On July 25, the former Yukos employee Alexei Pichugin turns 55 years old. And this is his 15th birthday in bars. The Strasbourg Court twice recognized that Alexei Pichugin was convicted illegally, with a violation of the right to fair justice guaranteed by the European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The human rights center "Memorial" considers it a political prisoner.

Russia owes the Netherlands and for the ship; The danger of new intifadada in Israel

Former head of the US President Donald Trump Pol, Paul Manafort, met with the US Senate Intelligence Committee. This was reported by Associated Press. According to the agency, Manafort's testimony concerned exclusively a meeting with Russian lawyer Natalya Veselnitskaya in June 2016. Manafort agreed to additional interviews with the Senate Committee.

Archive photo The Federation Council approved a bill that provides airlines with the right to cancel the norm on free baggage when selling irrevocable tickets. It is reported by "Interfax." The document was approved, despite the fact that the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation opposed it. The committee believes that the law will allow airlines to increase ticket prices.

In Krasnoryaska, as in other cities of Russia, a rally of deceived equity holders was held. On July 25, the Federation Council approved the law on the compensation fund of equity holders. The fund will ensure the payment of compensation in the bankruptcy of developers. According to official statistics, the number of deceived equity holders in March 2017 was about 40 thousand people in 67 regions of Russia.

The US special representative explains Washington's intention to put defensive weapons to Kyiv

Everything you need to know early in the morning of July 25 Good morning! And good news from Warsaw: President of Poland Andrzej Duda promised to impose a veto on the law on judicial reform, which caused serious issues of the European Union and protests of citizens throughout the country. To this day, Duda firmly adhered to the line of the ruling party “Law and Justice”. However, Poland Prime Minister Beata Shidlo promised to “fight for reform”.

Miners of the city of Gukovo in the Rostov region require payment of wage debts, archival photos The initiative group of miners from the Rostov region filed a complaint against the head of the All -Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM) Valery Fedorov for insulting statements against the participants in the protest. The address of the miners was joined by the head of the Center for Economic and Political Reforms Nikolai Mironov, RBC reports .

In Moscow, the court rejected the lawsuit of the employees of the Zvezda television channel against the independent journalist Arkady Babchenko. This was reported by the online publication of Republic . The lawsuit against Babchenko was filed in connection with the publication of a journalist about the victims of the crash of the Tu-154 of the Russian Ministry of Defense over the Black Sea. Babchenko refused to express condolences to the relatives and friends of the victims.

Alexander Goldfarb, Yuri Veksler and Bulat Nigmatullin in a conversation about the new US sanctions

A special representative of the United States on Ukraine Kurt Walker said that there can be no talk of recognizing Russia's actions in Crimea and east of Ukraine. Volker reported this in an interview with the Current Channel. According to him, the problem of Crimea is no different from the problem of Donbass: "This is the territory that was captured and occupied, and in the case of Crimea, Russia also stated that it was annexed.

US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis criticized Pentagon officials for spent $ 28 million to purchase uniforms for the Afghan National Army, which had camouflage drawings representing magnificent forests.

Victor Avdeev The Russian military Viktor Ageev, who was captured by Ukrainian fighters and the accused of the SBU of terrorism, claims that he did not fight Ukraine, and fears that after returning to Russia they can be killed. Last Saturday, July 22, his mother Svetlana Ageeva came to him from the Altai Territory. Ukraine, as an exception, put it into the country according to the internal Russian passport. The meeting took place in the Dyzo Starobelsk (Lugansk region).

Friedrich Golorech Golted Essay The publishing house of AST (Elena Shubina editorial office) published a book of novels by Friedrich Gorenstein “Krasny Zor Street” with the preface of Dmitry Bykov. The release of a new book of excellent prose is good news for a reading public. Gorenstein gradually opens up for readers, as a huge hitherto unknown planet. Like the moon, this planet has a reverse, almost invisible side: these are dramas, scripts, journalism and essays of the author.

Young fans of Stalin at the May Day rally in Moscow In Perm, a training manual for school teachers, dedicated to the study of the history of Stalinist repressions, has become the subject of trial. One of the authors of the manual, Doctor of Historical Sciences Andrei Suslov, filed a lawsuit against Roskomnadzor, who published on his website the conclusion of two experts who recognized the training manual dangerous to schoolchildren.