Andrey Pivovarov The politician, the former Executive Director of Open Russia Andrei Pivovarov is sure that the future convocation of the State Duma will be controlled by the Presidential Administration by 100 percent, and in the regions they will be given “not too unsystematic” candidates, but they will not be able to influence the decisions of local parliaments. The politician answered the editorial office of the North.

In the Leningrad region, a cottage was demolished, under which journalists found a hopper with an underground prison, entrance to the bunker was covered with earth. It is reported by 47news. The reason for the destruction of the house was the statement of the owner of the site Vladislav Velesevich. “I ask you to destroy,” or the end of an underground prison.

The cemetery of the prisoners of the Gulag in Vorkuta On the first day of August 1953, one of the most massive strikes in the Gulag system ended in Vorkuta. A strike demanding a revision of cases under political articles ended in the murder of 53 employees of the coal mine. The correspondent of the North. Realia tells why the leadership of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs was profitable to call the action of the prisoners "uprising", and not a execution without a sentence.

Picket in defense of Ivan Safronov in Moscow On this day, 31 years ago, the Law of the USSR "On Press and other media", which canceled censorship, entered into force. Over the years, the Russian media have grown up, multiplied and got stronger, mastered new formats and genres. Today, censorship is officially prohibited, but the state actually declared war on independent journalism.

In Vologda, a criminal case of kidnapping a child has been instituted. A resident of the Moscow region of deceit took out a 12-fly girl from the city. She was found in the house of a man in the city of Ivanteevka near Moscow. This was reported by the regional department of the Investigative Committee. Wed VKontakte Wed in classmates Wed on Twitter According to investigators, the man corresponded with the child on Instagram. He introduced himself as a minor girl and agreed on a meeting.