From August 11 to 19, the Russian Red Cross (RKK) received more than 1,500 requests to search for people in the Kursk region, part of whose territory is controlled by the Ukrainian army. This was reported by the Vedomosti newspaper, citing the organization's press service. They specified that 100 missing people had already been found.

Over the year, demand for services of private medical clinics in Russia has grown by 20%. This was reported by the Kommersant newspaper, citing data from the analytical service Check Index. They noted that compared to last year, the average bill for clients of such institutions has grown by 18% and reached 4,700 rubles. Market participants surveyed by the publication also noticed positive dynamics.

Deputy Chief of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Russian Defense Ministry Apti Alaudinov said in an interview with Chinese television that the war with Ukraine will end in two to three months. The Phoenix TV channel posted a story filmed in Russia by journalists from the PRC on its Weibo page. “I think that in the next two or three months this will all be completely finished, and not only in the Kursk direction, but in the entire North-Eastern Military District,” said Alautdinov.

At Moscow's Domodedovo Airport, an S7 passenger quietly made his way into the cargo hold of an Airbus A321 because he was late for his flight, the Aviatorshchina Telegram channel reported , citing its sources. The 41-year-old man, according to sources, was planning to fly to Novokuznetsk on flight S7 2625.

On August 19, two German newspapers published an appeal from world chess champion and politician Garry Kasparov to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz asking for military aid to be provided to Ukraine, Deutsche Welle reported . The first appeal with a photograph of a woman in a cemetery with Ukrainian flags was published on a full page in the German tabloid Bild. "Germany once brought the world to the brink of disaster. Chancellor Scholz, don't let it happen again.

More than 20 thousand rubles were collected and a new laptop was bought for 87-year-old pensioner Dmitry Grinchiy, who was beaten by two men on a bus and handed over to the police for his words about Wagnerites. This was reported by journalists from SotaVision, who, together with activists, opened the collection. Earlier, journalist Sergei Parkhomenko reported that more than 600 thousand rubles were also collected for the pensioner for legal and medical assistance.

The popularity of drugs containing semaglutide as an active ingredient, such as Ozempic and Vegovi, has led to a shortage of them on the market and an explosion in sales of their uncertified copies, the Financial Times reports . Such drugs are produced on the basis of the same active substance, but not by pharmaceutical companies, but by specialized, so-called "production" pharmacies.

Messenger WhatsApp is testing a new feature that will allow users to set nicknames and hide their numbers in the app, Kommersant reports . The publication notes that the function is being tested in the beta version of the WhatsApp application for Android. At the same time, for contacts who already have the user's number, it will remain visible. It will be possible to hide the number only for new interlocutors.

American actor Michael Madsen has been charged with domestic violence against his wife, Dianna Madsen, the BBC reports , citing the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. It is noted that Madsen was arrested on August 17 at his Malibu home after he pushed his wife out of the house. Variety, in turn, adds that the 66-year-old actor was arrested for battery. According to TMZ, the incident occurred around midnight. "The cops were called. By the time L.A.

A sexually frustrated dolphin has been terrorizing beachgoers in central Japan for three years, attacking swimmers and trying to have sex with them, The New York Times reports . Dolphin attacks on humans have occurred in Wakasa Bay, more than 300 kilometers from the capital Tokyo. The first time a mammal attacked a person in the area was in 2022. Since then, at least 47 people have been injured by aggressive dolphins.

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs is asking residents and law enforcement officers located in the combat zone not to use dating sites and apps. This is stated in a memo on information security in the Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod regions, Interfax reports . “The enemy is actively using such resources for the covert collection of information,” the department warned.

Russia is receiving sanctioned goods through "mysterious middlemen", which is increasing the pace of indirect trade. The West cannot fully control this process, which calls into question the effectiveness of sanctions imposed on Russia, writes The Economist. Several countries have “mysteriously” increased their trade with both Russia and Europe since the outbreak of war in Ukraine in 2022.

The St. Petersburg Investigative Committee has opened a case against blogger Alexey Podnebesny for indecent acts against a minor, the city's main department reported . The 46-year-old man calls himself the leader of the Russian incel subculture movement, people who are unable to obtain consent for sexual intercourse. Investigators said that the charges were brought against him based on two incidents involving a fifteen-year-old girl.

Specialists from the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (BFU), as well as other Russian scientists, have created a program for calculating the frequency of mutations in the DNA of different organisms; the results of their work have been published in the journal Nucleic Acids Research. The authors of the development told RIA Novosti that the knowledge obtained thanks to this program could help create a cure for aging.

Legendary heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson will hold his first professional boxing match since 2005, writes the Kommersant newspaper. On November 15, he will meet in the ring with video blogger Jake Paul. The fight will take place in Texas at the AT&T Stadium, which seats 80,000 spectators. The fight will consist of eight rounds of two minutes each. The fight presentation took place in New York the day before, during which there was a battle of eyes and a press conference between the fighters.