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What happened on the day of August 3. Short

* The director of the Belarusian House in Ukraine, Vitaly Shishov, was found hanged in one of the parks in Kiev. A case of premeditated murder has been opened. Shishov, who helps political refugees from Belarus, disappeared on August 2 during a morning run. Human rights activists reported that unknown people were following him.

The court sentenced Lyubov Sobol to 1.5 years of restriction of freedom on a “sanitary case”. She is forbidden to leave Moscow and the region, leave the house at night and participate in actions. She was found guilty of inciting to violate sanitary and epidemiological rules. During the announcement of the verdict, Sobol was forcibly taken out of the hall.
The LGBT family that starred in the VkusVilla commercial emigrated to Spain after being threatened in Russia. The girls said they were safe and looking for work. One of them, Mila, lost her earnings due to the “difficult situation” with VkusVill.
The Pskov Electoral Committee removed Lev Shlosberg, leader of the Yabloko party branch, from regional elections due to participation in a rally allegedly organized by Navalny's supporters. The candidacy of Schlosberg's party member Nikolai Kuzmin was also withdrawn. At the same time, the CEC registered Shlosberg as a candidate for the State Duma.
The Russians retained fifth place in the overall standings of the Tokyo Olympics. The ROC team has 13 gold medals. Today, the athletes won one gold (Musa Evloev; Greco-Roman wrestling) and one bronze (gymnast Nikita Nagorny; exercises on the crossbar). Also, the ROC women's water polo team advanced to the semi-finals. Athlete Sergei Shubenkov withdrew from the tournament after an injury during training.
In the city of Volzhsky, the administration of the water park refused to visit a child with autism, considering the boy a “threat” to others. An employee of the Water Park 21st Century complex said that people "with mental illness" are forbidden to visit the institution. The prosecutor's office began an investigation.