Philharmonic employee Pavel Kushnir, who was arrested in a criminal case on public calls for terrorist activity, died in the Birobidzhan pretrial detention center after a dry hunger strike. This was reported by the publication Vot Tak, citing the head of the project "Rus Sidyashchaya" Olga Romanova and the activist's friend Olga Shkrygunova. According to the publication, 39-year-old Kushnir died on July 27.

Odessa Mayor Gennady Trukhanov criticized the decision of the regional administration chairman Oleh Kiper to rename 85 city toponyms associated with Russia. The mayor called all those involved in the decision "decolonizers" who "are nullifying the city." The mayor assured that the city council will be "forced to take all measures provided by law." The chairman of the regional state administration signed an order to rename 432 streets, lanes, parks and squares in Odessa and the region on July 26.

Russian-born dollar billionaire Pavel Durov has been officially recognized as the father of five biological children, Forbes magazine reported , citing documents. Until now, only two of the businessman's future heirs were known. The founder of VKontakte and Telegram himself announced four days ago that he was a sperm donor and is the father of 100 children.

The lists of political prisoners to be exchanged between Russia and Western countries were initially different, Bulgarian investigative journalist Hristo Grozev told the BBC in an interview. The journalist, co-author of investigations by Bellingcat and The Insider, participated in compiling the first list of candidates for exchange .

Actor Tural Gasumov, who played a Muslim tank driver in a recent video by the Russian Defense Ministry, was suspected of having sexual relations with a person under 16, Agency reported . The publication used a data mining service to find information about two criminal cases brought against Gasunov.

Russian citizens traveled abroad 9% more often in January-June than in the first half of 2023, the RBC publication analyzed FSB statistics. In the first six months of 2024, Russians made 12.6 million trips abroad. Most often, according to statistics, they visited neighboring countries. The most popular country in the former USSR in the first half of the year was unrecognized Abkhazia. 2.2 million Russians left through the border with this part of Georgia.

Provincial Russia in the pictures of the famous photographer Dmitry Markov On August 16, the first exhibition of the photographer Dmitry Markov after his death - “Seventh Heaven” will open in the Gallery of Modern Art Nova. It can be seen on it 60 of his works created from 2014 to 2023. "Cold" publishes some of them. Novorzhev, 2016 In order not to miss the main materials of the "cold", subscribe to our Instagram and telegram .

French authorities are planning to deport Belarusian performance artist Alexei Kuzmich Jr. to his country of origin. The decision of the court in the northern suburbs of Paris was published by the artist's supporters on his Facebook page. The performer was detained on July 29 during the performance "Renaissance" at a cemetery in the French city of Auvers-sur-Oise.

Turkey's Technology and Communications Board has blocked access to the social network Instagram for failing to comply with the country's "laws and regulations," Reuters reports . According to the agency, this may be due to the fact that the head of the communications department of the Turkish presidential administration, Fahrettin Altun, accused the platform of blocking posts with condolences after the murder of Ismail Haniyeh, one of the leaders of the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

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