The biometric comparison system working at Washington Airport helped to detain a 26-year-old man who tried to travel to the US territory under a stranger passport. The violator, who had a fake passport of a French citizen with him, was detained on August 22, when he flew from San Paulo. During the first control, an employee of the border service used a recognition system of persons, which was installed only three days earlier.

Press Secretary of Vladimir Putin Dmitry Peskov said that he did not know in which context the statement of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov was made regarding human rights defenders, but I am sure that these words cannot extend to all such figures. “Without knowing the complete context, I can’t speak, but I am convinced that, of course, these words cannot apply to all human rights defenders who are in our country, including Russian,” Peskov said Kadyrov’s statement.

The New York Council Commission refused to release Mark David Capen, convicted of the murder of John Lennon, reports Associated Press. According to the commission, the liberation of the Chepman “would be incompatible with the welfare and safety of society” and would not correspond to the severity of the crime.

The Internet first overtook television in terms of advertising. Such data are given by the Association of Communication Agencies of Russia. For the first half of 2018, the volume of Internet advertising amounted to 90.5-91.5 billion rubles, which is 21% more than the same indicator last year. The TV segment also increased by 13%-it is approximately 90-91 billion rubles. 21-21.4 billion rubles.

The Investigative Committee opened several criminal cases against participants in the Ukrainian radical movement “Right Sector”, whose activities are prohibited in Russia. The reason was the “verdict” against 50 Russian officials. In May 2018, the “verdict” was issued “the Central National Court of the“ Right Sector ””.

The Moscow authorities agreed on the route and the date of conducting the bicycle excursion, Velnoch, which was not allowed to hold on August 18. This was reported by RBC with reference to the center of traffic organization. The tour will be held on the night of September 1 to 2. Her private traders will pass from Gorky Park to the Sokolniki park along the Garden Ring, as well as in Nikoloyamskaya, Andronievskaya, Krasnopskamenny embankment and other streets. The length of the route is 23 km.

The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation recognized the American non -governmental organization “Pacific Environmental Protection and Natural Resources” (Pacific Environment, PERC) undesirable in the Russian Federation. According to Interfax, this was announced by the official representative of the department, Alexander Kurenna.

The Ukrainian, convicted in Russia, Vladimir Balukh, since the beginning of the hunger strike has lost 35 kilograms. Currently, its weight is 60 kg, the Crimean Human Right Group reports with reference to the relatives of Baluha. In the official response, the Crimean prosecutor’s office told the defense that “the vital indicators of the Baluha is normal and he does not need specialized medical care.” Baluh announced a hunger strike on March 19.

Russian pianist Ivan Bessonov won first place at the XIX contest of young musicians "Eurovision Young Musicians), whose finale was held in Edinburgh. The competition of young performers of classical music once every two years is held by a European broadcasting union. Ivan Bessonov was born in St. Petersburg, he is 16 years old. He is the winner of the Grand Prix of the Chopin International Youth Competition and a number of Russian competitions.

The former contractor of the US National Security Agency, 26-year-old reality, Winner was sentenced to 5 years in prison with three-year administrative supervision. According to the court, she transmitted the media secret data on the alleged cyber attack by Russian military intelligence, CNN reports . It is reported that Winner worked as a contractor in the military corporation Pluribus International. She had access to secret materials.

The fire in the Kemerovo shopping center "Winter Cherry" began in the LED lamp, into which water from the roof fell. This was written by Kommersant with reference to the conclusion of employees of the Bureau of Independent Expertise LLC. Experts found that the section of almost every electric wire in the building was underestimated by 10-20% compared to the calculated one.

The head of the Chechen Resbulika, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that after the trial of the human rights activist Oyub Titiyev, the region will become “forbidden territory for his colleagues, as well as for terrorists and extremists.” According to him, human rights activists "prevent the Chechen people from living." The Insider asked to comment on the words of Kadyrov Sergey Davidis, a member of the Council of the Human Rights Center "Memorial".

In Samara, a grave plate installed at the place of murder of criminal authority was found on the playground. As the adviser to the director of the Russian Guard, a former State Duma deputy from the Samara region, Alexander Khinshtein, wrote on Twitter, the plate is dismantled on August 27. The monument was reported earlier by the members of the group "Overheard | Samara ”in VKontakte. "No one knows what kind of" tombstone "is on the playground?" - asked one of the community participants.

The publication of new videos of the torture of prisoners of the Yaroslavl colony was another reminder of the problem of torture in Russian prisons and law enforcement agencies. Details of the affairs of the “Network”, “Hizb-Ut-Tahrir”, Oleg Sentsov, the explosion in the St. Petersburg metro, and other “extremist” affairs indicate that the police, the FSB, military personnel and jailers are only improving their torture skills, make mockery of routine practice and remain impunity.

In the South African port of the NGKU, the Russian cargo ship is being tested, on board which are found underly detective explosive materials of industrial purposes. This was reported by RBC with reference to the head of the port of Tulani Dubko. The final decision on whether the ship will be detained will be made on Saturday, Dubko noted. The detention of a Russian vessel, on board by the sea police, was allegedly weapons and explosives, became known on Thursday, August 23.