The US Congress will try to gain access to telephone conversations between US President Donald Trump and leaders of other countries, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Reuters reports , citing an interview with NBC by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff. Schiff said this is necessary to protect US national security - Congress wants to make sure Trump does not undermine it for his own political interests.

From 15:00 on Sakharov Avenue in Moscow, a coordinated rally is held in support of the defendants in the Moskovsky case. 24.5 thousand people came to him, the “white counter” said data at 17:00. At this time, the organizers of the rally announced its completion. For comparison, the most massive rally since 2012, which was held on August 10, came, according to various sources, from 50 to 60 thousand people. Read more.

Today at 15:00 in Moscow on the avenue there will be a rally agreed with the authorities for the freedom of the defendants in the “Moscow case”, who received real terms or are waiting for a court decision in connection with Moscow protest shares. Details. The “Moscow business” itself for participation in the riots this week actually collapsed - only two accused left, the rest released or found new articles to them.

This summer, leading Russian geneticists and health officials met to discuss DNA editing and featured Vladimir Putin's putative daughter, endocrinologist Maria Vorontsova, whose views on bioethics are "increasingly influential," Bloomberg writes . Read more. According to the publication, the meeting took place in the south of Moscow.

Treasury Department spokeswoman Monica Crowley assured that the department has no plans to close US exchanges for China "at the moment." This is good news for the market: after Friday's Bloomberg report about the agency's intention to force the delisting of Chinese companies from US exchanges, shares of Chinese IT giants traded in the US collapsed. Context.