You should not cancel the municipal filter in the elections of the heads of regions, but you need to "make it more democratic." This opinion was expressed by the chairman of the Central Election Commission of Russia Ella Pamfilova at a meeting with representatives of parties and public movements in Pyatigorsk. Recall, Pamfilova previously advocated the abolition of the municipal filter.

The Long List of the Buker Prize, awarded in the field of literature in English, included 13 authors from the UK and former members of the Commonwealth of Nations. A preliminary list of nominees is published on the official website of the award.

Nine scientific organizations of the country, including leading research institutes, supported the initiative of the participants in the end of March in the Kaluga of the International Scientific Conference of Historians “Great Standing on Ugra and the formation of a Russian centralized state: local and global aspects” to make on November 11 - the day of the victorious end of the Great Standing on the Ugra - commemorative date of Russia.

The number of corruption crimes registered in Russia for six months decreased by almost 14%, RIA Novosti reports. “In the first half of 2017, 18.4 thousand corruption crimes were identified,” the Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika at a meeting of the board said on July 27. He clarified that this is 13.9% less than during the same period of 2016.

The main owner of the Ugra, Alexei Khotin, is ready to provide the bank with financial assistance in the amount of more than 20 billion rubles, if the Central Bank agrees to its rehabilitation, Prime reports with reference to the businessman’s press service. If the bank’s financial recovery option is selected, Khotin agrees to allocate 21 billion rubles to him, starting from the fourth quarter of 2017.

Alexander Gusev , Olga Zaitseva Videouting M. Saakashvili YouTube Former head of the Odessa region of Ukraine Mikhail Saakashvili, by decree of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko deprived of Ukrainian citizenship, said that he would seek the right to return to Ukraine. He posted the corresponding video message in Ukrainian on his page on the social network Facebook.

Ilya Karpyuk Alexander Vinnik, owner of the Exchange BTC-E FORKLOG.com In recent months, the world of cryptocurrencies, at least in Russia, looked like this: some people are buying in bulk of the video card to “minute” bitcoins and other currencies with even less understandable names. But do not forget that cryptocurrencies have long been connected not only with cyberpans, sellers of weapons, drugs and illegal content, but also with huge money.

Hockey player Alexander Ovechkin led in 2017 a rating of the richest Russian celebrities according to Forbes. The magazine estimated his income at $ 14 million. The previous leader of the rating of “50 stars of show business and sports” - occupied first place over the past four years of tennis player Maria Sharapova - dropped immediately to 19th place.

At this point, an article was published, which the court called untrue and discredited the honor, dignity and business reputation of Andrei Vladimirovich Lyubin. We are publishing a refutation based on the court decision. 1. “Andrey Lyubin, who, by the way, lives mostly in Moscow, over the past year paid taxes through MB Siberia LLC as an individual - on a modest income of 8 million rubles. one month, and 1.15 million the next...

The Russian special services conducted surveillance of the election campaign of the current president of France Emmanuel Macron using the social network Facebook, reports Reuters with reference to the unnamed American Congressman and two more sources familiar with the situation. According to the sources of the agency, more than twenty fake accounts were created to survive on Facebook.

The Israeli parliament adopted a law establishing as a celebration of the Victory Day of the Allies over Nazi Germany on May 9. The corresponding application is posted on the official website of the Parliamentary Commission on Education. The law also consolidates the study of the topic of victory over Germany in the units of the Israeli defense army and secondary schools.

US Embassy. Digest "Polit.ru" is a brief selection of the ten most noticeable news of the outgoing day. Today, Putin appointed the new Permanent Representative of Russia at the UN, the media announced the reduction of the American diplomatic mission in Moscow due to sanctions, Nadezhda Savchenko decided to run for president of Ukraine.

The new package of US anti-Russian sanctions can help the implementation of the North Stream-2 project, said Michael Harms, managing director of the Eastern Committee of the German Economy in an interview with Kommersant FM correspondent. “I think that maybe such a certain paradoxical situation will come even that this will help even the“ northern stream ”.

In Italy, during the reconstruction of the building of the 19th century, the marble tomb of the noble resident of the ancient Pompei was found . The tomb belonging to Gneiya Alia Nigia May ( GNAEUS ALLEUS NIGIDIUS MAIUS) was located outside the city, not far from the Stabian gate of Pompeii. Its owner came from a family of freedmen, but reached a high position in his hometown. In his youth, he made a successful political career, was elected Edil, Duumvir and Quinchennal.

The Ministry of Transport proposed to make a mandatory test of tests of pilots, flight attendants and air traffic controllers for HIV infection and drugs, RBC reports.