The government discusses the radical version of the credit amnesty Photo: Andrey Makhonin / TASS The Ministry of Economic Development has prepared a bill that can fundamentally change the position of borrowers in Russia. According to Kommersant, it is proposed to oblige the bank before transferring the debt to a third party (most often collectors) to offer it at a similar price to the debtor himself.

Vladimir Borto withdrew from the election of the governor of St. Petersburg a week before the vote. According to the communist, he was discouraged by Kiriyenko himself Photo: George Markov Friday debate between four applicants for the post of head of St. Petersburg promised to be no less boring than all the previous ones. If not for the director Vladimir Bortko, who, in the fortieth minute of the show on the city television channel, St. Petersburg announced that he was filming his candidacy.

The inconsistent procession on August 31 turned out to be the most peaceful for the protest summer Photo: Victoria Odissonova / "New Gazeta" On August 31, an inconsistent action was peacefully held in Moscow with a demand to release political prisoners - the defendants in the case of “riots”, which continues to conduct the Investigative Committee.

Sergey Dovlatov among Estonians and Russians This year, the Dovlatov Days in Tallinn, who took place in Estonia for the sixth time, was dedicated, as his artistic director Elena Skulskaya said, “Dreams of which sometimes have to wait for many years.” Dovlatov did not wait for his performance, but the heirs, friends and admirers observe his posthumous success even in some amazement. We are not used to the fact that justice triumphs.

The Shevchenkovsky Court of Kiev sentenced an employee of one of the enterprises of the state concern Ukroboronprom from Zaporozhye to nine years in prison on charges of treason in favor of Russia, the reported . Security Service of Ukraine Counterintelligence claims that the man was recruited by an officer of the Main Directorate of the Russian General Staff in 2014 on the territory of Crimea.

In the UK, protests are held due to the decision of the country's prime minister Boris Johnson on the suspension of the work of the parliament in front of Brexit, from September 9-12 to October 14. It is reported by the BBC. The action against the suspension of the work of parliament in London. Photo: Justin Griffith-Uillyms / RIA Novosti Protest shares are held in more than 30 cities of Great Britain, including in London, Manchester, York, Lids and Belfast.

“The roar of the door lock shared my life before and after. Power in Russia will change exactly the same ... " Photo: Vlad Dokshin / "New Gazeta" From the editorial office This is the first text written by Yegor Zhukov for Novaya Gazeta and Echo of Moscow. We are still waiting for him to come out. To work. The change of power in Russia will be very similar to my arrest.

The Minister of the Interior Vladimir Kolokoltsev awarded the Suvorov school in Grozny the name of the first president of the Republic of Akhmat Kadyrov by order of August 29. The press service of the Republican Ministry of Internal Affairs reported this to the "Caucasian Knot". At the same time, he was regularly mentioned under the name of Kadyrov and before the appearance of the order - for example, in June in a note on the release of cadets.

In Irkutsk, an administrative protocol was drawn up against Zakhar Sarapulov, a member of the Libertarian Party, for a Facebook post calling for a series of solo pickets on August 10. This was reported to "OVD-Info" by the Assistant Secretary of the Moscow Steering Committee of the Party. Sarapulov is charged with a repeated violation of the rules for participation in public events (part 8 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

The Telegram messenger in the next update will add the ability to hide your phone number from all users - even from those who have added it to the contact list, a claims Reuters source . Previously, protesters in Hong Kong have accused intelligence agencies of exploiting a related vulnerability to deanonymize. Now the user can hide the phone number in the privacy settings, but it will be visible in the Telegram contacts of those who have previously added it to their phone contact list.

The police detained two supporters of the unregistered Other Russia party for a rally in defense of freedom of assembly, they said in a statement. They “lit a flare and scattered leaflets” near the building of the regional security department on Novy Arbat for refusing to coordinate their annual rally on August 31. Dmitry Andrianov and Sergei Semyonov were taken to the police department along the Arbat, the activists specified.

In Moscow, an inconsistent procession began for honest elections and against political repressions. Photo: Victoria Odissonova / "New Gazeta" Participants in the action plan to go from pure ponds to Pushkinskaya Square. The procession is also involved in the politician Grigory Yavlinsky, the musician Peter Phali and the unregistered candidate for the Moscow City Duma Lyubov Sobol. On the route of the action, police are on duty. The detentions are not currently reported.

The Central Election Commission complained to the Public Collegium for Press Complaints about the interview of its head Ella Pamfilova about the elections to the Moscow City Duma to the American agency Associated Press.

The Dzerzhinsky District Court of St. Petersburg has deprived blogger Elvin Isaev of Russian citizenship, who criticized the Azerbaijani authorities, and decided to expel him from Russia, reports . Fontanka Isaev was detained on August 24, he was charged with art. 18.8 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation by a foreigner or stateless person of the regime of residence in Russia). At the same time, the blogger has been a Russian citizen since 2001 and changed his passport in 2014.

Hong Kong's Supreme Court extended a ban on subway protests imposed on 23 August. This is reported by the TV channel RTHK. Benjamin Yu, a spokesman for Hong Kong's rail transport (MTR) network operator, said the protesters' actions had "caused massive damage" to several metro stations despite a temporary ban on protests. Its action was to end on August 30. Judge Godfrey Lam, who made the decision, said that if the ban is not extended, the operation of the subway will be seriously disrupted.