One of the leaders of the PARNAS party, who heads the list of Alexei Navalny’s coalition in the elections in Kostroma, was detained during a meeting with voters.

On August 26, Ukraine will file a lawsuit against Russia with the ECHR in connection with the case of Oleg Sentsov. This was announced by Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk, reports UNN. The application to the European Court will be the fourth in a row. “The government has decided to file a fourth lawsuit today with the European Court of Human Rights against the Russian Federation.

The Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case against a conscript soldier who shot his fellow soldiers in the Kostroma region. This is stated in the message of the Main Military Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. A criminal case was initiated under clause “a”, part 2, article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (murder of two or more persons), the message states.

Member of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption, United Russia deputy Ilya Kostunov proposed introducing sanctions for civil servants for violating restrictions on the use of Google, WhatsApp and other similar services. He noted that work on the relevant bill is already underway. agency about this Kostunov told the TASS .

Dublin Airport has temporarily suspended flights due to a fire in a hangar. This was reported on the official Twitter of the airport. The fire was reported to have broken out on the roof of the building. According to preliminary data, no one was injured as a result of the incident. Emergency services managed to put out the fire on their own. Later, the airport clarified that the third hangar caught fire, no employees were injured, and the planes were not damaged.

Alexey Navalny published a photo on his blog in which, as he claims, the son of the owner of the Summa group, Ziyavudin Magomedov, is riding a jet ski belonging to the Maltese Falcon yacht. According to Navalny, the Maltese Falcon markings can be seen in the photograph. According to Navalny, this photo, published on Instagram, was sent to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) through an anonymous submission service. “The owner of Instagram deleted this photo and closed her profile.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the Czech Republic Andrei Babis said that the Schengen zone should be closed to refugees as quickly as possible. He did not rule out that NATO could help with this, reports iDnes . “If you look at the map, you will see that the Schengen zone has special contours. There is a separate Greece, and beyond it the borders of Hungary.

In the first half of 2015, global trade recorded its biggest decline since the 2009 crisis.

Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev demanded that governors take action against officials who use foreign services Google, Yahoo and WhatsApp. According to him, working with them is dangerous Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev (Photo: TASS) At a meeting in Vladivostok, Patrushev criticized government officials for using foreign telecommunications services, TASS reports .

The developer of Angry Birds, the Finnish company Rovio Entertainment, is going to lay off 260 employees. This is stated in a company statement. According to data published on the Rovio website, the company has a total of 700 employees. The company explained the decision to cut jobs by plans to focus its activities on three areas - games, media and consumer products. “This was a difficult decision,” Rovio chief executive Pekka Rentala said.

The United States and Turkey have agreed to agreements under which Turkish military aircraft will take part in air strikes against the positions of militants of the Islamic State terrorist group as part of a coalition of countries, the BBC reports . Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said Turkish aircraft would begin combat missions in the coming days.

Refusal to install a monument to Saint Prince Vladimir on the Sparrow Hills will cost 500 million rubles, writes Kommersant.

Now the museum spends 17 million a year on private security; after reducing the police units involved in protecting the Hermitage, the museum’s costs will increase to 67 million a year Photo: eu.spb.ru After the reduction of police units involved in protecting the Hermitage, the museum’s security costs will increase fivefold.

The cost of Venezuelan oil exports could fall to $30 per barrel. This was stated by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, reports Reuters . During his weekly televised address, he said that on August 26, Venezuelan oil fell by $2, to $35 per barrel. “I think it will reach $30 or fall further,” Maduro said. He expressed hope that Russia and OPEC will be able to achieve a “miracle of price stabilization.” Venezuelan oil prices averaged $88.42 per barrel in 2014.

Sberbank reported for the first half of 2015. The bank's net profit for the six months ended June 30, 2015 halved due to increased costs for creating reserves and expensive funding Photo: Oleg Yakovlev / RBC On Wednesday, August 26, Sberbank reported under IFRS for the first half of 2015. The bank's net profit for the six months ended June 30, 2015 decreased by half - from RUB 170.4 billion. up to 85.2 billion rubles. compared to the same period last year.