The CEC approved a referendum on retirement age, but it will most likely not be At the meeting on August 8, the Central Election Commission suddenly approved all three formulations of the question to the referendum on pension reform proposed by three initiative groups.

Five -day war: Memories ten years later Tamara Mearakishvili. Photo: Sergey Nazarov After August 2008, tens of thousands of people began to live according to the new rules-as a result of the Russian-Georgian war around South Ossetia, which began 08.08.08 and lasted five days, Georgia finally lost control of the broken republic, and Russia recognized it as an independent state.

How Georgia met the anniversary of the five -day war Photo: Anna Sarukhanova - especially for "New" On the day of the anniversary of the August war, all Georgia recalls the events that occurred 10 years ago, not forgotten by anyone and left the mark on everyone's memory. In a number of cities, the memory of the dead was honored. Both military and journalists. In Tbilisi yesterday, a protest was held against the occupation.

The US State Department has announced new sanctions against Russia, which will come into force on August 22. The reason was the poisoning of the former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in British Salisbury, according to the agency's website. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement that the Russian government used chemical and biological weapons against its own citizens and violated international law under a 1991 law.

The FSIN denies that the defendants in the case of "new greatness" are required, but the parents of the girls are confident in the opposite Ani Pavlikova family. Photo: Anna Artemyeva The Federal Penitentiary Service does not believe that the defendants in the case of the “new greatness”-18-year-old Ana Pavlikova and 19-year-old Masha Dubovik, who are in jail, requires urgent medical care.

The Russian government will allocate 3 billion rubles from the reserve fund to the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services (Minstroy) to complete the construction of the facilities of the developer Urban Group. The corresponding order of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is published on the portal of legal information.

Correspondents of several sports publications reported on the attack by fans of the Greek football club PAOK on representatives of the Russian media before the match of the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League in Thessaloniki. According to the correspondent of "Championship" Dmitry Yegorov, Greek fans attacked Russian journalists at the entrance to the press box. They hit media representatives several times in the presence of stewards and officials of Spartak, with whom PAOK plays.

Cases of extremism and propaganda on the network are increasingly appearing thanks to the "well -wishers" signals " Photo: Photoxpress The judge of the Kyzyl City Court of Tuva Silan Saryglar found the civil activist Oum Dongak guilty of propaganda and a public demonstration of Nazi symbols. In 2014, Dongak reposted on her VKontakte page an interview about the establishment of the Hitler regime from the New Times, illustrated by the famous historical photo of enthusiastic girls with Nazi flags.

The Investigative Committee in Sochi has completed the investigation of a criminal case against Alexander Valov, editor-in-chief of the BlogSochi portal, who is accused of extorting money from a State Duma deputy from the Liberal Democratic Party. Alexander Popkov, lawyer for the Agora International Human Rights Group, told Novaya Gazeta about this.

A petition demanding the exchange of Russians imprisoned in Ukrainian prisons for Ukrainians convicted in Russia has gained more than 52,000 signatures. It is published on the Change.org platform. “The hunger strike of Ukrainian Oleg Sentsov gives us a chance to see our compatriots released from Ukrainian prisons. <...> Let's demand that the Russian government exchange Ukrainians for Russians," the activists urge.

Mikhail Kalmanov, a prisoner of correctional colony No. 5 in Chita, spoke about torture by employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) after the defeat of the Russian team in the match with Croatia. A copy of the lawyer's survey turned out to be at the disposal of Dozhd. According to the convict, after a miscalculation in the morning with a metal detector, Kalmanov was taken to an office intended for a medical examination. There he was asked to take off his underwear, but he refused.

Bishop of the Apostolic Orthodox Church Grigory Mikhnov-Vaitenko was not allowed to enter the colony with Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov. This was announced by the activist Victoria Ivleva on her Facebook. According to her, the clergyman collected all the necessary documents and, after a report from Sentsov's lawyer Dmitry Dinze, that the director's condition had worsened, he left for Labytnangi. The head of correctional colony No.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow extended the arrest of the head of the Serpukhov District, Alexander Shestun, for 3 months, that is, until November 13, 2018. This was reported to Novaya Gazeta by the press secretary of the court, Yunona Tsareva. Recall that on June 13, searches were carried out in Shestun's house, after which he was detained and taken into custody until August 13 by the decision of the Basmanny Court.

The Federal Bailiffs Service (FSSP) for the first half of 2018 temporarily restricted the travel abroad of 2.7 million people. This was reported by "Kommersant" with reference to the FSSP. The service emphasized that more bans were issued in the first six months than in the whole of 2016, when 2.3 million citizens faced restrictions. In 2017, the bans affected 3.4 million people.

The former head of the Venezuelan municipal police and oppositionist Salvatore Lucchese admitted to plotting an assassination attempt on President Nicolas Maduro. Reuters about it He told . According to Lucchese, the drone explosion was part of the armed attacks on Maduro. “We had a goal, and at that moment we were not able to achieve it 100 percent,” Lucchese said.