The activists submitted to the City Electoral Committee of St. Petersburg a resolution of an agreed-upon rally on July 24 for fair elections. The number of police officers at the action exceeded the number of participants by 10 times, Krasimir Vranski, one of the organizers of the action, told Novaya Gazeta. Approximately 20-30 people took part in the action, while 200-300 policemen were on duty on St. Isaac's Square.

The new owner of the Yadrovo testing ground in the Moscow region is the Vesna company, which belongs to the nephew of the FSB director Dmitry Bortnikov. This was reported by The Bell and Vedomosti . According to publications, Bortnikov owns 51% of Vesna. Another 33% of the company is owned by Sergei Sukhanov, the brother of Tula City Duma deputy Oleg Sukhanov, writes The Bell. The deal to sell the landfill took place on July 31 and was non-cash, the company said .

Crimean Tatar activist Edem Bekirov, who is accused of trafficking in explosives and ammunition, officially appealed to the leadership of the Simferopol pre-trial detention center with a promise to refuse food and medicine if his case is sent for consideration to the Krasnoperekopsky court in Crimea. Bekirov stated this during a meeting with the leadership of the pre-trial detention center in the presence of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Crimea, Lyudmila Dubina. “...

Conflict in La Scala. Iron lady of the opera scene decided to check for the strength one of the leading theaters in the world Bartoli Chechilia. Photo: ITAR-TASS/ Alexey Nasrov The singer refused to participate in the production of the opera Julius Caesar in Egypt, planned for October, in solidarity with the current director of the Milan Theater Alexander Pereyira. With him in Milan did not extend the contract. Who will win, and who will lose due to this scandal?

Why do parents follow the children in GPS Photoxpress It is believed that parents should grow children before the release. But at any university you can meet students who went there because they were forced by their parents. Parents are scared: and if the child does not find a job, never gets off their neck, will not be able to provide for himself? Fear brings the situation to the point of absurdity.

The US Federal Reserve System (FRS) for the first time since the financial crisis in 2008 lowered the base interest rate. This was reported on the website of the regulator. The rate fell by 25 basis points - from 2.25-2.5% to 2-2.25%. The decision was made "in the light of the consequences of global changes for the prospects for economic development," the regulator notes. Earlier, US President Donald Trump demanded a rate cut to compete with China.

Former EMERCOM flight attendant Elena Shebunova earned at least 6.5 billion rubles on contracts with the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Emergencies, according to The Insider. As the newspaper writes, referring to an old publication by Express Gazeta, Shebunova worked as a flight attendant on an EMERCOM plane and accompanied Shoigu on business trips when he headed the ministry.

The head of the Roman Catholic Church responded to a private invitation to visit Moscow Photo: Zumatass Immediately two sensations in the world of large church policy were brought by the celebration of the 35th anniversary of the Russian opera singer Svetlana Kasyan-a soloist of the Bolshoi, who performs mainly in Italy and other European countries. The fact is that on July 24, the singer met her birthday in the company of Pope Francis in the House of St.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will instruct to allocate funds from the reserve fund of the government to extinguish forest fires. He announced this at a meeting on the fight against forest fires in Krasnoyarsk. “Regarding the strengthening of the Ministry of Emergencies, along with the capabilities of the Ministry of Defense.

St. Petersburg YouTube channel lost advertising after publishing a video of the dispersal of the May Day procession NEVEXTV channel page in YouTube On the evening of May 1, a “fairy-tale May Day” was released on the YouTube channel Nevex.TV-a report on how a festive procession passed in St. Petersburg. The emotional video, which captures the rigid acceleration of the coordinated demonstration of St.

On July 25 , the Lefortovsky District Court of Moscow arrested Yury Yeshchenko, suspected of treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code), for two months. This was reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the court. Since the materials are classified, the details of the case are unknown. At the same time, the full namesake of the man is the head of the company for the wholesale sale of chemical products "Cryomir".

And why is it necessary to fight for fair elections to the Moscow City Duma The maniacal desire of the authorities to prevent the opposition from entering the Moscow City Duma is trying to be explained in different ways. The simplest explanation is the habit of the Kremlin and its entire “vertical” to never admit mistakes and not cancel earlier decisions: “the kid said - the kid did”, any retreat is a sign of unacceptable weakness.

Russian sailors, detained with the second largest cargo of cocaine in the whole history of the fight against drug trafficking in the world, is charged Photo from the archive The smuggling of drugs and participation in an organized criminal community-such articles were included in the final charges against the Russian crew of the Eser vessel, detained on January 31 in Cabo-Verda. On Tuesday, July 30, the final edition of the prosecution was signed by the prosecutor.

There is a sequel & Nbsp “Do not judge artists and clowns ...” The actor Mikhail Efremov opened to Minister Kolokoltsev. Video In Moscow, the actor of the Contemporary Theater Dmitry Smolev was arrested for 8 days for the video in which he portrayed a drunken traffic police officer during execution. The court found him guilty accused of Smolev under an article on petty hooliganism (20.1 Code of Administrative Offenses) and illegal wearing form (17.12 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

The leadership of the Moscow special detention center No. 1 refused to allow Anastasia Vasilyeva, the attending physician and chairman of the Alliance of Doctors trade union, to the oppositionist Alexei Navalny. She reported this to Novaya Gazeta.