Alexey Chepa, First Deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, criticized Canada's refusal to extradite Yaroslav Hunka (Gunko)

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the creation of a special economic zone in the Belgorod Region, including Shebekino, according to the Kremlin's website.

In Russia, about 4 million people suffer from mental disorders, said Svetlana Shport, Director General of the NMC of Psychiatry and Narcology named after the Serbian Ministry

The Australian Foreign Ministry refused a petition demanding the closure of the Russian Consulate General in Sydney, pointing out that Russia is an influential world power.

In the Altai Territory, a court arrested a student of a local university who sent medicines to the international terrorist organization "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL), banned in Russia. This is reported by TASS.