Student of the Faculty of Law of the Baltic Federal University named after Kant (Kant BFU) Oleg Alekseev, who acted as the organizer of the regional rally on June 12, was expelled from the university. He himself told RBC about this. As stated in the extract from the order, which the publication got acquainted, Alekseev was expelled due to “illegal behavior”.

Participants in the European Union finally approved an association agreement with Ukraine. This is stated in the statement of the EU Council, published on July 11. The agreement will come into force on September 1, 2017. Some of its provisions were valid from November 1, 2014, and from January 1, 2016, agreements regarding the free trade zone entered into force. The last member of the EU, who ratified the Association Agreement with Ukraine, was the Netherlands.

Most Russians (nine out of ten) believe that young people should participate in the political and public life of the country, quoted the VTsIOM survey results. 7% of respondents opposed. According to sociologists, the Russians are sure that the young generation must participate in the election (67%), discuss political issues (46%) and take part in the activities of public organizations related to the policy (also 46%).

The Russian lawyer Natalya Veselnitskaya, who is called “related to the Kremlin,” spoke about a meeting with Donald Trump Jr. in June 2016. A conversation with her was published by NBC. She stated that during the meeting only the issue of adoption of Russian children by Americans was discussed.

World investments in the electricity sector in 2016 for the first time exceeded the total investments in oil, gas and coal. This is stated in the report of the International Energy Agency (IEA). The total investments in the energy sector amounted to $ 1.7 trillion (2.2% of the global GDP). Of these, $ 718 billion (43%) amounted to electricity investments. Since 2014, thus, the amount of investment in electricity has increased by 12%.

The man who organized the meeting of Donald Trump Jr. and “connected with the Kremlin” by lawyer Natalya Veselnitskaya to transfer incriminating evidence to Hillary Clinton, warned in a letter that his source was the Russian government. About this writes The New York Times with reference to three sources familiar with the content of email. The letter was sent by PR manager Rob Goldstone.

In the Syrian province of Hama, a military adviser from Russia Nikolai Afanasov died. This was reported to the Ministry of Defense, reports Interfax . According to the department, the military died as a result of mortar shelling. Afanasov was in the apparatus of Russian military advisers, his tasks included training in the personnel of the Syrian Ground Forces. The command presented the military to the state award posthumously.

Kaspersky Laboke has “significantly closer” relations with the FSB, which advertises. It is reported by Bloomberg. According to the agency, the company created technologies for the special services and transmitted the data of hackers. At the disposal of Bloomberg was a letter from 2009, which Kaspersky wrote to members of the company's management.

The net outflow of capital from Russia in the first six months of 2017 reached $ 14.7 billion. The Central Bank reported on July 11. “The determining influence on the amount of pure capital export, unlike the situation earlier, was provided by the operations of the banking sector related to the receipt of funds to the accounts of resident clients at the beginning of the year, as well as the intensive repayment of external debt obligations by banks.

Siemens will revise plans for business development in Russia after a scandal with gas turbines to Crimea. It is reported by Reuters with reference to sources in the company. “We must think that this incident means for our relations with Russia. We cannot just return to work, ”the company said. The interlocutors of the agency said they intend to preserve the “cold head” and act responsibly, but some plans will have to make changes.

Three days before the premiere of the Nureyev ballet, the production of Kirill Serebrennikov at the Bolshoi Theater was canceled, despite the fact that all tickets for the performance were already sold out, and all invitations to foreign embassies were sent. For the Bolshoi Theater, this is unprecedented - even by Soviet standards.

The Ugra bank, in which the Central Bank introduced the temporary administration on July 10, actively credited the companies related to the shareholders of the financial organization, and could also issue loans "by acquaintance or to maintain relations." Forbes writes about this with reference to the data of the Contour-Focus system.

The rebels said that they shot down a Syrian military aircraft in the ceasefire zone. It is reported by AFP. Later it became known that the aircraft was not shot down on the territory of the ceasefire zone. On July 9, in the south-west of Syria, the ceasefire, which Russia and the United States, came into force , entered into force; Jordan joined the agreements of Moscow and Washington.

The consumer confidence index of Russians - “Ivanov Index” - in the second quarter of 2017 amounted to minus 15%. This was reported in the next review of Sberbank Investment Research, which entered the Republic. For comparison, in the first quarter of this year, the indicator was at the level of minus 10%. “As a result, the index returned to the average level observed in the second half of 2016,” the compilers of the index noted.

The Rostec State Corporation will exchange 25% of SL Gold, which owns a license for the largest gold log gold in Russia, to the shares of the Polyus gold mining company. This was reported on the site "Pole". The subsidiary of JSC Polyus Krasnoyarsk JSC of JSC JSC agreed on the exchange of shares with the structure of Rostec (RT Development of Business). The amount of the transaction amounted to $ 145.9 million, the exchange of shares will be held in five stages over five years.