Russia has canceled the agreement on simplified travel to the Kuril Islands for Japanese citizens. The order was published on the official legal information portal. The Cabinet of Ministers canceled two agreements concluded in 1991 and 1999. They allowed the Japanese who had previously lived on the islands and their families to visit the Kuril Islands in the most simplified manner - the Japanese did not require visas, and the Russian and Japanese Foreign Ministries simply exchanged notes.

Illustration: Boris Hmel / Mediazone On September 5, Russian schools began in Russian schools - a cycle of thematic classroom watches, on which teachers should talk about the “special military operation” and “collective West”. Parents who tried to protect their children from these classes told human rights activists and Mediazone that this is fraught with a conflict with the school administration.

President Vladimir Putin instructed the government to provide long vacations to Russians going to war in Ukraine. His press secretary Dmitry Peskov told RIA Novosti about this. According to Peskov, one of the employees of the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations approached Putin during a trip to Petropalovsk-Kamchatsky. The rescuer told how he came to the military registration and enlistment office to sign up as a volunteer for the war.

Photo: Alex Babenko / Reuters Researchers found the same components in the latest Russian missiles as in the game consoles of the early 2000s. In Bucha, the burnt remains of at least two people were found, in the ash lay a cross and a six -pointed star on chains. The referendum on the accession of Kherson to Russia “on a pause” due to the “security situation”.

The Koptevsky District Court of Moscow extended the probationary period of former municipal deputy Yulia Galyamina for a month in the case. this She herself announced on Twitter. The court did not prescribe a course of psychocorrection, which was required by the Federal Penitentiary Service. The department requested to extend the probationary period due to Galyamina’s failure to appear for registration.

Omsk residents Anton Zhuchkov and Vladimir Sergeev, detained at an anti-war rally, were included in the Rosfinmonitoring register of extremists and terrorists. This was noticed by a telegram channel that monitors list updates. Omsk residents were detained at an anti-war rally on March 6 in Moscow. They were arrested on charges of hooliganism, and in May the charges were increased for preparation for a terrorist attack (Part 1 of Article 30, Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code).

Political scientist and historian Vitaly Kovin was fired from Perm Pedagogical University two years before the expiration of his contract due to his status as a “foreign agent.” about this The teacher spoke on Facebook. “Formally (two years before the expiration of the contract) I was fired due to a reduction in the teaching load and position, although the subjects and hours that I taught did not go away. They were simply transferred to other teachers,” Kovin wrote.

Alexei Navalny filed a lawsuit against the head of penal colony No. 6 of maximum security in the Vladimir region, Yuri Korobov, to invalidate his decision to send the politician to a punishment cell for three days for an undone button. This was reported by the press service of the Kovrov City Court. According to the publication, on August 12, Navalny was sent to a punishment cell for three days because he did not fasten the top button of his clothes.

At the end of August, the Perovsky District Court of Moscow fined oppositionist Nikolai Lyaskin one thousand rubles for a Facebook post about “Smart Voting.” The resolution was published on the website of the Moscow courts. On August 25, employees of Center “E” sent Lyaskin a summons via WhatsApp to draw up a protocol on the distribution of symbols of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code).

The Moscow City Court sentenced former Kommersant and Vedomosti correspondent Ivan Safronov to 22 years in a maximum security colony on charges of treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by a Mediazona correspondent from the courtroom. During the debate, the state prosecution requested 24 years in a maximum security colony for Safronov.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has expanded sanctions against US citizens and banned 25 more people from entering the country. As stated on the ministry’s website, the sanctions list included, in particular, actors Sean Penn and Ben Stiller. According to Hromadske , Sean Penn was in Ukraine on February 24, the day the Russian invasion began. He founded the organization CORE, which helps Ukrainians affected by the war, and also met several times with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.

The Office of the Bailiff Service for the Kranoyarsk Territory opened a case against the owner of a cafe on the Yenisei embankment, which was not demolished by court order and was covered with banners in support of the war. This was reported in the telegram channel of the service. The site on the embankment where the pavilion is located was rented by the Sibeconomstroy company in 2006 to organize a hotel parking lot. In April 2021, construction of a cafe began there.

On the main page of the site of the St. Petersburg Psychoneurological Dispensary No. 2, an advertisement for the volunteer battalions "Kronstadt", "Neva" and "Pavlovsk" appeared . The journalist Andrei Zakharov paid attention to this. According to the announcement of the recruitment of volunteers to the registered units, adult Petersburgers are invited to conclude a contract.

President Vladimir Putin, during an economic forum in Kamchatka, said that the residents of Donbass, from whom two military corps were formed, “fight better than professional military men.” The president's speech was broadcast by Rossiya 24. “I am simply amazed by the courage of these people, including those who are fighting for their homeland on the front line,” Putin says about the residents of Donbass. - These are unprofessional military men - two corps were formed from local residents.

Yandex will stop issuing employees new dollar bills, of which part of the salary was made up, and will replace them with increased salaries and bonuses. this reports The Bell with reference to the company’s HR director Daria Zolotukhina. “Trading in Yandex shares has not been suspended, so issuing new options to employees now makes no sense. In order for people to maintain a predictable income, we decided to increase salaries and bonuses and pay annual bonuses,” Zolotukhina explained.