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What happened on the day of August 29th. Short
* In Japan, a Russian was detained who sailed to the island of Hokkaido from Kunashir. The Hokkaido newspaper writes that the Russian was denied political asylum, he will not be issued a temporary permit to stay in the country. According to journalists, next week the man will be handed over to the Russian Consulate General in Sapporo. At the same time, TASS notes that this information is not confirmed in the diplomatic mission.
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The Russian government has included sugar in the list of agricultural products for government intervention. “Interventions are used as a tool to regulate prices and support agricultural producers. When prices are low, the state buys products from farmers for the intervention fund. In the event of a noticeable increase in prices, it sells, thereby stabilizing the situation on the market, ”the government website says. The formation of the state intervention fund is scheduled to start in 2022.
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near the Kabul airport An explosion occurred , according to media reports, a rocket hit a residential building. Data on the number of dead and injured vary: the media report from two to six civilian deaths. In addition, the United States attacked Kabul. According to a spokesman for the US Department of Defense, the target was a vehicle containing a large amount of explosives. The Afghanistan Times reported that a suicide bomber was killed in the airstrike. According to preliminary US data, there were no civilian casualties.
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Taliban fighters* killed Afghan folk music performer Fawad Andarabi. “Taliban brutality continues in Andarab. Today they brutally murdered the folk singer Fawad Andarabi, who simply brought joy to this valley and its people,” wrote former Afghan Interior Minister Masoud Andarabi. Earlier, Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the banned movement, said that the Taliban would not allow the public performance of music, explaining that "music is forbidden in Islam."
* In Moscow, an unidentified person attacked a girl who was painting over campaign posters of United Russia candidates , she told OVD-Info. Darya Gorbacheva managed to escape and call for help. At the hospital, she received several stitches and was advised to see a surgeon. The next day, Gorbacheva came to the Akademichesky police department to write a statement against the man. The police accepted the statement, but the girl herself was also subject to a protocol on petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The girl was kept at the police station for about 6 hours and then released with a fine of 500 rubles.