The head of the special forces of the FSB of the Russian Federation "Alpha" Valery Kanakin was dismissed from his post. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the Honorary President of the International Association of Veterans of the Alpha anti -terror unit Sergey Goncharov. According to him, after dismissal, Kanakin became president of the Association of Veterans of Special Party. Kanakin worked at Alpha since 1984, he has the title of Hero of Russia.

Roskomnadzor, at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office, demanded that Facebook block access to the depiction of the swastika against the background of the state emblem of Russia due to insulting state symbols. This was reported on the website of the department. The report said that in addition to the swastika, the picture contains an “obscene interpretation” of the name of Russia.

Director Alexander Sokurov closes the non -commercial support fund of the cinema “Example of Intonation”, writes Kommersant. “We will close our fund“ Example of Intonation ”next year due to a lack of livelihood,” Sokurov said. The “Example of Intonation” was established by Sokurov in 2013 to support the director of departments. The Foundation was supported by the Ministry of Culture, the Culture Committee of St. Petersburg, the Public Fund of Vladimir Smirnov, the Lenfilm film studio.

In Ramensky near Moscow, the employees of the SK and the FSB detained the criminal authority of Oleg Shishkanov, nicknamed Shishkan on suspicion of involvement in the abduction and murder of a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Ramensky district Tatyana Sidorova and her relatives in 2012. It is reported by Interfax with reference to the Investigative Committee.

On July 11, in the house and at the workplace of the candidate of technical sciences, an employee of the Center for Heat Exercise and aerogazodynamics of FSUE TsNIIMASH Sergey Meshcheryakov, searches were held, the scientist himself was taken under house arrest. This was reported by "MBH Media" with reference to the son of a scientist Viktor Kudryavtsev.

The Federal Tax Service froze operations on banking accounts of companies related to the business school and private university Synergy, as well as its rector Vadim Lobov. It is reported by The Bell with reference to the Federal Tax Service and the data of the SPARK-Interfax database. According to the publication, the account was blocked due to debts to the budget. The base has writ of execution for 27.3 million rubles. Lobov himself claims that the amount of debt is half as much.

In Moscow, two FSB officers were detained to protect the constitutional system and combat terrorism, RBC reports with reference to sources. As it became known to the publication, the operation took place back in April 2019. According to sources, officers were detained by employees of the FSB Office. The press service of the Moscow garrison military court called the names of the detainees-Sergey Bogdanov and Sergey Ivanov. They are suspected of fraud on an especially large scale.

On July 14, the Moscow police detained 39 people for promotions in support of independent candidates in the Moscow City Duma, three of them were taken to the hospital after that. It is reported by the OVD-Info. The detainee George Herolyan was taken away from the department in the Presnensky district in the ambulance. After the detention, his ear was damaged. Igor Efimov was taken to the Botkin hospital.

The Mosgorisbirk said that some candidates for the Moscow City Duma are trying to put pressure on the election commissions. “Separate candidates, having received the final protocols, were convinced of the inaccuracy of the collected signatures and errors in the documents provided and blackmail and pressure are trying to force OIK and MGIK to make illegal decisions about their registration with violation of the law.

The head of the city election commission of Moscow, Valentin Gorbunov, abandoned the collective meeting with independent candidates in the Moscow City Duma and offered to communicate with each of them. According to rain, candidates refused individual meetings. “I am not ready to keep culouire secret meetings in offices under a cup of tea or whiskarik. Apparently, a person is not ready to publicly present his position, it is a pity, ”said Lyubol Sobol, lawyer of the Corruption Fund.

News In Moscow, the picket participants were detained in memory of Natalia Estemirova 15 July 2019 In Moscow on Red Square, three picket participants were detained in memory of the journalist and human rights activist Natalya Estemirova, MBH Media reports .

The head of the capital of the Krasnoselsky district, Ilya Yashin, running in the Moscow City Duma in the 45th district, said on his Facebook page that the district election commission officially refused to register the election candidate. “Everything, they officially take me off the elections. Basic: Exceeding of marriage in signature sheets. All our arguments were simply ignored. They refused to consider the written statements of citizens who confirm their signatures.

The authorities of Georgia suspended the extradition procedure for Russia of the 28-year-old hacker Yaroslav Sumbaev, suspected of organizing the murder of the investigator of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Yevgenia Shishkina. It is reported by Kommersant. Russia asked Georgia to extradite Sumbaev as part of the investigation of the case of fraud with railway tickets, and not in the case of the murder of the investigator.

The mayor of the Nizhneudinsky district of the Irkutsk region, Sergei Chearonov, resigned. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the administration of the municipality. He explained his decision with a state of health. The first deputy of the Revonny Alexander Arkhangelsky will act as the mayor of the district. The mayor’s election should take place no later than six months later.

The former head of the Grozny branch of the Human Rights Center "Memorial" Oyub Titiev began work in the Moscow branch of the organization. It is reported by Interfax. “I will work in Moscow, the contract has already been concluded,” Titiev said. In the "Memorial" the agency was told that Titiev was issued as an analyst.