A magistrate in Cheboksary on Tuesday dismissed an administrative case against local oppositionist Denis Olenov, who was accused of organizing the White Stream action, which was not approved by the authorities, Alexey Glukhov, head of the human rights organization Shield and Sword, told the Interfax-Povolzhye agency. “The case was dismissed due to the absence of an administrative offense in the actions of Denis Olenov,” Glukhov said.

In the Orenburg region, an investigation is being carried out in connection with the death of a resident of the city of Orsk, who was injured in the explosion of a barrel of garbage, the regional investigative department of the Investigative Committee reported on Tuesday.

Sergei Parkhomenko published some data on voting outside the polling station on March 4 . Mr. Parkhomenko is amazed how at some polling stations the level of voting at home reached 67% - they say, in 12 hours it’s impossible to get around so many addresses. I would correct Mr. Parkhomenko - not in 12, but in 6 hours. Voting outside begins at 2 p.m. Until this time, the commission is accepting applications. It is prohibited to remove the ballot box from the site before 14.00.

The reason for writing this post was a conversation with one journalist extremely respected with us (who wished to remain an unknown). Actually, this is what was approximately said (it was about September 1 and related problems): // The words of your humble servant are distinguished by fat, and the interlocutor - italics // The problem is not even that they do not read, but that it is what children and adolescents read.

How prison experience helps political activity: Dmitry Pashinsky talked with Sergei Medvedev, a candidate for mayor of Khimki from the Other Russia party. What made the US authorities return to the mercenary army? Read about the experience of civil protest in the US Army in Artem Kirpichenok’s blog.

The Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Samara Region opened a case into the murder of Nikolai Fedyashev, a player of the CSK VVS (Samara) hockey club, the department's press secretary, Elena Shkaeva, told the Interfax agency on Tuesday, September 4. “On Sunday night, Fedyashev and his acquaintance were relaxing at the Metelitsa nightclub in Samara. A conflict arose between them and another visitor.

Journalist Svetlana Reuters was summoned for a conversation in the FSB about her article " Caucasian greyhounds " in the journal Esquire, telling about the abductions of the special services of people in Chechnya. According to the operatives, in an interview with the chairman of the committee against torture Igor Kalyapin, the materials of the investigation were disclosed.

Before the visit of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, road workers were in such a hurry to update the markings on the Saratov-Engels bridge that they covered not only the asphalt, but also a dead cat, reports the local portal Saratovnews. It looks like they've taken Medvedev seriously. It seems like it’s not information about him, but still with some kind of mockery.

The cousin of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Igor Putin, who heads the board of directors of Pechenga International Seaport OJSC (Murmansk region), became a member of the Maritime Board under the Government of the Russian Federation. The corresponding government order dated August 30 was signed by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The Kommersant newspaper previously reported that I. Putin may begin building the Pechenga international sea trade port.

The government of the Vologda region promises to take control of the situation at the Cherepovets broiler and the Sheksninskaya poultry farm, which are part of the bankrupt OGO company, within a few days, the press service of the regional administration told Interfax on Tuesday. The press service, citing Governor Oleg Kuvshinnikov, noted that the Vologda region is ready to take over external management of enterprises and resolve debt issues.

Photo: ITAR-TASS President Putin increased the age limit of officials to 70 years. The Kremlin press service reported such a bill.

Photo: Nonna Dzivaeva/Publicpost By the first school in the morning, the entrances were blocked by police cordons. And in front of the police cars, string of people of people were lined up, who arrived on September third to school, where an explosion thundered exactly eight years ago, and after it there was a storm in which 334 people were killed, 186 children of them. People who became a memorial of memory went and went to the gym. They carried flowers, lit candles.

The North Caucasus District Military Court on Tuesday sentenced members of a gang who organized attempts on government officials and Interior Ministry employees, court official Alena Zhitnik told the Interfax-South agency. “The leader of the gang, Felix Asanov, was sentenced to eight years in prison, the other six of his accomplices received from 3 to 8 years,” Zhitnik said.

The Lipetsk Regional Court on Tuesday sentenced Oksana Artemyeva, the former head of the department for control of pharmaceutical activities of the regional health department, who was found guilty of accepting a bribe, to 4 years in prison in a general regime colony, an Interfax correspondent reported. In addition, the defendant must pay a fine of 600 thousand rubles, the court decided.

In Chelyabinsk, on the embankment of the Miass River, the opening of the Rock Garden will take place on September 7, reports the press service of the Ministry of Culture of the Chelyabinsk Region. The idea of ​​such a garden arose several years ago after the construction of a new building for the local history museum on the embankment of the Miass River. However, work began only this spring, when the first stone of the future exposition was laid.