State Duma deputy Alexei Mitrofanov, from whom deputy inviolability was removed at the beginning of summer, is in Europe, reports ITAR-TASS . Mitrofanov noted that he is under treatment and maintains contact with investigators. He emphasized that they were aware of where he is, but he did not clarify the country of stay. Recall that in early June, the State Duma, on the proposal of the Prosecutor General’s Office, deprived Mitrofanov of deputy inviolability.

We publish the new text of the writer and journalist Igor Svinaarenko from the Zapamsha cycle. This time this is a conversation for life with a Croatian diplomat and intellectual Bozho Kovachevich. The author and his interlocutor in a leisurely table conversation managed to discuss a lot. Here, for example, Slobodan Miloshevich - can it be compared with the current figures?

Russian border guards recorded about 15 breaking ammunition near the village of Mityakinskaya, Rostov Region, said Vasily Malayev, official representative of the FSB of the Russian Federation in the Rostov Region, Interfax reports. “The shells flew 500 meters from the border and exploded 300 meters from the village,” Malayev said. There are no victims and victims among residents and employees of the border control.

On August 11, 1955, Sergey Mavrodi, the creator of MMM, was born. Personal business Sergey Panteleevich Mavrodi (59 years old) was born in Moscow in the family of the Pantelei Andreevich Mavrodi installer (half Ukrainian, half Donetsk Greek) and economist Valentina Fedorovna (Russian, from Vladimir). Born with congenital bilateral heart defect, which is why the doctors predicted that he would not live up to eighteen.

The potential candidate of US presidency in the 2016 elections Hillary Clinton spoke in an interview with The Atlantic with a sharp criticism of the foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration. In particular, Clinton noted that the rejection of interference in the Syrian feud was the failure of Obama’s policy. Republicans in the Congress made up the current president for reluctance to seriously support the Syrian rebels who rebelled against the Assad regime.

The Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, said at a briefing on Monday that the information about the full environment of Donetsk provided by Ukrainian officials is a bluff, the fighting spirit of the soldiers controlled by him, and the armed formations of the DPR will soon go on the offensive. It is reported by RIA Novosti .

Rebelled for the next term of the president of the International Chess Federation, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov explained the loss of his rival to Harry Kasparov’s election by his attempt to politicize chess. It is reported by Interfax . “Today, the majority of FIDE members voted for the sports spirit who won an attempt to politicize chess,” Ilyumzhinov said. According to him, Kasparov tried to affect the issue of the Crimean crisis even in the elections of the head of the chess federation.

Faid aviation flights in the border territory of the United States correspond to the letter of international agreements. This was announced on August 11 at a press briefing in Balashikha was stated by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force, Colonel General Viktor Bondarev, Interfax reports. “We flew, fly and fly. We do not interfere in each other's affairs, we do not bother them, ”Bondarev emphasized.

UN Secretary General Pan Hi Moon called on the parties to use the 72-hour pause to achieve a thorough truce, ITAR-TASS correspondent reports. He expressed the hope that this would give the parties another chance to agree through the mediation of Egypt about the stable ceasefire, which will benefit the civilian population, and also serve as a beginning to resolve key mutual claims, ”the communique said.

Last Saturday, August 9, the Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Nikolai Fedorov on the air of the Vesti program said that Russia has determined for itself new priority trends in imports that will replace countries that have fallen under the food embargo. According to Fedorov, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Tajikistan and to some extent Kyrgyzstan can be carried out to Russia.

The National Guard of Ukraine will create a squadron of drones, said the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov on his Facebook page. He also added that prototypes of tactical reconnaissance drones were represented at the National Guard training ground in the new Petrovites. “We combine the efforts of our research and experienced groups in tactical drones. From Monday, an operational squadron of unmanned aerial vehicles will be created as part of the National Guard, ”Avakov wrote.

Canada sent a plane with 32 tons of military equipment in an amount of five million dollars to the Ukrainian military. This was reported by the press service of the State Border Service of Ukraine. “On the eight of August, the administration of the State Border Service of Ukraine received equipment and equipment worth five million Canadian dollars from the Canadian government,” the press release says.

The deputy chairman of VEB, ex-minister, mayor Andrei Klepach said that, according to Rosstat, GDP in the second quarter grew by 0.8%, which indicates the onset of a technical recession of the economy. His words are given by Interfax . At the same time, the mayor estimated the annual GDP growth of 1.1%, and the growth in the second quarter - by 0.1% after a decrease by 0.5% in the first quarter, respectively, the ministry could not indicate a technical recession.

It is time to introduce a moratorium on a description of Ukrainian events. At least in the places of ATO. Everything there has long been beyond the reliable. Well, yes, settlements can actually go from hand to hand ten times, but in the media all this is supplied even more diverse, in the amount of already producing a powerful nonsense. Moreover, on both sides. These are, which means objective circumstances.

Kyrgyzstan expects to join the Customs Union and the Eurasian Economic Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan by the end of the year. This was stated by the head of the Republic of Almazbek Atambayev at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on August 11, Interfax reports.