Many of those who came to the uncoordinated rally on August 3 had nothing to do with the Moscow City Duma elections and did not expect such a development of events, said Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. “But the organizers, apparently, really wanted to drag them into riots,” he said on the Rossiya 1 TV channel ( quoted by TASS). Read on vedomosti.ru According to Sobyanin, many protesters had nothing to do with Moscow at all; he expressed confidence that Muscovites understand this.

Trust in the state is slowly but surely declining in most countries. Attempts by politicians to slow down or even reverse this process have been made with varying success. Ukrainian President Volodymyr “Ze” Zelensky is seeking his own solution by communicating directly with citizens via Facebook and, more broadly, smartphones. What are the pros and cons of Ze’s “digital populism”?

According to updated data from OVD-info, 1,001 people were detained at an uncoordinated protest in the center of Moscow on August 3. Previously, the project reported 828 detainees. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 600 people were detained for various offenses. Read on vedomosti.ru In Moscow on August 3, an action was held in support of independent candidates for the Moscow City Duma, which was not coordinated with the authorities.

Turkey will launch a new anti-terrorist operation in Syria, east of the Euphrates River, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said (his words were quoted by Anadolu Agency). According to the politician, Ankara has already informed Moscow and Washington about this. Russia and the United States have not yet commented on this information. Read on vedomosti.ru Earlier, the Turkish army cleared Syrian Afrin, Jerablus and Al-Bab of terrorists, Erdogan recalled.

05 August 2019, 00:24 / Opinions When rectors are ahead of the police Loyalists propose tougher penalties for protesters, but such initiatives have failed in the past Pavel Aptekar The protests evoked the expected response from loyalists who were ready to proactively prosecute participants in actions not coordinated with the authorities and offering their own recipes for tougher punishment for protesters.

Seven people were injured in a shooting in a park in Chicago, CBS reported , citing police data. An unknown person opened fire on people in the area of ​​the playground. The shooter was in a black Chevrolet Camaro and fled the scene after the incident. Read on vedomosti.ru The shooting in Chicago occurred several hours after an unknown assailant shot and killed nine people in the American city of Dayton, Ohio. Another 26 people were injured, and the perpetrator was shot dead.

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a telegram of condolences to his American counterpart Donald Trump over the shooting in the United States. This was reported on the Kremlin website. Read on vedomosti.ru in the United States over the past 24 hours There have been three shooting incidents , with a total of 29 people killed and dozens more injured. Police do not link the three cases to each other.

Transport Minister Evgeny Dietrich proposed thinking about creating a network of high-speed railways (HSR) in Russia, which could run in northern, southern and western directions from Moscow. In his opinion, high-speed rail operates very well on economies of scale. Read on vedomosti.ru “Why do our Chinese comrades build so well, so well and so much?

The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) detained a tanker in the Persian Gulf that, according to Tehran, was smuggling oil to an Arab country. This was reported by the Iranian agency IRNA with reference to a representative of the IRGC. Read on vedomosti.ru According to Iranian authorities, the tanker was carrying 700,000 liters of smuggled fuel. The ship was detained near Farsi Island, located in the center of the Persian Gulf. The IRGC naval base is located on this island.

05 August 2019, 00:06 / Economics Exclusively by subscription Investors are scared of new US tariffs Markets fell due to Trump's statements Alexey Nevelsky This development took investors by surprise / Mark Schiefelbein / AP Photo US President Donald Trump unexpectedly announced plans to impose 10% duties on imports of Chinese goods worth $300 billion. Previously, the White House had already introduced 25% duties on imports of Chinese goods worth $250 billion.

The author and performer of songs in the chanson genre, Willy Tokarev, has died, the Ekho Moskvy radio station reported , citing the musician’s family. The singer was 84 years old. The place and time of farewell to the musician, as well as the cause of death, have not yet been reported. Read on vedomosti.ru Willy Tokarev (full name Vilen) was born on November 11, 1934 in Adygea. In his youth he worked as a fireman on a ship, then served in the signal troops.

The official representative of the Russian Guard, Valery Gribakin, called threats on the Internet against law enforcement officers and members of their families a provocation, reports RIA Novosti . According to him, the criminal case initiated by the Investigative Committee against the author of such threats is a necessary measure.

A man was detained in Moscow for calling for violence against children of law enforcement officers on social networks, reported the Investigative Committee of Russia . A criminal case has been opened against him for inciting hatred or enmity against a group of persons (clause “a”, part 2 of article 282 of the Criminal Code). The maximum penalty provided for in this article is six years' imprisonment.

Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) Ella Pamfilova believes it is possible to simplify the procedure for collecting signatures by candidates in elections. She stated this at a meeting of the Central Election Commission on Friday.

At least nine people were killed and 16 more were injured in a shooting that occurred on Sunday night in the American city of Dayton, Ohio. this The local police reported on Twitter. It is noted that the criminal was shot dead by security forces. Read on vedomosti.ru the shooting in Dayton previously reported The local Dayton Daily News . According to him, there were two shooters - one of them was eliminated, and the second managed to escape from the crime scene in a car.