Category: Russia

In the state Duma a bill to limit the maximum size of membership and entrance fees in the party to 4.3 million rubles per year. The corresponding document was registered in the Duma database on Friday, July 28. Its author was made by the Chairman of the Duma Committee for security and combating corruption Anatoly Election. Changes are proposed to the law “On political parties”. In the explanatory note to the document notes that the size limit for party contributions — one of the recommendations given to you by the Group of States against corruption (GRECO) the Russian authorities, the evaluation of the legislation of the country. The organization believes that the absence of thresholds can be a tool of the shadow financing of political parties. The amendments propose to establish a “maximum amount of entrance and (or) membership dues of one member of the party during the year, $

Employee of the Ongudaysky police Department in the Altai Republic was suspected of excess of powers of office, he is detained. About it reported in regional Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia on Friday, 28 July. In relation to the police opened a criminal case under part 3 of article 286 of the criminal code of Russian Federation (“Excess of powers of office made with application of violence”). The maximum punishment on it provides till 10 years of imprisonment with deprivation of the right to occupy certain positions. According to investigators, on 22 July, two residents of the village of inegen ‘ rode on a motorcycle on the Chuisky highway. Near the settlement Chui-Oozy they ran out of gas. At this time, drove past the car the precinct, and the men decided to ask him for help. When the car stopped, it issued several unfamiliar villagers police officers in

Maxim Reznik The Deputy of St. Petersburg legislative Assembly Maxim Reznik fined 10 thousand rubles, and sentenced to 10 days of arrest by the decision of Dzerzhinsky district court. It is reported TASS with reference to the press service of the court. Resnick is attracted to administrative responsibility for committing an administrative offense provided by part 5 of article 20.2 of the administrative code (“violation of the established procedure of organizing or holding meetings, rallies, demonstrations, marches or picketing”). According to the Agency, protocols of administrative offense against Reznik was made for violations of the anti-corruption rally on the Champ de Mars on June 12. The event was not coordinated with the city authorities. According to the official data of the police, was then arrested 500 participants of the unsanctioned rally.

Employees of Sheremetevsky customs have intercepted a shipment award and five other items with Nazi symbols, which tried to send from Russia to New Zealand in the box of the drugs. On Friday 28 July, reports kp.ru. “The cross of the II degree, 1939, the red ribbon on the pin with Nazi symbols, the coin, the guillotine for cigars, buttons, matchbooks,” he listed the publication is withdrawn, the employee a press-services of customs Anna Yevtushenko. According to the preliminary opinion of the representative of the Ministry of culture, all of these items of cultural value. “Based on the condition and appearance of objects, we can assume that they can be trophies black diggers” — said Yevtushenko. The contents of the intercepted parcels sent for examination. If the preliminary assessment is confirmed, the sender will be prosecuted for smuggling cultural valuables (article 226.1 of the criminal code). Iron Cross II degree,

Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin urged the police to be “stricter with the Scorcher.” He said this on Friday, 28th July, at a meeting with members of the government after the report, interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev on the situation on the roads, reports TASS. “Of course, the quality of the roads is one of the key issues, but also with the reckless drivers need stricter”, — said the head of state. Putin reminded that the main causes of accidents with serious consequences — speeding, and leaving the lane of oncoming traffic. “And, of course, intoxication. This need a closer look”, he added. Earlier, on July 24, KB Strelka has presented proposals to reduce the number of accidents with victims in urban areas. Among them, the optimization of the width of the carriageway, reducing radius turns, raising crosswalks to the level of the sidewalks. The latter measure, in particular, will

Sergei Zheleznyak Moscow, taking the decision to reduce the staff of the American diplomatic missions in Russia in response to the new sanctions Washington, acted within international law. Such statement on Friday, July 28, was made by the Deputy of the state Duma Sergei Zheleznyak, the TV channel “Russia 24”, the record of which is published on the website Вести.Ru. Under the reduction, according to his calculations, are about 700 diplomatic staff of the United States. “This, of course, very sensitive. And for American diplomacy and American intelligence agencies, and for representatives of the American depslib, who were engaged in the supervision of the private sector in Russia and is trying to promote his vision of democracy”, — stated the Deputy. He stressed that Moscow could resort to these measures at the end of last year, when the outgoing administration of US President Barack Obama declared persona non grata 35

Ramzan Kadyrov The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, who declared readiness to leave his post and go to the defense of al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, not sent to the Kremlin a petition of resignation. This was reported by press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, the correspondent “Tapes.ru” on Friday, July 28. In his opinion, the word Chechen leader should be perceived as “a demonstration of the importance that Kadyrov gives Islam.” “Don’t go in a straight line it’s all considered”, — said the representative of the Kremlin. The head of Chechnya has called for the protection of the mosque on 27 July, after the Israeli authorities took the decision to remove surveillance cameras installed on its territory for security purposes. Previously the user was required to disassemble there is a framework of metal detectors. Security measures were imposed by Israeli authorities after the murder of 14 July

The Tver court of Moscow found illegal rally sought to convey to the General Prosecutor of the box with the two million signatures under the demand to investigate the harassment of gays in Chechnya. This was told to Agency “Interfax” in the “Open Russia”. An activist of the organisation, Valentina dechtiarenko was fined 10 thousand rubles under part 5 of article 20.2 of the administrative code (“Violation of rules of holding rallies and demonstrations with participant”). Respondents in the court the police said that dektaryenko and her colleagues “prevented the passage of people and attracted attention.” In turn, the lawyer of the activists Henri Tsiskarishvili said that the detainees no one is notified about the action, not handing out fliers, shouted slogans and did not take the posters. For this reason their actions cannot be regarded as a rally or other public event. May 29, held hearings on the administrative

Saved from drowning in the Baltic sea children the woman from Kaliningrad oblast went into a coma and died in hospital. It is reported RIA Novosti with reference to regional Ministry of health. The office noted that her condition was extremely serious. She died on Friday morning, July 28. The incident occurred on the evening of 22 July. The woman tried to help two children who were carried away from shore by a strong current. She managed to push them to shore, but she could not swim. The campers pulled it out of the water and gave first aid, after which she was hospitalized. After the incident, Deputy Plenipotentiary representative of the President in Severo-the Western Federal district Mikhail Vedernikov asked the Prosecutor with a request to check the city beach of Zelenogradsk for compliance with safety regulations. Eyewitnesses reported that rescue towers were empty at the time of the

In Novosibirsk quarreled with his wife 36-year-old man killed her and committed suicide. On Friday, July 28, according to the website of the regional Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia. “In addition to these persons in the apartment at the time of incident there was nobody”, — noted in management. A criminal case of murder (article 105 of the criminal code). Investigators questioned neighbors. Found that family conflict occurred earlier Friday in an apartment on the street Trolley. The man loaded a rifle a hunting rifle “Vepr” and fired three shots from his wife. From his injuries the woman died on the spot. After that the man committed suicide. July 12, the court detained Rostov police officer Sergei Kadetskogo, a suspect in the murder of his wife and the attempt on the test. He confessed to the crime and told investigators that while he and his wife have been