The school curriculum for basic military training for grades 10-11 included shooting from firearms with live ammunition. This is stated in the work program of the course, which was developed by order of the Ministry of Education by the Institute for Educational Development Strategy, they write “Important Stories”. It is planned to issue military small-caliber ammunition for firearms at equipped shooting ranges and shooting ranges.

Former Minister of Agriculture of the Komi Republic Denis Sharonov spoke to The Barents Observer about how he left Russia and why he asked for political asylum in the United States. Sharonov worked in the Komi government from 2020 until his dismissal in January 2022. He left Russia in October 2022, when he received a summons to the military registration and enlistment office, and came to the United States through Mexico. There he now works as a truck driver.

From September 1, Raiffeisenbank will begin charging its clients a 50% commission for incoming transfers in dollars. A corresponding message appeared on the credit institution's website. It states that the minimum commission amount will be one thousand dollars, but not more than the amount received, and the maximum will be 10 thousand dollars. “The bank is forced to limit the number of incoming transfers in US dollars due to changing market conditions.

After half a century, the world began a new lunar race to build colonies and space gas stations. Russia is losing Last weekend, the Interplanetary Automatic Station "Luna-25" crashed on the lunar surface. Russia sent the station to the moon for the first time after the Soviet launch of 1976. It was planned that on August 21, she will land in the area of ​​the southern polar region of the moon and will begin to collect scientific data there.

In the Paninsky district in the north of the Voronezh region, a state of emergency was introduced due to the discovery of an anthrax outbreak. The decree on the state of emergency was signed by the governor of the region, Alexander Gusev.

A new Russian history textbook describes Joseph Stalin not as a tyrant who killed millions, but as a “sharp defender” of Soviet interests during World War II. So says the scientific director of the Russian Military Historical Society, Mikhail Myagkov.

Rostelecom sent his employees a letter with a proposal to test the “internal service of access to YouTube”. This document was at the disposal of the profile telegram channel "Zelecom". The letter says that the provider has created a special site ytonline.ru, which allows you to watch video from YouTube. According to Zatelecom, on August 18 this site was available to all Russian users and through it you could watch any video, including Navalny's investigations.

On the morning of August 21, residents of Rostov heard a loud sound similar to a powerful explosion. This was reported by local media, in particular, the telegram 161.ru. channel In the comments to the news, many readers confirmed this information. “Suvorovsky, the house was shaking like crazy. A sister from Krasny Sulin said they also heard an explosion,” wrote Alexandra Stolyarova. “Pervomaisky district, 2 village. Ordzhonikidze, a very strong clap,” added Sergei Samatarev.

A transgender girl, Katerina Myers, who previously served in the FSB, was fined 300 thousand rubles in a state secrets case. about this RBC writes , citing Myers’ lawyer Konstantin Erokhin. According to him, the case was considered behind closed doors. “She was fined for crossing the border by a person with travel restrictions, Art. 283.2 [Criminal Code, violation of requirements for the protection of state secrets].

The body of the fourth digger from the group that explored underground sewers was found under the soaring bridge of Zaryadye Park in the Moscow River, telegram channels Mash and Shot , as well as TV channel 360, reported . On August 20, a group of diggers went on an excursion to the underground sewers of Moscow. At that moment, it began to rain heavily in the capital, and the excursion participants were unable to get out.

In Voronezh, the freshmen of the medical unit was called to the quest about the villain of the “foreign agent”. The corresponding announcement was published in the group of the Studs Council and the Council of Students of the State Medical University named after Burdenko in VKontakte. Attention to the announcement was drawn by the student community "150k per year for".

The head of a kindergarten in the village of Donskaya Balka, Stavropol Territory, resigned after denunciations and pressure from fellow villagers. on the YouTube channel “Concerned Citizen of Svetlograd” appeared At the beginning of August, a video with appeals from residents of the village of Donskaya Balka . In the appeal, they asked to dismiss the head of kindergarten No. 21 “Swallow” Svetlana Shelar.

Due to restrictions on flights at Vnukovo and Domodedovo airports, some flights have been redirected to airports in other cities. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to air services , telegram channels Baza and “112”. The Baza Telegram channel also writes about the introduction of the “Carpet” plan at all Moscow airports. In the morning, the Ministry of Defense reported on downed drones in the Istra and Ruzsky districts of the Moscow region. There were no casualties.

The My.Games company is looking for a buyer for the Boosty content monetization service, Kommersant writes, citing anonymous sources. Among the potential buyers is the VK holding.

On August 20, in the final of the Women's World Cup, 23-year-old Spanish football player Olga Carmona scored the only goal in the match against Great Britain. Thus, for the first time she led the Spanish team to victory in the women's world championship. After the match, Carmona learned that her father had died before the game even started. This was reported by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and Real Madrid , in which Carmona plays.