The head of the Nikolaev regional administration Vitaly Kim said that next weekend in Nikolaev a curfew will be introduced from 23:00 on August 5 to 05:00 on August 8. “The city will be closed for the weekend. Everyone is at home, buy food, water,” said Kim. He clarified that walking the dog or taking the children out into the yard is not prohibited.

The Latvian Embassy in Russia has suspended indefinitely the acceptance of visa applications for citizens of the Russian Federation. The only exception is applying for a visa to attend the funeral of a close relative. When asked by Kholod whether Russians can obtain a Latvian visa in another country, the Latvian embassy replied that this should be clarified in the diplomatic missions of states.

Explains Kitaist Alexander Gabuev On August 2, the speaker of the House of Representatives of the US Congress Nancy Pelosi flew to Taiwan. Almost three million people watched Pelosi lively behind the Pelosi plane, many were waiting for a new world conflict. Against this background, the United States sent military equipment to the island, and the Chinese army began military exercises near Taiwan.

Amnesty International Secretary General Agnès Callamard denied accusations of bias, including from many Ukrainian officials. The reason for the accusations was the report of the organization on the violation of international humanitarian law by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including the use of hospitals as places of deployment of the military. "Check our work. We are on the side of all the victims.

On the morning of August 5, three more ships with food left the ports of Ukraine. Navistar left the Odessa port, Rojen and Polarnet departed from Chornomorsk. There are more than 58,000 tons of corn on board the three ships. Since the beginning of the war, dozens of ships with grain have remained blocked in the ports of Ukraine. On July 22, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the UN signed agreements in Istanbul on the export of grain from Ukrainian ports.

The Sovetsky District Court of Ufa was supposed to start considering the case of the leader of the DDT group, Yuri Shevchuk, today - a protocol was drawn up against him under an administrative article on “discrediting” the armed forces. However, the hearings were postponed until August 16, as the defense filed a motion to familiarize themselves with the case materials. At the same time, the court refused Shevchuk's request to return the case for consideration back to St. Petersburg.

The Court of the Central District of Minsk included the sticker packs "Sasha 3%" and "Luka" in the Telegram messenger into the list of extremist materials. The decision was made on July 25th. Both sets of stickers are dedicated to Alexander Lukashenko.

In one of the Kherson colonies, dugouts are now being made for Russian troops. The other housed a military hospital There are three correctional colonies and one pre-trial detention center (SIZO) in the Kherson region. After the war began, they all continued to work: according to the laws of Ukraine, it is necessary to take out prisoners with an armed escort, and the police and employees of the Security Service of Ukraine left the region in the last days of February.

We explain what the group investigating anti-Russian activities in the field of culture does The State Duma created a working group to investigate anti-Russian activities in the field of culture (GRAD). The group’s first meeting was held on August 3, and the next day it demanded that Channel One fire its presenters Ivan Urgant and Alexander Vasiliev, calling them “agents of foreign influence.” "Cold" explains what the group plans to achieve and whether it has any real powers.

The Russian authorities said that the Ukrainian military shelled the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant - allegedly the Ukrainian Armed Forces want to disrupt the reactor cooling system. According to the pro-Russian authorities of Energodar, there were two “arrivals” in total. Representatives of the Ukrainian company Energoatom believe that Russian troops are to blame for the shelling near the industrial site of the nuclear power plant.

The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation responded to a request from lawyers from the Institute of Law and Public Policy regarding the decision to recognize pickets as mass events: they said that it was not within the competence of the court to monitor the implementation of their own decisions. In 2021, the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation did not recognize the pickets of eco-activist Irina Nikiforova, which took place on different days, as a rally.

On the evening of August 5, massive mutual shelling of the territories of Israel and the Gaza Strip began. It is already known that the Israeli authorities announced the call for 25,000 reservists, at the same time, the mobilization of the Martyrs of Al-Aqsa and Al-Quds brigades started in the city of Jenin (West Bank of the Jordan River). "Cold" has collected the main news about the next round of tension in the Middle East.

On August 3, the State Duma hosted the first meeting of the "Group to Investigate Anti-Russian Activities in the Sphere of Culture" (GRAD), created on the initiative of the Just Russia - For Truth party. The group has already demanded the dismissal of several "anti-Russian" celebrities, including Channel One host Ivan Urgant.

In Novosibirsk, Alexander Shiplyuk, director of the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (TPM) of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, was arrested in a case of treason. He was taken to the Lefortovo detention center in Moscow. On the eve of the Institute were searched. Shiplyuk has already become the third scientist from Novosibirsk who has been under arrest recently.

In the village of Urazovo, Valuysky district, Belgorod region, on the night of August 5, a caterpillar armored personnel carrier broke through the wall of a private house. According to the Baza telegram channel, there was a woman in the house at that moment, she was not injured. The armored personnel carrier demolished one wall, part of the roof collapsed. Urazovo is located about 10 kilometers from the border with Ukraine. Source: Baza