On Wednesday, August sixth, the State Duma of the Russian Federation will submit a bill on the transfer of a single voting day in the Russian Federation from September to March. It is reported by ITAR-TASS . The corresponding amendments to the law “On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Rights to Participate in the Referendum of Citizens of the Russian Federation” will be introduced by deputies from the LDPR Yaroslav Nilov, Igor Lebedev and Mikhail Degtyarev.

On Tuesday, Josiki Sasai, Deputy Director of the Center for Development of the Institute for Physico-Chemical Research (Riken) was found dead. The scientist was one of the co -authors of the article published at the end of January this year, which described the method of obtaining stem cells from ordinary somatic cells by placing them in a “stress environment” - a weak acid solution.

The Syrian capital was subjected to massive mortar shelling of the militants of the armed opposition. Over 70 shells were released in Damascus, 19 people died, at least 75 were injured, including 13 children, ITAR-TASS reports, citing the news agency Suria al-En. The blow fell on the elite quarters of Abu Rumman, Maty and Mukhadzhirin, where the Presidential Palace is located.

The German Foreign Ministry condemned the terrorist attack in Afghanistan, as a result of which, according to the ministry, one soldier of international security assistance (ISAF) died, at least 13 people were injured, writes RIA Novosti . “We most decisively condemn this terrible act against ISAF soldiers. The ISAF mission has been contributing to the formation of Afghan security forces for many years and to improve the situation in the country in the country.

The Ministry of Defense plans to open special accounts on social networks and on video hosting so that American officials can receive objective information about the events of the Russian army, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the head of the press service of the Russian defense department Igor Konashenkov.

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced a meeting of the Extraordinary Committee of the Structure dedicated to the outbreak of the Ebola virus in the west of the African continent. It is reported by ITAR-TASS . This event will resolve the issue of the qualifications of the dynamics of the spread of the disease, in particular, following the meeting, this outbreak of the virus can be recognized as an “emergency in the field of public health, which is of international significance”.

The Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev will approve the list of agricultural products, raw materials and food prohibited for import into Russia, August 7, Gazeta.ru reports with reference to the press secretary of the head of government Natalia Timakova. Previously, Timakova said that the government is already working on the preparation of this list, which will be approved by government decree.

FLOCKTORY , resident of the Skolkovo Foundation Clisterrian, began to cooperate with the largest Russian store Yulmart. The finalist of the All-Russian festival-competition of innovative projects Startup Village 2014 specializes in the launch of referral campaigns for online stores and turns existing customers and the strength of their recommendations into an effective sales channel. Igor Bogachev “Innovation is an idea implemented in the economy and brought a business result.

The need for the accelerated development of the Far East, about which the Russian authorities began to talk about some time ago, was caused, as one might assume, two circumstances. The first circumstance is the outflow of local residents to other regions of the country, the second is the rapid economic growth of neighboring China.

The director of the manufacturer of the children's game "Fanta" from Smolensk was found guilty of the propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations among minors, Interfax reports with reference to the office of the Demidovsky District Court of the Smolensk region. The court decided to finish the director of the company for 45 thousand rubles. Currently, the court is being considered the question of holding accountable of the company itself as a legal entity.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a resolution according to which Russian airlines will be able to attract aircraft commanders up to 200 foreigners a year. “The maximum number of foreign citizens who can be involved in Russian legal entities and individual entrepreneurs for the post of civil aircraft commanders is 200 people a year,” the document says on the official website of the Russian government.

US President Barack Obama promised on August 5 to African countries investment and economic assistance by $ 33 billion, Kommersant writes. This amount will take shape from the obligations of the US government and investment of American firms, such as Blackstone Energy, Coca-Cola, General Electric and Marriott Hotels, Barack Obama said in Washington at the US Africa summit.

The leader of the Ukrainian Nationalist Party "Freedom" Oleg Tyagnibok, commenting on the words of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavel Klimkin about the consolidation of official status in the regions, said that his faction would not allow this, the UNIAN news agency reports. “I would like to note that in his comments regarding the language policy in Ukraine, Mr. Klimkin should be guided exclusively by Article 10 of the Constitution of Ukraine, and not his subjective assessments.

Russian aviation prepare response measures for sanctions adopted by the European Union in relation to the Dobrolet airline, ITAR-TASS reports. In particular, in Russia they can stop part of European charters, change the Trans -Siberian routes and close the airspace for the transit of Ukrainian air carriers.

Baku urges the world community to consider the possibility of imposing sanctions against Armenia. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press release of the Azerbaijani embassy in the United States.