The criminal case of a rally on July 27, Sobyanin's statements about “calls to storm the city hall” and the arrests of the opposition Photo: Evgeny Feldman for "Medusa" The situation with protests in Moscow is developing according to a strict scenario. Today, the authorities did not leave any uncertainty - the participants of the action on August 3 are waiting for hard acceleration, and the rally participants on July 27 - a criminal case of riots.

In the second quarter, investment in fixed assets in Russia decreased by 1.3-1.8% compared to the same period in 2018, follows from the review of the Central Bank published today. The weakness of investment activity is primarily associated with the decline in public investment — in April-May, capital expenditures of the budgetary system decreased by 11.8% yoy in nominal terms. What's happened.

The Moscow City Electoral Committee (MGIK) satisfied the complaint about the refusal to register as a candidate for the Moscow City Duma to the representative of the Yabloko party, Sergei Mitrokhin (43rd constituency). The decision will be sent to the county committee for review. This is the first review of the refusal to register opposition candidates.

The Investigative Committee of Russia (TFR) opened a criminal case on riots during a rally in support of the opposition in the elections to the Moscow City Duma on July 27 in Moscow, Interfax reported.

The use of force against the participants of the unauthorized rally in Moscow on July 27 was justified, and the rally itself was a provocation, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin told TVC channel today. This is his first comment after the action. Quote. "How do I rate? Like mass riots, pre-planned and well-prepared." The protesters on July 27 attacked the police and "forced the police to use force, which in this situation was perfectly adequate," the mayor said.

Vostochny Bank, against the backdrop of a shareholder conflict, has been increasing borrowings from the Federal Treasury secured by OFZs for six months now - from 217.7 million rubles on January 1 to 26 billion rubles by July 1, Vedomosti writes .

The head of the Moscow special detention center No. 1, where Alexei Navalny was imprisoned for 30 days, asks the court to suspend the arrest of the oppositionist for treatment. Judge Andrey Vasilyev said this during the consideration in the Moscow City Court of Navalny's complaint against the Simonovsky District Court's decision to arrest, Mediazona writes . Read also Navalny's doctors announced a possible poisoning.

The working group of the Moscow City Electoral Committee recommended reconsidering the refusal to register as a candidate for the Moscow City Duma to the representative of the Yabloko party, Sergei Mitrokhin (43rd constituency). This will be the first review of the refusal to register opposition candidates. The final decision on Mitrokhin's complaint will be made on Tuesday at a meeting of the Moscow City Electoral Committee at 17.10.

The Moscow Mayor's Office did not coordinate the rally on August 3 for the admission of independent candidates for elections to the Moscow City Duma along the route proposed by the organizers, and, as they had warned , they refused the agreed-upon rally on Sakharov Avenue. This was announced by one of the leaders of the Libertarian Party, Mikhail Svetov (an intermediary between independent candidates and the government). After negotiations in the mayor's office, Svetov was detained .

Quotes of Yandex rose by 4% on the Moscow Exchange immediately after the news that the bill on a 20% ceiling on foreign ownership of key IT companies in Russia will not be adopted in its current form. On Thursday, United Russia deputy Anton Gorelkin proposed limiting foreign ownership of information resources that are significant for Russia's information infrastructure to 20%. Failure to comply should be punishable by a ban on advertising sales.

Based on the experience of Saturday's events in Moscow, the Prosecutor General's Office considers it right to severely suppress uncoordinated public actions before the September elections. Today this was stated by Alexander Buksman, First Deputy Prosecutor General Yury Chaika. Quote. "The latest event in Moscow dictates the need to adjust the organization of supervision in the bodies during the period of preparation for a single voting day.

The National Payment Card System (NSPK) plans to transfer the processing of contactless payments to Russia, RBC reports , citing sources in the payment market. The transfer will affect tokenized services Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Google Pay and others. Quote: “The setting that all payment transactions should be processed in Russia was adopted back in 2014.

The transition of Yandex into the hands of a state shareholder is “inevitable” after a bill on a 20% ceiling on foreign ownership of information resources significant for Russia, Forbes reports , citing a thematic note by Renaissance Capital analysts. Forecasts. Analysts suggest that this time even the president of Sberbank German Gref, who will no longer participate in negotiations on the side of the company, will not help Yandex.

The Russians ceased to hope for Putin and lost confidence in power. Perhaps forever Vladimir Putin in Tuva. Photo from the Kremlin website In Russian society, the last remnants of the postcrymic euphoria and election mobilization are evaporated: some key indicators of the president’s popularity returned to the state of “to Crimea”, while others show that the attitude of Russians towards Vladimir Putin worsened qualitatively.

Despite the rapid growth of profits and the fact that companies clearly have free resources, in the second quarter of this year, the growth of investment activity in the economy slowed down sharply, reports Kommersant , citing a study by the CMASF. Among the main reasons are the end of the “politically motivated” public investment boom in the first half of the 2010s, the lack of attractive projects, falling demand, and a large number of state-owned or near-state companies. What's happened.