Show more To curtail This year the new car will be able to purchase only 16 percent of Russians, although in 2012 every third could afford a new car. Alexey Podchekoldin leader of the Association of Car dealers is worried and sounds an alarm, at the beginning of the month he described the state of the Russian car market with the word "disaster", and no prospects without the support of the state are visible on the horizon. What is to buy a new car in Russia?

Residents of Dobropol in the Donetsk region are evacuated: the Russian army is on the approaches to the city. About 30 km from him - Pokrovsk, for which fierce battles are underway. On the eve of the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the capture of the CHASOV YARS, which was confirmed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Meeting Valaam with Alexander Lukashenko, he commented on possible negotiations with Ukraine and, in fact, answered the ultimatum of US President Donald Trump.

About how the authorities unfold the Russians into the side necessary for themselves, we speak in the program "Face to the event" with political scientist Boris Pastukhov and sociologist Dmitry Dubrovsky.

How did the previously unknown fringe politician captivate New Yorkers? What can citizens expect if Zohran Mamdani wins? Can anyone beat Mamdani in the mayoral election? Our guests: Seton Hall University professor Nathaniel Knight and head of the Center for the Study of Totalitarian Ideologies Yuri Yarym-Agaev.

Sasha Skochilenko in the courtroom A year ago, on August 1, 2024, an unprecedented exchange took place, in which 7 countries participated. A group of Russian political prisoners were exchanged for a killer, spies and other characters whom the Kremlin decided to rescue from Western prisons.

Scene at the Palais des Papes in Avignon The 79th Avignon Theater Festival was held under the motto “Dialogue with the Current”. Its director, Portuguese playwright and director Thiago Rodrigues, defined the festival's mission as: "to defend democracy in order to defend culture and vice versa." On the very first day a political statement was made. In essence, this is a repetition of the text of the 1995 Avignon Declaration.

Illustrative photography In Ingushetia, Imam Nazir Dzeitov was detained - according to unofficial data, he was found to have a pistol and ammunition for it. According to Ingush activists, the clergyman is being tortured by the FSB. Dzeitov is the imam of the cathedral mosque in the city of Malgobek. The Committee of Ingush Independence (KIN) was the first to report his detention.

The Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case regarding the theft of almost two and a half billion rubles from the Ministry of Defense and laundering of funds related to the supply of bulletproof vests without the necessary protection. Kommersant writes about this. According to investigators, in November 2022, Deputy Minister of Defense Alexey Krivoruchko entered into a contract with the Piket company for the supply of 30 thousand body armor.

Illustrative photography A native of Ingushetia will be tried in the case of an attack on employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs 26 years ago. According to the Investigative Committee, the accused is a 55-year-old man who, after the crime, changed his “personal information” twice and replaced his passport; The department does not name him.

Donald Trump The National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington in July removed from its exhibition information that Donald Trump was impeached twice. The Washington Post and The New York Times write about this. We are talking about the exhibition "The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden", which has been running since 2000.

Evgeniy Roizman The charitable foundation of the former mayor of Yekaterinburg Evgeny Roizman held its last reception on August 1. On April 14, the district court decided to liquidate it at the request of the Ministry of Justice. As stated, the reason was violations that officials found during an inspection in September-October 2024.

At least four tankers with Russian oil are off the coast of India, reports Bloomberg. Earlier, US President Donald Trump announced 25 percent duties on goods from India due to the country's purchases of Russian energy resources. The Achilles and Elyte are currently anchored near Jamnagar and were scheduled to unload at Sikka port on August 2 and 3. Bloomberg notes that both tankers are under EU and UK sanctions. Even further from the coast there are two other tankers - Destan and Horae.