Businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky announced the termination of support for the "Investigation Management Center" (ICR). This is stated in Khodorkovsky's statement, published on the MBKh Media website. “Based on the results of studying all the materials available to me and discussing the results with experienced investigative journalists, I came to the conclusion that the selection of a person on the spot (fixer) was a significant mistake in preparing the trip.

Yevgeny Makarov, a prisoner in the Yaroslavl colony, complained to his lawyer about bullying by the staff of the correctional facility. This was reported in the fund "Public verdict". According to Makarov, during the morning inspection, the colony officers took off the underwear drying on the grate, put it on the table, and placed the Bible belonging to him on top of the still wet linen. “The prisoner stood facing the wall and did not see which of the colony employees did it.

The head of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Omsk Region lost his position. But this is not enough ... On August 28 in Omsk, President Vladimir Putin fired 15 generals of the Ministry of Emergencies, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, SK and the FSIN.

In Ukraine, administrative cases were closed on bringing the crew of the Crimean fishing vessel Nord to justice, Maxim Mogilnitsky, head of the Mogilnitsky and Partners law firm, whose lawyers represent the interests of fishermen, told RIA Novosti. “We managed to prove that there are absolutely no grounds for bringing the crew members of the Nord fishing vessel to administrative responsibility,” the lawyer said.

The regional public organization "Art Center" Children of Mary "for socially vulnerable children in Moscow was under threat of closure due to the actions of the Moscow authorities, said the deputy director of the organization, Yulia Loseva, on the air of the Ekho Moskvy radio station. According to her, a competition was announced for the premises allocated by the prefecture of the Central Administrative District in the Tverskoy district of Moscow back in 2000.

The anthology of the songs of the main American bard has been translated in Russian rock stars Photo: AP / TASS Boba Dilan was translated so little and chaotic in our country that it is considered to understand why he is considered a great poet and for which he received a Nobel, it is strongly impossible. You turn on any of the early albums - clear, great. You start reading in English-and with some knowledge of the language there are also no questions. And in Russian in no way.

Experts - about what Vladimir Putin proposed to soften and as an updated version of the pension reform will be perceived by society Photo: Artem Geodakyan / TASS Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the softening of pension reform, proposing to increase the retirement age for women by five years instead of eight - that is, up to 60 years. He stated this in a television show to citizens.

And everyone who voted for such a state will have to reckon with this Ten days before the rally, announced by Navalny regarding the increase in retirement age, Navalny himself was hidden as always, and President Putin made an appeal to the people. A summary of the appeal: the damned 90s is to blame-because of them the country is in a demographic pit.

The proposals for changing some points of pension reform voiced by Russian President Vladimir Putin during television, will cost Russia budget in an additional 4.4 trillion rubles. This was reported by RBC with reference to Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova. The Deputy Prime Minister told what the following amount is made up of: Raising the retirement age for women to 60 years instead of 63 - 3.6 trillion rubles Early retirement for those who could leave for it in 2019 and 2020.

The United States has sent a request to the World Trade Organization (WTO) for a consultation on Russia's imposition of duties on a number of American goods, the says organization's website . Requesting a consultation is the first step in the claim process. According to Washington, Russia violated Art. 1 and Art. 2 of the 1994 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

The story of the "excess" in the Yaroslavl colony in a whole era Photo by Evgeny Epanchintsev and Vladimir Sayapin / TASS A 10-minute video torture in the Yaroslavl colony, first published by the “new” on July 20, gained hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube. Who are these spectators? Perverts who enjoy the sight of other people's suffering? Sadists who decided to adopt the experience of bullying?

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev appointed Igor Sidorkevich Deputy Minister of Sports. The order is published on the website of the Cabinet of Ministers. “To appoint Sidorkevich Igor Mikhailovich as Deputy Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation,” the document says. 55-year-old Sidorkevich worked as the head of the main department of the Military Police of the Ministry of Defense, before that he was an FSB officer for more than a decade.

The Ukrainian Oscar Committee nominated the film "Donbass" by Sergei Loznitsa for the Oscar in the category "Best Foreign Language Film". This is reported by Interfax. “The script of the film is based on documentary materials and tells about the events that took place in the east of Ukraine.

The Foundation “In Defense of Human Rights” demanded that the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) of Russia for the Belgorod Region investigate complaints of torture of prisoners in the colony. this on the Ekho Moskvy blog . announced Lev Ponomarev, executive director of the movement, “I also turned to the regional commissioner for human rights with a request to immediately intervene in the situation,” the human rights activist added.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev replaced the head of the Russian State Library. Now, instead of Vladimir Gnezdilov, the library is headed by Vadim Duda, head of the Library for Foreign Literature. This was reported on the website of the government. Duda was appointed head of Leninka for five years. Whether he will continue to work at the Foreign Literature Library is unknown.