The United States refused to cooperate with Russia in preventing cyber attacks on critical infrastructure (power plants, hospitals, state bodies), as well as agree on the inadmissibility of “destabilizing actions regarding internal political processes, including elections,” Kommersant writes with reference to sources in Russia and the United States. The Russian side proposed to include these provisions in the prepared joint application at the Summit in Helsinki, which took place on July 16.

The chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Budget Sergey Ryabukhin said that Russia "has something to answer" to the sanctions of the United States, RIA Novosti reports. “We have something to answer if the president makes such a decision and there will be political will. Respective measures can affect such sensitive spheres as unique developments, ”said Ryabukhin.

The Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia did not confirm the attempt by the head of the Fire Fire Supervision Service of the Kemerovo FPS detachment Andrei Bursin, who is detained, TASS reports with reference to the press service of the department. “The fact of an attempt to suicide the under investigation of the Bursin of the State University of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Kemerovo region does not confirm,” the report said.

The First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Anton Siluanov said that the authorities will be able to ensure financial stability, despite the jumps in prices in Russia's markets due to the threat of new anti-Russian sanctions and the negative impact of developing markets, RIA Novosti reported.

From August 7, the Rosselkhoznadzor temporarily limited the import of dairy products of another Belarusian enterprise due to the intestinal wand in cottage cheese, according to the department’s website . The restrictions will affect the products of “Mozyr dairy products”, in which the bacteria of the E. coli group were re -found.

In the forest in the northeast of Thailand, on August 6, they found the body of a Russian who died for so far the reason, which became known only now, TASS reports with reference to the Russian consulate. The dead were Vladimir Firsov born in 1960 from Salekhard. He was identified by his children from a photograph, the consulate reported.

The election of the Moscow Mayor will be held exactly a month later, on the second Sunday of the fall, September 9th. It is not too much who is heard about opposition candidates: Ilya Sviridov, nominated by the SR, is going to hold a referendum on pension reform, and Mikhail Balakin, who supposedly represents some “Luzhkovsky forces”, and completely disappeared after registration by court decision.

Well, Urnalist Yaroslav Kulemin, on his Twitter , said that fans of the Greek football club PAOK during the match with the Moscow Spartak tried to break through to Russian journalists.

From August 22 to 26, 2018, a stand of the Moscow Book Book Government Publishing program will be presented at the International Book Fair in Beijing. The Moscow government has been supporting the release of books on the city of Moscow, its cultural, scientific, social life, contributing to the preservation of the national treasure and the best traditions of book publishing. The Moscow government program has existed since 1993.

Among the proposals of Vladimir Putin at a meeting with Donald Trump, Helsinki, the idea of ​​cooperation was contained to prevent cyber attacks on critical infrastructure, that is, on power plants, water management and transport, hospitals, banks, etc., moreover, Moscow, as Kommersant writes , invited Washington to the document on the inadmissibility of “destructive actions With regard to internal political processes, including elections. ” The American side, however, refused these initiatives.

Ilya Karpyuk The board of the exchange rate with a reflection of the sky / AGN "Moscow" / Photo: Ivanko Igor On the morning of August 9, the fall of the ruble to the dollar and the euro continued. Although during the day the Russian currency played part of the fall, still the main foreign currencies added about 50 kopecks each.

The Central Electoral Commission on August 10 will consider two more applications for a referendum regarding the increase in the retirement age. These issues are included in the draft meeting of the meeting, RBC was told by two sources in the Central Election Commission, familiar with the draft document. The first application came from the initiative group from the Nizhny Novgorod region, the second - from the group from the Vologda region.

The Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court upheld the decision on the dispute with Telegram on the recognition of the legal order of the FSB of Russia on the transfer of keys for decryption of messenger messages, Interfax reports. Telegram appeal was not satisfied. On March 20, the Supreme Court of Russia rejected the TELEGRAM lawsuit demanding that the FSB order recognize the illegal order.

At the Russian Embassy in the United States, new anti -Russian sanctions were called "dragon", and the grounds for their introduction were "far -fetched." On the eve of the US authorities, they reported that in the fall of 2018 they would introduce a second package of sanctions against Russia in connection with the events in Salisbury if Russia does not guarantee that he will continue to use chemical weapons and agree to check the UN.

The United States on August 8 announced the intention to impose sanctions against the Russian Federation in connection with the Skripals business. It is also expected that one package of sanctions will come into force on August 22. After the State Department’s message about the new possible sanctions, the ruble updated at least two years ago in relation to the dollar.