executive order in April that ordered the administration of the US president to restart the DACA program.

Tens of thousands of residents of Chechnya gathered at the funeral of the killers of Yuri Budanov, among them - Ramzan Kadyrov. "New" analyzes the anatomy of the feat of Yusup Temirkhanov Yusup Temirkhanov. Photo: Anton Novoderezhkin / TASS Yesterday it became known that the Chechen Yusup Temirkhanov died in the Omsk colony, convicted of the murder of Colonel of the Russian army Yuri Budanov.

The police detained a resident of Rostov-on-Don, suspected of stealing 27 million rubles from bank cards. This was reported on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. A criminal case was initiated against the man under the article on theft on a large scale (part 2 of article 158 of the Criminal Code). The department did not release the name of the detainee.

In Brazil, the Workers' Party nominated former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is serving a sentence for corruption, as a presidential candidate. The party announced this on its Twitter. The party also called for support for da Silva's candidacy. The publication TeleSur reports that da Silva's candidacy will be officially registered in the Supreme Electoral Court of Brazil on August 15. Party members decided to nominate da Silva at a convention in São Paulo.

From the lyrics of this summer Peter Sarukhanov / "New Gazeta" They say that not everyone has an immortal soul. Where is she from a Chekist, proposte, an incest priest, a sadist, a nerd, a drunk, a simple lad, an empty place? The theological this game was sometimes worried about Zinaida Gippius, because she just really understood this until she was hungry.

Priest Bohdan Vasilyuk visited penal colony No. 8 (IK-8) in Labytnangi, where Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov is being held. This was reported on the website of the administration of the Federal Penitentiary Service (UFSIN) of Russia for the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District. According to the agency, Vasilyuk went to the medical unit of the colony where Sentsov is located and asked about his condition.

The Russian women's team in artistic gymnastics won gold in the finals of the team tournament as part of the unified European Championship in summer Olympic sports. Competitions were held in the Scottish city of Glasgow. During the competition, gymnasts Lilia Akhaimova, Angelina Melnikova, Irina Alekseeva, Uliana Perebinosova and Angelina Simakova scored 165.195 points in total.

In the United States, it has submitted a tough bill “On Protection from the Kremlin’s aggression” and for the first time in history imposed sanctions against Turkey - an allied on NATO: what is known?

In Khabarovsk, 51-year-old Valery Moskalenko was detained, who is accused of participating in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses, an extremist organization banned in Russia. This was reported on the website of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia ( blocked by Roskomnadzor in Russia).

For the first half of 2018, the average monthly nominal accrued salary in Russia was 42,550 rubles, which is 4,501 rubles higher than for the same period in 2017. This was reported by the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in its review of the socio-economic situation in Russia for the first half of 2018. These figures are also 8% higher than the average monthly salary for the entire 2017. Then it amounted to 39,167 rubles.

Rural pensioners are threatened with fines for gathering against the inaction of the police in the investigation of a fatal accident Residents of the village of Tersa, Volsky District sent an open letter to the president with a request to take control of an investigation into an accident in which 30-year-old Alexander Lopastii died.

The fight between mixed martial arts fighters Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov will take place in Las Vegas on October 6. This was reported on Twitter by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The UFC 229 fight will take place at the T-Mobile Arena. Nurmagomedov is set to defend his UFC lightweight title. In April, he defeated the American Al Iaquinta and became the first Russian who managed to win this tournament. In total, Nurmagomedov won 26 victories in his sports career.

The United States wants to master the European gas market and promise not to introduce new duties on this occasion European gas storage. Photo: Ladislav Karpov / TASS On July 25, the head of the European Commission Jean-Claude Junker and US President Donald Trump held negotiations in Washington.