In Nizhny Tagil, the bodies of two victims were pulled out from under the rubble of a five-story building that partially collapsed as a result of a gas explosion, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reports . According to the latest information , 12 people were injured, including six children. The Ministry of Emergency Situations specified that this morning, as a result of a gas explosion, the first and second entrances of the building collapsed.

Illustration: Mila Grabowski / Mediazone Russia and Western countries held the largest exchange of prisoners in modern history. Moscow agreed to release Russian political zones - opposition and anti -war activists, as well as journalists of Radio Liberty and Wall Street Journal.

Victor Boot in 2010. Photo: US Department of Justice / Reuters In Ankara, the largest exchange of prisoners between Russia and Western countries took place in decades. Thanks to the transaction to freedom, journalists Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmashev, the American Marine Paul Wylan and many political prisoners, and intelligence agents convicted in the USA and Europe returned to Russia.

The Prosecutor General's Office has declared the activities of the charitable foundation for helping convicts and their families "Sidyashchaya Rus" and three other initiatives "undesirable" in Russia. This was reported on the agency's website. The Prosecutor General's Office considered that "Rus Sidyashchaya" regularly publishes news "demonizing the image of Russia", and the authors of the publications "attempt to rewrite history".

The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow has arrested Vladimir Pavlov, the head of the joint-stock company Voentorg, in a case of embezzlement of funds on an especially large scale (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code) while fulfilling orders from the Ministry of Defense. This was reported from the courtroom by a RIA Novosti correspondent. Pavlov, as reported by the agency, did not admit his guilt.

The health of Artem Kamardin, who was sentenced to seven years in prison, has worsened in the pretrial detention center. This was reported by a support group for the defendants in the Mayakovsky Readings case. Kamardin complains of constant and unbearable back pain. The support group suggests that he may need spinal surgery. "We now need to ensure that Artem is taken from the pretrial detention center to the hospital for examination.

A Tu-204 aircraft of the Presidential Property Management Department took off from Moscow's Vnukovo airport towards Turkey, according to data from the Flightradar service. The plane will land at Ankara airport at around five o'clock in the evening. At the same time, a US Air Force Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Super Hercules is flying towards Turkey from Ramstein Air Base in Berlin. The exact landing location is unknown.

A Dane recruited into the Russian army, after being sent to the front, went to court demanding that his contract be declared invalid. This was reported to TV2 by the foreigner's lawyer Roman Petrov. The name of the 33-year-old Danish citizen is unknown. It is not specified which court is considering his claim. According to the TV channel, the recruited serviceman was a musician in his home country.

FSB officers came with searches to journalist Valery Potashov and to the editorial office of the publication "Stolitsa na Onego" in Karelia. This is reported by From Karelia with freedom and "Karelia.News" . The editor-in-chief of Stolitsa na Onego, Tatyana Sokolova, told Karelia.News that the searches at the editorial office were connected with Potashov, who worked at the publication until 2023. "Everything is very correct and respectful.

Politician Vladimir Kara-Murza was not brought to the court hearing in Omsk via video link. This was reported by Agency and Meduza, citing his former lawyer Vadim Prokhorov. According to the lawyer, a “paper arrived from the regional hospital of the Federal Penitentiary Service, where Kara-Murza had previously been held, stating that the video conference had broken down.” The hearing was postponed until August 7.

Russian users have encountered problems with YouTube , according to data from specialized services Brand Analytics , Downradar , Downdetector and Sboy.rf. According to them, users began complaining about failures on the night of August 1. By the morning, the number of messages had decreased, but they continue to arrive. Most complaints come from Moscow and St. Petersburg.

A Russian drone hit the house of former State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev near Kiev, a source told the Ukrainian publication Obozrevatel. As the source told the publication, the Shahed drone exploded five meters from the front door of the house. According to Obozrevatel, Ponomarev "received multiple shrapnel wounds, but his life is not in danger." Photos published on the publication's Telegram channel show his face with traces of blood. "Today seems to be my second birthday.

The Novgorod Regional Court sentenced 45-year-old laborer Petr Opalnik to eight years in a general regime penal colony, accused of "preparing to organize a voluntary surrender" and "confidential cooperation" with another state, the First Department reports . The man was also sentenced to one year of restricted freedom. The prosecutor requested nine years in prison and a fine of 500 thousand rubles for Opalnik. The hearings on his case were held behind closed doors.

An explosion occurred in a five-story building on Sibirskaya Street in Nizhny Tagil. The local publication TagilСity was the first to report this. The house partially collapsed. According to a TASS source, the cause of the collapse was a domestic gas explosion. It is not yet known whether there are any fatalities, the number of injured is being clarified. The Ministry of Emergency Situations reports that a total of 15 apartments were destroyed - these are two entrances of the house.

The former head of Navalny's Barnaul headquarters, Vadim Ostanin, was taken from IK-5 in Rubtsovsk, Altai Krai, to Moscow. This was reported by activist Artem Sakharov on his Telegram channel, citing his lawyer.