September 10, 2023 is a single voting day. Test how well you navigate the madness of the Russian electoral system On September 10, 2023, Russia will elect new governors, as well as deputies for vacant seats in the State Duma and local parliaments in dozens of regions. Due to the obviousness of the results and the absence of political competition, the main news from the elections are usually absurd incidents at polling stations and during candidate campaigns.

Ildar B, a participant in the war in Ukraine, committed suicide in a pre-trial detention center in Bashkortostan. Previously, he threatened to detonate a grenade on the highway in Ufa, demanding that the case of desertion brought against him be stopped. write about this with reference to their own sources Several local publications, in particular, Proofs, .

The Novoanninsky District Court of the Volgograd Region arrested a local resident on charges of raping his 13-year-old niece. The corresponding message was published on the court's website. It does not indicate the full name of the arrested person and mentions only the first letter of his last name. However, as noted , all other details coincide with the case of 35-year-old former PMC Wagner mercenary Alexei Khlebnikov, who was put on the wanted list in mid-August.

The performance of the play “Funeral Prayer” by the Moscow Lenkom Theater, which was supposed to take place at the Tel Aviv Habima Theater in Israel, was postponed indefinitely. This was announced by the organizer of the Russian theater tour, producer Gadi Oron. His statement was published on August 28 by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. “We did not anticipate such unrest for and against that arose due to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

Than spontaneous memorials Prigozhin look like promotions in support of Ukraine The Russians create spontaneous memorials in memory of the founders of the Wagner PMC, who crashed in the Tver region. On August 30, the anthropologist Alexander Arkhipov, the author of the telegram channel “ (NOT) Entertaining Anthropology” , counted 77 memorials in 59 cities. The Prigozhin, mourning in Evgeny and other dead, carry flowers, candles, toy aircraft, and even a sledgehammer in St.

On the night of August 30, Russian troops launched a massive missile attack on Kyiv. This was reported by the Kiev City Military Administration. “Kyiv has not felt such a powerful attack since the spring. The enemy launched a massive, combined attack using drones and missiles. Several groups of drones attacked Kyiv in different directions. Soon, missiles launched from the Tu-95 strategic aircraft flew into the capital,” the report says.

The authorities of the Rostov region decided to create a council for the implementation of the National Action Strategy in the interests of women for 2023-2030. As stated in the relevant decree of the regional government, this council will deal, in particular, with preventing the social ill-being of women, as well as maintaining their health, improving the quality of life and increasing their role in society.

The Estonian company Stark Logistics, a share in which belongs to the husband of Prime Minister Kaja Kallas Arvo Hallik, was indirectly involved in the dispersal of protest rallies in Russia and Belarus. about this . writes The Estonian publication Eesti Päevaleht Journalists studied the annual financial report of the Russian company Metaprint, which is a subsidiary of the Estonian company of the same name, which supplies various goods to Russia.

The Commissioner for Human Rights in Chechnya, Mansur Soltaev, published a photograph with Seda Suleymanova, who fled from home because she was threatened with “honor killing” due to “insufficient religiosity.” “I met with Seda Suleymanova. During the conversation, I became convinced that she was not in danger and was safe. I talked with her relatives and with the girl herself. She feels good. There are no violations of rights or harassment against her,” Soltaev wrote in his Telgram channel.

The Kirovsky District Court of St. Petersburg sentenced Peaceful Resistance activist Olga Smirnova to six years in prison and prohibited her from administering Internet resources for three years. Smirnova was found guilty of spreading “fakes” about the Russian army (clause “e”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). This was reported by Network Freedom.

The Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported that as a result of the attack on the Pskov airfield, four Russian Il-76 military transport aircraft were destroyed. about this . writes RBC-Ukraine “Enemy targets were hit at the airfield in Pskov. There were explosions, as a result of which four Il-76s were destroyed and several more were damaged,” GUR representative Andrei Yusov told the publication.

Sometimes this is normal, but if you feel pressured, it could be a sign of abuse. If your ex-partner writes you a million messages with declarations of love, but you feel that he is violating your boundaries or bombarding you with empty promises, this may be hoovering - a manipulation that is used to return a person to a toxic relationship. “Cold” talked with Gestalt therapist Ekaterina Artemenko about what hoovering is, what its features are and how to build boundaries with your ex-partner.

Six Russian regions were attacked by Ukrainian drones. The most powerful attack occurred at Pskov airport. On the night of August 30, Pskov International Airport “Kresty” was attacked by drones. This was announced by local governor Mikhail Vedernikov. According to him, no one was injured. “The scale of destruction is being clarified,” said the head of the Pskov region. Later he wrote that the Pskov airport would be closed on August 30.

Companions of Alexei Navalny asked to include the lead singer of the Zveri group, Roman Bilyk, on the EU sanctions list because of his trip to the territory of the self-proclaimed DPR. This was announced by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of FBK Maria Pevchikh. Ruslan Shaveddinov on the Navalny LIVE channel spoke about Bilyk’s villa on the Spanish island of Tenerife. According to him, Bilyk bought a house there back in 2019.

Dmitry Bakhtin, whose three-year-old son Misha suffers from spinal muscular atrophy of the first type, was detained in Moscow. The boy’s mother, Yana Bakhtin, told Kholod about this. A resident of Yekaterinburg, Dmitry Bakhtin, picketed on Red Square with a poster “Help save my son.” After that, he, his child and wife were taken to the police station. The parents are trying to obtain the expensive drug Risdiplam, which is vital for their son.