“Polit.ru” publishes a video of speeches in the “ Public Lectures“ Polit.ru ” cycle of the Russian linguist, candidate of philological sciences, head of the Department of History and Philology of the Far East, senior researcher at the Institute of Eastern Cultures and Antiquity of the Russian State University; Director of the Laboratory of Oriental Studies and the comparative historical linguistics of the school of actual humanitarian research of the Institute of Social Sciences of the RANEPA

The military operation to liberate the Iraqi Mosul from the militants of the Islamic State terrorist organization (IG, prohibited in the Russian Federation) can lead to a humanitarian catastrophe. The Associated Press reports this, said the representative of the UN Supreme Commissioner for Refugees in Iraq Bruno Geddo. He noted that due to the operation, more than 1 million people can become refugees. Mosul is the largest city held by IG.

The tax burden on the small business will certainly grow if the decision is made to defrost the increase in the coefficient, and this growth may exceed 15% by 2019, which the media speak of. This was in an interview with Polit.ru was told by Natalya Kornienko, head of the laboratory of development of the tax system of the scientific direction "Macroeconomics and Finance" of the Institute of Economic Policy named after E.T. Gaidara.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation rejected the appeal and finally recognized the prohibition of the activities of the Crimean Tatars Medzhlis as an extremist organization legal. About this writes " Interfax ." The applicants' lawyer Kirill Koroteev previously reported that the prosecutor's office mistakenly attributed Majlis to public organizations, while he is a democratically and elected body. In addition, he cannot be an administrative defendant on charges of extremism.

Anna Sakoyan Experts investigating the reason for the crash of the MH17 flight at the site of the disaster. August 7, 2014 press service of the Netherlands Ministry of Defense The International Investigation Group has published the interim results of the investigation of the crash in 2014 by the Malaysian Boeing. Most commentators in the English -speaking media believe that the conclusion of the group can serve as a reason for increasing tension in relations between Russia and the West.

The US FBI director James Komi announced attempts to hack by hackers a system of registration of voters in more than a dozen states, CNN reports. The head of the FBI recommended that the state authorities ensure the complete safety of registration systems, which criminals are trying to get to, and also reported the possibility of receiving additional information from the US Department of Internal Security. Attempts of hacking are again trying to attribute to the Russian Federation.

The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that he considers the conclusions of the international investigative group to investigate the Boeing 777 aircraft catastrophe in Ukraine on July 17, 2014. He reported this in an interview with the Air Force . Peskov emphasized that the report of investigators is not “final truth”.

In the American city of Taunville (South Carolina), a 14-year-old teenager fired in elementary school, injuring two students and teachers. Before that, he shot his father, the local WYFF4 television channel reports with reference to the police. The suspect first killed his 47-year-old father, whose body was discovered three kilometers from the school, then rammed an elementary school by car and opened fire from a pistol at the school playground.

In the Kemerovo region, the issuance of state registration numbers of the Republic of Crimea began - with the code of the region 142 instead of 82, as the Rossiyskaya Gazeta writes with reference to the acting head of the Russian State Traffic Safety Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Novokuznetsk Evgeny Zelensky, this is done "in order to save budget funds." Zelensky explained that after the reunification of Crimea with Russia, a large number of license plates were

The Russian national football team first reached the final of the World Cup, according to the website of the Russian-football Association of Russia. In the semifinals, the Russians defeated the Iranians with a score of 4: 3. Goals in the Russian team were scored by Dmitry Lyskov, Vladislav Shayakhmetov, Sergey Abramov and Ivan Chishkala. In the final match, Russian players will play with the Argentines. The final will take place on October 1 in the Colombian city of Kali.

The Avtostat analytical agency published information that the volume of import of cars to Russia grew by 5.3% and amounted to 21.1 thousand units. It is noted that the increase in the import of car is observed for the first time since September 2013, when it grew by 5.2%.

The Barack Obama administration considers the possibility of using more serious response measures to the actions of the Syrian president Bashar al -Assad, Reuters reports with reference to two government officials. The interlocutors of the agency said that since there are almost no hopes for diplomatic settlement, mainly strict methods of military influence are discussed.

Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported the death of hundreds of people in the east of the Syrian province of Aleppo in recent days. The report said that the number of wounded has grown sharply, whose help doctors are forced to provide right on the streets. “The update about the situation in East Aleppo: the number of victims has increased sharply. Hundreds of victims have been reported in recent days, ”says the ICKK account on Twitter .

Russian President Vladimir Putin during a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed on a contact schedule in the Norman format, the Kremlin press service said . The format involves negotiations at a different level between the authorities of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France to settle in the Donbass.

The Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of St. Petersburg reported the detention of Vadim Ivanov, the head of the municipality of the city of Kolpino, a deputy of the municipal council of the city of Kolpino. Information is available on the official website of the department. Ivanov is suspected of committing a crime under Part 3 of Art. 162 of the Criminal Code (robbery).