Ray Bradbury The last weeks have been “yielding” on news related to the struggle of the authorities against books - to take at least the withdrawal of literature from libraries purchased at the expense of the Soros Foundation (back in those days when the activities of the Fund was not prohibited in Russia). From Sunday, another story is walking on the Internet: about how the customs officers detained the Russian Russian writer Ray Bradbury at the airport of Irkutsk.

The White House said that he was ready to impose new sanctions against Russia. "The United States and its G7 allies retain the willingness to introduce serious additional restrictive measures in response to Russia's actions, if necessary," the White House official statement said. Meanwhile, in the United States, a scandal continues around the presidential connections and his family members regarding the ties of the Trump election campaign with Moscow.

Russia - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Attends a Meeting with Government Members At the Gorki Residential Outside Moscow, August 23, 2916 Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed an order that approves a set of measures to combat doping in Russian sports. The corresponding document is published on the official website of the Cabinet of Ministers.

A survey of passers -by on the streets of Moscow

The FSIN sent a statement to the Simonovsky court of Moscow with a request to cancel the conditional punishment to the Russian oppositionist Alexei Navalny and send him to a penal colony.

Issue of the Video Radio Liberty. Ukraine will introduce new entry rules for Russians from January next year. This was announced by the head of the Council of National Security and Defense of Ukraine Alexander Turchinov.

Russian military in Aleppo. Archival photo, February 2, 2017 Russian military adviser Nikolai Afanasov died in Syria in the province of Hama as a result of mortar shelling. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the Ministry of Defense of Russia. According to official data from the Ministry of Defense, since the beginning of the military operation in Syria in September 2015, more than 30 Russian military personnel died there.

The European Court of Human Rights recognized the ban on the wearing of Nicabov (Muslim scarves that almost completely covering the face in Belgium). The court ruled that this restriction is aimed at maintaining social consent, protecting "rights and freedoms of other people", "what is necessary in a democratic society." A lawsuit in the ECHR was filed by two Muslims - subjects of Belgium and Morocco, who insisted on their right to free choice and that the law is discriminatory.

The Council for Human Rights under the President of Russia called on the release of the disabled person of the first group of Anton Mamaev from the colony. The message on the Council website notes that Mamaev cannot move without outside help. Earlier, the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, Tatyana Moskalkova, reported that Mamaeva was transferred to a medical institution from the Sailor Silence pre -trial detention center.

The Irish low-cost airline Ryanair refused to enter the Ukrainian market due to violation of agreements by the main Kyiv airport. The Ryanair statement says that the leadership of Borispol protects the airline with high tariffs.

James Mattis US Secretary of Defense James Mattis gave an interview to a high school student, who saw the Pentagon’s personal phone number of the head of the Pentagon in the school newspaper. In May, 16-year-old Teddy Fisher sent a message on this number with a request for an interview. Mattis called him back, and they talked for 45 minutes. In June, Fisher posted an interview on the Internet. On July 10, the New York Post wrote about this story.

Andrei Zakhtei, arrested in the case of the so -called "Crimean saboteurs", pleaded guilty, concluded a pre -trial agreement with the investigation and abandoned lawyers. It is reported by "Mediazona" with reference to its own source. Lawyers Alexander Popkov, Alexey Ladin and Ilnur Sharapov confirmed this information. The publication does not give details of the pre -trial agreement.

The discussion between Ukrainian journalists and the State Duma deputy about the Russian-Ukrainian war Matvey Ganapolsky ("Echo of Moscow"), Roman Tsimbalyuk ("UNIAN") and Andrey Svintsov (LDPR) about new restrictive measures on the Ukrainian-Russian border. Presenter Elena Rykovtseva Elena Rykovtseva: We are discussing new very rigidly restrictive measures that are now waiting for Russians during the transition, when moving, during the flight of the Russian-Ukrainian border.

In Moscow, the media manager, journalist, public figure and blogger Anton Nosik was buried in the Vostryakovsky cemetery. Before that, a farewell ceremony was held in the Central House of Writers. Anton Nosik died on July 9 in Moscow. He was 51 years old. The nose was repeatedly a guest of Radio Liberty, the last time - two days before his death - he participated in the recording of the program of Elena Fanailova "Freedom in clubs."