Journalist Yana Kuchina - that patience is not a virtue at all In Russia, patience is extolled. This sprouted in us at the level of the language: “God endured and ordered us”, “he will suffer - fall in love”, “Patience and work will grind everything” and so on. Journalist Yana Kuchina believes that patience is a trap. This is the second column from the cycle. Read the first here: I described it. I have been four years old, probably.

The Tverskoy Court of Moscow changed the measure of restraint for the rector of "Shaninka" Sergei Zuev from a pre-trial detention center to house arrest. The court did not allow the walk. The investigation asked for a change in the preventive measure yesterday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has responded to a petition asking to allow same-sex marriages. It was signed by more than 28 thousand Ukrainians. “Currently, every day could be the last. Let people of the same sex have the opportunity to start a family and have a supporting official document. They need the same rights as traditional couples,” the petition says.

The organization ETS, which conducts the TOEFL English exam, said that Russians would be allowed to take the test. ETS spokeswoman Stephanie Winters said that from August 4, examinees in Russia and Belarus will be able to register for remote testing (TOEFL iBT Home Edition, TOEFL Essentials and GRE Home Edition), as well as take the test abroad. “Due to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, examinees from Russia will still not be able to take the exam at test centers within the country.

The governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov said that the authorities would limit the work of schools and kindergartens in five municipalities of the region. We are talking about Krasnaya Yaruga, Graivoron and Borisovka, as well as Belgorod and Shebekinsky districts and districts. Municipal authorities, according to Gladkov, will determine other schools and kindergartens for children.

Duty-free shops for diplomats, consuls, employees of international organizations and their families will appear in Moscow and St. Petersburg. It will be possible to get into them only with the help of official documents, and to buy - only at retail. These stores will sell alcohol, tobacco products, perfumes and cosmetics, confectionery, jewelry, smartphones, and watches. The decision will come into force on August 27.

This afternoon, the Russian military shelled the city of Chuguev in the Kharkiv region, said the head of the regional administration, Oleg Sinegubov. He claims that cluster shells were used. The shelling hit a residential five-story building. A 70-year-old man died. Two women, aged 49 and 52, were wounded. “There are citizens of the Russian Federation among the victims,” Sinegubov wrote.

During the war, more than 10 million people were evacuated from Ukraine. More than five million went to Poland, two million to Russia, about a million to Hungary, and another million each to Romania and Germany. The Russian side calls those who came to the Russian Federation refugees. Ukraine believes that they were illegally deported. In March, the Ukrainian government announced that Russia was forcibly "evacuating" Ukrainians from the occupied territories.

The rector of the Moscow Higher School of Social and Economic Sciences, Sergei Zuev, accused of fraud, confessed to the criminal case and "exposed other participants," the investigator said in court. Which participants are involved is not specified. Also, according to him, Zuev reimbursed the amount of damage and gave evidence that contributed to the investigation. Today, the court is to consider a petition to mitigate the measure of restraint for Zuev.

How do people in other countries answer these questions? The first question, “Do you agree with the following statement: “The sun revolves around the Earth?”” was incorrectly answered by more than a third of respondents from Russia. The same answer in 2014 was given by 20% of Europeans and 26% of Americans. Compared to the last decade, there are more supporters of the geocentric theory in Russia, that is, a model of the Universe with a stationary Earth at the center.

UN chief António Guterres announced an investigation into the explosion at the pre-trial detention center in Yelenovka. Both Russia and Ukraine asked to create a special commission. Earlier, representatives of the Russian Defense Ministry officially invited experts from the International Committee of the Red Cross and the UN to conduct an investigation into the shelling. On July 29, on the territory of the so-called DPR, in the colony in Yelenovka, an explosion occurred.

Italy's Financial Guard has seized real estate, a helicopter, jewelry, bills and works of art by architect and entrepreneur Lanfranco Cirillo, who carried out orders for Russian officials and oligarchs. The architect was accused of violating tax laws - he did not declare income in the amount of tens of millions of euros between 2013 and 2019. The Financial Guard arrested his movable and immovable property in the amount of 141 million euros.

The authorities of the Leningrad region instructed state-owned enterprises to send employees for military retraining. This applies to men aged 18 to 60. Summons are handed to them at the workplace or when they appear at the military registration and enlistment office. The place of retraining is unknown. A representative of the military registration and enlistment office of the Leningrad region claims that those called up according to the order are sent to repair equipment from Ukraine.

With McDonald’s leaving the country, Russians are saying goodbye to more than just Big Mac McDonald’s is one of the many global companies closing their business in Russia because of Russia's aggression against Ukraine.

The Nizhny Novgorod court exacted money from the creator of the "Men's State" Vladislav Pozdnyakov for damages for massive fake orders in 2021. The court laid responsibility for this on him and his two followers Dmitry Gubanov and Igor Nosov. Last fall, Men's State supporters were outraged by Tanuki ads featuring black models. Pozdnyakov demanded that the advertisement be removed and urged his supporters to place orders at the restaurant without paying for them.