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August 22. Kirill Serebrennikov was charged with fraud

The case of Kirill Serebrennikov

In the morning, it became known that the artistic director of Gogol-Center Kirill Serebrennikov was detained on charges of fraud. This happened in St. Petersburg, where the director shoots a film about Victor Tsoi. Serebrennikov was taken to Moscow, interrogated to the Investigative Committee and taken to a pre -trial detention center. The director refused to admit guilt. On August 23, the Basmanny Court will elect him a preventive measure. Gogol-Center called on the audience to gather at the court building. We wrote in detail about today's events and how the case of the Seventh Studio developed .

Many of his colleagues, as well as journalists and politicians, spoke out in support of Serebrennikov. Director Pavel Bardin called his detention "another victory of culture of violence against culture." "Medusa" rarely publishes texts from the editorial office , but today it is the case: Kirill Serebrennikov must make films and put up performances, and not sit in a pre -trial detention center.

Fire in Rostov-on-Don. Report "Medusa"

Today in Rostov-on-Don, a fire was extinguished, which began the day before in the private sector. About 100 houses burned , dozens of people were injured, nine of them were hospitalized. In one of the houses they found the body of the deceased. The arson, which the locals spoke about from the very beginning, became the official version of what happened.

In Copenhagen, a female body was found without a head and limbs

In the case of the disappearance of the Swedish journalist Kim Vall, who disappeared after swimming on the Nautilus submarine with Danish inventor Peter Madsen, there was a continuation: on August 21, Madsen admitted that he got rid of the woman who allegedly died as a result of an accident, and today it became known that a female body was found on the shore in Copenhagen. There is no final confirmation that this body is not yet.

Other news is short

The AMAQ agency controlled by the Islamic State was distributed by a video in which the 19-year-old Arthur Gadzhiev, who attacked passers-by in Surgut, swore allegiance to the leader of Abu Bakro Al-Baghdadi terrorists. The Russian authorities did not comment on this record-we can assume that they still do not consider an attack in Surgut a terrorist attack.

Ramzan Kadyrov ordered to reconcile the diluted couples - according to the Chechen TV, 948 families have already reunited . “If you refuse, then you go not only against the establishments of religion, customs, but also against his desire,” says a resident of Grozny.

In the Presnensky court of Moscow, a preliminary meeting was held in the case of the former governor of the Kirov region Nikita Belykh. The defense asked to return the case file to the prosecutor's office to eliminate violations (unsuccessfully), the prosecutor’s office petitioned for the extension of the arrest for six months (successfully). The consideration of the case will begin on September 5.

Full solar eclipse - how it looked

On August 21, US residents observed a complete solar eclipse. In Russia, it was not visible, but we collected a lot of photos - both from the Earth and from the space (bonus: the ISS against the background of the solar disk ).

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