Preparations for a prisoner exchange between the authorities of Russia, the United States and European countries began after the chairwoman of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, Maria Pevchikh, and Bulgarian investigative journalist Hristo Grozev drew up a plan entitled “Silver Lake,” according to a column for The New York Times by journalist Masha Gessen.

We figure out whether Afobazole, valerian and St. John's wort can improve mental health According to a recent survey, 60% of Russians are alarming. Many of them do not go to the doctor and try to cope with stress on their own - including using sedatives released without a prescription. But is there any sense in them? “Cold” figured out whether St. John's wort, valerian, “apobasol” and glycine can improve mental health.

Showman Ivan Urgant reported that his performance at the charity festival of the Anton Tut Ryadom foundation in St. Petersburg was cancelled. The actor was supposed to perform several songs with a guitar in the role of the alter ego Grisha Urgant. The event organizers announced Grisha's appearance on the concert stage a few days ago. The announcement said that he was "a singer about whom little is known, but whom absolutely everyone knows." However, on August 2, the post was deleted.

Ukraine received the first ten American F-16 multirole fighters on July 31, The Economist reported , citing sources. In total, the Ukrainian Air Force can count on 79 of these aircraft from "the most ardent European allies," the publication specified. However, from August until the end of the year, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will be able to receive only ten more F-16s, sources emphasized to the author of the article in The Economist. Another 16 of these aircraft have been postponed until 2025.

Large-scale riots in several cities in Great Britain were provoked by a news story in the small Russian-controlled media outlet Channel3 Now, The Telegraph reported . Riots have been going on for the fourth day in several cities in the United Kingdom, accompanied by anti-migrant pogroms. The unrest began on July 30 in Southport, after a mourning ceremony for three girls who died at a local dance school during an event in honor of Taylor Swift.

The photographer lured the girls a proposal to remove them for his modeling agency. And then tortured, raped and killed In the mid-1980s, 11 girls disappeared in the United States for 47 days. Eight of them were found dead, and on their bodies there were traces of sexual violence. The FBI began the investigation and reached the trace of a serial killer, who for years raped and killed - and not only in the United States.