NEWS OF THE DAY. The father of Ivan Agafonov, who died after being hit by athlete Rasul Mirzaev, filed a statement with the Zamoskvoretsky Interdistrict Investigation Department about threats from friends of the accused.

NEWS OF THE DAY. The founder of the financial pyramids "MMM" and "MMM-2011" Sergei Mavrodi is going to become a deputy in the Verkhovna Rada. The main swindler of Russia will run for office from the MMM party. Sergei Mavrodi made a corresponding statement on YouTube. Elections to the Ukrainian Parliament will be held in October 2012. The reaction of the republican authorities to the statement by the creator of MMM is still unknown.

RUSSIA NEWS. The Association of Sexual Minorities is offended by the inability to indicate their affiliation on the VKontakte website.

You need: 1 chicken, 1 melon, 2 tbsp. l. dessert wine, salt. How to cook: 1. Boil the chicken (1.5 hours over low heat) in a small amount of water and wine. 2. Remove the chicken and remove the skin. 3. Wash the melon, wipe dry, cut off the top from the thicker end, clean out the seeds and mucus. Remove the melon mass. 4. Place the chicken in the peeled melon and cover with the melon top lid. Secure it with matches. 5. Place in a deep saucepan, add 1.5 cups of water and boil for 1.5 hours.

RUSSIA NEWS. Opposition leader Alexei Navalny called the Pussy Riot trial “medieval” “This is petty hooliganism, they won’t take you into custody for this,” said a famous blogger on the threshold of the investigative committee. Navalny himself came to the Investigative Committee as a victim of another judicial outrage - he was once again supposed to be formally charged in the Kirovles case (on Monday he also visited the Investigative Committee, but the filing of charges was postponed).

RUSSIA NEWS. The lawyer for the victims in the Pussy Riot case, Alexey Taratukhin, challenged Judge Maria Syrova. The defense side supported this decision. It is reported that only prosecutor Alexander Nikiforov spoke in support of the judge. Previously, the defense twice asked to remove judge Marina Syrova . She twice refused to withdraw from the process. The victims' side challenged the judge for the first time. According to Alexey Taratukhin , the judge systematically sides with the defense.

Last week, ex-governor of Primorye Sergei Darkin, whose imminent arrest had been talked about for the last few months, was finally put... in the deputy chair. Minister of Regional Development. But why not in a pre-trial detention center?! Last week, ex-governor of Primorye Sergei Darkin, whose imminent arrest had been talked about for the last few months, was finally put... in the deputy chair. Minister of Regional Development.

pussy-riot1.gif The lawyer of the members of the Pussy Riot group, Nikolai Polozov, who during the court hearing announced gross falsification of the case materials, clarified that the investigation may be involved in this. Let us recall that, according to Polozov, in the text of the testimony of prosecution witnesses there are entire pieces of identical text, in which, moreover, the same spelling errors are repeated.

BUSINESS SHOW NEWS. Ksenia Sobchak shared her plans for the future show with Twitter users. Together with Dozhd editor-in-chief Mikhail Zygar, she will be interviewed in a helicopter and invites readers to help come up with a title. Working "Top View" for now. Options?" Sobchak wrote on her microblog. Let us remind you that Ksenia Sobchak is now hosting the “Sobchak Live” program on Dozhd. Her program “State Department 2” is also aired on the website of the Snob project.

The myth that men who become fathers after forty put their children at risk has been dispelled. Of course, there are dangers, but in general the opposite is true. It turns out that the child of a mature man has every chance of living longer. Everything happens due to the longer ends of the chromosomes that adult men have. This feature is inherited, allowing descendants to age later than others.

On July 25, Vasily Shukshin would have turned 83 years old. “Russian soul”, “real” - said those who were lucky enough to communicate and be friends with Shukshin. Shukshin often sorted things out with the help of his fists, and was not delicate with the women he loved On July 25, the writer, director and actor would have turned 83 years old. “Russian soul”, “real” - said those who were lucky enough to communicate and be friends with Vasily Shukshin.

You need: a kilo of beef pulp, a kilo of potatoes, 2 onions, half a lemon, 3 carrots, 4 sprigs of celery, 6 apples On July 30, the former governor of California, the wonderful actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, turned 65 years old. The gubernatorial position is the pinnacle of his political career. He could, perhaps, win the presidential election, but, alas, he was born not in the States, but in Graz, Austria - according to the US Constitution, such a person is not allowed to run for president.

On July 25, the writer, director and actor would have turned 83 years old. “Russian soul”, “real” - said those who were lucky enough to communicate and be friends with Vasily Shukshin. Shukshin often sorted things out with his fists, and was not delicate with the women he loved. The first wife was waiting at home During the writer’s life, only one wife appeared next to him - actress Lydia Fedoseeva-Shukshina, who gave birth to Vasily Makarovich two daughters, Maria and Olga.

Investigators from the Ministry of Internal Affairs have put on the international wanted list Karelian blogger and human rights activist Maxim Efimov, who called the Russian Orthodox Church “the party in power.” For criticizing the church, the court decided to temporarily place him in a psychiatric clinic. RUSSIA NEWS.

The presidential envoy gave an incendiary speech at the Seliger 2012 forum. Kholmanskikh set himself as an example and spoke about factory social elevators. Having kept silent, however, about the fact that he ended up at the plant and rose to the rank of management, he was by no means from a vocational school...