The health condition of Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov, who is starving in a colony, has worsened, lawyer Dmitry Dinze told the Hromadske TV channel following a visit to his client. According to the defense lawyer, Sentsov’s hemoglobin has greatly decreased, which has led to anemia, and he also has a very low pulse, about 40 beats per minute. Dinze noted that Sentsov had a bad heart condition and they tried to persuade him twice to go to the hospital.

The Investigative Committee (IC) of Belarus opened a criminal case regarding unauthorized access to computer information based on a statement from the state news agency BelTA, the agency reports . The editor-in-chief of the news portal Tut.by, Marina Zolotova, and the editor of the publication, Anna Kaltygina, as well as the correspondent of the BelaPAN agency, Tatyana Korovenkova, were detained in connection with the case.

Russians do not expect much relaxation of the law on raising the retirement age, but they want the president to reject it. They are used to the fact that their protests are of little effect, and they are doomed to expect at least a little mercy for people who are barely making ends meet.

The Ministry of Economic Development, Izvestia reported, supported the proposal of resource supplying organizations to shift the increase in VAT from 18 to 20% entirely to consumers of housing and communal services. If the government approves the idea, then the increase in VAT in communal services will have to be paid twice, and most importantly, other agents in non-competitive markets will also want to solve the problem of increasing the tax burden.

Users around the world began to complain about the Google search engine crashing on Tuesday evening. This is evidenced by data from the Downdetector resource , which monitors the operation of websites and applications. According to the service, the problems began at 20.37 Moscow time. 53% of users experience problems logging into their account, 46% complain about the search engine. Most complaints come from users in the US, Japan, France, Spain, Germany, UK and the Netherlands.

06 August 2018, 23:53 / Opinions President's Retirement Choice Only a third of Russians believe that Vladimir Putin will sign the law raising the retirement age Alexey Levinson The upcoming increase in the retirement age <...> was not announced by the president, but people made him responsible Putin’s rating, that is, the indicator of approval of his activities as president throughout the post-Crimean period, was so impressively high for one reason: the inhabitants of our country saw the main

The Basmanny Court of Moscow seized the residential building, apartment and land plot of the ex-director of the property management department of the Ministry of Culture Boris Mazo, TASS reports . In early June, the court arrested the former official in absentia on charges of fraud on an especially large scale (Article 159 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, Mazo is now abroad.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow seized the property of the head of the Serpukhov district of the Moscow region, Alexander Shestun, accused of abuse of power, reports RIA Novosti with reference to the press secretary of the court, Yunona Tsareva. The investigator's request was granted.

Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov promised to tighten the liability of gas stations (gas stations) for underfilling of fuel. this He stated in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda. “A bill has now been prepared to tighten administrative liability for such violations. If it is accepted, the fine for underfilling fuel will be 1% of the gas station’s revenue for the previous year, but not less than 500,000 rubles.

The budget of the national program “Digital Economy”, designed until 2024, may exceed 3.5 trillion rubles. reports this RBC with reference to the corresponding draft document, a copy of which was at the disposal of journalists. The publication notes that the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications, which is responsible for implementing the program, should submit it to the government on August 15. does not provide federal budget costs for this program RBC .

American businessman Stan Kroenke, who owns 67% of the English football club Arsenal, will buy 30% of the club from Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov. This is stated in a statement from KSE, through which Kroenke manages the club. Vedomosti sent a request for comment to Usmanov's representative and is awaiting a response. The message clarifies that the American businessman intends to receive the remaining shares of independent shareholders.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claims that the country's authorities have evidence of the involvement of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos in the assassination attempt. “This is clear and there is ample evidence of the involvement of the outgoing [Colombian] government of Juan Manuel Santos,” CNN quoted Maduro as saying. Santos' term as Colombia's president ends on Tuesday.

An analysis of state support measures for small and medium-sized businesses conducted by auditors of the Accounts Chamber revealed the ineffectiveness of current practices. about this writes RBC with reference to the text of the audit report. From 2014 to 2017, 120.5 billion rubles were allocated from the federal budget for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) within the framework of the state program “Economic Development and Innovative Economy”.

Since the beginning of the year, Moscow authorities have received 63 applications for the purchase of additional residential space as part of the renovation program. This is stated in a statement from the Moscow Department of Urban Development Policy. “Positive decisions have been received regarding 55; for the rest, the completeness of the documentation and its relevance are being checked,” said the head of the department, Sergei Levkin.

The Russian Foreign Ministry condemns the resumption of US sanctions against Iran, said in a statement. the foreign ministry “We are deeply disappointed by the US steps to restore national sanctions against Iran,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. American restrictions undermine the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) to resolve the Iranian nuclear program, the Foreign Ministry points out.