The independent scientific community "Dissernet" and the human rights organization "Agora" filed claims in the Supreme Court to invalidate the new composition of the Higher Attestation Commission (HAC), which is responsible for awarding and depriving academic degrees, the Kommersant newspaper writes , citing an Agora lawyer. Kirill Koroteev. According to him, the organizations filed two different applications to the court, but their actions were coordinated.

President Vladimir Putin has proposed three candidates for the post of head of the republic to the Ingush parliament – ​​the people's assembly. This was reported on the website of the Ingush parliament. The proposed candidates are the acting head of the republic, Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov, as well as the deputy of the city district of Nazran, Uruskhan Yevloyev, and the senior territorial specialist of VimpelCom , Magomed Zurabov.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced that negotiations in the Normandy format with the participation of the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany will be held in September, reports Interfax . He did not explain where the negotiations would take place. Read on vedomosti.ru The situation in Ukraine became one of the main topics of the August 19 negotiations between President Vladimir Putin and Macron.

US President Donald Trump promised to invite Russian leader Vladimir Putin to the G7 meeting in 2020, he announced this in France at a press conference broadcast by Fox News. According to the US President, it will be psychologically difficult for Putin to accept the invitation. Therefore, Trump is not sure whether Putin will come to the next summit. Read on vedomosti.ru “This is a difficult issue for him, he is a proud man,” Trump explained.

There is greatness in Harvey Weinstein. Well, maybe not as great as Charles Foster Kane, but still - when you read dozens of articles and materials about him, your jaw drops. The troubled boy from Queens became Hollywood's most famous producer, a fat, rude, foul-mouthed, alpha male, colorful as hell, a star to match the directors, actors and actresses he made superstars. Read on vedomosti.ru It was his studio Miramax that nurtured independent filmmakers like Tarantino.

The St. Petersburg City Court overturned the decision of the court of first instance, which refused to register the head of the St. Petersburg headquarters of politician Alexei Navalny, Alexander Shurshev, as well as a member of his team, Maxim Kuzakhmetov, as candidates for deputy in the Ekateringofskoye municipality, reports Interfax with reference to the press service of the city courts . In total, the court overturned more than half of the decisions of the trial court.

Roshydromet confirmed information about the discovery of radioactive isotopes at the Navy training ground near Severodvinsk after the explosion, the department said in a statement . Read on vedomosti.ru In particular, the radioactive background was briefly elevated due to the passage of a cloud of radioactive noble gases. This cloud formed after the decay of barium, strontium and lanthanum isotopes, the report notes.

August 26, 2019, 14:08 / Business Boeing plans to resume 737 Max flights by the end of the year undefined Vedomosti Boeing expects to resume operation of Boeing 737 Max aircraft by the end of this year, Interfax reports , citing a statement by the concern's vice president of marketing, Randy Tinseth. “We plan that the aircraft will be returned to service in the fourth quarter of 2019,” he added at a press conference in Moscow.

Recep Erdogan to inspect Russian aircraft, talk to Russian president / Lefteris Pitarakis / AP The International Aviation and Space Salon (MAKS), which opens on Tuesday in Zhukovsky near Moscow, will be visited on the first day by Russian and Turkish Presidents Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. This was reported by Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov, adding that in addition to viewing the exhibition, bilateral talks are also planned.

It is foolish to equate legitimacy with the absence of revolution, chaos and civil war. One can ask an economist: what is the direct harm of election fraud? What is specifically bad about not allowing opposition candidates? Of course, it is undemocratic, does not correspond to the norms of civilized countries in the 21st century, and reduces citizens' interest in politics, but all this is not direct harm, not a specific consequence.

State Unitary Enterprise "Moscow Metro" filed a lawsuit against unregistered candidates for the Moscow City Duma due to the fact that it had to attract employees to work on days off. This was announced by the lawyer of “Human Rights Postcard” Sergei Badamshin, who represents the interests of one of the defendants, Alexander Solovyov, writes “MBH Media”.

Last week, the US tested a Tomahawk cruise missile from a land-based launcher at a range exceeding 500 km, i.e. previously banned by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), which went down in history on August 2. In response to this, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave instructions to take symmetrical measures, i.e., apparently, a domestic cruise missile will soon be tested in Russia at the same range – apparently, also initially “sea-based”, like the Tomahawk, the Kalibr missile.

Assistant to the head of the FSB department for Moscow and the Moscow region, Alexei Dorofeev, Marat Medoev, mentioned in the investigation by Meduza journalist Ivan Golunov about the funeral market in Moscow, left his post. This RBC was reported to by a source in law enforcement agencies and confirmed by three interlocutors close to the FSB. Read on vedomosti.ru According to a source close to the intelligence service, Medoev was removed about a month ago.

On the eve of tightening sanctions in the Skripal case, the Ministry of Industry and Trade asked automakers to assess the possible risks of stopping supplies of foreign-made spare parts and equipment to Russia, the writes Kommersant newspaper . According to the publication, both Russian manufacturers and foreign automakers with production facilities in Russia received a corresponding request from the department.

An unregistered candidate in the Moscow City Duma elections, Lyubov Sobol, challenged Valeria Kasamaru, a registered candidate and vice-rector of the National Research University - Higher School of Economics (HSE), to a debate. Sobol’s appeal in video format was published on the Navalny Live YouTube channel.