A court in the Russian-occupied part of the Kherson region has sentenced Kherson resident and IT specialist Irina Gorobtsova in a case involving the transfer of data to the Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office reported . The Russian-appointed judge found Gorobtsova guilty of espionage (Article 276 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced her to ten years and six months in a general regime penal colony, the same amount of time the prosecution had requested.

The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow has remanded US citizen Joseph Tater, accused of using violence against a government official (Article 318 of the Criminal Code), into custody, the court press service reported . The lawyer asked to assign Tater a preventive measure not related to custody, but the defense attorney was refused.

Activist Pavel Krisevich was sent to the punishment cell of colony No. 5 in the Leningrad region, as reported on the channel of Krisevich's support group. “He managed to report that operatives were putting pressure on him,” the report notes. Associates of the convicted activist are calling for people to file complaints against the operatives working in the colony.

A Tu-22M3 bomber crashed in the Irkutsk region, RIA Novosti reports, citing a statement from the Ministry of Defense. "The crew ejected, their lives are not in danger. The plane crashed in an uninhabited area, there was no damage on the ground, the ministry reported," the department said. As noted, the incident occurred during a scheduled flight, and, according to preliminary data, its cause was a technical malfunction.

The 2nd Eastern District Military Court sentenced warrant officer Viktor Pokusin to seven years in a general regime penal colony in a case of confidential cooperation with a foreign state. The court's press service told Mediazona about this. As stated in the press service's statement, Pokusin was also stripped of his rank of "reserve ensign." The verdict was announced on August 13 — according to information on the court's website, the case was heard at the 2nd VOVS branch in Novosibirsk.

Alexander Varapaev, an employee of the Investigative Committee for the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug who conducted an investigation into the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, has received a promotion, Verstka has drawn attention to this. After the politician's death in February 2024, Varapaev signed documents as an investigator for particularly important cases, Navalny's press secretary Kira Yarmysh told reporters.

Moscow's Tverskoy District Court fined anti-war activist and author of the Telegram channel Queer Compas Zhenya Morris on four counts. The project "Parni PLUS" was the first to report this; later, the court's website published the rulings on the cases.

FBK Director Ivan Zhdanov published the Investigative Committee’s refusal to initiate a criminal case into the death of Alexei Navalny. The document claims that on February 16, Navalny "felt a sharp deterioration in his health" in the exercise yard of Correctional Colony No. 3 in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District and informed the duty officer, who informed the head of the medical unit about this.

Oleg Feldlak, a participant in the invasion of Ukraine who attacked his ex-girlfriend Ekaterina yesterday, has been detained in Yekaterinburg. The victim reported this to E1 and Komsomolskaya Pravda , and Ura.ru also confirms the detention, citing sources. “He has raised his hand against me before,” the girl said. “He has periods when he behaves inappropriately. Before that, Oleg made an appointment with me for a manicure. So I am no longer surprised by his antics.

Sverdlovsk Regional Court Judge Andrei Mineev sentenced Russian and US citizen Ksenia Karelina (Havana) to 12 years in a general regime penal colony. This was reported by a correspondent for Vecherniye Vedomosti. Karelina was found guilty of treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code), and the court ordered that her phone be destroyed as evidence. According to the court's press service, Karelina fully admitted her guilt.

Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov announced the introduction of a federal emergency regime throughout the Belgorod Region. He spoke about this on his Telegram channel. As Gladkov reported, the decision to introduce a state of emergency was made by the Emergencies Ministry commission at a meeting in Moscow today.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky personally approved the plan to blow up the Nord Stream gas pipelines, the Wall Street Journal reported , citing its sources. At the same time, shortly before the sabotage was carried out, the CIA learned about it, so the Ukrainian president tried to cancel it. He gave the order to suspend the operation to Valeriy Zaluzhny, who then held the post of commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, but he did not listen, writes WSJ .

The 2nd Eastern District Military Court sentenced two residents of Krasnoyarsk Krai to real terms in the case of preparing to blow up a communications tower. This was reported by the court's press service. Defendant Vyacheslav Koromyslov was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment, with the first three years of the sentence to be served in prison and the rest of the term in a maximum security penal colony.

As a result of the attack by Ukrainian drones on the city of Shebekino, four local residents were injured. This was reported by the head of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov. Among the victims were two ambulance paramedics, a man and a woman. "The woman has a closed fracture of the leg and humerus, the man has a mine blast injury, contusion and multiple shrapnel wounds to the back," the governor wrote. Two other victims had shrapnel wounds. All victims were taken to hospitals in Belgorod.