State Duma deputies continue to vote for each other in violation of the regulation prohibiting voting by proxy. This was reported by Vedomosti. In particular, at the plenary session on Wednesday, the communist Yuri Sinelshchikov did this, pressing the voting buttons for three of his neighbors. Later, his colleague in the faction Nikolai Kolomeytsev also made his colleague. The Communists on Wednesday were present by less than half of the faction, the publication indicates.

The Ukrainian authorities refused to provide political asylum as a member of the Yabloko party to Vladimir Egorov. The activist reported this by Radio Liberty. Egorov said that Kyiv saw no reason to provide the asylum activist. Employees of the Security Service of Ukraine took him into a neutral zone on the border with Russia. Vladimir Egorov left Russia in mid -June after unknown people set fire to his house in the city of Toropets of the Tver region.

The business of Russia, as well as the self -proclaimed Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics, left negotiations of the humanitarian subgroup on the Donbass in Minsk. This was reported by RIA-Novosti with reference to the representative of the LPR Olga Skobtsev.

In North Ossetia, a criminal case was opened on the fact of a multimillion -dollar embezzlement, which is suspected of employees of the Office of the Pension Fund of Russia of one of the regions of the republic. This was announced by the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Irina Volk.

Every fourth of the young people surveyed by VTsIOM aged 18 to 24 has never heard of repressions, the head of the All -Russian Central Executive Committee VTsIOM VTsIOM Fedorov said . “I will pay attention to group 18-24. These are students and graduates. In this group, every fourth - 24% - said that he did not hear about repressions, ”said Fedorov. At the same time, he generally noted the high awareness of Russians about repressions - 90%. “So much is known about what event,” he added.

The writer Daniil Granin in St. Petersburg died at the 99th year of his life, Interfax reports citing a source in the city’s medical circles. According to him, Granin has been in the intensive care unit of one of the city hospitals for the past few days. Shortly before the death, it was connected to the apparatus of artificial ventilation of the lungs. “Daniil Alexandrovich died on Wednesday night,” the agency’s interlocutor said.

The prosecutor's office of the Tyumen region approved the indictment in the criminal case of the HIV-dissident, because of which her daughter died. This was reported on the official website of the department. The case was referred to the court. HIV-infected resident of Tyumen is accused of causing death by negligence (part 1 of article 109 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). In June 2014, she had a girl. Mother refused to examine the baby on infection and continued breastfeeding.

Police officers seized several packs of campaign newspapers in support of the opposition Alexei Navalny in the Novosibirsk headquarters, the head of the regional branch of the unregistered party of progress Andrei Gladchenko told the agency. He said that in the morning the police are located in the courtyard of the house where the Novosibirsk headquarters of the opposition is located. They blocked trips from this territory.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia proposes to deprive the parental rights of mentally ill people, if they pose a potential threat to their children. This was reported by Interfax with reference to a source familiar with the offers of the department.

Political scandals pursuing the President are unlikely to allow him to improve relations with Russia, but there is a danger that at the upcoming meeting, Vladimir Putin will outplay his less experienced partner in politics, write in The Washington Post Ebbie Fillip and Carol Morello. The Insider offers a complete translation of the article. President Trump promised voters to conclude a “big deal” with Russia and its autocratic leader Vladimir Putin.

All Volvo cars will be equipped with electric motors or hybrid motors since 2019. This was stated by the general director of the car manufacturer Hakan Samuelsson, reports The Financial Times. It is noted that Volvo is the first major car manufacturer who announced the rejection of traditional internal combustion engines. Currently, the electric vehicle market is relatively small - in 2016, less than 1% of the cars sold were equipped with electric motors.

Entrepreneur Vladimir Shcherbakov, who was called one of the beneficiaries of the cash register, died in London, reports Republic with reference to his friend and business partner. According to a friend of Shcherbakov, we are talking about suicide. The police of London could not confirm the death of Shcherbakov. Shcherbakov was on the international wanted list in the case of the withdrawal of more than 10 billion rubles from Russia.

In Makhachkala, a criminal case was opened against former police officers who threw plasticine under the guise of drugs. This was reported on the website of the prosecutor's office of the Republic of Dagestan. As police officers, the accused stopped the VAZ-2106 car to verify documents. Then one of the police officers put a bundle with a piece of plasticine in the passenger’s pocket.

The Russian Tu-95MS struck the X-101 winged missiles on objects in Syria. This was reported by RBC with reference to the statement of the Ministry of Defense. The department’s report emphasizes that the bombers took off from the territory of Russia, and the aircraft studies were applied by the positions of the Islamic State terrorist organization.

In Moscow, the associate of Vyacheslav Maltsev was detained by the nationalist Yuri Gorsky. He reported this to the Rain TV channel. Gorsky said that the FSB officers are taking him to the building of the FSB department in Moscow and the Moscow Region. The detention is associated with the case, instituted after the coordinated Pervomaisky procession of nationalists in the October Field in Moscow.