The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case for organizing the work of an “undesirable” NGO against the co-chairman of the “Voice” movement, lawyer Grigory Melkonyants. this with reference to an anonymous source. reports RIA Novosti The agency writes that in connection with this criminal case, Melkonyants and 14 of his associates were searched in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kazan.

Against a lawyer from the Arkhangelsk region, Lydia Prudovskaya opened a criminal case of a repeated “discredit” of the Russian army (part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) due to posts on VKontakte, the publication “Lawyer Street” reports . In this case, her two children - a nine -year -old daughter and a ten -year -old son - were called for interrogation as witnesses.

How Russian cinemas live without Hollywood and who makes it earn Almost immediately after the beginning of a full -scale invasion of Ukraine, the largest Hollywood studios announced that they were stopping cooperation with Russia. Since then, Russian cinemas cannot legally show the main global blockbusters - namely, they made up most of their income.

Alexander Lukashenko, in an interview with Ukrainian journalist Diana Panchenko, spoke about Vladimir Putin’s request to “cover him,” voiced on the eve of the start of a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. “Listen, Sash, you know, this is the situation, if, God forbid, something happens, well, are we allies? - Lukashenko recalls the words of the Russian president.

Vilnius University terminated its contract with Russian professor Andrei Desnitsky because of his ten-year-old publications. He has taught Russian literature there since October 2022. the LRT radio station about this .

The head of the Human Rights Council, Valery Fadeev, appealed to the prosecutor of the Trans-Baikal Territory, Alexander Yanovsky, with a request to take personal control of the case of a fight involving a war invalid in Ukraine. This is stated in the HRC telegram channel. According to Fadeev, this case requires special care during the investigation. “Concerned citizens, believing that the beating was related to the anti-war views of the attackers, demanded severe punishment for them.

The searches that took place on August 17 at the headquarters of the Golos movement may be related to the activities of the European Network of Election Observation Organizations, reported Rotunda . Co-chairman of Golos Stanislav Andreychuk, in a conversation with Dozhd, clarified that we are talking about the international election monitoring project ENEMO. According to him, it was ENEMO that was mentioned in the search warrant for the Golos coordinator Polina Kostyleva in St. Petersburg.

The FSB reported on the detention and arrest of two supporters of the “Citizens of the USSR” movement, who planned to blow up communication towers in the closed city of Zelenogorsk. This was reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the FSB Directorate for the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

Russian colleges will begin training drone operators. This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Education, Sergei Kravtsov, speaking at a plenary meeting of the Moscow Urban Forum. He said that recently the department approved a list of 5,110 professions, positions and employees for which vocational training is carried out.

Finland and Estonia allowed three Russian aircraft from Ural Airlines, Rossiya Airlines and Nord Wind to fly over their territories due to difficult weather conditions. This was reported by the Federal Air Transport Agency. Russian aircraft operated flights to and from Kaliningrad. They were caught in a thunderstorm over international waters and asked permission to cross the air borders of Finland and Estonia.

The Ministry of Information and Social Development of Kazakhstan has blocked the website of the Russian TV channel Tsargrad. This is reported on the department's website. It says that the reason for the blocking was “extremist propaganda.” The blocking was preceded by four warnings received by the TV channel from the Kazakh authorities. The first of them is dated January 18, 2021, and three more are dated May 31, 2023.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested until October 14 the accused in the criminal case of the explosion in Makhachkala, Eldar Nasrulaev. this TASS reports with reference to a correspondent in the courtroom. The consideration of the investigation's request to select a preventive measure was held behind closed doors. The court motivated this decision by the need to ensure the safety of the accused and his relatives.

A criminal case was opened against the chairwoman of the Chelyabinsk branch of “The Voice”, Natalya Guseva, on military “fakes” (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) because of posts on Odnoklassniki. This was reported by OVD-Info with reference to lawyer Oleg Stepanov. According to the defense lawyer, the reason for the persecution was Guseva’s publications about military actions in Mariupol and Kharkov.

in Togliatti will be held A pirate screening of the film “Barbie” , writes “Cold” in a text about Russian film distribution after the war. On August 19, the film “Barbie” will be shown in English with Russian subtitles at the Kino Factor cinema. The Out of movie flat project, which organized the screening, warned viewers that it would show the screen version and rated its “watchability at approximately 80%.” The cost of a ticket for such a session is 280-380 rubles.

A paratrooper who jumped from the Eiffel Tower was arrested in Paris. about this . writes The Guardian newspaper According to the publication, a man, whose name has not been released, entered the tower at about five o'clock in the morning local time. Security noticed him, but were unable to stop him from reaching the top of the structure. Once there, the man, who had a parachute with him, made the jump. It landed on the grounds of a nearby stadium.