Eight days ago, the chairman of the Human Rights Council (HRC) Mikhail Fedotov, who headed this structure for nine years, was dismissed by decree of the President of Russia. In addition, the head of the HRC of the Agora Human Rights Association Pavel Chikov, political analyst Ekaterina Shulman, professor of HSE Ilya Shablinsky and the head of the Voskhod human rights organization Yevgeny Bobrov were excluded from the SPC.

The political news of the week in Belgrade, and in the Western Balkans in general, was not the signing of an agreement on free trade with the Eurasian Union , which will have to break Serbia as a candidate in the EU when and if it joins the European community. The news of the participation in the military exercises "Slavic Shield-2019" of the Russian missile system S-400 "Triumph" was much more keen on the participation in military exercises.

Stop building "Northern Stream - 2" is the primary task of the United States to ensure energy security in Europe. This was announced by John Sullivan about this at the hearings in the US Congress Senate Committee of the US Congress Senate, John Sullivan. According to him, having completed the construction of the gas pipeline, Moscow will receive a "huge pressure lever" for Europe.

The Supreme Court follows the promise of the President of Russia The Supreme Court of Russia prohibited to issue law enforcement agencies even by decision of the courts data on the amnesty of capital. We are talking about information about property and accounts abroad, which entrepreneurs voluntarily declared according to the law adopted in 2015.

A survey of passers -by on the streets of Moscow

Ukrainian stand at the Frankfurt Book Fair This year, 104 countries participated in the Frankfurt Book Fair. There were quite a lot of no suitable stands with portraits of presidents and religious leaders, books published in the style of past centuries, thick volumes glorifying patriarchal traditions. These relics are usually guarded by a dull person in a strict suit, and at the nearest table sits an intelligence worker and looks incredulously at passers -by.

Building Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University Students and graduates of the Faculty of Journalism of the Moscow State University published an open letter in defense of Marina Kim and Fariza Dudarova, who are threatened with deductions after collecting guarantees in support of the accused of attacking United Russia's office Azat Miftakhov.

The social network Facebook deleted the three influences supported by Russia aimed at African countries, including Mozambique, Cameroon, Sudan and Libya. This is written by The New York Times. Facebook deleted about 200 accounts with a common audience of more than a million people in eight African countries. According to the company, the pages were associated with the Russian "Internet research agency", known as the "Troll Factory".

Israel approved the extradition of Russian hacker Alexei Burkov in the United States. The corresponding document was signed by the Minister of Justice Amir Okhan, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz said . Russian lawyer Mikhail Ironi told TASS to appeal this decision. At the same time, he refused to evaluate the chances of canceling the decision of the Israeli Ministry of Justice.

Students and graduates of the Faculty of Journalism of the Moscow State University published an open letter in defense of Marina Kim and Fariza Dudarova, who are threatened with deductions after collecting guarantees in support of the accused of attacking United Russia's office Azat Miftakhov. Four -year students of the journalism faculty of Moscow State University claim that the university is pursuing them for collecting guarantees in support of Azat Miftakhov.

The House of Representatives of the US Congress approved sanctions against Turkey. She called on President Trump to introduce restrictions on the military operation, which Ankara led against the Kurds in the north of Syria. The resolution approved the majority of members of the chamber, including the Republicans. At the same time, The Hill notes that the call for new sanctions is unlikely to support the American Senate.

State Duma of the Russian Federation Deputies from Fair Russia introduced a bill on criminal punishment for propaganda and advertising drugs on the Internet to the State Duma. The document posted on the website of the lower house of the Russian parliament provides for fines up to a million rubles and prisoners of up to seven years.

Action on July 27 in Moscow A former police officer who refused to be a victim in the so-called “Moscow case” explained his action by deciding not to say in court what he did not know. In an interview with Radio Liberty, Vitaly Maksidov emphasized that he initially acted as a witness in the case. In his testimony, he stated that he did not see who threw the bottle, because of which a case was opened against Samariddin Radzhabov, who was detained on July 27 at a rally in Moscow.

Removing fingerprints (illustrative photo) Employees of the Corporate University "Synergy" without the permission of parents take off fingerprints from students of schools near Moscow. It is reported by Kommersant. The university and one of the schools argue that the data is not saved, and testing using dermatoglyphics is carried out to identify the characteristics and inclinations of children.

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