In St. Petersburg on the Neva, a walking boat sank that night, on board of which, according to preliminary data, was 15 people. As Interfax reports with reference to the city department of the Ministry of Emergencies, most of the passengers of the boat are saved, the exact number of those who were on the vessel is clarified. Rescuers work at the scene. According to the Ministry of Emergencies, the boat was tuned to a heavy vessel and rolled over. An investigation is underway.

The deposits of individuals in Russian banks (both ruble and foreign exchange) increased by 2%during May, amounting to about 12.5 trillion rubles in terms, the materials of the Federal Statistics Service said. For the current exchange rate, this is a little less than 390 billion dollars. The share of the state "Sberbank" in the total volume of bank savings of the population for May decreased by 0.4 percentage points to 45.9%.

American governors turned to lawmakers with a request to accelerate the approval of the law on the normalization of trade relations with Russia The governors of the 15th states of the United States asked a letter to lawmakers and President Barack Obama with a call to hurry with the adoption of the law on the normalization of trade relations with Russia. According to experts, governors are disturbing the likelihood that the approval of the law can drag on for several months.

Kirill Kobrin The Pussy Riot case caused an energetic public discussion to life, during which a huge number of stamps and myths are used - both by the side of the prosecution and those who formally defend Pussy Riot . This is discussed by the Radio Observer Freedom Kirill Kobrin. - When it comes to the process over the Pussy Riot groups, such words as “obscurantism”, “Middle Ages” are often used ... How much is the medical historian by education, such comparisons seem adequate?

Promotion "Strategy-31". The trial of members of the Pussy Riot group. The charges of Alexei Navalny. Completion of the international tour of Mitt Romny.

XXX Summer Olympic Games. London, Great Britain Judo. Men. Weight category up to 81 kg Judo. Men. Weight category up to 81 kg 1. Jae Boom Kim (South Korea) 2. Ole Bishof (Germany) 3. Ivan Nifontov (Russia) and Anthony Valoi-Formy (Canada)

Alexey Navalny at the building of the Investigative Committee talks about the charges, July 31, 2012 Blogger Alexei Navalny was officially charged with the Kirovles case . As a preventive measure, a notorious subscription is taken from him. This was reported by news agencies with reference to the official representative of the Investigative Committee of Russia Vladimir Markin.

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The United States considers 2011 a turning point in the global fight against terrorism, noting that last year the smallest number of terrorist attacks have occurred in the world since 2005. This is stated in the US Department of State on the problem of terrorism published on Tuesday. As the most important event, this area marks the death of the leader of Al-Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden in May 2011. The total losses incurred by Al-Qaeda led her to an explicit decline, the report said.

US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton intends to visit South Sudan as part of an African trip today. This month, South Sudan celebrated the first anniversary since the day of the proclamation of his independence. The United States, among other states, advocate the speedy settlement of the conflict between the Juboy and Hartum, primarily on the issue of control over oil -bearing territories on the border between South Sudan and Sudan.

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Alexey Navalny Elena Rykovtseva: The Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation retrained the criminal case against oppositionist Alexei Navalny under a heavier article, which provides for a half -time sentence than the previous one - up to 10 years in prison. The preventive measure - a subscription about the wizard. He was not taken to jail yet.

Valery Fedotov, head of the executive committee of the Vasileostrovsky district department of United Russia, with his letter in defense of Pussy Riot hopes to open a party discussion about the fate of the girls. In support of the members of the group, a member of the United Russia party Valery Fedotov spoke. He called on colleague one-party members to follow his example.