From August 18, Estonia will no longer allow Russian citizens who previously received an Estonian Schengen visa to cross the border. Some exceptions will be made to this rule. Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu explained that from a formal point of view, all visas will remain valid, but in fact, when entering the country, their holders will be subject to a sanction in the form of an entry ban.

The Kirovsky District Court of Yekaterinburg found Oleg Yagodin, lead singer of the Kurara group, guilty of “discrediting” the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). He was fined 40 thousand rubles. In June, at a concert, Yagodin told the audience from the stage: “No war, no bullshit. Neither you nor me. Be healthy. Think, think, think." From the protocol, however, it follows that Yagodin called Putin a thief.

The story of one nine -story building in Mariupol and its inhabitants According to the UN, during the battles for Mariupol 90% of residential multi -storey buildings were injured . Tens of thousands of citizens died or were forced to leave. The media project and the service of the victims of the “ Support Service ” released a special project about the fate of the residents of the nine -story buildings at 18 Novorossiyskaya address.

RIA Novosti, citing an anonymous source in law enforcement agencies, reports that the police of the city of Dubna will check the soloist of the Pornofilmy group Vladimir Kotlyarov “for extremist statements” in social networks. “Initially, a citizen turned to the Moscow police with a request to check Vladimir Kotlyarov for extremist statements. According to the man who applied, he posted such statements on social networks, ”the agency quotes his interlocutor.

Satellite images of the Russian military airfield "Saki" in Crimea, taken after a series of explosions on August 9, indicate that at least eight Russian Su-24s and Su-30s were destroyed in the incident. These conclusions were reached in The New York Times, comparing pictures the explosions before and after . The photographs also show three explosion craters and two completely destroyed buildings.

The CNN television channel published an investigation from which it follows that the shelling of the colony in Yelenovka was almost certainly not carried out by the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system, as the Ministry of Defense claimed. This conclusion was made on the basis of satellite images, eyewitness accounts, as well as data from military experts and unnamed officials. On July 29, a colony in the self-proclaimed DPR-controlled Yelenovka came under fire.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow sent the former Channel Editor Marina Ovsyannikov under house arrest until October 9. She is accused of Fakes about the Russian army. The meeting was held closed - the investigator substantiated this with the need to "preserve the secrets of the investigation." At the meeting of Ovsyannikova showed the poster "Let the dead children dream at night." Source: "Mediazone" The reason for the criminal case was Ovsyannikova’s single picket on July 15.

One of the texts of the Kit mailing list, created by Meduza journalists, turned out to be unavailable in Russia via a link. The text is dedicated to how the Russian authorities prepared their citizens for war, dehumanized the army and eventually turned the war into a blockbuster. “Yes, the mailing list cannot be blocked, but Kit emails are also available through open links (they are generated by the service we use - Mailchimp).

The Taganrog city court sentenced local resident Vitaly Mishin to five years of probation with a two-year probation period for commenting on the Internet, which one is not specified. He was found guilty of disseminating deliberately false information about the actions of the Russian army based on political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity (paragraph “d” of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Mishin is missing one leg.

What happened to Bayazitova On August 8, FSB and Interior Ministry officers detained journalist Alexandra Bayazitova. She was charged with extorting funds on an especially large scale from Promsvyazbank. A day later, the Kuzminsky Court of Moscow sent her under arrest for two months. Bayazitova faces 7 to 15 years in prison. At a meeting where a preventive measure was chosen for her, Bayazitova said : “According to the prosecution, I am involved in extorting some money from Promsvyazbank.

Journalist Oleksandr Podrabinek, who spent several years in Soviet camps for opposition activities, wrote an open letter to President Volodymyr Zelensky. In it, he opposed Zelensky's proposal to completely close the borders of Western countries to the Russians. Zelenskiy made that call in a recent interview with The Washington Post.

The Latvian Seimas (parliament) has recognized Russian military strikes on civilian targets in Ukraine as a manifestation of terrorism, and Russia as a country sponsoring terrorism. In the same statement, the Latvian parliamentarians called on the EU countries to immediately stop issuing visas to citizens of Russia and Belarus.

“I want to apologize for this, because I do not support the war” At the end of February, Yulia Kuznetsova decided that she no longer liked working for a Russian company and paying taxes in Russia. Together with her husband, she planned to leave for Estonia. Since it became impossible to apply for a visa or residence permit from Russia, the family first left for Georgia. There, Yulia opened an individual entrepreneur and began working as an entrepreneur with an American company.

Alexei Navalny filed a lawsuit against Correctional Colony No. 6 in the village of Melehovo, Vladimir Region, where he is serving his sentence. He demands to provide information about the customer of the products that he manufactures in the colony.

Seven civilians were killed on August 10 as a result of Russian shelling of the center of the city of Bakhmut, Donetsk region. Six more people were injured, shops, private houses and high-rise buildings were damaged. It is reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. According to the office, the strike came from a Uragan multiple launch rocket system. The front line approached Bakhmut back in May, after the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Popasna.