THERE IS A CONTINUATION The press service of Credit Suisse & denied media reports about the blocking of assets of Russians Swiss bank Credit Suisse has frozen 5 billion francs (or $5 billion) in Russian-related assets due to US sanctions. This was reported by Reuters. "Credit Suisse, wherever it operates, acts in accordance with the norms of international regulators, observing sanctions, including sanctions against Russia," the bank's press service said.

MegaFon and Rostelecom companies have come up with a bill that will allow shifting part of the costs of implementing the Yarovaya Law to foreign Internet companies, including Google or Facebook. This was reported by Reuters, citing the text of the bill and sources.

Economist Oleg Buklevshev - how the ruble reacts to American sanctions Photo: RIA Novosti On August 22, the United States introduced a new package of sanctions against Russia: from today, American companies are prohibited from selling Russia's dual -purpose products, which can be used as a military. The supply of electronics and technologies for the oil and gas industry is prohibited.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs called for the issuance of a driver's license and a certificate of registration of vehicles equipped with a microchip. This is stated in the draft on the portal of regulatory legal acts. According to the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Irina Volk, documents of the “new generation” will be equipped not only with a microchip, but also with several additional degrees of protection.

So called themselves the employees of the Center "E", knocking out evidence from young people. “Analogy” most outraged the veteran of the two wars - the grandfather of one of the young “extremists” Photo: zekovnet.ru On November 5, 2017, the “revolution” was to be held in Russia, which was appointed by oppositionist Vyacheslav Maltsev on this date.

The Moscow City Court rejected the claim of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who demanded that the decision to recover one ruble from him as compensation to businessman Mikhail Prokhorov be recognized as illegal. This was reported to RBC with reference to the press service of the court. Thus, the decision of the Lublin Court in the case of protecting the honor and dignity of Prokhorov entered into force.

The investigation has completed the proceedings of the criminal case against the head of the Karelian "Memorial" Yuri Dmitriev. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the lawyer Viktor Anufriev. “From August 27, familiarization with the materials of the criminal case has been scheduled,” the lawyer said. Earlier, the Petrozavodsk City Court extended Dmitriev's arrest until October 26.

In the Samara region, while receiving a bribe, the head of one of the colonies was detained, reports with reference to the press service of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the region. RIA Novosti The UFSIN report says that for money, he promised to set in motion the process of parole of some convicts. The final decision on parole is always made by the court, but the opinion of the colony administration is always taken into account. Other details are not disclosed.

In July, the Central Bank of Russia purchased 26.1 tons of gold (with an estimated cost of about $77 billion). This is reported by Bloomberg with reference to data from the International Monetary Fund, noting that this is a record figure since November 2017, when 27.37 tons were purchased. Thus, by August 1, there were 2170 tons of gold in the gold and foreign exchange reserves.

The Berezovsky City Court of the Sverdlovsk Region arrested for two months, until October 20, 2018, two teenagers accused of intentionally inflicting grievous bodily harm, resulting in the death of a young man with a disability. This was reported on the website of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee (SU SK) for the Sverdlovsk region.

The riots in correctional colony No. 37 (IK-37) in the Perm Territory began after one prisoner beat another for cooperating with the administration of the institution, writes , citing the regional prosecutor's office. Kommersant After the beating, the publication clarifies, he refused to obey the employees of the security department of the colony, in which he was supported by several other convicts. When the "riot organizer" was detained, he allegedly cut his forearms with a sharpened object.

The jury recognized Paul Manafort, the head of the election headquarters of President Trump, guilty of 8 points of charge from the 18 Photo: EPA Special prosecutor Robert Müller shot President Donald Trump with a doublet and hit both times. At the fifth o'clock in the afternoon, on Tuesday in Alexandria, Virginia, the jury recognized the former head of the Trump election headquarters of Paul Manafort, guilty of 8 points out of 18. Hearing the first “guilty!”, Manafort swallowed, and then froze.

The Trilateral Contact Group for the settlement of the conflict in eastern Ukraine agreed to start a new truce from August 29, Interfax reports citing Viktoria Talakina, assistant to the envoy of the self-proclaimed DPR Denis Pushilin.

The head of the Association of Illegally Convicted Tatarstan, Nadezhda Shakirova, reported on the torture of detainees in the organized crime unit of the Republican Ministry of Internal Affairs. This is reported by the publication "Idel.Realii". According to her, in April last year, her brother Sergei Grigoriev, who was detained on suspicion of robbery and extortion, stood for a long time with a hat on his face without the opportunity to sit down and visit the toilet.

The Human Rights Center "Memorial" recognized as a political prisoner a student, one of the organizers of the action of supporters of the nationalist Vyacheslav Maltsev in Rostov-on-Don, Yan Sidorov, who is accused of trying to organize mass riots on November 5, 2017 (part 1 of article 212 with the application of part 3 of article 30 of the Criminal Code), as well as attempted riots (part 2 of article 212 with the application of part 3 of article 30 of the Criminal Code).