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Roskomnadzor's slowdown of the American video hosting YouTube has led to a sharp influx of viewers to Russian online cinemas. Kinopoisk reported to Kommersant about an increase in the children's audience by one and a half times in a week, and Premier - about a three and a half times increase in views of children's content in 12 days. Masha and the Bear, Smeshariki and other cartoons have reached the top in terms of views.

A team of scientists led by Samuel Sheppard of Oxford University has found that birds living near humans are more likely to carry bacteria resistant to major antibiotics than those living in the wild, The Guardian reports . Researchers say some species of urban birds are reservoirs of bacteria that are resistant to a range of drugs. "Basically, we're looking at genes that confer resistance to antimicrobial drugs that could be used to treat human infections," Sheppard said.

The German Attorney General's Office has issued an arrest warrant for Ukrainian diving instructor Vladimir Z. in the Nord Stream bombing case, local publications Süddeutsche Zeitung , Die Zeit and ARD report. According to them, there are three Ukrainian diving instructors involved in the case of blowing up Russian gas pipelines, but so far an arrest warrant has been issued for only one of them. All three are reportedly outside Germany.

In the Barguzinsky district of Buryatia, two tourists fell off a cliff while running away from a bear. One of them died, the other was injured, the regional branch of the Investigative Committee of Russia reported . According to the department, on August 14, two men were relaxing on the shore of the Chivyrkuisky Bay of Lake Baikal. They reportedly sailed to one of the remote bays by boat. At some point, a bear came out of the forest towards them.

The Russian army has begun building fortifications in the Kursk region near Lgov, located 50 kilometers from the border with Ukraine, and Kursk, which is even further from it. The author of the OSINTtechnical account on the social network X discovered the new trenches in fresh satellite images.

The minimum cost of the food basket in Russia has increased by more than 10% since the beginning of 2024. This means that basic products have become more expensive in Russia. This is reported by the TASS agency, citing data from Rusprodsoyuz. The cost of the minimum monthly food basket per person increased by 10.6% and amounted to 6,656.5 rubles. This is the average figure for the country, which varies from city to city. Meal sets are more expensive in large cities.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces units on the front in Donbass have begun using robotic dogs of the BAD.2 model from the British Brit Alliance to carry out combat missions. The head of the company, Kyle Thorburn, told the German publication Bild about this. According to him, the Ukrainian military is already using several dozen such robots, which have already proven their effectiveness.

Ukraine considered several options for attacking Russian territory before invading the Kursk region. The West supported such an operation, but is not confident in the further success of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This is reported by Bloomberg, citing Western officials. Ukraine wanted to shock the Kremlin and, in particular, Vladimir Putin, explains a Western official familiar with the plans of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

A criminal case has been opened against the neighbor of the St. Petersburg conductor Viktor Lukyanov under the article on torture (Article 117 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by Fontanka with reference to the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee for the city. Komsomolskaya Pravda also reported this, citing Lukyanov himself. According to the publication, on August 14, the conductor went to the investigator, from where he sent journalists a video.

All people entering Turkey will have their fingerprints taken at the border, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said in response to questions from the Sabah newspaper about the fate of refugees from Syria. The official said that the arrival of three million Syrians in Turkey has forced the authorities to tighten entry rules for all foreigners.

US President Joe Biden commented for the first time on the breakthrough of the Ukrainian Armed Forces into the territory of the Kursk region. "This creates a real dilemma for Putin, and we have been in direct contact, constant contact with the Ukrainians. That's all I'm going to say about it while these actions are ongoing," he said . Earlier, CNN reported, citing sources, that the attack by Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region came as a surprise to Washington.

In Yekaterinburg, a former war veteran burst into a beauty salon and began threatening one of the employees with a hand grenade. The victim turned out to be the attacker's ex-girlfriend, the publication E1.ru reported . Journalists said the girl's name was Ekaterina, and the attacker's was Oleg. Ekaterina was sitting with a client, giving her a manicure, when a young man entered the salon around midday on August 14.

Prices for schoolchildren's trousers in seven Russian regions have increased by 50%. Other items of clothing from the "first-grader's kit" in the country have increased in price by up to 10%, the RTVI television channel calculated , based on July data from Rosstat.

A Moscow resident called an ambulance for a man who was probably under the influence of drugs, but the call was transferred to the police, whose officers detained and beat the caller. This was reported by "Beware, Moscow" with reference to the victim himself. According to the Telegram channel, on August 10 in Perovo, 31-year-old Natik saw a man on the street who was behaving inappropriately: he was standing without a shirt and screaming.