The arrests of a number of leaders of the Investigative Committee of Russia coincided and partially initiated the reorganization of the department, writes Kommersant . According to the publication, the reform, which was begun by the head of the Investigative Committee by Alexander Bastrykin, implies the direct submission to him of important structural departments and the abolition of several heads.

The official representative of the Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin retweeted that, according to the head of the Ministry of Sports of Ukraine Igor Zhdanov, Olympic gold was “stolen by Ukrainian wrestlers”. At the games, Ukrainian athlete Jean Belenyuk in the final match in the Greco-Roman wrestling in the weight category up to 85 kg lost to Russian Davit Chakvetadze. The Minister of Sports of Ukraine in response to this wrote on Facebook: “For us, Jean Belenyuk is a real champion!

During the 1984 election campaign, Ronald Reagan on the debate with his competitor in response to a caustic question of age promised "not to use the youth and inexperience of his opponent." Reagan was then 73 years old. Hillary Clinton is now 68, Donald Trump is 70.

Scientists from the research vessel of the E/V Nautilus were able to capture a small purple squid off the California shores. Scientists filmed on the camera a creature that is resting at the bottom of the ocean. It has purple coloring and very small sizes. Against this background, the eyes of the mollusk look huge and as if drawn. This type of octopus is called Pacific Russia (Rossia Pacifica). Scientists fascinated the find. They compared the squid with a lost children's toy.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation posted a video on the Internet showing a departure from the base in Iran and the application of air strikes by Tu-22M3 aircraft on the objects of terrorists of the Islamic State (prohibited in Russia) in Syria. Far Bo-22M3 and Su-34 bombers flew out of the Hamadan base airfield. They attacked the objects of the IG and Jebhat al-Nusra (also banned in Russia) in Aleppo, Deir Ez-Zor and Idlib.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev decided to transfer the privatization of the Bashneft shares “for a later date”. This decision was approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Natalya Timakova told Interfax . When privatization takes place, it is not specified. On May 17, Putin signed a decree on the exclusion of 50% plus one share of Bashneft from the list of strategic enterprises, which made it possible to privatize this package.

The “stereo” corvette of the Baltic Fleet of Russia performed artillery firing at air and marine targets and worked out other tasks within the framework of the exercises. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. The shooting was carried out during the day and in the dark of the day from 100- and 30 mm artillery complexes.

The idea of ​​storing conversation data in cellular networks and instant messengers came from the lobby of manufacturers of the corresponding Russian equipment. Ivan Begtin, a specialist in the field of working with data, director of the ANO Information Culture, member of the Committee of Civil Initiatives, spoke about this in an interview with Polit.ru, commenting on the situation.

The American company Google was unable to reach a settlement agreement with the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia in the case of restricting competition in the mobile software market. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the head of the management and information technology management of FAS Elena Zaeva. “Negotiations with Google on the issue of a settlement agreement did not give a result. The court will now put the point in this case.

The United Russia party approved a list of 12 phrases of the President of the country Vladimir Putin, which will be used during the Duma election campaign. This is written by Izvestia with reference to a source in the party. According to him, Putin agreed to quote his statements for agitation. In addition to advertising on billboards, the party will be able to reproduce them in radio rocks, the newspaper writes.

Russian helicopter Sergey Sevastyanov, captured on August 4 and transferred to Moscow Embassy on August 13, arrived in Moscow. It is reported by TASS . Sevastyanov was the navigator of the crew of the Mi-17 of the Government of Pakistan. On August 4, a helicopter flew to Russia through Afghanistan. During the span over the province of Logar, the car was fired by the Taliban, the crew made an emergency landing. The crew members were captured by the Taliban, a week later they were released.

Anton Bykov Fans at the Olympic boxing tournament in Rio de Janeiro Photo: Boxing Aiba In Rio de Janeiro, the 10th competitive day of the Olympic Games ended. Russian athletes won 5 medals, especially distinguished the “power block” (martial arts), on the account of which two gold and one bronze awards. The double was made by the gymnast Denis Ablyazin, becoming one day with a silver and bronze medalist of the Olympiad.

Far bomber Tu-22M3 Digest "Polit.ru" is a brief selection of the ten most noticeable news of the outgoing day. Today, the Ministry of Defense announced the first flight of Russian fighters in Syria with the base in Iran, Nursultan Nazarbayev told Vladimir Putin about the readiness of Petro Poroshenko compromises, and the Russian boxer boiled in Rio when he conquered the gold medal.

According to Nikolai Grushi , the former deputy general director of the Oyeyai-Sosna Institute, agreeing with the decision of Belarus to replace the BelESP reactor, Rosatom demonstrated the priority of safety issues and understanding the role of public acceptability of nuclear energy. The pear hopes that with the replacement of the reactor body, Lithuania will have less reason to blame Belarus and Rosata.

By decision of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, the Moscow Russian Trust Bank lost a license to carry out banking operations. This is stated in the message on the website of the regulator. “The Bank of Russia informs of the decision on the review of August 16, 2016 a license to carry out banking operations with the credit institution“ Joint -Stock Commercial Bank “Russian Trust Bank” (Joint -Stock Company) of the Russian Trust Bank (AO), ”the Central Bank said.