The police do not want to investigate the kidnapping of 18-year-old Dagestani Ayshat Magomedova, which was reported the day before. According to the police, the investigation "will not be of any use" - this is what the inspector told Ayshat's friend and lawyer, the human rights project "Marem" reports . Inspector Natalya, who, according to Marem, is listed in the Department of Internal Affairs for the Lyublino District, came out to the lawyer and her friend.

The children of Russian illegal spies Artem Dultsev and Anna Dultseva, who returned to Russia as part of the 24-person prisoner exchange that concluded yesterday, only learned their true nationality when the plane carrying them departed for Moscow from Ankara, Turkey. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters at a briefing that the children do not speak Russian and only learned who Russian President Vladimir Putin was when they stepped onto the tarmac in Moscow.

The Novosibirsk Regional Court has considered the regional Ministry of Health's appeal against the district court's decision to uphold the claim of Tatyana Drozdova, a patient with a rare disease, to be provided with medication. This was reported by the press service of the regional courts. The court of first instance ordered officials to provide Drozdova with the drug Rekovi (Elapegademaze-IvIr) (Revkovi) free of charge for life-saving reasons until it is cancelled for medical reasons.

Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov asked the Federation Council to strip Senator Dmitry Savelyev of immunity due to his involvement in organizing the murder. This was reported by Russian news agencies, citing sources in law enforcement agencies. The Federation Council gave its consent. The senator was detained as he left the meeting. According to Izvestia's source, the detained senator hired a former FSIN employee as a hitman to eliminate his business partner, who allegedly embezzled money.

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US Vice President Kamala Harris has received the necessary number of delegate votes to become the Democratic Party's presidential nominee, according to the chairman of the Democratic National Committee (the party's governing body) Jaime Harrison. Voting for Harris's nomination began on Thursday, August 1, with Harris's name the only one on the ballot. Voting took place online, with about 4,700 delegates participating.

The children of Russian illegal intelligence agents Artem and Anna Dultsev, who returned to Russia as part of an exchange , learned that they were Russian only when the plane took off from Ankara. As Dmitry Peskov told journalists at a briefing, the children do not speak Russian and learned who Russian President Vladimir Putin is only in Moscow.

On August 1, FSB and Federal Tax Service officers conducted searches at the Kaluga Tobacco Factory (KTF), as well as at warehouses and offices of its dependent companies. During the search, several million packs of counterfeit cigarettes of the Marlboro, Kent, Rothmans and Korona Kalipso brands were discovered, which were produced at the factory under the guise of genuine ones. This was reported by RBC, citing its sources.

Contents 1. The biggest exchange since the end of the Cold War 2. The Kremlin confesses The children of Russian illegal spies Artem Dultsev and Anna Dultseva, who returned to Russia as part of the 24-person prisoner exchange that concluded yesterday, only learned their true nationality when the plane carrying them departed for Moscow from Ankara, Turkey.

Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova reported on her VKontakte page that, thanks to interaction with representatives of the Ukrainian ombudsman, it was possible to reunite two Russian and two Ukrainian families separated by war. According to her, a 13-year-old boy returned to Russia to be reunited with his mother, and a Russian citizen who left for Ukraine several years ago to care for her father and was unable to return home because of the war.

Contrary to the popular idea that re-export through Asia has rendered sanctions against Russia ineffective, the statistics paint a less rosy picture for the Kremlin. Approximately 500 companies , primarily from China, the UAE, and Turkey, have been targeted by U.S. secondary sanctions, impacting trade. Imports from Turkey have dropped nearly 30% in six months, and about 80% of payments in yuan are being returned .

This year, more than 2,000 people were admitted to leading Russian universities under quotas for participants in the war in Ukraine and their children. Every third of them was admitted without exams, many had scores below the passing threshold, even in medical schools. This is reported by "Important Stories". According to journalists' calculations, this is 75% more people than were admitted to these same universities under a "separate quota" last year.

A major failure in the operation of information systems has occurred in Moscow courts. This was reported by the joint press service of Moscow courts of general jurisdiction. "A technical failure in the operation of the Integrated Information System of Courts of General Jurisdiction (IIS SOJ) has occurred in Moscow courts. Engineers are urgently performing the necessary work. Additional information will be provided on the restoration of the system.

The Southern District Military Court found Daniil Kamnev, a participant in the hostage taking in the Rostov-on-Don pretrial detention center, guilty in the case of preparing a terrorist attack in Kislovodsk and sentenced him, as reported by Interfax, to 3 years in a maximum security penal colony.