As a result of an Islamist attack on a hotel in the city of Sevare in Mali, a Ukrainian citizen was killed, according to a statement published by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry. In total, at the time of the militant attack, there were four citizens of this country in the hotel, according to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry. One of them managed to independently get out of the captured building, two more were released during a special operation carried out by the Malian military.

The American publishing house Forbes has deprived the Ukrainian media holding UMH Group, which published the Forbes Ukraine magazine, of the right to use its brand and content. This is stated in a letter from Forbes Media Senior Vice President for Corporate Communications Mia Carbonell, which is quoted by several Ukrainian media and journalists.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation refused to issue a visa to the German Brigadier General Gert Gavellek, who is supposed to work as a military attaché at the German Embassy in Russia, reports Der Spiegel. The German Foreign Ministry Deutsche Welle confirmed that Gavellec was unable to obtain a Russian visa, refraining from any further comment. The Russian side, writes Der Spiegel, did not explain the refusal to issue an entry visa to the brigadier general.

An airBaltic flight from Oslo to Crete was delayed by nearly five hours after four of the five crew members failed an alcohol test before departure. The pilot, co-pilot and two flight attendants, accompanied by police, were taken to a hospital in Oslo to undergo an examination for the presence of alcohol in the blood. The test results have not yet been released.

The hunger strike announced by opposition activists in Novosibirsk as a sign of protest against the refusal to register the list of the Democratic Coalition for participation in regional elections has been terminated. Leonid Volkov, head of the campaign headquarters of the Democratic Coalition in the Novosibirsk Region, wrote about the decision to stop the protest action on his website.

Photo: HMHBOOKS / Instagram The New York Public Library collects photos on Instagram in its Instagram account, in which readers are combined with books of books. Pictures with the hashtag #BookFaceFriday are published once a week. On average, in a month, readers send about 500 pictures on the Instagram of the New York Public Library.

The reason for the derailment of four carriages of a passenger train in Mordovia "was the intervention of unauthorized persons." This is stated in a statement released by Russian Railways. What kind of intervention in question is not specified in the message of Russian Railways. In turn, the source of Interfax reported that the rail fasteners were untwisted at the site of the train accident.

A court in Nizhny Novgorod has authorized the arrest of a third defendant in a negligence case against police officers following the killing of eight people. The head of the division of the district police department, Viktor Miller, was taken into custody.

One of the participants of the hunger strike announced in protest against the refusal to register the list of the Democratic Coalition for participation in regional elections was hospitalized in Novosibirsk. Leonid Volkov, head of the campaign headquarters of the Democratic Coalition in the Novosibirsk Region, wrote about this on his Twitter. The help of doctors was required by Sergey Boyko.

Russia has introduced new rules for dispensing narcotic and psychotropic drugs. The corresponding decree was signed by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and published on the government website. Under the new rules, medical organizations with the appropriate license, and not just pharmacies, have received the right to dispense narcotic and psychotropic drugs.

Four carriages of a passenger train en route from Yekaterinburg to Adler derailed in Mordovia near the town of Ruzaevka. According to the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, as a result of the accident there are victims. Their number has not yet been specified. The circumstances of the accident are being investigated, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said.

Writer, literary historian, literary critic Samuil Lurie died at the age of 74. Viktor Shenderovich announced Lurie's death on his Facebook with reference to the writer's daughter. The date and place of Samuil Lurie's funeral will be announced later. Samuel Lurie just died an hour ago. One of the best people I have known in my life. A man of impeccable...

From August 8 in Moscow, the evacuation of illegally parked cars will be carried out according to new rules, Kommersant reports. A tow truck will be able to pick up the car and take it to the impound lot only if it is parked within the coverage area of ​​the “Tow Truck Operating” sign. According to the Traffic Management Center (TCO), at the beginning of August 20 percent of the zones where parking is prohibited were equipped with such “Tow truck operating” signs in Moscow.

The Russian embassy in Mali confirmed the release of a Russian citizen taken hostage during an Islamist attack on a hotel in the city of Sevare. Viktor Gorelov, press attache of the Russian embassy in Mali, said by phone that the Russian is currently in the UN camp in Sevara. During the hostage-taking and the operation to free them, the Russians were not injured, the representative of the Russian embassy added.

The Ministry of Culture of Ukraine has published a list of cultural figures who threaten the national security of the country. The list includes 14 people: economist and TV presenter Mikhail Khazin, publicist Yegor Kholmogorov, writer Vladimir Kucherenko, singers Iosif Kobzon, Oleg Gazmanov, Grigory Leps, Nikolai Rastorguev, singer Valeria, her husband, producer Iosif Prigogine, as well as actors Sergei Bezrukov, Mikhail Porechenkov, Mikhail Boyarsky, Ivan Okhlobystin and Gerard Depardieu.