Mass arrests took place at an unauthorized rally against amendments to the Constitution in Moscow on July 15. As of 21.45 Moscow time, dozens of people have been detained , and the police are acting tough. The action began on Wednesday at about 19:00 - the protesters gathered on Pushkinskaya Square. The detentions began at about 21.00 Moscow time, the main ones took place on Petrovka. Some protesters lay down on the ground.

45 out of 45 The main coronavirus news of the day is the publication of the successful completion of the first stage of clinical trials of Moderna's RNA vaccine. The report can be said to be perfect: all 45 volunteers had a pronounced immune response with coronavirus-binding antibodies, there were no serious negative reactions to the vaccine, and the average dose of 100 mcg showed the greatest effectiveness (that is, the scientists "hit" with the dosage).

The Bell studied who and how they are judged in Russia for the Stateizer Tomorrow the court will consider the defense of the decision to arrest the former correspondent of Kommersant and Vedomosti Ivan Safronov. He is the whole second journalist in the history of Russia, accused of Gosizmen, but scientists and fans of the “tanks” from military Internet forums, and just random people receive the terms for the Stateizer.

The former correspondent of Kommersant and Vedomosti Ivan Safronov (on July 16, the court will consider the defense of the defense of the decision on his arrest) - the whole second journalist in the history of Russia, accused of Gosizmen. Most often, security officials appear in such matters - but they make up only half of the convicts. Scientists and lovers of “tanks” from military Internet forums, and just random people receive the terms for the Stateismman.

Shares of U.S. coronavirus RNA vaccine developer Moderna surged 16% in pre-trade and 6.6% after the open on news of the success of Phase 1 clinical trials. According to a publication in the New England Journal of Medicine, the company's vaccine has proven to be not only safe but also effective in limited clinical trials. Participants - 45 healthy people aged 18 to 55 - received two vaccinations 28 days apart at various dosages.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has threatened tough sanctions against companies involved in the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Part of the Turkish Stream may also fall under restrictive measures. Pompeo said that the US State Department will remove the exception of the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) from Nord Stream 2 and extend it to the second branch of the Turkish Stream.

In April-June, Russia's GDP fell by 9.5-10% compared to the same period in 2019, according to the new issue of the macroeconomic bulletin of the Bank of Russia "What Trends Say". “Taking into account some improvement in the economic situation in June compared to May, we estimate the decline in output in basic industries in April-June in the range of 8.5–9% yoy.

Russia and Saudi Arabia at today's meeting of OPEC+ ministers called for "100% compliance" with quotas and compensation for non-compliance by violators. In practice, this means that the real growth in production by the countries of the agreement from August 1 will be less than the planned 2 million bpd. The maximum cuts previously agreed in April have been extended until the end of July. What's happening On Wednesday, an online meeting of the OPEC+ Ministerial Monitoring Committee took place.

Meduza journalist Ivan Golunov has filed a civil lawsuit for 5 million rubles against five police officers arrested in connection with his case, reports . Meduza “My lawyer Sergei Badamshin and I, as part of a criminal case, filed a civil lawsuit against five police officers for illegal detention and poor quality work. I believe that their work was not related to the fight against drug trafficking - they were engaged in its formal execution, ” Golunov commented to Interfax.

Apple won the case against the European Commission, according to which 13 billion euros of Irish taxes were recovered from it before. The court decided that the European Commission did not have enough evidence that Ireland illegally provided Apple tax benefits. We made the main business media in the country, now we are doing better-subscribe to the email newsletter of The Bell!

Russia and Turkey began negotiations on the resumption of air traffic, reported by the Turkish agency "Anadolu" with reference to the country's Ministry of Transport and the Russian RIA Novosti with reference to sources. Initially, the Turkish media reported that from July 15, air messing was opened. The Minister of Transport of Turkey Adil Karaismaillla said that only negotiations with Russia on the resumption of flights have begun today.

The investigation reclassified the charge of fraud (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) against the former governor of the Khabarovsk Territory Viktor Ishaev to organizing embezzlement on an especially large scale (part 3 of article 33, article 160 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) from Rosneft, writes TASS with link to the source. The Investigative Committee did not find any signs of deceit or breach of trust in the crime, the source said.

Moscow Deputy Mayor for Social Development Anastasia Rakova called the situation in the capital with coronavirus stable despite the lifting of restrictions. The number of hospitalizations has decreased by 30% in the last two weeks. “In Moscow today, the situation is normal, the city is completely returning to a standard way of life. At the same time, we not only do not record the growth of the disease, on the contrary, we see that all incidence rates are steadily declining,” Rakova explained.

Sberbank and Soyuzmultfilm have created a joint venture. The State Bank will enter into a subsidiary of the Soyuzmultfilm film studio with an 80% share and will invest more than 1 billion rubles at the first stage, the parties said in a statement. The joint venture aimed at creating unique content, primarily children's animation and series, as well as feature films for family audiences.

A new loud criminal case is in the state contract market in IT. On July 14, FSB operatives detained the deputy leader of the Russian Post Information Technologies Sergei Emeelchenkov. According to TADVISER, which was the first to announce the detention, the founder of one of the largest Russian IT companies-the National Computer Corporation Alexander Kalinin, and searches were held in several other large companies that supplied IT solutions to the mail, was detained.