Over the past day, two people died from the attacks of the Russian army, another 12 were injured. In total, Russia attacked at least six Ukrainian regions. Two people died in the Zaporizhzhya region, another woman was hospitalized. The Russian army attacked the Odessa region with 15 drones and eight rockets of the Caliber type. The wreckage of missiles damaged a student hostel, a residential building and a supermarket.

Far-right congressman Javier Miley has become the leader in the presidential primaries in Argentina, writes El Pais. The politician calls himself an “anarcho-capitalist”, advocates banning abortion, denies global warming, and also wants to legalize the sale of human organs and the carrying of weapons. After 96% of the ballots were counted, Javier Miley won 30.1% of the vote, ahead of Economy Minister Sergio Massa (20.9%) and former Security Minister Patricia Bullrich (17%).

The head of Kalmyk and Astrakhan Buddhists, Telo Tulku Rinpoche, was deprived of his residence permit in Russia. He must leave the country within two weeks. The decision to terminate the residence permit of a religious figure was made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kalmykia. Since 2022 Telo Tulku Rinpoche has not lived in Russia. In October, he traveled to Mongolia and denounced the Russian army's invasion of Ukraine, becoming the country's first anti-war religious leader.

Ilya Mikhalchuk, a military officer from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, told The Washington Post about his stay in captivity of the Wagner PMC for 45 days. There he had both arms amputated without stitches, kept in the basement and subjected to psychological abuse. Mikhalchuk said that he received wounds to his hands in February after his car came under fire. The soldier tied his hands with tourniquets and tried to get out, but Wagner militants grabbed him and shot him in the legs.

On August 12, a former member of the Islamic Renaissance Party, political prisoner Jaloliddin Makhmudov, died in a Tajik colony. His death demonstrates the illegal and inhumane treatment of political prisoners in Tajik prisons, said the National Alliance of Tajikistan . The authorities did not provide information about the causes of death of the political prisoner. According to Makhmudov's relatives, he suffered from bladder problems, blood pressure and diabetes.

During the day on August 11, more than 300 Moscow metro workers issued sick leave, reports the Metro Trade Union. In total, work in Moscow. 5.5 thousand drivers According to the initiative, due to a lack of drivers, trains do not leave the line, and the trains are removed back to the depot. Passengers are being dropped off on the Zamoskvoretskaya line due to the lack of a driver shift.

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow fined the Megafon company one million rubles for “an LGBT demonstration” without the “18+” marking. This is reported by "Caution News". Roskomnadzor drew up a protocol against the company for the film “Love, Love, Love” - in March, RKN discovered that the film was marked “16+”. One of the film's heroines says that she has a wife. At the same time, Megafon states that the “18+” restriction was placed on the film back in February.

Tverskaya District Court of Moscow fined the blogger Milan Petrov for 250 thousand rubles for "Discrediting" Russian army and "LGBT propaganda." This was reported "Caution, news." According to a telegram channel correspondent, under the first article she was assigned 50 thousand rubles of a fine, the second-200 thousand. Petrova herself was not present at the meeting.

Almost no one who has undergone a mastectomy at the University of Michigan Gender Affirming Therapy Center in the past 25 years regrets the decision to undergo the procedure. A recent study of 139 transgender and non-binary people found that about 99% of respondents had a satisfaction level of four or higher on a scale of five.

Kazakhstan refused to grant refugee status to Karakalpak activists Koshkarbai Toremuratov and Zhangeldy Zhaksymbetov, who were detained in 2022 at the request of Uzbekistan. Karakalpak diaspora activist Akylbek Muratbai writes about this on Twitter. According to Muratbai, the decision not to grant asylum to the two activists was issued by the citizenship commission on July 31, but this became known only now.

Security forces in Ethiopia have announced plans to "crack down" on hotels, bars, restaurants and other places in the capital Addis Ababa where non-heterosexual sex acts are said to take place, the city government said on August 10. The Addis Ababa Peace and Security Authority said it was taking action "against institutions where homosexual acts are committed." According to city authorities, security forces have already raided one of the guest houses in Addis Ababa.

On August 13, about 200 residents of the Dagestan village of Karaman-2 blocked a section of the Astrakhan-Makhachkala federal highway. In this way, the protesters want to draw attention to the lack of water supply all summer. There was a conflict between protesters and drivers, security officials say. 50 police officers and the leadership of the local police department arrived at the scene.

On August 14, the Supreme Court of Belarus upheld the claim of the country's Ministry of Justice and liquidated the Belarusian Popular Front Party. This party was one of the oldest political organizations in the country. Previously, a lawsuit to liquidate the organization was filed by the Ministry of Justice of Belarus. Before this, the party did not submit documents for re-registration.

President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov signed a bill amending some legislative acts in the country. Amendments were also made to the law “On the Mass Media”.